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GICSP Online Exam

Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional (GICSP)

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Question 1 Single choice

At which offset of ~/GIAC/memdump/raw_key_13 does binwalk indicate is the beginning of the binary file?

  1. A

    0x2712

  2. B

    0x33c1

  3. C

    0x3400

  4. D

    0x08e1

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Correct answer: D

Question 2 Single choice

The file ~/GIAC/hickory.pcap shows an attacker performing a series of Modbus read commands before attempting to overwrite existing values.

Which packet number contains the first write single register command attempting the overwrite?

  1. A

    34

  2. B

    25

  3. C

    84

  4. D

    72

  5. E

    28

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Correct answer: B

Question 3 Single choice

What are the last four digits of the hash created when using openssl with the md5 digest on ~/GIAC/film?

  1. A

    c3d0

  2. B

    054a

  3. C

    f9d0

  4. D

    a77f

  5. E

    6157

  6. F

    14f9

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Correct answer: F

Question 4 Single choice

Use sqlmap to dump tables from http://localhost/index.php? page-login.php. The data necessary for this is as follows:

user_name=j password=p Submit_button=Submit - How many tables does sqlmap find in the dojo_control database? Hint: The option to dump tables is --tables

  1. A

    3

  2. B

    86

  3. C

    82

  4. D

    84

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Correct answer: D

Question 5 Single choice

Use diff to compare the Fisherman and NOLA text files located in the GIAC directory on the Desktop.

Which word exists in one file, that does not exist in the other?

  1. A

    Species

  2. B

    Directions

  3. C

    Betray

  4. D

    Express

  5. E

    Teacher

  6. F

    Inspire

  7. G

    Distort

  8. H

    Resource

  9. I

    Grateful

  10. J

    Open

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Correct answer: E

Question 6 Single choice

From the GIAC directory on the Desktop, open gicsp.pcap in Wireshark and filter for USB Capture data.
Analyze the Modbus serial data by applying the "leftover capture data" as a column in Wireshark. In packet 28, what read function is requested? Use the protocol description in the image.

  1. A

    0x09

  2. B

    0x0a

  3. C

    0x08

  4. D

    0x02

  5. E

    0x06

  6. F

    0x01

  7. G

    0x05

  8. H

    0x07

  9. I

    0x04

  10. J

    0x03

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Correct answer: J

Question 7 Single choice
What does the following command accomplish?
$ chroot /home/jdoe /bin/bash
  1. A

    Modifies ownership of the /home/jdoe and /bin/bash directories to root

  2. B

    Assigns root privileges to the /home/jdoe and /bin/bash directories

  3. C

    Grants the jdoe user account root privileges when using a bash shell

  4. D

    Changes the root directory (/) to /home/jdoe for the associated user

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Correct answer: D

Question 8 Single choice

Which of the following is located in user mode of a typical real-time OS, but in kernel mode of a typical standard OS?

  1. A

    Interprocess communication

  2. B

    Virtual memory

  3. C

    Device drivers

  4. D

    Process scheduling

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Correct answer: C

Question 9 Single choice

Which of the following is a protocol that will provide control center-to-control center SCADA communications in a situation where each of the control centers implement a different vendor-supplied protocol internally?

  1. A

    ICCP

  2. B

    DNP3

  3. C

    BACnet

  4. D

    Modbus/TCP

  5. E

    MMS

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Correct answer: A

Question 10 Single choice

What is a characteristic of the Ladder Diagram approach for programming controllers?

  1. A

    Is similar to a low level programming language like assembly

  2. B

    May be similar to high level computer programming languages like C

  3. C

    Uses steps to execute commands and transitions to wait for conditions to move forward

  4. D

    Based on circuit diagrams of relay logic hardware and operates on rules rather than procedures

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Correct answer: D