Legit 312-50 Exam Download

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Question 12

Which of the following is the most important phase of ethical hacking wherein you need to spend considerable amount of time?

Options:

Gaining access

Escalating privileges

Network mapping

Footprinting

Question 13

A consultant has been hired by the V.P. of a large financial organization to assess the company's security posture. During the security testing, the consultant comes across child pornography on the V.P.'s computer. What is the consultant's obligation to the financial organization?

Options:

Say nothing and continue with the security testing.

Stop work immediately and contact the authorities.

Delete the pornography, say nothing, and continue security testing.

Bring the discovery to the financial organization's human resource department.

Question 14

An ethical hacker for a large security research firm performs penetration tests, vulnerability tests, and risk assessments. A friend recently started a company and asks the hacker to perform a penetration test and vulnerability assessment of the new company as a favor. What should the hacker's next step be before starting work on this job?

Options:

Start by foot printing the network and mapping out a plan of attack.

Ask the employer for authorization to perform the work outside the company.

Begin the reconnaissance phase with passive information gathering and then move into active information gathering.

Use social engineering techniques on the friend's employees to help identify areas that may be susceptible to attack.

Question 15

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?