Eccouncil 312-39 practice test

Exam Title: Certified SOC Analyst

Last update: Dec 06 ,2025
Question 1

Where will you find the reputation IP database, if you want to monitor traffic from known bad IP
reputation using OSSIM SIEM?

  • A. /etc/ossim/reputation
  • B. /etc/ossim/siem/server/reputation/data
  • C. /etc/siem/ossim/server/reputation.data
  • D. /etc/ossim/server/reputation.data
Answer:

D


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Question 2

According to the Risk Matrix table, what will be the risk level when the probability of an attack is very
low and the impact of that attack is major?

  • A. High
  • B. Extreme
  • C. Low
  • D. Medium
Answer:

D


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Question 3

Which of the following command is used to view iptables logs on Ubuntu and Debian distributions?

  • A. $ tailf /var/log/sys/kern.log
  • B. $ tailf /var/log/kern.log
  • C. # tailf /var/log/messages
  • D. # tailf /var/log/sys/messages
Answer:

B


Explanation:
Reference:
https://tecadmin.net/enable-logging-in-iptables-on-linux/

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Question 4

Which of the following technique involves scanning the headers of IP packets leaving a network to
make sure
that the unauthorized or malicious traffic never leaves the internal network?

  • A. Egress Filtering
  • B. Throttling
  • C. Rate Limiting
  • D. Ingress Filtering
Answer:

A


Explanation:
Reference:
https://grokdesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/CEH-v9-Notes.pdf
(99)

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Question 5

Which of the following formula is used to calculate the EPS of the organization?

  • A. EPS = average number of correlated events / time in seconds
  • B. EPS = number of normalized events / time in seconds
  • C. EPS = number of security events / time in seconds
  • D. EPS = number of correlated events / time in seconds
Answer:

C


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Question 6

Juliea a SOC analyst, while monitoring logs, noticed large TXT, NULL payloads.
What does this indicate?

  • A. Concurrent VPN Connections Attempt
  • B. DNS Exfiltration Attempt
  • C. Covering Tracks Attempt
  • D. DHCP Starvation Attempt
Answer:

B


Explanation:
Reference:
https://www.google.com/url
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2Fconf2014_FredWilmotSanfordOwings_Splunk_Security.pdf&usg=AOvVaw3ZLfzGqM-
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Question 7

An organization is implementing and deploying the SIEM with following capabilities.

What kind of SIEM deployment architecture the organization is planning to implement?

  • A. Cloud, MSSP Managed
  • B. Self-hosted, Jointly Managed
  • C. Self-hosted, Self-Managed
  • D. Self-hosted, MSSP Managed
Answer:

C


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Question 8

What is the process of monitoring and capturing all data packets passing through a given network
using different tools?

  • A. Network Scanning
  • B. DNS Footprinting
  • C. Network Sniffing
  • D. Port Scanning
Answer:

C


Explanation:
Reference:
https://www.greycampus.com/opencampus/ethical-hacking/sniffing-and-its-types

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Question 9

Which of the following is a report writing tool that will help incident handlers to generate efficient
reports on detected incidents during incident response process?

  • A. threat_note
  • B. MagicTree
  • C. IntelMQ
  • D. Malstrom
Answer:

C


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Question 10

Which of the following Windows features is used to enable Security Auditing in Windows?

  • A. Bitlocker
  • B. Windows Firewall
  • C. Local Group Policy Editor
  • D. Windows Defender
Answer:

C


Explanation:
Reference:
https://resources.infosecinstitute.com/topic/how-to-audit-windows-10-application-logs/

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