Deck 3: Passive Wireless Discovery

Question 1

Passive wireless discovery through wardriving is in itself an illegal activity.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

____ relies on tricking and deceiving someone to access a system.

A) Social engineering
B) Wardriving
C) Warchalking
D) Wireless site mapping

Answer 2

A

Question 3

____ is a version of NetStumbler that runs on handheld devices.

A) KisMAC
B) MiniStumbler
C) AiroPeek
D) Kismet

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The informal expression used more often for searching for RF signals is ____.

A) phishing
B) pharming
C) beaconing
D) wardriving

Question 5

NetStumbler can capture and decode wireless packets, monitor utilization, or make automatic connections to networks it discovers.

Question 6

Instead of asking the user to visit a fraudulent Web site, ____ automatically redirects the user to the fake site.

A) spear phishing
B) phishing
C) pharming
D) Google phishing

Question 7

____ is a type of solid-state (microchip) technology in which there are no moving parts.

A) Flash memory
B) Sled
C) Mini PCI
D) Type II PC card

Question 8

____ is a passive method of receiving WLAN signals.

A) CDMA
B) RFMON
C) SDIO NOW!
D) Sled

Question 9

The hardware that allows the mobile computing device to detect a wireless signal is a(n) ____.

A) access point card
B) CompactFlash card
C) flash memory
D) wireless network interface card

Question 10

Most phishing sites only function for three to five days to prevent law enforcement agencies from tracking the attackers.

Question 11

Many of the functions of a PDA are now incorporated into cellular telephones sometimes called ____.

A) smartphones
B) handheld PCs
C) tablet computers
D) slate computers

Question 12

____ targets only specific users.

A) Google pharming
B) Spear phishing
C) Pharming
D) Google phishing

Question 13

A significant advantage of using PDAs is their ability to synchronize data with another computer.

Question 14

____ involves sending an e-mail or displaying a Web announcement that falsely claims to be from a legitimate enterprise in an attempt to trick the user into surrendering information.

A) Wardriving
B) Dumpster diving
C) Warchalking
D) Phishing

Question 15

____ antennas send a narrowly focused signal beam.

A) Cyclic directional
B) Omni-directional
C) Semi-directional
D) Highly directional

Question 16

A(n) ____ PC is small enough to be held in a single hand yet has many of the features of a laptop computer.

A) PCMCIA
B) Tablet
C) handheld
D) slate

Question 17

At regular intervals (normally every 100 ms) the wireless access point sends a beacon frame to announce its presence and to provide the necessary information for devices that want to join the network. This process is known as ____.

A) phishing
B) beaconing
C) pharming
D) mapping

Question 18

Wardriving software that is specifically designed to pick up a radio frequency WLAN signal is known as a ____.

A) sled
B) client utility
C) freeware discovery application
D) WZC

Question 19

A(n) ____ antenna focuses the energy in one direction.

A) cyclic directional
B) omni-directional
C) semi-directional
D) highly directional

Question 20

Promiscuous mode will not work on a WLAN.

Question 21

Known as ____, these attackers lack the technical skills of more advanced users and are sometimes considered more dangerous.

A) hackers
B) script kiddies
C) crackers
D) warchalkers

Question 22

What are some of the techniques used by wardrivers to locate RF signals?

Question 23

What are some of the ways to recognize phishing messages?

Question 24

____________________ is the formal expression used to refer to the process of finding a WLAN signal and recording information about it.

Question 25

____ allows computers and network equipment to gather data about network performance.

A) ICMP
B) SMTP
C) FTP
D) SNMP

Question 26

The first two versions of SNMP, SNMPv1 and SNMPv2, used ____ that acted like a password to allow or deny access to the information that was collected.

A) community strings
B) management information base (MIB)
C) packet sniffers
D) flash memories

Question 27

Wireless networks were identified by drawing on sidewalks or walls around the area of the network known as ____.

A) warchalking
B) phishing
C) pharming
D) dumpster diving

Question 28

What are some of the security problems related to improperly recycled equipment?

Question 29

A wired NIC can be set to ____________________, which turns off the filtering mechanism and allows it to capture all the packets it receives.

Question 30

Describe two examples of social engineering attacks.

Question 31

____________________ involves phishers setting up their own search engines to direct traffic to illegitimate sites.

Question 32

What are some of the options for wireless NICs available for smaller devices like handheld PCs and PDAs?

Question 33

Each SNMP agent monitors network traffic and stores that information in its ____.

A) community strings
B) packet sniffer
C) management information base (MIB)
D) Type II PC card

Question 34

The GPS receiver can deduce its own location based on a mathematical principle called ____________________.

Question 35

What are the main characteristics of WLAN client utilities?

Question 36

The smallest mobile computing device is a(n) ____________________.

Question 37

What are the two fundamental characteristics of antennas?

Question 38

____, which runs under the Linux operating system, can report similar information as NetStumbler, such as the SSID.

A) Kismet
B) KisMAC
C) WZC
D) GPSMac

Question 39

Briefly describe the main characteristics of a tablet computer.

Question 40

Briefly describe a wireless packet sniffer.

Question 41

Briefly describe a packet sniffer.