Free CEH v13 312-50 Practice Questions & Answers 2026 Part3

Question #1

Which of the following is assured by the use of a hash?

A. Authentication

B. Confidentiality

C. Availability

D. Integrity

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Correct Answer: D

Question #2

Which method of password cracking takes the most time and effort?

A. Dictionary attack

B. Shoulder surfing

C. Rainbow tables

D. Brute force

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Correct Answer: D

Question #3

Which mode of IPSec should you use to assure security and confidentiality of data within the same LAN?

A. ESP transport mode

B. ESP confidential

C. AH permiscuous

D. AH Tunnel mode

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Correct Answer: A

Question #4

A hacker is an intelligent individual with excellent computer skills and the ability to explore a computer’s software and hardware without the owner’s permission. Their intention can either be to simply gain knowledge or to illegally make changes.Which of the following class of hacker refers to an individual who works both offensively and defensively at various times?

A. White Hat

B. Suicide Hacker

C. Gray Hat

D. Black Hat

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Correct Answer: C

Question #5

You have gained physical access to a Windows 2008 R2 server, which has an accessible disc drive. When you attempt to boot the server and log in, you are unable to guess the password. In your toolkit, you have an Ubuntu 9.10 Linux LiveCD. Which Linux-based tool can change any user’s password or activate disabled Windows accounts?

A. John the Ripper

B. SET

C. CHNTPW

D. Cain & Abel

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Correct Answer: C

Question #6

What is not a PCI compliance recommendation?

A. Use a firewall between the public network and the payment card data

B. Use encryption to protect all transmission of card holder data over any public network

C. Rotate employees handling credit card transactions on a yearly basis to different departments

D. Limit access to card holder data to as few individuals as possible

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Correct Answer: C

Question #7

env x=’(){ :;};echo exploit’ bash –c ‘cat/etc/passwd’What is the Shellshock bash vulnerability attempting to do on a vulnerable Linux host?

A. Removes the passwd file

B. Changes all passwords in passwd

C. Add new user to the passwd file

D. Display passwd content to prompt

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Correct Answer: D

Question #8

As a Certified Ethical Hacker, you were contracted by a private firm to conduct an external security assessment through penetration testing.What document describes the specifics of the testing, the associated violations, and essentially protects both the organization’s interest and your liabilities as a tester?

A. Service Level Agreement

B. Project Scope

C. Rules of Engagement

D. Non-Disclosure Agreement

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Correct Answer: C

Question #9

An attacker with access to the inside network of a small company launches a successful STP manipulation attack. What will he do next?

A. He will create a SPAN entry on the spoofed root bridge and redirect traffic to his computer

B. He will activate OSPF on the spoofed root bridge

C. He will repeat this action so that it escalates to a DoS attack

D. He will repeat the same attack against all L2 switches of the network

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Correct Answer: A

Question #10

A network administrator discovers several unknown files in the root directory of his Linux FTP server. One of the files is a tarball, two are shell script files, and the third is a binary file is named “nc.” The FTP server’s access logs show that the anonymous user account logged in to the server, uploaded the files, and extracted the contents of the tarball and ran the script using a function provided by the FTP server’s software. The ps command shows that the nc file is running as process, and the netstat command shows the nc process is listening on a network port.What kind of vulnerability must be present to make this remote attack possible?

A. File system permissions

B. Privilege escalation

C. Directory traversal

D. Brute force login

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Correct Answer: A

Question #11

You are a Network Security Officer. You have two machines. The first machine (192.168.0.99) has snort installed, and the second machine (192.168.0.150) has kiwi syslog installed. You perform a syn scan in yournetwork, and you notice that kiwi syslog is not receiving the alert message from snort. You decide to run wireshark in the snort machine to check if the messages are going to the kiwi syslog machine. What Wireshark filter will show the connections from the snort machine to kiwi syslog machine?

A. tcp

B. tcp

C. tcp

D. tcp

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Correct Answer: D

Question #12

A large company intends to use Blackberry for corporate mobile phones and a security analyst is assigned to evaluate the possible threats. The analyst will use the Blackjacking attack method to demonstrate how an attacker could circumvent perimeter defenses and gain access to the Prometric Online Testing – Reports https://ibt1.prometric.com/users/custom/report_queue/rq_str... corporate network. What tool should the analyst use to perform a Blackjacking attack?

A. Paros Proxy

B. BBProxy

C. Blooover

D. BBCrack

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Correct Answer: B

Question #13

The “Gray-box testing” methodology enforces what kind of restriction?

A. Only the external operation of a system is accessible to the tester

B. The internal operation of a system in only partly accessible to the tester

C. Only the internal operation of a system is known to the tester

D. The internal operation of a system is completely known to the tester

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Correct Answer: B

Question #14

What is one of the advantages of using both symmetric and asymmetric cryptography in SSL/TLS?

A. Supporting both types of algorithms allows less-powerful devices such as mobile phones to use symmetric encryption instead

B. Symmetric algorithms such as AES provide a failsafe when asymmetric methods fail

C. Symmetric encryption allows the server to security transmit the session keys out-of-band

D. Asymmetric cryptography is computationally expensive in comparison

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Correct Answer: A

Question #15

During a forensic log review at a satellite communications provider in Denver, Colorado, cybersecurity analyst Kevin Morales identified subtle timestamp irregularities in archived telemetry records. Although the discrepancies were minor, regulatory reporting standards required confirmation that the system clock was synchronizing correctly with its configured time sources.Kevin needed to interact directly with the host's running time service to review its current associations and operational state. He was not attempting to reset the clock or trace the hierarchy of upstream time authorities, but rather to query the active service for detailed status information from the target machine.Identify the command Kevin should execute to obtain this information.

A. tpq -p [host]

B. tptrace [-n] [-m maxhosts] [servername/IP address]

C. tpq [-inp] [-c command] [host] [

D. tpdc [-ilnps] [-c command] [host] [

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Correct Answer: A

Question #16

The company ABC recently contracts a new accountant. The accountant will be working with the financial statements. Those financial statements need to be approved by the CFO and then they will be sent to the accountant but the CFO is worried because he wants to be sure that the information sent to the accountant was not modified once he approved it. Which of the following options can be useful to ensure the integrity of the data?

A. The CFO can use a hash algorithm in the document once he approved the financial statements

B. The CFO can use an excel file with a password

C. The financial statements can be sent twice, one by email and the other delivered in USB and the accountant can compare both to be sure is the same document

D. The document can be sent to the accountant using an exclusive USB for that document

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Correct Answer: A

Question #17

An attacker, using a rogue wireless AP, performed an MITM attack and injected an HTML code to embed a malicious applet in all HTTP connections.When users accessed any page, the applet ran and exploited many machines. Which one of the following tools the hacker probably used to inject HTML code?

A. Wireshark

B. Ettercap

C. Aircrack-ng

D. Tcpdump

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Correct Answer: B

Question #18

“____________is an attack type for a rogue Wi-Fi access point that appears to be a legitimate one offered on thepremises, but actually has been set up to eavesdrop on wireless communications. It is the wireless version of the phishing scam. An attacker fools wireless users into connecting a laptop or mobile phone to a tainted hotspot by posing as a legitimate provider. This type of attack may be used to steal the passwords of unsuspecting users by either snooping the communication link or by phishing, which involves setting up afraudulent web site and luring people there.” Fill in the blank with appropriate choice.

A. Evil Twin Attack

B. Sinkhole Attack

C. Collision Attack

D. Signal Jamming Attack

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Correct Answer: A

Question #19

Which of the following is the BEST way to defend against network sniffing?

A. Using encryption protocols to secure network communications

B. Register all machines MAC Address in a Centralized Database

C. Use Static IP Address

D. Restrict Physical Access to Server Rooms hosting Critical Servers

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Correct Answer: A

Question #20

Which of the following is not a Bluetooth attack?

A. Bluedriving

B. Bluesmacking

C. Bluejacking

D. Bluesnarfing

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Correct Answer: A

Question #21

You are working as a Security Analyst in a company XYZ that owns the whole subnet range of 23.0.0.0/8 and 192.168.0.0/8.While monitoring the data, you find a high number of outbound connections. You see that IP’s owned by XYZ (Internal) and private IP’s are communicating to a Single Public IP. Therefore, the Internal IP’s are sending data to the Public IP.After further analysis, you find out that this Public IP is a blacklisted IP, and the internal communicating devices are compromised.What kind of attack does the above scenario depict?

A. Botnet Attack

B. Spear Phishing Attack

C. Advanced Persistent Threats

D. Rootkit Attack

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Correct Answer: A

Question #22

PGP, SSL, and IKE are all examples of which type of cryptography?

A. Digest

B. Secret Key

C. Public Key

D. Hash Algorithm

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Correct Answer: C

Question #23

Which of the following is the best countermeasure to encrypting ransomwares?

A. Use multiple antivirus softwares

B. Pay a ransom

C. Keep some generation of off-line backup

D. Analyze the ransomware to get decryption key of encrypted data

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Correct Answer: C

Question #24

You are working as a Security Analyst in a company XYZ that owns the whole subnet range of 23.0.0.0/8 and 192.168.0.0/8.While monitoring the data, you find a high number of outbound connections. You see that IP’s owned by XYZ (Internal) and private IP’s are communicating to a Single Public IP. Therefore, the Internal IP’s are sending data to the Public IP.After further analysis, you find out that this Public IP is a blacklisted IP, and the internal communicating devices are compromised.What kind of attack does the above scenario depict?

A. Botnet Attack

B. Spear Phishing Attack

C. Advanced Persistent Threats

D. Rootkit Attack

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Correct Answer: A

Question #25

You are attempting to run an Nmap port scan on a web server. Which of the following commands would result in a scan of common ports with the least amount of noise in order to evade IDS?

A. nmap -A - Pn

B. nmap -sP -p-65535 -T5

C. nmap -sT -O -T0

D. nmap -A --host-timeout 99 -T1

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Correct Answer: C

Question #26

Your company performs penetration tests and security assessments for small and medium-sized business in the local area. During a routine security assessment, you discover information that suggests your client is involved with human trafficking.What should you do?

A. Confront the client in a respectful manner and ask her about the data

B. Copy the data to removable media and keep it in case you need it

C. Ignore the data and continue the assessment until completed as agreed

D. Immediately stop work and contact the proper legal authorities

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Correct Answer: D

Question #27

What is the minimum number of network connections in a multihomed firewall?

A. 3

B. 5

C. 4

D. 2

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Correct Answer: A

Question #28

A large company intends to use Blackberry for corporate mobile phones and a security analyst is assigned to evaluate the possible threats. The analyst will use the Blackjacking attack method to demonstrate how an attacker could circumvent perimeter defenses and gain access to the Prometric Online Testing – Reports https://ibt1.prometric.com/users/custom/report_queue/rq_str... corporate network. What tool should the analyst use to perform a Blackjacking attack?

A. Paros Proxy

B. BBProxy

C. Blooover

D. BBCrack

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Correct Answer: B

Question #29

A penetration tester is conducting a port scan on a specific host. The tester found several ports opened that were confusing in concluding the Operating System (OS) version installed. Considering that NMAP result below, which of the following is likely to be installed on the target machine by the OS? Starting NMAP 5.21 at 2011-03-15 11:06 NMAP scan report for 172.16.40.65 Host is up (1.00s latency). Not shown: 993 closed ports PORT STATE SERVICE 21/tcp open ftp 23/tcp open telnet 80/tcp open http 139/tcp open netbios-ssn 515/tcp open 631/tcp open ipp 9100/tcp open MAC Address: 00:00:48:0D:EE:8

A. The host is likely a Linux machine

B. The host is likely a printer

C. The host is likely a router

D. The host is likely a Windows machine

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Correct Answer: B

Question #30

What is the way to decide how a packet will move from an untrusted outside host to a protected inside that is behind a firewall, which permits the hacker to determine which ports are open and if the packets can pass through the packet-filtering of the firewall?

A. Session hijacking

B. Firewalking

C. Man-in-the middle attack

D. Network sniffing

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Correct Answer: B

Question #31

A bank stores and processes sensitive privacy information related to home loans. However, auditing has never been enabled on the system. What is the first step that the bank should take before enabling the audit feature?

A. Perform a vulnerability scan of the system

B. Determine the impact of enabling the audit feature

C. Perform a cost/benefit analysis of the audit feature

D. Allocate funds for staffing of audit log review

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Correct Answer: B

Question #32

Which of the following is not a Bluetooth attack?

A. Bluedriving

B. Bluesmacking

C. Bluejacking

D. Bluesnarfing

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Correct Answer: A

Question #33

Jim’s company regularly performs backups of their critical servers. But the company cannot afford to send backup tapes to an off-site vendor for long-term storage and archiving. Instead, Jim’s company keeps the backup tapes in a safe in the office. Jim’s company is audited each year, and the results from this year’s audit show a risk because backup tapes are not stored off-site. The Manager of Information Technology has a plan to take the backup tapes home with him and wants to know what two things he can do to secure the backup tapes while in transit?

A. Encrypt the backup tapes and transport them in a lock box

B. Degauss the backup tapes and transport them in a lock box

C. Hash the backup tapes and transport them in a lock box

D. Encrypt the backup tapes and use a courier to transport them

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Correct Answer: A

Question #34

Which of the following tools is used to analyze the files produced by several packet-capture programs such as tcpdump, WinDump, Wireshark, and EtherPeek?

A. tcptrace

B. Nessus

C. OpenVAS

D. tcptraceroute

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Correct Answer: A

Question #35

You have successfully comprised a server having an IP address of 10.10.0.5. You would like to enumerate all machines in the same network quickly.What is the best Nmap command you will use?

A. nmap -T4 -q 10

B. nmap -T4 -F 10

C. nmap -T4 -r 10

D. nmap -T4 -O 10

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Correct Answer: B

Question #36

You have gained physical access to a Windows 2008 R2 server, which has an accessible disc drive. When you attempt to boot the server and log in, you are unable to guess the password. In your toolkit, you have an Ubuntu 9.10 Linux LiveCD. Which Linux-based tool can change any user’s password or activate disabled Windows accounts?

A. John the Ripper

B. SET

C. CHNTPW

D. Cain & Abel

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Correct Answer: C

Question #37

While conducting a covert penetration test on a UNIX-based infrastructure, the tester decides to bypass intrusion detection systems by sending specially crafted TCP packets with an unusual set of flags enabled.These packets do not initiate or complete any TCP handshake. During the scan, the tester notices that when certain ports are probed, there is no response from the target, but for others, a TCP RST (reset) packet is received. The tester notes that this behavior consistently aligns with open and closed ports. Based on these observations, which scanning technique is most likely being used?

A. mas scan leveraging RFC 793 quirks

B. IN scan using stealthy flag combinations

C. CP Connect scan to complete the three-way handshake

D. CK flag scan to evaluate firewall behavior

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Correct Answer: B

Question #38

What is one of the advantages of using both symmetric and asymmetric cryptography in SSL/TLS?

A. Supporting both types of algorithms allows less-powerful devices such as mobile phones to use symmetric encryption instead

B. Symmetric algorithms such as AES provide a failsafe when asymmetric methods fail

C. Symmetric encryption allows the server to security transmit the session keys out-of-band

D. Asymmetric cryptography is computationally expensive in comparison

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Correct Answer: A

Question #39

When you are getting information about a web server, it is very important to know the HTTP Methods (GET, POST, HEAD, PUT, DELETE, TRACE) that are available because there are two critical methods (PUT and DELETE). PUT can upload a file to the server and DELETE can delete a file from the server. You can detect all these methods (GET, POST, HEAD, PUT, DELETE, TRACE) using NMAP script engine. What Nmap script will help you with this task?

A. http-methods

B. http enum

C. http-headers

D. http-git

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Correct Answer: A

Question #40

Which regulation defines security and privacy controls for Federal information systems and organizations?

A. HIPAA

B. EU Safe Harbor

C. PCI-DSS

D. NIST-800-53

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Correct Answer: D

Question #41

Internet Protocol Security IPsec is actually a suite pf protocols. Each protocol within the suite provides different functionality. Collective IPsec does everything except.

A. Protect the payload and the headers

B. Encrypt

C. Work at the Data Link Layer

D. Authenticate

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Correct Answer: C

Question #42

The configuration allows a wired or wireless network interface controller to pass all traffic it receives to the Central Processing Unit (CPU), rather than passing only the frames that the controller is intended to receive. Which of the following is being described?

A. Multi-cast mode

B. Promiscuous mode

C. WEM

D. Port forwarding

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Correct Answer: B

Question #43

An attacker is trying to redirect the traffic of a small office. That office is using their own mail server, DNS server and NTP server because of the importance of their job. The attacker gain access to the DNS server and redirect the direction www.google.com to his own IP address. Now when the employees of the office want to go to Google they are being redirected to the attacker machine. What is the name of this kind of attack?

A. MAC Flooding

B. Smurf Attack

C. DNS spoofing

D. ARP Poisoning

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Correct Answer: C

Question #44

Steve, a scientist who works in a governmental security agency, developed a technological solution to identify people based on walking patterns and implemented this approach to a physical control access.A camera captures people walking and identifies the individuals using Steve’s approach.After that, people must approximate their RFID badges. Both the identifications are required to open the door. In this case, we can say:

A. Although the approach has two phases, it actually implements just one authentication factor

B. The solution implements the two authentication factors: physical object and physical characteristic

C. The solution will have a high level of false positives

D. Biological motion cannot be used to identify people

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Correct Answer: B

Question #45

Which of the following is the best countermeasure to encrypting ransomwares?

A. Use multiple antivirus softwares

B. Pay a ransom

C. Keep some generation of off-line backup

D. Analyze the ransomware to get decryption key of encrypted data

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Correct Answer: C

Question #46

A bank stores and processes sensitive privacy information related to home loans. However, auditing has never been enabled on the system. What is the first step that the bank should take before enabling the audit feature?

A. Perform a vulnerability scan of the system

B. Determine the impact of enabling the audit feature

C. Perform a cost/benefit analysis of the audit feature

D. Allocate funds for staffing of audit log review

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Correct Answer: B

Question #47

Which of the following describes the characteristics of a Boot Sector Virus?

A. Modifies directory table entries so that directory entries point to the virus code instead of the actual program

B. Moves the MBR to another location on the RAM and copies itself to the original location of the MBR

C. Moves the MBR to another location on the hard disk and copies itself to the original location of the MBR

D. Overwrites the original MBR and only executes the new virus code

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Correct Answer: C

Question #48

An attacker attaches a rogue router in a network. He wants to redirect traffic to a LAN attached to his router as part of a man-in-the-middle attack. What measure on behalf of the legitimate admin can mitigate this attack?

A. Make sure that legitimate network routers are configured to run routing protocols with authentication

B. Disable all routing protocols and only use static routes

C. Only using OSPFv3 will mitigate this risk

D. Redirection of the traffic cannot happen unless the admin allows it explicitly

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Correct Answer: A

Question #49

Which regulation defines security and privacy controls for Federal information systems and organizations?

A. HIPAA

B. EU Safe Harbor

C. PCI-DSS

D. NIST-800-53

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Correct Answer: D

Question #50

You are a Network Security Officer. You have two machines. The first machine (192.168.0.99) has snort installed, and the second machine (192.168.0.150) has kiwi syslog installed. You perform a syn scan in yournetwork, and you notice that kiwi syslog is not receiving the alert message from snort. You decide to run wireshark in the snort machine to check if the messages are going to the kiwi syslog machine. What Wireshark filter will show the connections from the snort machine to kiwi syslog machine?

A. tcp

B. tcp

C. tcp

D. tcp

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Correct Answer: D

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