Introduction to Ethical Hacking: Scanning Vulnerabilities and to Find Potential Threats on a Computer or Networks

This is a computer science engineering quiz on cyber security, which includes questions on Ethical hacking, different types of ethical hacking, stages involved in ethical hacking, etc.

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Hackers who help in finding bugs and vulnerabilities in a system & don’t intend to crack a system are termed as ________

Black Hat hackers White Hat Hackers Grey Hat Hackers Red Hat Hackers

Which is the legal form of hacking based on which jobs are provided in IT industries and firms?

Cracking Non ethical Hacking Ethical hacking Hactivism

They are nefarious hackers, and their main motive is to gain financial profit by doing cyber crimes. Who are “they” referred to here?

Gray Hat Hackers White Hat Hackers Hactivists Black Hat Hackers

________ are the combination of both white as well as black hat hackers.

Grey Hat hackers Green Hat hackers Blue Hat Hackers Red Hat Hackers

The amateur or newbie in the field of hacking who don’t have many skills about coding and in-depth working of security and hacking tools are called ________

Sponsored Hackers Hactivists Script Kiddies Whistle Blowers

Criminal minded individuals who work for terrorist organizations and steal information of nations and other secret intelligence are _________

State sponsored hackers Blue Hat Hackers Cyber Terrorists Red Hat Hackers

One who disclose information to public of a company, organization, firm, government and private agency and he/she is the member or employee of that organization; such individuals are termed as ___________

Sponsored hackers Crackers Hactivist Whistleblowers

These types of hackers are the most skilled hackers in the hackers’ community. Who are “they” referred to?

White hat Hackers Elite Hackers Licensed Penetration Testers Red Hat Hackers

_________ are those individuals who maintain and handles IT security in any firm or organization.

IT Security Engineer Cyber Security Interns Software Security Specialist Security Auditor

________ are senior level corporate employees who have the role and responsibilities of creating and designing secured network or security structures.

Ethical Hackers Chief Technical Officer IT Security Engineers Security Architect

__________ security consultants uses database security monitoring & scanning tools to maintain security to different data residing in the database / servers / cloud.

Database Network System Hardware

Governments hired some highly skilled hackers. These types of hackers are termed as _______

Special Hackers Government Hackers Cyber Intelligence Agents Nation / State sponsored hackers

Someone (from outside) who tests security issues for bugs before launching a system or application, and who is not a part of that organization or company are ______

Black Hat hacker External penetration tester Blue Hat hacker White Hat Hacker

Role of security auditor is to ____________

Secure the network

Probe for safety and security of organization’s security components and systems

Detects and prevents cyber attacks and threats to organization

Does penetration testing on different web applications

Suicide Hackers are those _________

Who breaks a system for some specific purpose with or without keeping in mind that they may suffer long term imprisonment due to their malicious activity

Individuals with no knowledge of codes but an expert in using hacking tools

Who know the consequences of their hacking activities and hence try to prevent them by erasing their digital footprints

Who are employed in an organization to do malicious activities on other firms

Quiz/Test Summary
Title: Introduction to Ethical Hacking: Scanning Vulnerabilities and to Find Potential Threats on a Computer or Networks
Questions: 15
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