EC-COUNCIL EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA) V10 - 412-79v10 Exam Practice Test
From where can clues about the underlying application environment can be collected?
Correct Answer: D
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Amazon, an IT based company, conducts a survey on the usage of the Internet. They found that company employees spend most of the time at work surfing the web for their personal use and for inappropriate web site viewing. Management decide to block all such web sites using URL filtering software.

How can employees continue to see the blocked websites?

How can employees continue to see the blocked websites?
Correct Answer: C
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Which of the following defines the details of services to be provided for the client's organization and the list of services required for performing the test in the organization?
Correct Answer: B
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You have compromised a lower-level administrator account on an Active Directory network of a small company in Dallas, Texas. You discover Domain Controllers through enumeration. You connect to one of the Domain Controllers on port 389 using Idp.exe.
What are you trying to accomplish here?
What are you trying to accomplish here?
Correct Answer: D
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Which of the following contents of a pen testing project plan addresses the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats involved in the project?
Correct Answer: C
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Which of the following acts is a proprietary information security standard for organizations that handle cardholder information for the major debit, credit, prepaid, e-purse, ATM, and POS cards and applies to all entities involved in payment card processing?
Correct Answer: D
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Simon is a former employee of Trinitron XML Inc. He feels he was wrongly terminated and wants to hack into his former company's network. Since Simon remembers some of the server names, he attempts to run the AXFR and IXFR commands using DIG.
What is Simon trying to accomplish here?
What is Simon trying to accomplish here?
Correct Answer: B
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Larry is an IT consultant who works for corporations and government agencies. Larry plans on shutting down the city's network using BGP devices and Zombies? What type of Penetration Testing is Larry planning to carry out?
Correct Answer: D
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Which one of the following Snort logger mode commands is associated to run a binary log file through Snort in sniffer mode to dump the packets to the screen?
Correct Answer: D
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Why is a legal agreement important to have before launching a penetration test?


Correct Answer: B
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Tyler is setting up a wireless network for his business that he runs out of his home. He has followed all the directions from the ISP as well as the wireless router manual. He does not have any encryption set and the SSID is being broadcast.
On his laptop, he can pick up the wireless signal for short periods of time, but then the connection drops and the signal goes away. Eventually the wireless signal shows back up, but drops intermittently.
What could be Tyler issue with his home wireless network?
On his laptop, he can pick up the wireless signal for short periods of time, but then the connection drops and the signal goes away. Eventually the wireless signal shows back up, but drops intermittently.
What could be Tyler issue with his home wireless network?
Correct Answer: A
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Harold is a web designer who has completed a website for ghttech.net. As part of the maintenance agreement he signed with the client, Harold is performing research online and seeing how much exposure the site has received so far. Harold navigates to google.com and types in the following search.
link:www.ghttech.net
What will this search produce?
link:www.ghttech.net
What will this search produce?
Correct Answer: B
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You are the security analyst working for a private company out of France. Your current assignment is to obtain credit card information from a Swiss bank owned by that company. After initial reconnaissance, you discover that the bank security defenses are very strong and would take too long to penetrate. You decide to get the information by monitoring the traffic between the bank and one of its subsidiaries in London.
After monitoring some of the traffic, you see a lot of FTP packets traveling back and forth. You want to sniff the traffic and extract usernames and passwords. What tool could you use to get this information?
After monitoring some of the traffic, you see a lot of FTP packets traveling back and forth. You want to sniff the traffic and extract usernames and passwords. What tool could you use to get this information?
Correct Answer: C
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John and Hillary works at the same department in the company. John wants to find out Hillary's network password so he can take a look at her documents on the file server. He enables Lophtcrack program to sniffing mode. John sends Hillary an email with a link to Error! Reference source not found.
What information will he be able to gather from this?
What information will he be able to gather from this?
Correct Answer: B
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External penetration testing is a traditional approach to penetration testing and is more focused on the servers, infrastructure and the underlying software comprising the target. It involves a comprehensive analysis of publicly available information about the target, such as Web servers, Mail servers, Firewalls, and Routers.

Which of the following types of penetration testing is performed with no prior knowledge of the site?

Which of the following types of penetration testing is performed with no prior knowledge of the site?
Correct Answer: A
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