WGU Master's Course C701 - Ethical
Hacking (Practice Exam 124 Questions and
answers)Latest 2022
Which of the following information security elements
guarantees that the sender of a message cannot later deny having
sent the message and the recipient cannot deny having received
the message?
A Confidentiality
B Non-repudiation
C Availability
D Integrity - --ANSWER---B
A phase of the cyber kill chain methodology triggers the
adversary's malicious code, which utilizes a vulnerability in the
operating system, application, or server on a target system. At
this stage, the organization may face threats such as
,authentication and authorization attacks, arbitrary code
execution, physical security threats, and security
misconfiguration.
Which is this phase of the cyber kill chain methodology?
A Reconnaissance
B Weaponization
C Exploitation
D Installation - --ANSWER---C
Which of the following is a category of hackers who are also
known as crackers, use their extraordinary computing skills for
illegal or malicious purposes, and are often involved in criminal
activities?
A Black hats
B White hats
C Suicide hackers
D Script kiddies - --ANSWER---A
John, a professional hacker, has launched an attack on a target
organization to extract sensitive information. He was successful
,in launching the attack and gathering the required information.
He is now attempting to hide the malicious acts by overwriting
the server, system, and application logs to avoid suspicion.
Which of the following phases of hacking is John currently in?
A Maintaining access
B Scanning
C Clearing tracks
D Gaining access - --ANSWER---C
Which of the following risk management phases involves
selecting and implementing appropriate controls for the
identified risks to modify them?
A Risk tracking and review
B Risk identification
C Risk treatment
D Risk assessment - --ANSWER---C
In which of the following incident handling and response phases
are the identified security incidents analyzed, validated,
categorized, and prioritized?
, A Incident recording and assignment
B Incident triage
C Containment
D Eradication - --ANSWER---B
Which of the following phases of risk management is an
ongoing iterative process that assigns priorities for risk
mitigation and implementation plans to help determine the
quantitative and qualitative value of risk?
A Risk identification
B Risk treatment
C Risk tracking and review
D Risk assessment - --ANSWER---D
Jack, a security professional, was instructed to introduce a
security standard to handle cardholder information for major
debit, credit, prepaid, e-purse, ATM, and POS cards. In the
process, Jack has employed a standard that offers robust and
comprehensive standards as well as supporting materials to
enhance payment-card data security.
Hacking (Practice Exam 124 Questions and
answers)Latest 2022
Which of the following information security elements
guarantees that the sender of a message cannot later deny having
sent the message and the recipient cannot deny having received
the message?
A Confidentiality
B Non-repudiation
C Availability
D Integrity - --ANSWER---B
A phase of the cyber kill chain methodology triggers the
adversary's malicious code, which utilizes a vulnerability in the
operating system, application, or server on a target system. At
this stage, the organization may face threats such as
,authentication and authorization attacks, arbitrary code
execution, physical security threats, and security
misconfiguration.
Which is this phase of the cyber kill chain methodology?
A Reconnaissance
B Weaponization
C Exploitation
D Installation - --ANSWER---C
Which of the following is a category of hackers who are also
known as crackers, use their extraordinary computing skills for
illegal or malicious purposes, and are often involved in criminal
activities?
A Black hats
B White hats
C Suicide hackers
D Script kiddies - --ANSWER---A
John, a professional hacker, has launched an attack on a target
organization to extract sensitive information. He was successful
,in launching the attack and gathering the required information.
He is now attempting to hide the malicious acts by overwriting
the server, system, and application logs to avoid suspicion.
Which of the following phases of hacking is John currently in?
A Maintaining access
B Scanning
C Clearing tracks
D Gaining access - --ANSWER---C
Which of the following risk management phases involves
selecting and implementing appropriate controls for the
identified risks to modify them?
A Risk tracking and review
B Risk identification
C Risk treatment
D Risk assessment - --ANSWER---C
In which of the following incident handling and response phases
are the identified security incidents analyzed, validated,
categorized, and prioritized?
, A Incident recording and assignment
B Incident triage
C Containment
D Eradication - --ANSWER---B
Which of the following phases of risk management is an
ongoing iterative process that assigns priorities for risk
mitigation and implementation plans to help determine the
quantitative and qualitative value of risk?
A Risk identification
B Risk treatment
C Risk tracking and review
D Risk assessment - --ANSWER---D
Jack, a security professional, was instructed to introduce a
security standard to handle cardholder information for major
debit, credit, prepaid, e-purse, ATM, and POS cards. In the
process, Jack has employed a standard that offers robust and
comprehensive standards as well as supporting materials to
enhance payment-card data security.
