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CompTIA PenTest+ Questions 46–50 (page: 11)

Updated On: 10-Feb-2026

A penetration tester has obtained shell access to a Windows host and wants to run a specially crafted binary for later execution using the wmic.exe process call create function.
Which of the following OS or lesystem mechanisms is MOST likely to support this objective?

  1. Alternate data streams
  2. PowerShell modules
  3. MP4 steganography
  4. PsExec

Answer(s): D


Reference:

https://www.varonis.com/blog/wmi-windows-management-instrumentation/



A penetration tester discovers during a recent test that an employee in the accounting department has been making changes to a payment system and redirecting money into a personal bank account. The penetration test was immediately stopped.
Which of the following would be the BEST recommendation to prevent this type of activity in the future?

  1. Enforce mandatory employee vacations
  2. Implement multifactor authentication
  3. Install video surveillance equipment in the o ce
  4. Encrypt passwords for bank account information

Answer(s): B



A penetration tester wants to scan a target network without being detected by the client's IDS.
Which of the following scans is MOST likely to avoid detection?

  1. nmap "p0 "T0 "sS 192.168.1.10
  2. nmap "sA "sV --host-timeout 60 192.168.1.10
  3. nmap "f --badsum 192.168.1.10
  4. nmap "A "n 192.168.1.10

Answer(s): B



Which of the following should a penetration tester do NEXT after identifying that an application being tested has already been compromised with malware?

  1. Analyze the malware to see what it does.
  2. Collect the proper evidence and then remove the malware.
  3. Do a root-cause analysis to nd out how the malware got in.
  4. Remove the malware immediately.
  5. Stop the assessment and inform the emergency contact.

Answer(s): D


Reference:

https://www.redteamsecure.com/blog/my-company-was-hacked-now-what



A penetration tester runs the following command on a system:
nd / -user root `"perm -4000 `"print 2>/dev/null
Which of the following is the tester trying to accomplish?

  1. Set the SGID on all les in the / directory
  2. Find the /root directory on the system
  3. Find les with the SUID bit set
  4. Find les that were created during exploitation and move them to /dev/null

Answer(s): D


Reference:

https://sagar5258.blogspot.com/2015/03/ nd-command-in-linux-examples.html



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