EC-COUNCIL 312-38 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

EC-COUNCIL 312-38 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 71:

  Which of the following protocols is used to exchange encrypted EDI messages via email?

  A. S/MIME
  B. MIME
  C. HTTP
  D. HTTPS
  A. S/MIME

• Question 72:

  Fred is a network technician working for Johnson Services, a temporary employment agency in Boston. Johnson Services has three remote offices in New England and the headquarters in Boston where Fred works. The company relies on a number of customized applications to perform daily tasks and unfortunately these applications require users to be local administrators. Because of this, Fred's supervisor wants to implement tighter security measures in other areas to compensate for the inherent risks in making those users local admins. Fred's boss wants a solution that will be placed on all computers throughout the company and monitored by Fred. This solution will gather information on all network traffic to and from the local computers without actually affecting the traffic. What type of solution does Fred's boss want to implement?

  A. Fred's boss wants Fred to monitor a NIPS system.
  B. Fred's boss wants to implement a HIDS solution.
  C. Fred's boss wants a NIDS implementation.
  D. Fred's boss wants to implement a HIPS solution.
  B. Fred's boss wants to implement a HIDS solution.

• Question 73:

  Fill in the blank with the appropriate term. The is an application layer protocol that is used between workstations and routers for transporting SNA/NetBIOS traffic over TCP sessions.

  DCAP

  Explanation/Reference:

  The Data Link Switching Client Access Protocol (DCAP) is an application layer protocol that is used between workstations and routers for transporting SNA/NetBIOS traffic over TCP sessions. It was introduced in order to address a few deficiencies by the Data Link Switching Protocol (DLSw). The DLSw raises the important issues of scalability and efficiency, and since DLSw is a switch-to-switch protocol, it is not efficient when implemented on workstations. DCAP was introduced in order to address these issues.

• Question 74:

  Which of the following standards have been proposed for the improvement of 802.11a and 802.11b wireless local area network (WLAN) specifications, which provides a quality of service (QoS) features, such as the prioritization of data, voice and video transmissions?

  A. None
  B. 802.15
  C. 802.11h
  D. 802.11n
  E. 802.11e
  E. 802.11e

• Question 75:

  Which of the following statements are NOT true about the FAT16 file system? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

  A. It does not support file-level security.
  B. It works well with large disks because the cluster size increases as the disk partition size increases.
  C. It supports the Linux operating system.
  D. It supports file-level compression.
  B. It works well with large disks because the cluster size increases as the disk partition size increases.
  D. It supports file-level compression.

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  Explanation/Reference:

  The FAT16 file system was developed for disks larger than 16MB. It uses 16-bit allocation table entries. The FAT16 file system supports all Microsoft operating systems. It also supports OS/2 and Linux. Answer options C and A are incorrect. All these statements are true about the FAT16 file system.

• Question 76:

  Which of the following ranges of addresses can be used in the first octet of a Class C network address?

  A. 128-191
  B. 192-223
  C. 0-127
  D. 224-255
  B. 192-223

• Question 77:

  Which of the following commands is used for port scanning?

  A. nc -t
  B. nc -z
  C. nc -v
  D. nc -d
  B. nc -z

• Question 78:

  You are an Administrator for a network at an investment bank. You are concerned about individuals breeching your network and being able to steal data before you can detect their presence and shut down their access. Which of the following is the best way to address this issue?

  A. Implement a strong password policy.
  B. Implement a strong firewall.
  C. Implement a honeypot.
  D. Implement network based antivirus.
  C. Implement a honeypot.

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  Explanation/Reference:

  A honey pot is designed to attract intruders to a false server that has no real data (but may seem to have valuable data). The specific stated purpose of a honey pot is as a backup plan in case an intruder does gain access to your network. Answer option B is incorrect. The firewall may help reduce the chance of an intruder gaining access, but won't help protect you once they have gained access.

• Question 79:

  Which command list all ports available on a server?

  A. sudo apt nst -tunIp
  B. sudo netstat -tunIp
  C. sudo apt netstate -Is tunIp
  D. sudo ntstat -Is tunIp
  B. sudo netstat -tunIp

• Question 80:

  Which of the following networks interconnects devices centered on an individual person's workspace?

  A. WLAN
  B. WPAN
  C. WWAN
  D. WMAN
  B. WPAN