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312-85 Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst (CTIA) Questions and Answers

Questions 4

During the process of threat intelligence analysis, John, a threat analyst, successfully extracted an indication of adversary’s information, such as Modus operandi, tools, communication channels, and forensics evasion strategies used by adversaries.

Identify the type of threat intelligence analysis is performed by John.

Options:

A.

Operational threat intelligence analysis

B.

Technical threat intelligence analysis

C.

Strategic threat intelligence analysis

D.

Tactical threat intelligence analysis

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Questions 5

Which component of risk management involves evaluating and ranking risks based on their significance, allowing organizations to focus resources on addressing the most critical threats?

Options:

A.

Risk identification

B.

Risk prioritization

C.

Risk assessment

D.

Risk mitigation

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Questions 6

To extract useful intelligence from the gathered bulk data and to improve the efficiency of the composite bulk data, Sam, a threat analyst, follows a data analysis method where he creates a logical sequence of events based on the assumptions of an adversary's proposed actions, mechanisms, indicators, and implications. To develop accurate predictions, he further takes into consideration the important factors including bad actors, methods, vulnerabilities, targets, and so on.

Which of the following data analysis methods is used by Sam to extract useful intelligence out of bulk data?

Options:

A.

Critical path analysis

B.

Linchpin analysis

C.

Analogy analysis

D.

Opportunity analysis

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Questions 7

In which of the following storage architecture is the data stored in a localized system, server, or storage hardware and capable of storing a limited amount of data in its database and locally available for data usage?

Options:

A.

Distributed storage

B.

Object-based storage

C.

Centralized storage

D.

Cloud storage

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Questions 8

A network administrator working in an ABC organization collected log files generated by a traffic monitoring system, which may not seem to have useful information, but after performing proper analysis by him, the same information can be used to detect an attack in the network.

Which of the following categories of threat information has he collected?

Options:

A.

Advisories

B.

Strategic reports

C.

Detection indicators

D.

Low-level data

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Questions 9

A threat analyst wants to incorporate a requirement in the threat knowledge repository that provides an ability to modify or delete past or irrelevant threat data.

Which of the following requirement must he include in the threat knowledge repository to fulfil his needs?

Options:

A.

Protection ranking

B.

Evaluating performance

C.

Data management

D.

Searchable functionality

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Questions 10

Daniel is a professional hacker whose aim is to attack a system to steal data and money for profit. He performs hacking to obtain confidential data such as social security numbers, personally identifiable information (PII) of an employee, and credit card information. After obtaining confidential data, he further sells the information on the black market to make money.

Daniel comes under which of the following types of threat actor.

Options:

A.

Industrial spies

B.

State-sponsored hackers

C.

Insider threat

D.

Organized hackers

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Questions 11

Jame, a professional hacker, is trying to hack the confidential information of a target organization. He identified the vulnerabilities in the target system and created a tailored deliverable malicious payload using an exploit and a backdoor to send it to the victim.

Which of the following phases of cyber kill chain methodology is Jame executing?

Options:

A.

Reconnaissance

B.

Installation

C.

Weaponization

D.

Exploitation

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Questions 12

Miley, an analyst, wants to reduce the amount of collected data and make the storing and sharing process easy. She uses filtering, tagging, and queuing technique to sort out the relevant and structured data from the large amounts of unstructured data.

Which of the following techniques was employed by Miley?

Options:

A.

Sandboxing

B.

Normalization

C.

Data visualization

D.

Convenience sampling

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Questions 13

Marry wants to follow an iterative and incremental approach to prioritize requirements in order to protect the important assets of an organization against attacks. She wants to set the requirements based on the order of priority, where the most important requirement must be met first for a greater chance of success. She wants to apply prioritization tasks, scenarios, use cases, tests, and so on.

Which of the following methodologies should Marry use to prioritize the requirements?

Options:

A.

Data sampling

B.

MoSCoW

C.

Data visualization

D.

Fusion analysis

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Questions 14

You are a cybersecurity analyst working at a financial institution. An unusual pattern of financial transactions was detected, suggesting potential fraud or money laundering. What specific type of threat intelligence would you rely on to analyze these financial activities and identify potential risks?

Options:

A.

OSINT

B.

CHIS

C.

TECHINT

D.

FININT

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Questions 15

Tyrion, a professional hacker, is targeting an organization to steal confidential information. He wants to perform website footprinting to obtain the following information, which is hidden in the web page header.

Connection status and content type

Accept-ranges and last-modified information

X-powered-by information

Web server in use and its version

Which of the following tools should the Tyrion use to view header content?

Options:

A.

Hydra

B.

AutoShun

C.

Vanguard enforcer

D.

Burp suite

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Questions 16

Tech Crunch Inc. has hired John, who is a professional threat intelligence analyst. He was asked to conduct threat intelligence analysis that provides contextual information about the security events and incidents that further help the organization to disclose potential risks, provide greater insight into attacker methodologies, identify past malicious activities, and perform investigations on malicious activities in a more efficient way.

Identify the type of threat intelligence John is going to perform for the organization.

Options:

A.

Operational threat intelligence

B.

Strategic threat intelligence

C.

Technical threat intelligence

D.

Tactical threat intelligence

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Questions 17

John, a threat intelligence analyst in CyberTech Company, was asked to obtain information that provides greater insight into the current cyber risks. To gather such information, John needs to find the answers to the following questions:

    Why the organization might be attacked?

    How the organization might be attacked?

    Who might be the intruders?Identify the type of security testing John is going to perform.

Options:

A.

White box testing

B.

Intelligence-led security testing

C.

Black box testing

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Questions 18

H&P, Inc. is a small-scale organization that has decided to outsource the network security monitoring due to lack of resources in the organization. They are looking for the options where they can directly incorporate threat intelligence into their existing network defense solutions.

Which of the following is the most cost-effective methods the organization can employ?

Options:

A.

Recruit the right talent

B.

Look for an individual within the organization

C.

Recruit data management solution provider

D.

Recruit managed security service providers (MSSP)

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Questions 19

An XYZ organization hired Mr. Andrews, a threat analyst. In order to identify the threats and mitigate the effect of such threats, Mr. Andrews was asked to perform threat modeling. During the process of threat modeling, he collected important information about the treat actor and characterized the analytic behavior of the adversary that includes technological details, goals, and motives that can be useful in building a strong countermeasure.

What stage of the threat modeling is Mr. Andrews currently in?

Options:

A.

System modeling

B.

Threat determination and identification

C.

Threat profiling and attribution

D.

Threat ranking

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Questions 20

Which of the following characteristics of APT refers to numerous attempts done by the attacker to gain entry to the target’s network?

Options:

A.

Risk tolerance

B.

Timeliness

C.

Attack origination points

D.

Multiphased

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Questions 21

What term describes the trust establishment process, wherein the first organization relies on a body of evidence presented to the second organization, and the level of trust is contingent upon the degree and quality of evidence provided by the initiating organization?

Options:

A.

Mandated trust

B.

Direct historical trust

C.

Validated trust

D.

Mediated trust

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Questions 22

Jack is a professional hacker who wants to perform remote exploitation on the target system of an organization. He established a two-way communication channel between the victim's system and his server. He used encryption techniques to hide the presence of a communication channel on a victim's system and further applied privilege escalation techniques to exploit the system.

What phase of the cyber kill chain methodology is Jack currently in?

Options:

A.

Command and Control

B.

Weaponization

C.

Reconnaissance

D.

Delivery

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Questions 23

John, a professional hacker, is trying to perform APT attack on the target organization network. He gains access to a single system of a target organization and tries to obtain administrative login credentials to gain further access to the systems in the network using various techniques.

What phase of the advanced persistent threat lifecycle is John currently in?

Options:

A.

Initial intrusion

B.

Search and exfiltration

C.

Expansion

D.

Persistence

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Questions 24

Walter and Sons Company has faced major cyber attacks and lost confidential data. The company has decided to concentrate more on the security rather than other resources. Therefore, they hired Alice, a threat analyst, to perform data analysis. Alice was asked to perform qualitative data analysis to extract useful information from collected bulk data.

Which of the following techniques will help Alice to perform qualitative data analysis?

Options:

A.

Regression analysis, variance analysis, and so on

B.

Numerical calculations, statistical modeling, measurement, research, and so on.

C.

Brainstorming, interviewing, SWOT analysis, Delphi technique, and so on

D.

Finding links between data and discover threat-related information

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Questions 25

A threat analyst working in XYZ Company was asked to perform threat intelligence analysis. During the information collection phase, he used a social engineering technique where he pretended to be a legitimate or authorized person. Using this technique, he gathered sensitive information by scanning terminals for passwords, searching important documents on desks, rummaging bins, and so on.

Which of the following social engineering techniques was used by the analyst for information collection?

Options:

A.

Impersonation

B.

Shoulder surfing

C.

Piggybacking

D.

Dumpster diving

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Questions 26

Alice, a threat intelligence analyst at HiTech Cyber Solutions, wants to gather information for identifying emerging threats to the organization and implement essential techniques to prevent their systems and networks from such attacks. Alice is searching for online sources to obtain information such as the method used to launch an attack, and techniques and tools used to perform an attack and the procedures followed for covering the tracks after an attack.

Which of the following online sources should Alice use to gather such information?

Options:

A.

Financial services

B.

Social network settings

C.

Hacking forums

D.

Job sites

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Exam Code: 312-85
Exam Name: Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst (CTIA)
Last Update: Nov 19, 2025
Questions: 87

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