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Unit 2: Footprinting and Gathering Intelligence - Practice Quiz

INT245 — Penetration Testing 50 Questions
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1 Which of the following best describes the primary objective of the footprinting phase in penetration testing?

A. To install a backdoor for future access
B. To launch a Denial of Service (DoS) attack
C. To gain administrative access to the system
D. To gather as much information as possible about the target system or network

2 What is the key difference between Passive and Active footprinting?

A. Passive footprinting is illegal, while active is legal.
B. Active footprinting generates log entries on the target system, while passive usually does not.
C. Passive footprinting involves direct interaction with the target, while active does not.
D. Active footprinting uses open-source tools, while passive uses proprietary tools.

3 Which of the following is considered an OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) source?

A. Intercepted internal company emails
B. Public social media profiles and WHOIS records
C. Packet sniffing on a local LAN
D. Configuration files obtained via an exploit

4 In the context of 'Google Hacking', what does the search operator filetype:pdf accomplish?

A. It searches for the text 'pdf' in the URL.
B. It searches for websites hosted on a PDF server.
C. It converts HTML pages to PDF.
D. It restricts search results to files with the .pdf extension.

5 Which DNS record type would a penetration tester query to identify the mail servers of a target organization?

A. CNAME Record
B. A Record
C. MX Record
D. PTR Record

6 What is the purpose of the archive.org 'Wayback Machine' in the context of information gathering?

A. To conduct SQL injection attacks
B. To crack password hashes
C. To view historical versions of a website to find removed information
D. To scan for open ports on a server

7 Which tool is specifically designed to visualize relationships between people, groups, and companies using open-source intelligence?

A. Maltego
B. Metasploit
C. John the Ripper
D. Wireshark

8 A penetration tester uses the search engine Shodan. What is Shodan primarily used for?

A. Searching for academic papers
B. Finding people on social media
C. Locating Internet-connected devices (IoT, SCADA, Servers)
D. Reverse image searching

9 Which of the following activities is an example of Social Engineering?

A. Performing a buffer overflow attack
B. Scanning a firewall for open ports
C. Manipulating an employee into revealing their password via a phone call
D. Cracking a WiFi WPA2 handshake

10 What is Dumpster Diving in the context of physical security vulnerabilities?

A. Searching through trash to find discarded sensitive documents
B. Deleting files from the trash bin
C. Jumping over a physical security turnstile
D. Hiding malware in the recycle bin

11 Which term describes a social engineering attack where the attacker follows an authorized person through a secure door without using a badge?

A. Whaling
B. Tailgating
C. Spoofing
D. Phishing

12 In website information gathering, what file is checked to see which parts of the website the administrator wants to hide from search engine crawlers?

A. index.html
B. robots.txt
C. config.php
D. sitemap.xml

13 Which psychological principle of persuasion (defined by Robert Cialdini) relies on the target's tendency to obey figures such as police officers or executives?

A. Authority
B. Liking
C. Consistency
D. Scarcity

14 What is Phishing?

A. Listening to network traffic
B. Guessing passwords using a dictionary
C. Sending fraudulent emails to induce individuals to reveal personal information
D. A physical attack on server hardware

15 Which social engineering technique specifically targets high-profile executives like CEOs or CFOs?

A. Whaling
B. Dumpster Diving
C. Vishing
D. Baiting

16 What is Vishing?

A. Video Phishing
B. Visual Hacking
C. Voice Phishing (using the telephone)
D. Virtual Phishing

17 An attacker drops a USB drive labeled 'Payroll 2024' in the company parking lot, hoping an employee plugs it in. What type of attack is this?

A. Tailgating
B. Pretexting
C. Quid Pro Quo
D. Baiting

18 Which tool is commonly used to harvest email addresses and subdomains from public sources like search engines and PGP servers?

A. Aircrack-ng
B. Nmap
C. Wireshark
D. theHarvester

19 What information does the command nslookup primarily provide?

A. Operating System version
B. MAC addresses of local machines
C. List of open ports
D. DNS records and IP address mapping

20 In the context of physical security, what is Shoulder Surfing?

A. Browsing the internet on someone else's computer
B. Sharing a WiFi connection
C. Using a ladder to climb over a wall
D. Looking over a user's shoulder to view passwords or sensitive data

21 Which social engineering attack involves creating a fabricated scenario to persuade a victim to release information?

A. War Driving
B. Port Scanning
C. Sniffing
D. Pretexting

22 What is the primary purpose of Competitive Intelligence gathering in footprinting?

A. To steal physical assets from a competitor
B. To understand the target organization's market position, partners, and technologies
C. To install ransomware
D. To shut down a competitor's website

23 When performing website mirroring (e.g., using HTTrack), what is the attacker attempting to do?

A. Crash the web server
B. Download a local copy of the website for offline analysis
C. Deface the website
D. Inject SQL commands

24 Which Google Dork operator would you use to find pages specifically containing the phrase 'login' in the URL?

A. site:login
B. inurl:login
C. intext:login
D. filetype:login

25 What allows an attacker to obtain a complete copy of the DNS database for a domain?

A. DNS Zone Transfer
B. DNS Spoofing
C. DNS Reflection
D. DNS Cache Poisoning

26 Which of the following is an example of Passive Information Gathering?

A. Browsing the target's LinkedIn employee list
B. Injecting XSS payloads
C. Running a port scan with Nmap
D. Attempting default passwords on a login page

27 What is Smishing?

A. Phishing via SMTP
B. Phishing via Smart Mail
C. Phishing via SMS (Text Message)
D. Phishing via Social Media

28 In the context of the Human Psyche, 'Scarcity' creates a feeling of:

A. Obligation to return a favor
B. Trust in authority
C. Urgency due to limited availability
D. Comfort in following the crowd

29 What is the Quid Pro Quo social engineering technique?

A. Looking through trash
B. Threatening the victim
C. Pretending to be a CEO
D. Promising a benefit in exchange for information

30 Which tool can be used to extract Metadata (EXIF data) from images found on a target's website?

A. ExifTool
B. Traceroute
C. Netcat
D. Ping

31 What does the traceroute (or tracert) command help a penetration tester identify?

A. The content of the database
B. The path packets take and intermediate routers (network topology)
C. The passwords of users
D. The web server software version

32 What is Lock Picking classified as?

A. A cryptographic attack
B. A network-based attack
C. A social engineering attack
D. A physical security attack

33 Which online database allows users to look up the ownership and contact details of a domain name?

A. ARP
B. WHOIS
C. DHCP
D. NAT

34 What does the acronym OSINT stand for?

A. Open Source Internal Network Technology
B. Operating System Integration
C. Open Source Intelligence
D. Official Security Intelligence

35 A hacker calls a receptionist claiming to be from the IT department and asks for the WiFi password to 'fix the network'. This is an example of:

A. SQL Injection
B. Impersonation
C. Buffer Overflow
D. Dumpster Diving

36 Which Google search operator restricts results to a specific domain (e.g., only showing results from example.com)?

A. site:example.com
B. host:example.com
C. link:example.com
D. domain:example.com

37 Why is Social Media scrubbing (gathering data from Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter) valuable to a penetration tester?

A. It helps build a profile of employees for password guessing and social engineering.
B. It directly provides root access to servers.
C. It crashes the target's network.
D. It allows for physical access to the building.

38 What is the best countermeasure against Dumpster Diving?

A. Installing a firewall
B. Encrypting email
C. Using strong passwords
D. Shredding sensitive documents before disposal

39 In the context of Human Vulnerabilities, what does FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) relate to?

A. Wireless encryption cracking
B. Physical bypassing of locks
C. Technical exploitations
D. Social engineering leveraging Urgency/Scarcity

40 What is Piggybacking in physical security?

A. An unauthorized person enters a secure area with the consent/knowledge of an authorized person.
B. Copying a hard drive.
C. Intercepting WiFi signals.
D. Using a brute force attack.

41 Which tool would you use to identify the technologies (CMS, Web Server, Frameworks) used by a website?

A. BuiltWith
B. Notepad
C. Calculator
D. Ping

42 What is the risk of Reverse Image Searching an employee's profile picture?

A. It can reveal other social media profiles using the same image.
B. It deletes the image from the server.
C. It infects the computer with a virus.
D. It changes the employee's password.

43 Which DNS record type maps an IP address back to a hostname (Reverse DNS)?

A. A
B. MX
C. NS
D. PTR

44 Which of the following describes Insider Threat?

A. A virus downloaded from the internet.
B. A threat from a disgruntled or compromised employee within the organization.
C. An attack originating from outside the firewall.
D. A denial of service attack from a botnet.

45 What type of information is found in the EDGAR database?

A. Financial reports of publicly traded US companies
B. DNS records
C. Criminal records
D. Email passwords

46 The command ping is used primarily to test:

A. The type of web server software
B. Reachability of a host on an IP network
C. The strength of a password
D. The speed of the CPU

47 Which social engineering tactic relies on the principle of 'Social Proof' (Consensus)?

A. 'This offer expires in 5 minutes.'
B. 'I will give you a gift card if you help me.'
C. 'Do this because the CEO said so.'
D. 'Everyone else in the department has already updated their password.'

48 What is RFID Cloning?

A. Duplicating an email
B. Copying a biological fingerprint
C. Cloning a website
D. Copying the data from an RFID badge to a blank card to gain physical access

49 In the context of footprinting, what is the 'target address range'?

A. The range of WiFi signal
B. The physical distance between the hacker and the server
C. The list of email addresses
D. The set of IP addresses owned or used by the target organization

50 If a penetration tester finds a document with the extension .xls via Google Dorking, what kind of data are they likely looking at?

A. A PDF document
B. An Excel spreadsheet
C. A database backup
D. An executable program
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