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Certified Ethical Hacker v13
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) v13 represents the evolution of ethical hacking, integrating Artificial Intelligence into the core methodology
- 240 min
- 125 bank questions
- 9 domains
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Sample Certified Ethical Hacker v13 exam question
Answer this question the same way you would on exam day. No sign-up needed — one random question, three tries to swap it out.
The code block demonstrates an attack that uses a known message and its encrypted form. Which attack is it?
known_plain = b"Hello"
cipher = encrypt(known_plain)
analyze_relationship(known_plain, cipher)Exam facts at a glance
Every figure below comes from the certification record or from the question bank itself.
- Time limit
- 240 minutes
- Domains
- 9
- Questions in our bank
- 125
- Level
- ASSOCIATE
- Measured complexity
- 2.1 / 10
- Question mix
- 43 single · 42 multi · 40 interactive
Where the hard questions actually are
We score every question in the bank 1-10 on a reproducible formula. Below is the per-domain breakdown.
- AI & Machine Learning12 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Cloud Hacking8 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
38% multi-select · 0% scenario · 25% interactive
- Cryptography5 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
40% multi-select · 0% scenario · 20% interactive
- Network & Perimeter30 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Reconnaissance & Footprinting15 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Scanning & Enumeration15 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- System Hacking18 questions · complexity 2.2/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 6% scenario · 33% interactive
- Web Application Hacking12 questions · complexity 2.3/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 8% scenario · 33% interactive
- Wireless, Mobile & IoT Hacking10 questions · complexity 2.2/10 · Gentle
40% multi-select · 0% scenario · 30% interactive
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