NO.285 George is performing security analysis for Hammond and Sons LLC. He is testing security vulnerabilities of their wireless network. He plans on remaining as “stealthy” as possible during the scan. Why would a scanner like Nessus is not recommended in this situation?

NO.286 Sniffers that place NICs in promiscuous mode work at what layer of the OSI model?

NO.287 What is cold boot (hard boot)?

NO.288 In a virtual test environment, Michael is testing the strength and security of BGP using multiple routers to mimic the backbone of the Internet. This project will help him write his doctoral thesis on “bringing down the Internet”. Without sniffing the traffic between the routers, Michael sends millions of RESET packets to the routers in an attempt to shut one or all of them down. After a few hours, one of the routers finally shuts itself down. What will the other routers communicate between themselves?

NO.289 Simon is a former employee of Trinitron XML Inc. He feels he was wrongly terminated and wants to hack into his former company’s network. Since Simon remembers some of the server names, he attempts to run the axfr and ixfr commands using DIG. What is Simon trying to accomplish here?

NO.290 What is the primary function of the tool CHKDSK in Windows that authenticates the file system reliability of a volume?

NO.291 What feature of Windows is the following command trying to utilize?

NO.292 Why are Linux/Unix based computers better to use than Windows computers for idle scanning?

NO.293 Which of the following protocols allows non-ASCII files, such as video, graphics, and audio, to be sent through the email messages?

NO.294 Smith, a network administrator with a large MNC, was the first to arrive at a suspected crime scene involving criminal use of compromised computers. What should be his first response while maintaining the integrity of evidence?

NO.295 What is the CIDR from the following screenshot?

NO.296 A Linux system is undergoing investigation. In which directory should the investigators look for its current state data if the system is in powered on state?

NO.297 What method would be most efficient for you to acquire digital evidence from this network?

NO.298 Jacky encrypts her documents using a password. It is known that she uses her daughter’s year of birth as part of the password. Which password cracking technique would be optimal to crack her password?

NO.299 Which US law does the interstate or international transportation and receiving of child pornography fall under?

NO.300 Which of the following commands shows you the names of all open shared files on a server and the number of file locks on each file?

NO.301 A company’s policy requires employees to perform file transfers using protocols which encrypt traffic. You suspect some employees are still performing file transfers using unencrypted protocols because the employees don’t like changes. You have positioned a network sniffer to capture traffic from the laptops used by employees in the data ingest department. Using Wireshark to examine the captured traffic, which command can be used as a display filter to find unencrypted file transfers?

NO.302 What type of equipment would a forensics investigator store in a StrongHold bag?