Certified Ethical Hacker v11 312-50v11 – Question176

Attacker Rony installed a rogue access point within an organization's perimeter and attempted to intrude into its internal network. Johnson, a security auditor, identified some unusual traffic in the internal network that is aimed at cracking the authentication mechanism. He immediately turned off the targeted network and tested for any weak and outdated security mechanisms that are open to attack.
What is the type of vulnerability assessment performed by Johnson in the above scenario?

A.
Wireless network assessment
B. Application assessment
C. Host-based assessment
D. Distributed assessment

Correct Answer: A