Which of the following modes describes a wireless interface that is configured to passively grab wireless frames from one wireless channel and pass them to the operating system?

The correct answer is C. Managed Mode. The marked answer of C (Managed Mode) appears to be incorrect. Monitor Mode (A) is the correct answer. Monitor Mode (also called RFMON mode) configures a wireless interface to passively capture all 802.11 frames on a specific channel without associating with any access point…

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Options

AMonitor Mode
BPromiscuous Mode
CManaged Mode
DMaster Mode

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A
4% (1)
B
8% (2)
C
72% (18)
D
16% (4)

Explanation

The marked answer of C (Managed Mode) appears to be incorrect. Monitor Mode (A) is the correct answer. Monitor Mode (also called RFMON mode) configures a wireless interface to passively capture all 802.11 frames on a specific channel without associating with any access point, passing raw frames directly to the OS. It is the mode used by tools like Wireshark, airodump-ng, and tcpdump for wireless packet capture. Managed Mode (C) is the standard client mode where a NIC actively connects to an AP and only processes frames addressed to it - the opposite of passive, promiscuous channel capture.

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