Python for OSINT: Tools and Techniques GSOA Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6foundation · easy

   In a Python script that monitors a website for changes, what is the most common method to detect that a page's content has changed?

   • ACompare a hash of the current page content to a stored hash from a previous check
   • BCount the number of images on the page
   • CVerify that the website's SSL certificate is still valid
   • DCheck if the website's IP address has changed
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2. 7foundation · easy

   When using a third-party API in a Python OSINT script, what is the purpose of handling rate limits?

   • ATo reduce the size of the API response
   • BTo avoid exceeding the API provider's allowed request frequency and prevent being blocked
   • CTo increase the speed of data retrieval
   • DTo encrypt the API requests
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4. 8application · medium

   An analyst is automating the collection of OSINT data from three different APIs: a social media API, a threat-intelligence feed, and a geolocation service. Each API returns data in a different format. The analyst wants to combine the data into a single report that is easy to read. Which approach is the most efficient?

   • AStore the raw data from each API in separate files and use a spreadsheet to merge them.
   • BWrite a single Python script that calls all three APIs, normalizes the data into a common format, and generates a report.
   • CWrite three separate scripts, one for each API, and manually combine the outputs into a report.
   • DUse a different programming language for each API and combine the results with shell scripts.
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5. 9foundation · easy

   Which Python library is specifically designed for parsing HTML and XML content, making it useful for extracting specific data from a website to detect changes?

   • Ahashlib
   • Brequests
   • CBeautifulSoup
   • Dschedule
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6. 10application · medium

   An analyst needs to monitor a website that frequently changes its layout. The analyst wants to be alerted only when the main content area changes, not when the site's navigation or footer changes. The script should run every 10 minutes and log all detected changes. Which approach is the most effective?

   • AMonitor the page's RSS feed instead of the HTML.
   • BUse a CSS selector to extract the main content area and compare its text hash to the previous hash.
   • CTake a screenshot of the page and compare image hashes.
   • DCompare the entire HTML of the page and alert on any difference.
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