GSEC GIAC Exam Questions and Free Practice Test

Question 61

Where is the source address located in an IPv4 header?

A. At an offset of 20 bytes

B. At an offset of 8 bytes

C. At an offset of 16 bytes

D. At an offset of 12 bytes

Correct Answer:D

Question 62

An employee is currently logged into the corporate web server, without permission. You log into the web server as 'admin" and look for the employee's username: "dmaul" using the "who" command. This is what you get back:
GSEC dumps exhibit

A. The contents of the /var/log/messages file has been altered

B. The contents of the bash history file has been altered

C. The contents of the utmp file has been altered

D. The contents of the http logs have been altered

Correct Answer:B

Question 63

Which of the following books deals with confidentiality?

A. Purple Book

B. Orange Book

C. Red Book

D. Brown Book

Correct Answer:B

Question 64

An IT security manager is trying to quickly assess the risks associated with not implementing a corporate firewall system. What sort of risk assessment is most appropriate?

A. Annualized Risk Assessment

B. Qualitative risk assessment

C. Quantitative risk assessment

D. Technical Risk Assessment

E. Iterative Risk Assessment

Correct Answer:B

Question 65

How many bytes does it take to represent the hexadecimal value OxFEDCBA?

A. 12

B. 2

C. 3

D. 6

Correct Answer:C

Question 66

John works as a professional Ethical Hacker. He is assigned a project to test the security of www.we- are-secure.com. He installs a rootkit on the Linux server of the We-are-secure network. Which of the following statements are true about rootkits?
Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

A. They allow an attacker to conduct a buffer overflo

B. They allow an attacker to set a Trojan in the operating system and thus open a backdoor for anytime acces

C. They allow an attacker to replace utility programs that can be used to detect the attacker's activit

D. They allow an attacker to run packet sniffers secretly to capture password

Correct Answer:BCD

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