CompTIA PenTest+ PT0-002 Cert Guide
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– 2nd Edition
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TEST BANK
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Omar Santos
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Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors and
Students
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© Omar Santos
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All rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution without permission is prohibited.
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©STUDYSTREAM
, CompTIA® PenTest+ PT0-002 Cert Guide
Chapter 1 Introduction to Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing
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1) Which of these describes a scenario in which the tester is provided credentials but not full
documentation of the network infrastructure?
A) Unknown-environment test
B) Known-environment test
C) Partially known environment test
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D) Unspecified environment test
Answer: C
2) Which of the following would an ethical hacker not participate in?
A) Unauthorized access
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B) Responsible disclosure
C) Documentation
D) Unknown-environment test
Answer: A
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3) Which of these attack types involves tricking the user into disclosing information or taking
action?
A) DDoS
B) Ransomware
C) Social engineering
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D) Botnet
Answer: C
4) What type of attacker is most likely to be motivated purely by financial profit?
A) Hacktivist
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B) Nation-state
C) Insider threat
D) Organized crime
Answer: D
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5) Cyber war and cyber espionage are two terms that best fit into this category:
A) State-sponsored attackers
B) Hacktivists
C) Insider threats
D) Organized crime
D?
Answer: A
6) Which of the following frameworks is a collection of different matrices of tactics, techniques,
and subtechniques?
A) WSTG
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B) MITRE ATT&CK
C) NIST
D) OSSTMM
Answer: B
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, 7) What type of attacker steals sensitive data and then reveals it to the public in order to
embarrass the target?
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A) Kidnapper
B) Nation state
C) Organized crime
D) Hacktivist
Answer: D
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8) What type of tests would be most important to conduct to find out whether hackers could use
the Internet to compromise your client’s online ordering system?
A) Application-based tests
B) Network infrastructure tests
IA
C) Penetration testing in the cloud
D) Physical facility tests
Answer: A
9) What is the first phase of the Penetration Testing Execution Standard testing methodology?
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A) Intelligence gathering
B) Vulnerability analysis
C) Pre-engagement interactions
D) Threat modeling
Answer: C
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10) What type of tests would be most important to conduct to find out whether unauthorized
people can reach the company’s server rooms?
A) Web application tests
B) Network infrastructure tests
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C) Wireless network tests
D) Physical facility tests
Answer: D
11) What type of tests would be most important to conduct to find out whether there are any
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poorly secured switches, firewalls, routers, and supporting resources?
A) Web application tests
B) Network infrastructure tests
C) Wireless network tests
D) Physical facility tests
D?
Answer: B
12) Which testing methodology involves seven phases, including pre-engagement interactions,
intelligence gathering, threat modeling, and vulnerability analysis?
A) PTES
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B) PCI DSS
C) Penetration Testing Framework
D) OSSTMM
Answer: A
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, 13) Which testing methodology has key sections including Operational Security Metrics, Trust
Analysis, Work Flow, and Human Security Testing?
A) PTES
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B) PCI DSS
C) Penetration Testing Framework
D) OSSTMM
Answer: D
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14) In this type of test, the tester would normally be provided things like network diagrams, IP
addresses, configurations, and a set of user credentials:
A) Unknown-environment test
B) Known-environment test
C) Partially known environment test
IA
D) Black-box test
Answer: B
15) ISSAF covers which of the following phases?
A) Information gathering
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B) Network mapping
C) Vulnerability identification
D) All of the above
Answer: D
PP
16) What document created by the National Institute of Standards and Technology provides
organizations with guidelines on planning and conducting information security testing?
A) Special Publication (SP) 800-115
B) General Publication (GP) 2006-110
C) Special Publication (SP) 2018-01
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D) International Publication (IP) 2016-330
Answer: A
17) Which of these is not a requirement for a typical penetration testing environment?
A) Closed network
VE
B) Virtualized computing environment
C) Sign-in credentials for the systems to be tested
D) Practice targets
Answer: C
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18) Which of these can help protect the client in the event that you break something during a
test?
A) Health monitoring
B) WPA
C) Open network
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D) Virtualized computing environment
Answer: D
19) Which type of hacker has consent to attempt to access the target?
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ST
– 2nd Edition
UV
TEST BANK
IA
_A
Omar Santos
PP
RO
Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors and
Students
VE
© Omar Santos
D?
All rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution without permission is prohibited.
??
©STUDYSTREAM
, CompTIA® PenTest+ PT0-002 Cert Guide
Chapter 1 Introduction to Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing
ST
1) Which of these describes a scenario in which the tester is provided credentials but not full
documentation of the network infrastructure?
A) Unknown-environment test
B) Known-environment test
C) Partially known environment test
UV
D) Unspecified environment test
Answer: C
2) Which of the following would an ethical hacker not participate in?
A) Unauthorized access
IA
B) Responsible disclosure
C) Documentation
D) Unknown-environment test
Answer: A
_A
3) Which of these attack types involves tricking the user into disclosing information or taking
action?
A) DDoS
B) Ransomware
C) Social engineering
PP
D) Botnet
Answer: C
4) What type of attacker is most likely to be motivated purely by financial profit?
A) Hacktivist
RO
B) Nation-state
C) Insider threat
D) Organized crime
Answer: D
VE
5) Cyber war and cyber espionage are two terms that best fit into this category:
A) State-sponsored attackers
B) Hacktivists
C) Insider threats
D) Organized crime
D?
Answer: A
6) Which of the following frameworks is a collection of different matrices of tactics, techniques,
and subtechniques?
A) WSTG
??
B) MITRE ATT&CK
C) NIST
D) OSSTMM
Answer: B
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, 7) What type of attacker steals sensitive data and then reveals it to the public in order to
embarrass the target?
ST
A) Kidnapper
B) Nation state
C) Organized crime
D) Hacktivist
Answer: D
UV
8) What type of tests would be most important to conduct to find out whether hackers could use
the Internet to compromise your client’s online ordering system?
A) Application-based tests
B) Network infrastructure tests
IA
C) Penetration testing in the cloud
D) Physical facility tests
Answer: A
9) What is the first phase of the Penetration Testing Execution Standard testing methodology?
_A
A) Intelligence gathering
B) Vulnerability analysis
C) Pre-engagement interactions
D) Threat modeling
Answer: C
PP
10) What type of tests would be most important to conduct to find out whether unauthorized
people can reach the company’s server rooms?
A) Web application tests
B) Network infrastructure tests
RO
C) Wireless network tests
D) Physical facility tests
Answer: D
11) What type of tests would be most important to conduct to find out whether there are any
VE
poorly secured switches, firewalls, routers, and supporting resources?
A) Web application tests
B) Network infrastructure tests
C) Wireless network tests
D) Physical facility tests
D?
Answer: B
12) Which testing methodology involves seven phases, including pre-engagement interactions,
intelligence gathering, threat modeling, and vulnerability analysis?
A) PTES
??
B) PCI DSS
C) Penetration Testing Framework
D) OSSTMM
Answer: A
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, 13) Which testing methodology has key sections including Operational Security Metrics, Trust
Analysis, Work Flow, and Human Security Testing?
A) PTES
ST
B) PCI DSS
C) Penetration Testing Framework
D) OSSTMM
Answer: D
UV
14) In this type of test, the tester would normally be provided things like network diagrams, IP
addresses, configurations, and a set of user credentials:
A) Unknown-environment test
B) Known-environment test
C) Partially known environment test
IA
D) Black-box test
Answer: B
15) ISSAF covers which of the following phases?
A) Information gathering
_A
B) Network mapping
C) Vulnerability identification
D) All of the above
Answer: D
PP
16) What document created by the National Institute of Standards and Technology provides
organizations with guidelines on planning and conducting information security testing?
A) Special Publication (SP) 800-115
B) General Publication (GP) 2006-110
C) Special Publication (SP) 2018-01
RO
D) International Publication (IP) 2016-330
Answer: A
17) Which of these is not a requirement for a typical penetration testing environment?
A) Closed network
VE
B) Virtualized computing environment
C) Sign-in credentials for the systems to be tested
D) Practice targets
Answer: C
D?
18) Which of these can help protect the client in the event that you break something during a
test?
A) Health monitoring
B) WPA
C) Open network
??
D) Virtualized computing environment
Answer: D
19) Which type of hacker has consent to attempt to access the target?
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