Deck 2: Reconnaissance

Question 1

Reconnaissance is not by definition illegal, and many reconnaissance techniques are completely legal.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The strongest link in any security scheme is the user.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Most social engineering attacks are opportunistic: the hacker uses whatever technique he or she thinks fits the situation.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Breaking CD-ROMs is sufficient to destroy their data, as data cannot be recovered from broken disks.

Question 5

____ uses influence and persuasion to deceive people by convincing them that the social engineer is someone he isn't, or by manipulation.

A)Network enumeration
B)Network penetration
C)Social enumeration
D)Social engineering

Question 6

____ is a method of achieving access to information by actually joining the organization as an employee or a consultant.

A)Deception
B)Bribery
C)Impersonation
D)Conformity

Question 7

With ____, a user is tricked into giving private information about his or her account with a known large organization.

A)conformity
B)phishing
C)deception
D)pharming

Question 8

Newsgroups are part of an online bulletin board system called ____, which contains groups covering a huge variety of subjects.

A)GROUPS
B)ARPANET
C)USENET
D)NEWSNET

Question 9

____ is an Internet tool that aids in retrieving domain name-specific information from the NSI Registrar database.

A)WHOIS
B)Locate
C)DNS
D)Whereis

Question 10

____________________ is the act of locating targets and developing the methods necessary to attack those targets successfully.

Question 11

____________________ is the process of identifying domain names as well as other resources on the target network.

Question 12

____________________ is a DNS feature that lets a DNS server update its database with the list of domain names in another DNS server.

Question 13

There are two ping utilities available for a Linux or Unix machine: ping and ____________________.

Question 14

The Linux command ____________________ shows you where the files appear in your PATH.

Question 15

Describe some legal reconnaissance activities.

Question 16

Describe some illegal reconnaissance activities.

Question 17

Describe conformity as a social engineering technique.