212-89: EC-Council Certified Incident Handler

Question #: 134
Topic #: 1
What command does a Digital Forensic Examiner use to display the list of all IP addresses and their associated MAC addresses on a victim computer to identify the machines that were communicating with it:

A. “arp” command
B. “netstat “”an” command
C. “dd” command
D. “ifconfig” command

Selected Answer: B

Question #: 116
Topic #: 1
A Host is infected by worms that propagates through a vulnerable service; the sign(s) of the presence of the worm include:

A. Decrease in network usage
B. Established connection attempts targeted at the vulnerable services
C. System becomes instable or crashes
D. All the above

Selected Answer: D

Question #: 2
Topic #: 1
A distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is a more common type of DoS Attack, where a single system is targeted by a large number of infected machines over the Internet. In a DDoS attack, attackers first infect multiple systems which are known as:

A. Trojans
B. Zombies
C. Spyware
D. Worms

Selected Answer: B

Question #: 159
Topic #: 1
Ensuring the integrity, confidentiality and availability of electronic protected health information of a patient is known as:

A. Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
B. Health Insurance Portability and Privacy Act
C. Social Security Act
D. Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Selected Answer: D

Question #: 114
Topic #: 1
The Malicious code that is installed on the computer without user’s knowledge to acquire information from the user’s machine and send it to the attacker who can access it remotely is called:

A. Spyware
B. Logic Bomb
C. Trojan
D. Worm

Selected Answer: C

Question #: 106
Topic #: 1
A malware code that infects computer files, corrupts or deletes the data in them and requires a host file to propagate is called:

A. Trojan
B. Worm
C. Virus
D. RootKit

Selected Answer: C

Question #: 86
Topic #: 1
The service organization that provides 24×7 computer security incident response services to any user, company, government agency, or organization is known as:

A. Computer Security Incident Response Team CSIRT
B. Security Operations Center SOC
C. Digital Forensics Examiner
D. Vulnerability Assessor

Selected Answer: B

Question #: 77
Topic #: 1
The correct sequence of Incident Response and Handling is:

A. Incident Identification, recording, initial response, communication and containment
B. Incident Identification, initial response, communication, recording and containment
C. Incident Identification, communication, recording, initial response and containment
D. Incident Identification, recording, initial response, containment and communication

Selected Answer: D

Question #: 70
Topic #: 1
Absorbing minor risks while preparing to respond to major ones is called:

A. Risk Mitigation
B. Risk Transfer
C. Risk Assumption
D. Risk Avoidance

Selected Answer: A

Question #: 68
Topic #: 1
A payroll system has a vulnerability that cannot be exploited by current technology. Which of the following is correct about this scenario:

A. The risk must be urgently mitigated
B. The risk must be transferred immediately
C. The risk is not present at this time
D. The risk is accepted

Selected Answer: D

Question #: 47
Topic #: 1
Computer viruses are malicious software programs that infect computers and corrupt or delete the data on them. Identify the virus type that specifically infects
Microsoft Word files?

A. Micro Virus
B. File Infector
C. Macro Virus
D. Boot Sector virus

Selected Answer: C

Question #: 13
Topic #: 1
An incident recovery plan is a statement of actions that should be taken before, during or after an incident. Identify which of the following is NOT an objective of the incident recovery plan?

A. Creating new business processes to maintain profitability after incident
B. Providing a standard for testing the recovery plan
C. Avoiding the legal liabilities arising due to incident
D. Providing assurance that systems are reliable

Selected Answer: C

Question #: 153
Topic #: 1
The ability of an agency to continue to function even after a disastrous event, accomplished through the deployment of redundant hardware and software, the use of fault tolerant systems, as well as a solid backup and recovery strategy is known as:

A. Business Continuity Plan
B. Business Continuity
C. Disaster Planning
D. Contingency Planning

Selected Answer: A

Question #: 141
Topic #: 1
The person who offers his formal opinion as a testimony about a computer crime incident in the court of law is known as:

A. Expert Witness
B. Incident Analyzer
C. Incident Responder
D. Evidence Documenter

Selected Answer: C

Question #: 136
Topic #: 1
To recover, analyze, and preserve computer and related materials in such a way that it can be presented as evidence in a court of law and identify the evidence in short time, estimate the potential impact of the malicious activity on the victim, and assess the intent and identity of the perpetrator is known as:

A. Computer Forensics
B. Digital Forensic Analysis
C. Forensic Readiness
D. Digital Forensic Examiner

Selected Answer: A

Question #: 132
Topic #: 1
The Linux command used to make binary copies of computer media and as a disk imaging tool if given a raw disk device as its input is:

A. “dd” command
B. “netstat” command
C. “nslookup” command
D. “find” command

Selected Answer: A

Question #: 97
Topic #: 1
The free, open source, TCP/IP protocol analyzer, sniffer and packet capturing utility standard across many industries and educational institutions is known as:

A. Snort
B. Wireshark
C. Cain & Able
D. nmap

Selected Answer: A

Question #: 60
Topic #: 1
The largest number of cyber-attacks are conducted by:

A. Insiders
B. Outsiders
C. Business partners
D. Suppliers

Selected Answer: A

Question #: 9
Topic #: 1
Identify the network security incident where intended authorized users are prevented from using system, network, or applications by flooding the network with high volume of traffic that consumes all existing network resources.

A. URL Manipulation
B. XSS Attack
C. SQL Injection
D. Denial of Service Attack

Selected Answer: D

Question #: 8
Topic #: 1
A computer Risk Policy is a set of ideas to be implemented to overcome the risk associated with computer security incidents. Identify the procedure that is NOT part of the computer risk policy?

A. Procedure to identify security funds to hedge risk
B. Procedure to monitor the efficiency of security controls
C. Procedure for the ongoing training of employees authorized to access the system
D. Provisions for continuing support if there is an interruption in the system or if the system crashes

Selected Answer: A

Question #: 4
Topic #: 1
An organization faced an information security incident where a disgruntled employee passed sensitive access control information to a competitor. The organization’s incident response manager, upon investigation, found that the incident must be handled within a few hours on the same day to maintain business continuity and market competitiveness. How would you categorize such information security incident?

A. High level incident
B. Middle level incident
C. Ultra-High level incident
D. Low level incident

Selected Answer: B

Question #: 161
Topic #: 1
Bit stream image copy of the digital evidence must be performed in order to:

A. Prevent alteration to the original disk
B. Copy the FAT table
C. Copy all disk sectors including slack space
D. All the above

Selected Answer: D

Question #: 104
Topic #: 1
A Malicious code attack using emails is considered as:

A. Malware based attack
B. Email attack
C. Inappropriate usage incident
D. Multiple component attack

Selected Answer: A

Question #: 89
Topic #: 1
The role that applies appropriate technology and tries to eradicate and recover from the incident is known as:

A. Incident Manager
B. Incident Analyst
C. Incident Handler
D. Incident coordinator

Selected Answer: C

Question #: 65
Topic #: 1
An information security incident is

A. Any real or suspected adverse event in relation to the security of computer systems or networks
B. Any event that disrupts normal today’s business functions
C. Any event that breaches the availability of information assets
D. All of the above

Selected Answer: A

Question #: 62
Topic #: 1
Incidents such as DDoS that should be handled immediately may be considered as:

A. Level One incident
B. Level Two incident
C. Level Three incident
D. Level Four incident

Selected Answer: A

Question #: 39
Topic #: 1
The data on the affected system must be backed up so that it can be retrieved if it is damaged during incident response. The system backup can also be used for further investigations of the incident. Identify the stage of the incident response and handling process in which complete backup of the infected system is carried out?

A. Containment
B. Eradication
C. Incident recording
D. Incident investigation

Selected Answer: A

Question #: 120
Topic #: 1
Which of the following is NOT one of the techniques used to respond to insider threats:

A. Placing malicious users in quarantine network, so that attack cannot be spread
B. Preventing malicious users from accessing unclassified information
C. Disabling the computer systems from network connection
D. Blocking malicious user accounts

Selected Answer: B

Question #: 34
Topic #: 1
The insider risk matrix consists of technical literacy and business process knowledge vectors. Considering the matrix, one can conclude that:

A. If the insider’s technical literacy is low and process knowledge is high, the risk posed by the threat will be insignificant.
B. If the insider’s technical literacy and process knowledge are high, the risk posed by the threat will be insignificant.
C. If the insider’s technical literacy is high and process knowledge is low, the risk posed by the threat will be high.
D. If the insider’s technical literacy and process knowledge are high, the risk posed by the threat will be high.

Selected Answer: C

Question #: 15
Topic #: 1
An audit trail policy collects all audit trails such as series of records of computer events, about an operating system, application or user activities. Which of the following statements is NOT true for an audit trail policy:

A. It helps calculating intangible losses to the organization due to incident
B. It helps tracking individual actions and allows users to be personally accountable for their actions
C. It helps in compliance to various regulatory laws, rules,and guidelines
D. It helps in reconstructing the events after a problem has occurred

Selected Answer: A

Question #: 14
Topic #: 1
Risk is defined as the probability of the occurrence of an incident. Risk formulation generally begins with the likeliness of an event’s occurrence, the harm it may cause and is usually denoted as Risk = ∑(events)X(Probability of occurrence)X?

A. Magnitude
B. Probability
C. Consequences
D. Significance

Selected Answer: C

Question #: 84
Topic #: 1
Which of the following is a correct statement about incident management, handling and response:

A. Incident response is on the functions provided by incident handling
B. Incident handling is on the functions provided by incident response
C. Triage is one of the services provided by incident response
D. Incident response is one of the services provided by triage

Selected Answer: C

Question #: 31
Topic #: 1
Risk management consists of three processes, risk assessment, mitigation and evaluation. Risk assessment determines the extent of the potential threat and the risk associated with an IT system through its SDLC. How many primary steps does NIST’s risk assessment methodology involve?

A. Twelve
B. Four
C. Six
D. Nine

Selected Answer: C

Question #: 51
Topic #: 1
Which of the following incidents are reported under CAT -5 federal agency category?

A. Exercise/ Network Defense Testing
B. Malicious code
C. Scans/ probes/ Attempted Access
D. Denial of Service DoS

Selected Answer: B

Question #: 27
Topic #: 1
Which of the following incident recovery testing methods works by creating a mock disaster, like fire to identify the reaction of the procedures that are implemented to handle such situations?

A. Scenario testing
B. Facility testing
C. Live walk-through testing
D. Procedure testing

Selected Answer: A

Question #: 29
Topic #: 1
Which among the following CERTs is an Internet provider to higher education institutions and various other research institutions in the Netherlands and deals with all cases related to computer security incidents in which a customer is involved either as a victim or as a suspect?

A. NET-CERT
B. DFN-CERT
C. Funet CERT
D. SURFnet-CERT

Selected Answer: D

Question #: 49
Topic #: 1
Digital evidence plays a major role in prosecuting cyber criminals. John is a cyber-crime investigator, is asked to investigate a child pornography case. The personal computer of the criminal in question was confiscated by the county police. Which of the following evidence will lead John in his investigation?

A. SAM file
B. Web serve log
C. Routing table list
D. Web browser history

Selected Answer: C

Question #: 33
Topic #: 1
Contingency planning enables organizations to develop and maintain effective methods to handle emergencies. Every organization will have its own specific requirements that the planning should address. There are five major components of the IT contingency plan, namely supporting information, notification activation, recovery and reconstitution and plan appendices. What is the main purpose of the reconstitution plan?

A. To restore the original site, tests systems to prevent the incident and terminates operations
B. To define the notification procedures, damage assessments and offers the plan activation
C. To provide the introduction and detailed concept of the contingency plan
D. To provide a sequence of recovery activities with the help of recovery procedures

Selected Answer: A

Question #: 88
Topic #: 1
Which of the following service(s) is provided by the CSIRT:

A. Vulnerability handling
B. Technology watch
C. Development of security tools
D. All the above

Selected Answer: A

Question #: 40
Topic #: 1
In a qualitative risk analysis, risk is calculated in terms of:

A. (Attack Success + Criticality ) “”(Countermeasures)
B. Asset criticality assessment “” (Risks and Associated Risk Levels)
C. Probability of Loss X Loss
D. (Countermeasures + Magnitude of Impact) “” (Reports from prior risk assessments)

Selected Answer: B

Question #: 45
Topic #: 1
Incident handling and response steps help you to detect, identify, respond and manage an incident. Which of the following helps in recognizing and separating the infected hosts from the information system?

A. Configuring firewall to default settings
B. Inspecting the process running on the system
C. Browsing particular government websites
D. Sending mails to only group of friends

Selected Answer: B

Question #: 38
Topic #: 1
Except for some common roles, the roles in an IRT are distinct for every organization. Which among the following is the role played by the Incident Coordinator of an IRT?

A. Links the appropriate technology to the incident to ensure that the foundation’s offices are returned to normal operations as quickly as possible
B. Links the groups that are affected by the incidents, such as legal, human resources, different business areas and management
C. Applies the appropriate technology and tries to eradicate and recover from the incident
D. Focuses on the incident and handles it from management and technical point of view

Selected Answer: B

Question #: 73
Topic #: 1
What is correct about Quantitative Risk Analysis:

A. It is Subjective but faster than Qualitative Risk Analysis
B. Easily automated
C. Better than Qualitative Risk Analysis
D. Uses levels and descriptive expressions

Selected Answer: B

Question #: 41
Topic #: 1
A computer virus hoax is a message warning the recipient of non-existent computer virus. The message is usually a chain e-mail that tells the recipient to forward it to every one they know. Which of the following is NOT a symptom of virus hoax message?

A. The message prompts the end user to forward it to his / her e-mail contact list and gain monetary benefits in doing so
B. The message from a known email id is caught by SPAM filters due to change of filter settings
C. The message warns to delete certain files if the user does not take appropriate action
D. The message prompts the user to install Anti-Virus

Selected Answer: B

Question #: 72
Topic #: 1
Adam calculated the total cost of a control to protect 10,000 $ worth of data as 20,000 $. What do you advise Adam to do?

A. Apply the control
B. Not to apply the control
C. Use qualitative risk assessment
D. Use semi-qualitative risk assessment instead

Selected Answer: C

Question #: 3
Topic #: 1
The goal of incident response is to handle the incident in a way that minimizes damage and reduces recovery time and cost. Which of the following does NOT constitute a goal of incident response?

A. Dealing with human resources department and various employee conflict behaviors.
B. Using information gathered during incident handling to prepare for handling future incidents in a better way and to provide stronger protection for systems and data.
C. Helping personal to recover quickly and efficiently from security incidents, minimizing loss or theft and disruption of services.
D. Dealing properly with legal issues that may arise during incidents.

Selected Answer: A

Question #: 67
Topic #: 1
If the loss anticipated is greater than the agreed upon threshold; the organization will:

A. Accept the risk
B. Mitigate the risk
C. Accept the risk but after management approval
D. Do nothing

Selected Answer: A

Question #: 30
Topic #: 1
One of the main objectives of incident management is to prevent incidents and attacks by tightening the physical security of the system or infrastructure. According to CERT’s incident management process, which stage focuses on implementing infrastructure improvements resulting from postmortem reviews or other process improvement mechanisms?

A. Protection
B. Preparation
C. Detection
D. Triage

Selected Answer: B

Question #: 54
Topic #: 1
Incident management team provides support to all users in the organization that are affected by the threat or attack. The organization’s internal auditor is part of the incident response team. Identify one of the responsibilities of the internal auditor as part of the incident response team:

A. Configure information security controls
B. Perform necessary action to block the network traffic from suspected intruder
C. Identify and report security loopholes to the management for necessary actions
D. Coordinate incident containment activities with the information security officer

Selected Answer: C

Question #: 56
Topic #: 1
Based on the some statistics; what is the typical number one top incident?

A. Phishing
B. Policy violation
C. Un-authorized access
D. Malware

Selected Answer: D

Question #: 55
Topic #: 1
A risk mitigation strategy determines the circumstances under which an action has to be taken to minimize and overcome risks. Identify the risk mitigation strategy that focuses on minimizing the probability of risk and losses by searching for vulnerabilities in the system and appropriate controls:

A. Risk Assumption
B. Research and acknowledgment
C. Risk limitation
D. Risk absorption

Selected Answer: B

Question #: 25
Topic #: 1
A threat source does not present a risk if NO vulnerability that can be exercised for a particular threat source. Identify the step in which different threat sources are defined:

A. Identification Vulnerabilities
B. Control analysis
C. Threat identification
D. System characterization

Selected Answer: A

Question #: 20
Topic #: 1
A US Federal agency network was the target of a DoS attack that prevented and impaired the normal authorized functionality of the networks. According to agency’s reporting timeframe guidelines, this incident should be reported within two (2) HOURS of discovery/detection if the successful attack is still ongoing and the agency is unable to successfully mitigate the activity. Which incident category of the US Federal Agency does this incident belong to?

A. CAT 5
B. CAT 1
C. CAT 2
D. CAT 6

Selected Answer: B

Question #: 53
Topic #: 1
A computer forensic investigator must perform a proper investigation to protect digital evidence. During the investigation, an investigator needs to process large amounts of data using a combination of automated and manual methods. Identify the computer forensic process involved:

A. Analysis
B. Preparation
C. Examination
D. Collection

Selected Answer: C

Question #: 35
Topic #: 1
Which policy recommends controls for securing and tracking organizational resources:

A. Access control policy
B. Administrative security policy
C. Acceptable use policy
D. Asset control policy

Selected Answer: B

Question #: 46
Topic #: 1
An access control policy authorized a group of users to perform a set of actions on a set of resources. Access to resources is based on necessity and if a particular job role requires the use of those resources. Which of the following is NOT a fundamental element of access control policy

A. Action group: group of actions performed by the users on resources
B. Development group: group of persons who develop the policy
C. Resource group: resources controlled by the policy
D. Access group: group of users to which the policy applies

Selected Answer: B

Question #: 16
Topic #: 1
Computer forensics is methodical series of techniques and procedures for gathering evidence from computing equipment, various storage devices and or digital media that can be presented in a course of law in a coherent and meaningful format. Which one of the following is an appropriate flow of steps in the computer forensics process:

A. Examination> Analysis > Preparation > Collection > Reporting
B. Preparation > Analysis > Collection > Examination > Reporting
C. Analysis > Preparation > Collection > Reporting > Examination
D. Preparation > Collection > Examination > Analysis > Reporting

Selected Answer: B

Question #: 7
Topic #: 1
Which of the following is an appropriate flow of the incident recovery steps?

A. System Operation-System Restoration-System Validation-System Monitoring
B. System Validation-System Operation-System Restoration-System Monitoring
C. System Restoration-System Monitoring-System Validation-System Operations
D. System Restoration-System Validation-System Operations-System Monitoring

Selected Answer: A

Question #: 10
Topic #: 1
Incident handling and response steps help you to detect, identify, respond and manage an incident. Which of the following steps focus on limiting the scope and extent of an incident?

A. Eradication
B. Containment
C. Identification
D. Data collection

Selected Answer: A

Question #: 119
Topic #: 1
Which of the following is NOT one of the common techniques used to detect Insider threats:

A. Spotting an increase in their performance
B. Observing employee tardiness and unexplained absenteeism
C. Observing employee sick leaves
D. Spotting conflicts with supervisors and coworkers

Selected Answer: A

Question #: 21
Topic #: 1
US-CERT and Federal civilian agencies use the reporting timeframe criteria in the federal agency reporting categorization. What is the timeframe required to report an incident under the CAT 4 Federal Agency category?

A. Weekly
B. Within four (4) hours of discovery/detection if the successful attack is still ongoing and agency is unable to successfully mitigate activity
C. Within two (2) hours of discovery/detection
D. Monthly

Selected Answer: D

Question #: 44
Topic #: 1
A security policy will take the form of a document or a collection of documents, depending on the situation or usage. It can become a point of reference in case a violation occurs that results in dismissal or other penalty. Which of the following is NOT true for a good security policy?

A. It must be enforceable with security tools where appropriate and with sanctions where actual prevention is not technically feasible
B. It must be approved by court of law after verifications of the stated terms and facts
C. It must be implemented through system administration procedures, publishing of acceptable use guide lines or other appropriate methods
D. It must clearly define the areas of responsibilities of the users, administrators and management

Selected Answer: A

Question #: 24
Topic #: 1
When an employee is terminated from his or her job, what should be the next immediate step taken by an organization?

A. All access rights of the employee to physical locations, networks, systems, applications and data should be disabled
B. The organization should enforce separation of duties
C. The access requests granted to an employee should be documented and vetted by the supervisor
D. The organization should monitor the activities of the system administrators and privileged users who have permissions to access the sensitive information

Selected Answer: C

Question #: 1
Topic #: 1
Which of the following terms may be defined as “a measure of possible inability to achieve a goal, objective, or target within a defined security, cost plan and technical limitations that adversely affects the organization’s operation and revenues?

A. Risk
B. Vulnerability
C. Threat
D. Incident Response

Selected Answer: B

Question #: 11
Topic #: 1
Identify the malicious program that is masked as a genuine harmless program and gives the attacker unrestricted access to the user’s information and system.
These programs may unleash dangerous programs that may erase the unsuspecting user’s disk and send the victim’s credit card numbers and passwords to a stranger.

A. Cookie tracker
B. Worm
C. Trojan
D. Virus

Selected Answer: D

Question #: 127
Topic #: 1
Insiders may be:

A. Ignorant employees
B. Carless administrators
C. Disgruntled staff members
D. All the above

Selected Answer: B