GIAC Information Security Professional (GISP) Free Practice Test
Question 1
Which of the following types of attacks is only intended to make a computer resource unavailable to its users?
Correct Answer: B
Question 2
John works as a professional Ethical Hacker. He has been assigned a project to test the security of www.we-are-secure.com. He copies the whole structure of the We-are-secure Web site to the local disk and obtains all the files on the Web site. Which of the following techniques is he using to accomplish his task?
Correct Answer: C
Question 3
Which of the following entities is used by Routers and firewalls to determine which packets should be forwarded or dropped?
Correct Answer: D
Question 4
Which of the following devices reads the destination's MAC address from each incoming data packet and forwards the data packet to its destination?
Correct Answer: B
Question 5
Which of the following VPN protocols offer encryption?
Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose two.
Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose two.
Correct Answer: A,D
Question 6
Which of the following statements about Network Address Translation (NAT) are true?
Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose three.
Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose three.
Correct Answer: A,B,C
Question 7
How many layers does the TCP/IP model consist of?
Correct Answer: D
Question 8
Which of the following records is the first entry in a DNS database file?
Correct Answer: A
Question 9
Which of the following protocols is used to establish a secure TELNET session over TCP/IP?
Correct Answer: C
Question 10
Brutus is a password cracking tool that can be used to crack the following authentications:
*HTTP (Basic Authentication)
*HTTP (HTML Form/CGI)
*POP3 (Post Office Protocol v3)
*FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
*SMB (Server Message Block)
*Telnet
Which of the following attacks can be performed by Brutus for password cracking?
Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.
*HTTP (Basic Authentication)
*HTTP (HTML Form/CGI)
*POP3 (Post Office Protocol v3)
*FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
*SMB (Server Message Block)
*Telnet
Which of the following attacks can be performed by Brutus for password cracking?
Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.
Correct Answer: A,C,D
Question 11
Which of the following access control models requires centralize database of user accounts?
Correct Answer: C
Question 12
Which of the following books deals with confidentiality?
Correct Answer: D
Question 13
Which of the following is used to prevent the electronic emissions of a computer from being used by unauthorized users?
Correct Answer: B