Free EC-COUNCIL 412-79v8 Practice Test & Real Exam Questions

  • Exam Code/Number: 412-79v8
  • Exam Name/Title: EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA)
  • Certification Provider: EC-COUNCIL
  • Corresponding Certification: Certified Ethical Hacker
  • Exam Questions: 196
  • Updated On: Jun 14, 2026
To locate the firewall, SYN packet is crafted using Hping or any other packet crafter and sent to the firewall. If ICMP unreachable type 13 message (which is an admin prohibited packet) with a source IP address of the access control device is received, then it means which of the following type of firewall is in place?
Correct Answer: C Vote an answer
The first and foremost step for a penetration test is information gathering. The main objective of this test is to gather information about the target system which can be used in a malicious manner to gain access to the target systems.

Which of the following information gathering terminologies refers to gathering information through social engineering on-site visits, face-to-face interviews, and direct questionnaires?
Correct Answer: D Vote an answer
Which one of the following architectures has the drawback of internally considering the hosted services individually?
Correct Answer: A Vote an answer
A framework for security analysis is composed of a set of instructions, assumptions, and limitations to analyze and solve security concerns and develop threat free applications. Which of the following frameworks helps an organization in the evaluation of the company's information security with that of the industrial standards?
Correct Answer: B Vote an answer
Which vulnerability assessment phase describes the scope of the assessment, identifies and ranks the critical assets, and creates proper information protection procedures such as effective planning, scheduling, coordination, and logistics?
Correct Answer: B Vote an answer
What is a difference between host-based intrusion detection systems (HIDS) and network-based intrusion detection systems (NIDS)?
Correct Answer: D Vote an answer
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is a connection-oriented four layer protocol. It is responsible for breaking messages into segments, re-assembling them at the destination station, and re-sending. Which one of the following protocols does not use the TCP?
Correct Answer: D Vote an answer
Which of the following attacks is an offline attack?
Correct Answer: D Vote an answer
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Attackers create secret accounts and gain illegal access to resources using backdoor while bypassing the authentication procedures. Creating a backdoor is a where an attacker obtains remote access to a computer on a network.

Which of the following techniques do attackers use to create backdoors to covertly gather critical information about a target machine?
Correct Answer: C Vote an answer
Hackers today have an ever-increasing list of weaknesses in the web application structure at their disposal, which they can exploit to accomplish a wide variety of malicious tasks.

New flaws in web application security measures are constantly being researched, both by hackers and by security professionals. Most of these flaws affect all dynamic web applications whilst others are dependent on specific application technologies. In both cases, one may observe how the evolution and refinement of web technologies also brings about new exploits which compromise sensitive databases, provide access to theoretically secure networks, and pose a threat to the daily operation of online businesses.
What is the biggest threat to Web 2.0 technologies?
Correct Answer: B Vote an answer
A security policy is a document or set of documents that describes, at a high level, the security controls that will be implemented by the company. Which one of the following policies forbids everything and restricts usage of company computers, whether it is system usage or network usage?
Correct Answer: C Vote an answer
Which of the following appendices gives detailed lists of all the technical terms used in the report?
Correct Answer: A Vote an answer
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Port numbers are used to keep track of different conversations crossing the network at the same time. Both TCP and UDP use port (socket) numbers to pass information to the upper layers. Port numbers have the assigned ranges. The port numbers above 1024 are considered as which one of the following? (Select all that apply)
Correct Answer: A Vote an answer