PEN Testing Final UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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PEN Testing Final UPDATED Actual
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Ryan is conducting a penetration test and is targeting a database server. Which one of the
following tools would best assist him in detecting vulnerabilities on that server? - CORRECT
ANSWER- sqlmap
Which of the following t...
PEN Testing Final UPDATED Actual
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Ryan is conducting a penetration test and is targeting a database server. Which one of the
following tools would best assist him in detecting vulnerabilities on that server? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔sqlmap
Which of the following threat actors is the most dangerous based on the adversary tier list? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔APTs
Joe is examining the logs for his web server and discovers that a user sent input to a web
application that contained the string WAITFOR. What type of attack was the user likely
attempting? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Timing-based SQL injection
During a penetration test, Mike uses double tagging to send traffic to another system. What
technique is he attempting? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔VLAN hopping
What does an MSA typically include? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The terms that will
govern future agreements.
What type of legal assessment typically covers sensitive data and information that a
penetration tester may encounter while performing an assessment? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔an NDA
What penetration testing strategy is also known as "zero knowledge" testing? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Black box testing
Which one of the following protocols should never be used on a public network? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Telnet
Examine the following network diagram. What is the most appropriate location for a web
application firewall (WAF) on this network? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Location D
Which of the following is a static code analysis tool? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔YASCA
,Which one of the following is NOT a password cracking utility? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔OWASP ZAP
Chris runs an Nmap scan against the 10.10.0.0/16 network that his employer uses as an
internal network range for the entire organization. If he uses the -T0 flag, what issue is he
likely to encounter? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The scan will progress at a very slow speed.
Which one of the following values for the confidentiality, integrity, or availability CVSS
metric would indicate the potential for a total compromise of a system? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔C
Kevin recently identified a new security vulnerability and computed the CVSSv2 base score
as 6.5. Which risk category would this vulnerability fall into? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔High
Which of the following is NOT a reason to conduct periodic penetration tests of systems and
applications? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Cost
What is required for Jason to conduce a cold-boot attack against a system? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Physical access
Which of the following is NOT a benefit of using an internal penetration test team. -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Independence
Tara recently analyzed the results of a vulnerability scan report and found that a vulnerability
reported by the scanner did not exist because the system was actually patched as specified.
What type of error occurred? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔False positive
Jack is conducting a penetration test for a customer in Japan. What NIC is he most likely to
need to check for information about his client's networks? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔APNIC
Which one of the following activities assumes that an organization has already been
compromised? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Threat hunting
, Which one of the following tools is an exploitation framework commonly used by
penetration testers? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Metasploit
Which of the following is a debugging tool compatible with Linux systems? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔GDB
Beth recently conducted a phishing attack against a penetration testing target in an attempt to
gather credentials that she might use in later attacks. What stage in the penetration testing
process is Beth in? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Attacking and Exploiting
Renee is configuring her vulnerability management solution to perform credentialed scans of
servers on her network. What type of account should she provide to the scanner? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Read-only
Where are the LSA Secrets stored on a Windows system? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The
Registry
During the scoping phase of a penetration test, Lauren is provided with the IP range of the
systems she will test, as well as information about what the systems run, but she does not
recieve a full network diagram. What type of assessment is she most likely conducting? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A gray box assessment
Which of the following tools provides information about a domain's registrar and physical
location? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔WHOIS
Rick wants to look at the advertised routes to his target. What type of service should he look
for to do this? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A BGP looking glass
What technique is being used in the following command:
host -t axfr domain.com dns1.domain.com - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Zone transfer
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