GAQM Information Systems Security CPEH-001 New Questions

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Question 76

A technician is resolving an issue where a computer is unable to connect to the Internet using a wireless access point. The computer is able to transfer files locally to other machines, but cannot successfully reach the Internet. When the technician examines the IP address and default gateway they are both on the 192.168.1.0/24. Which of the following has occurred?

Options:

The gateway is not routing to a public IP address.

The computer is using an invalid IP address.

The gateway and the computer are not on the same network.

The computer is not using a private IP address.

Question 77

A computer technician is using a new version of a word processing software package when it is discovered that a special sequence of characters causes the entire computer to crash. The technician researches the bug and discovers that no one else experienced the problem. What is the appropriate next step?

Options:

Ignore the problem completely and let someone else deal with it.

Create a document that will crash the computer when opened and send it to friends.

Find an underground bulletin board and attempt to sell the bug to the highest bidder.

Notify the vendor of the bug and do not disclose it until the vendor gets a chance to issue a fix.

Question 78

Some passwords are stored using specialized encryption algorithms known as hashes. Why is this an appropriate method?

Options:

It is impossible to crack hashed user passwords unless the key used to encrypt them is obtained.

If a user forgets the password, it can be easily retrieved using the hash key stored by administrators.

Hashing is faster compared to more traditional encryption algorithms.

Passwords stored using hashes are non-reversible, making finding the password much more difficult.

Question 79

A network security administrator is worried about potential man-in-the-middle attacks when users access a corporate web site from their workstations. Which of the following is the best remediation against this type of attack?