Red Teaming Questions
Q.1 Which of the following is NOT a common red teaming tactic ?
A) Phishing Emails
B) Password cracking
C) Network scanning
D) Applying security patches ( Ans)
Q.2 What is the most important aspect of a red team engagement?
A) Reporting findings and providing actionable recommendations. (Ans)
B) Gaining initial access to a system.
C)Maintaining persistent access to a system.
D)Exfiltration sensitive data.
Q.3 Which of the following tools is commonly used for reconnaissance during a red team
operation?
A) Nmap (Ans)
B)Burp Suite
C) Metasploit
D) Wireshark
Q.5. Which of the following describes the primary objective of red teaming?
A) Strengthening physical security measures.
B) Identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities in systems. (Ans)
C) Detecting and responding to security incidents
D) Implementing network security policies.
Q.6. What is the typical role of a red team in cybersecurity?
A) To monitor and detect potential threats
B) To simulate real-world attacks on an organization’s security. (Ans)
C) To provide user awareness training on security.
D) To implement security patches and updates.
Q.7.What is the primary goal of red teaming?
a) To test the effectiveness of security controls
b) To develop new security tools
c) To train employees on cybersecurity
d) To audit financial records
Answer: a) To test the effectiveness of security controls
Q.8.Which of the following is a common red teaming methodology?
AOWASP Top 10
b) MITRE ATT&CK
c) NIST Cybersecurity Framework
d) ISO 27001
Answer: b) MITRE ATT&CK
1. What is the role of a red team in an organization?
a) To defend against cyber attacks
b) To simulate real-world attacks
c) To manage IT infrastructure
d) To develop software applications
Answer: b) To simulate real-world attacks
1. Which tool is commonly used by red teams for network
reconnaissance?
a) Nmap
b) Wireshark
c) Metasploit
d) Burp Suite
Answer: a) Nmap
What is the purpose of a red team exercise? a) To identify vulnerabilities in
systems
b) To improve incident response capabilities
c) To test the effectiveness of security controls
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
1. Which of the following is NOT a phase of a red team engagement?
a) Reconnaissance
b) Exploitation
c) Reporting
d) Compliance
Answer: d) Compliance
What is the difference between red teaming and penetration testing? a)
Red teaming is more focused on compliance
b) Penetration testing is more comprehensive
c) Red teaming simulates real-world attacks, while penetration testing focuses on
specific vulnerabilities
d) There is no difference
Answer: c) Red teaming simulates real-world attacks, while penetration
testing focuses on specific vulnerabilities
1. Which of the following is a key characteristic of a successful red
team? a) They always succeed in breaching the target
b) They operate with full transparency
c) They think like an adversary
d) They focus only on technical vulnerabilities
Answer: c) They think like an adversary
2. What is the primary output of a red team engagement? a) A
list of vulnerabilities
b) A detailed report with findings and recommendations
c) A new security policy
d) A software patch
Answer: b) A detailed report with findings and
recommendations
3. Which of the following is a common red teaming tool for
social engineering attacks? a) SET (Social-Engineer Toolkit)
b) Nessus
c) Snort
d) Splunk
Answer: a) SET (Social-Engineer Toolkit)
4. What is the importance of a Rules of Engagement (ROE)
document in red teaming? a) It defines the scope and boundaries
of the engagement
b) It lists all the vulnerabilities found
c) It provides a timeline for the engagement
d) It is used for compliance reporting
Answer: a) It defines the scope and boundaries of the
engagement
5. Which of the following is a common technique used by red
teams to maintain persistence in a compromised system? a)
SQL Injection
b) Backdoor installation
c) Phishing
d) DDoS attack
Answer: b) Backdoor installation
6. What is the role of a blue team in relation to a red team? a)
To simulate attacks
b) To defend against attacks
c) To manage the red team
d) To audit the red team's activities
Answer: b) To defend against attacks
7. Which of the following is a common red teaming tool for
exploiting vulnerabilities? a) Metasploit
b) Wireshark
c) Snort
d) Nessus
Answer: a) Metasploit
What is the primary focus of a red team during the reconnaissance
phase? a) Exploiting vulnerabilities
b) Gathering information about the target
c) Defending against attacks
d) Reporting findings
Answer: b) Gathering information about the target
Which of the following isa common red teaming technique for bypassing network
defenses?
a) Port scanning
b) DNS tunneling
c) Vulnerability scanning
d) Log analysis
Answer: b) DNS tunnelling
1. What is the purpose of a "purple team" exercise?
a) To simulate attacks without any defense
b) To combine red and blue team efforts for collaboration and learning
c) To focus solely on compliance testing
d) To audit financial systems
Answer: b) To combine red and blue team efforts for collaboration
and learning
2. Which of the following is a common red teaming tool for
password cracking?
a) John the Ripper
b) Snort
c) Splunk
d) Nessus
Answer: a) John the Ripper
3. What is the primary goal of a red team's post-exploitation
phase?
a) To gather additional information or maintain access
b) To report findings immediately
c) To clean up all traces of the attack
d) To train the blue team
Answer: a) To gather additional information or maintain
access
4. Which of the following is a critical skill for a red team
member?
a) Financial auditing
b) Creative problem-solving and adversarial thinking
c) Software development
d) Compliance reporting
Answer: b) Creative problem-solving and adversarial
thinking
