CompTIA PenTest+ PT0-002 – Question099

A penetration tester ran a simple Python-based scanner. The following is a snippet of the code:

Which of the following BEST describes why this script triggered a "probable port scan" alert in the organization's IDS?

A.
sock.settimeout(20) on line 7 caused each next socket to be created every 20 milliseconds.
B. *range(1, 1025) on line 1 populated the portList list in numerical order.
C. Line 6 uses socket.SOCK_STREAM instead of socket.SOCK_DGRAM
D. The remoteSvr variable has neither been type-hinted nor initialized.

Correct Answer: A