GIAC GIAC Information Security GCFA Questions & Answers

• Question 311:

  John works as a professional Ethical Hacker. He has been assigned the project of testing the security of www.we-are-secure.com. He receives the following e-mail:

  

  The e-mail that John has received is an example of .

  A. Virus hoaxes

  B. Spambots

  C. Social engineering attacks

  D. Chain letters

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 312:

  Which of the following Acts enacted in United States allows the FBI to issue National Security Letters (NSLs) to Internet service providers (ISPs) ordering them to disclose records about their customers?

  A. Wiretap Act

  B. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

  C. Economic Espionage Act of 1996

  D. Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 313:

  TCP FIN scanning is a type of stealth scanning through which the attacker sends a FIN packet to the target port. If the port is closed, the victim assumes that this packet was sent mistakenly by the attacker and sends the RST packet to the attacker. If the port is open, the FIN packet will be ignored and the port will drop the packet. Which of the following operating systems can be easily identified with the help of TCP FIN scanning?

  A. Solaris

  B. Red Hat

  C. Knoppix

  D. Windows

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 314:

  Which of the following encryption methods uses AES technology?

  A. Dynamic WEP

  B. Static WEP

  C. TKIP

  D. CCMP

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 315:

  Fill in the blank with the appropriate name. is a list, which specifies the order of volatility of data in a Windows based system.

  Correct Answer: RFC 3227

• Question 316:

  Maria works as a professional Ethical Hacker. She recently got a project to test the security of www.we-are-secure.com. Arrange the three pre-test phases of the attack to test the security of weare-secure.

  Correct Answer: Check the answer in explanation.

  

• Question 317:

  Fill in the blank with the appropriate file system.

  Alternate Data Streams (ADS) is a feature of the file system, which allows more than one data stream to be associated with a filename.

  Correct Answer: NTFS

• Question 318:

  Identify the port in the image given below, which can be connected to the hub to extend the number of ports, and up to 127 devices can be connected to it?

  

  Hot Area:

  

  Correct Answer: