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Ethical Hacking Chapter 1-4 Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Solved
T/F:
Hacking requires that the practitioner be intimately familiar with the
techniques of the perpetrator or opponent. - ✔✔True
T/F:
The reading and techniques used by both ethical and malicious hackers
are identical. - ✔✔True
T/F:
Making money is a rare motive among all classes of hacker. - ✔✔False
T/F:
Viruses are indiscriminate in their damaging effects, but only expert
hackers can set one loose. - ✔✔False
T/F:
The protection of data provided to organizations or stored on personal
computers is a high priority. - ✔✔True
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The ____ model is derived from old Western genre movies where the
"good guys" always wore white hats and the "bad guys" always wore black
hats. - ✔✔White Hat/Black Hat
"____" hackers are evidence that the dichotomy of good and evil is NOT a
very good fit to the real
world. - ✔✔Gray Hat
____ hackers have limited computer and programming skills, and rely on
toolkits to conduct their
attacks. - ✔✔Novice
____ hackers act as mentors to new hackers. They write scripts and tools
that others use. - ✔✔Coders
The profession of ____ is emerging from a chaotic set of conflicting ethics
from both the hobbyist and student communities and those on the
information technology career track. - ✔✔network security
Computer ____________________ is the term for illegally hacking into a
computer system without the permission of the system's owner. -
✔✔Cracking
____________________ are the principles of conduct that govern
individuals, groups, and professions. - ✔✔Ethics
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The first password hacks were a response to the
___________________________________, developed in the early 1960s
and first loaded on an IBM mainframe at MIT. - ✔✔Compatible Time
Sharing System (CTSS) Compatible Time Sharing System
CTSS
In the 1970s, phone phreaks, a new sort of hacker, appeared. They used
various methods, collectively called ____________________, to access
telephone networks to make free calls from payphones. - ✔✔Phreaking
A(n) ____________________ is a security professional who applies his or
her hacking skills for defensive purposes. - ✔✔Ethical Hacker
SHORT ANSWER
How are hackers commonly categorized? - ✔✔There are distinct groups of
hackers; however, the membership between groups is fluid. There are two
ways commonly used to categorize them:
* The first is the simplest —White Hat good hackers vs. Black Hat bad
hackers.
* The second is based loosely on psychological profiling and is a more
complicated and more useful way to understand the motivations of hackers.
SHORT ANSWER
Ethical Hacking Chapter 1-4 Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Solved
T/F:
Hacking requires that the practitioner be intimately familiar with the
techniques of the perpetrator or opponent. - ✔✔True
T/F:
The reading and techniques used by both ethical and malicious hackers
are identical. - ✔✔True
T/F:
Making money is a rare motive among all classes of hacker. - ✔✔False
T/F:
Viruses are indiscriminate in their damaging effects, but only expert
hackers can set one loose. - ✔✔False
T/F:
The protection of data provided to organizations or stored on personal
computers is a high priority. - ✔✔True
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The ____ model is derived from old Western genre movies where the
"good guys" always wore white hats and the "bad guys" always wore black
hats. - ✔✔White Hat/Black Hat
"____" hackers are evidence that the dichotomy of good and evil is NOT a
very good fit to the real
world. - ✔✔Gray Hat
____ hackers have limited computer and programming skills, and rely on
toolkits to conduct their
attacks. - ✔✔Novice
____ hackers act as mentors to new hackers. They write scripts and tools
that others use. - ✔✔Coders
The profession of ____ is emerging from a chaotic set of conflicting ethics
from both the hobbyist and student communities and those on the
information technology career track. - ✔✔network security
Computer ____________________ is the term for illegally hacking into a
computer system without the permission of the system's owner. -
✔✔Cracking
____________________ are the principles of conduct that govern
individuals, groups, and professions. - ✔✔Ethics
, ©NINJANERD 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
The first password hacks were a response to the
___________________________________, developed in the early 1960s
and first loaded on an IBM mainframe at MIT. - ✔✔Compatible Time
Sharing System (CTSS) Compatible Time Sharing System
CTSS
In the 1970s, phone phreaks, a new sort of hacker, appeared. They used
various methods, collectively called ____________________, to access
telephone networks to make free calls from payphones. - ✔✔Phreaking
A(n) ____________________ is a security professional who applies his or
her hacking skills for defensive purposes. - ✔✔Ethical Hacker
SHORT ANSWER
How are hackers commonly categorized? - ✔✔There are distinct groups of
hackers; however, the membership between groups is fluid. There are two
ways commonly used to categorize them:
* The first is the simplest —White Hat good hackers vs. Black Hat bad
hackers.
* The second is based loosely on psychological profiling and is a more
complicated and more useful way to understand the motivations of hackers.
SHORT ANSWER
