ETHICAL HACKING UNIT III AND UNIT IV

What is port scanning in ethical hacking?

• a) Identifying open ports on a target system

• b) Gathering domain information

• c) Cracking passwords

•    d) Encrypting data

Which technique involves sending ICMP echo requests to multiple hosts?

    

• a) Port Scanning                      

• b) Ping Sweep

•   c) Vulnerability Scanning

• ) Session Hijacking

What is the primary goal of network discovery in scanning?

    

• a) Mapping active devices on a network

• b) Exploiting vulnerabilities

• c) Sniffing packets

• d) Hijacking sessions

Which tool is commonly used for vulnerability scanning?

     

•   a) Nmap

• b) Nessus

• c) Wireshark

• d) Burp Suite

What is packet sniffing?

     

• a) Capturing and analyzing network traffic

• b) Gaining system access

• c) Enumerating users

• d) Assessing risks

Which type of sniffing involves no direct interaction with the target?

  

•     a) Active Sniffing

• b) Passive Sniffing

• c) ARP Spoofing

• d) DNS Spoofing

What is ARP spoofing?

     

•   a) Poisoning the ARP cache to redirect traffic

• b) Discovering network hosts

•   c) Scanning ports

•   d) Flooding MAC addresses

Which attack involves intercepting communication between two parties?

     

•    a) Session Hijacking

• b) Man-In-The-Middle Attack

•   c) Ping Sweep

• d) Vulnerability Scanning

What is DNS spoofing?

     

• a) Altering DNS responses to redirect traffic

• b) Scanning network vulnerabilities

•   c) Capturing Wi-Fi packets

• d) Enumerating services

Which countermeasure can detect sniffing on a network?

     

• a) Using encrypted protocols

•     b) Port scanning

• c) Ping sweeps

• d) ARP poisoning