2/19/23, 11:39 AM Midterm 1: Attempt review

Started on Tuesday, 14 February 2023, 4:03 PM

State Finished
Completed on Tuesday, 14 February 2023, 4:23 PM
Time taken 19 mins 29 secs
Marks 40.00/40.00
Grade 10.00 out of 10.00 (100%)

Question 1
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Executing the command “init 6” will _____.

Select one:
a. change the user interface to CUI.
b. set the run level to 0
c. reboot the service.
d. halt the system.
e. None of the mentioned.
f. kill the “init” process.

Your answer is correct.

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Question 2
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Which of the following directories typically includes files associated with third-party applications?

Select one:
a. /opt/
b. /home/
c. /usr/
d. /etc/

Question 3
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Which of the following is an open source license?

Select one:
a. Any Microsoft license
b. Freeware
c. Public domain
d. GNU GPL

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Question 4
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What kind of attack is it when you attempt every possible character combination to crack a password?

Select one:
a. Brute force
b. Iterative
c. Dictionary
d. Wordlist

Question 5
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Which of the following services or protocols can be used to add security to Telnet?

Select one:
a. SSL
b. PAP
c. NTP
d. None of the mentioned.

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Question 6
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A set of services that get started is determined by which of the following?

Select one:
a. Process control
b. Init
c. Init.d
d. Runlevel

Question 7
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Which utility would you use to add or remove packages on a Debian or Ubuntu system?

Select one:
a. Apt-cache
b. Bin
c. Apt-get
d. Yum

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Question 8
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Which of the following is the first process that runs after the kernel loads on most Linux systems?

Select one:
a. init
b. inetd
c. superserv
d. xinetd

Question 9
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Runlevel 5 is commonly used for what purpose?

Select one:
a. Multiuser, no network
b. Multiuser, GUI
c. Multiuser, network, no GUI
d. Single user

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Question 10
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Which of the following commands can be used to unpack and uncompress a stock kernel in .xz format?

Select one:
a. tar xjf
b. tar xzf
c. tar xuf
d. tar xbf

Question 11
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Name the section of the kernel confguration tool related to formats such as ext2 and ext3.

Select one:
a. Networking
b. Filesystems
c. Security Features
d. Device Drivers

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Question 12
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Which of the following actions should you not take when implementing a new kernel?

Select one:
a. Patch
b. Install
c. Upgrade
d. Compile

Question 13
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Which command is commonly used to install and update packages from the command line on Red Hat systems?

Select one:
a. get
b. apt
c. yum
d. update

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Question 14
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Which of the following files contain the addresses of remote repositories?

Select one:
a. /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic
b. /etc/apt.conf
c. /etc/apt/sources.list
d. /etc/apt/apt.conf

Question 15
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What is the primary purpose of hardening an operating system?

Select one:
a. Creating a bastion host
b. Building a kernel
c. Building a Web server
d. Protecting against attack

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Question 16
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Which of the following commands prohibits access from all users except the user owner and members of the group that owns the fle
named flename?

Select one:
a. chmod 077 filename
b. chmod 007 filename
c. chmod 770 filename
d. chmod 707 filename

Question 17
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What confguration fle is used to confgure ACLs for a flesystem?

Select one:
a. /etc/flesystems
b. /etc/acl
c. /etc/pam.d/acl
d. /etc/fstab

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Question 18
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Which of the following files is not normally readable by all users?

Select one:
a. /etc/group
b. /etc/shadow
c. /etc/login.defs
d. /etc/passwd

Question 19
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Which of the following files contains information about time limits on a password?

Select one:
a. /etc/passwd
b. /etc/group
c. /etc/shadow
d. /etc/gshadow

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Question 20
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Which of the following commands can be used to revise expiration information on a user password?

Select one:
a. useradd
b. passwd
c. chage
d. groupmod

Question 21
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Packages associated with SSH include a client for which of the following protocols?

Select one:
a. Telnet
b. Samba
c. FTP
d. SMTP

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Question 22
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Which of the following services are required with Kerberos?

Select one:
a. NFS
b. Samba
c. NTP
d. Telnet

Question 23
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What is the command that can create users and passwords for access to a Web directory in Apache

Select one:
a. apacheaccess
b. htaccess
c. htpasswd
d. apachepass

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Question 24
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Which of the following confguration files is most important for Postfx?

Select one:
a. main.cf
b. master.cf
c. submit.cf
d. maps.cf

Question 25
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Which of the following services should not be disabled on a bastion host used as an FTP server? Assume that the host is administered
remotely, over an encrypted connection.

Select one:
a. SSH
b. iptables
c. CUPS
d. Telnet

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Question 26
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What might services implement to provide better protection from remote attacks?

Select one:
a. Systemctl
b. Firewall-lib
c. Initd
d. Access control lists

Question 27
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Which of the following confguration files is considered first with respect to TCP Wrapper security? 

Select one:
a. /etc/hosts.allow
b. /etc/inetd.conf
c. /etc/xinetd.conf
d. /etc/hosts.deny

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Question 28
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Which of the following actions is not used with the -j switch for the iptables command?

Select one:
a. FORWARD
b. LOG
c. REJECT
d. DROP

Question 29
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Which of the following iptables command switches adds a rule to the middle of a chain?

Select one:
a. -A
b. -L
c. -I
d. -C

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Question 30
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Which of the following components makes up the core of the Linux operating system?

Select one:
a. Linux libraries
b. Cloned software from Unix
c. Linux services
d. The kernel

Question 31
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Which of the following statements best describes the structure of the Linux kernel?

Select one:
a. A single monolithic kernel
b. A modular core with monolithic components
c. A completely modular kernel
d. A monolithic core with modular components

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Question 32
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Which of the following statements best describes the structure of the Linux kernel?

Select one:
a. A modular core with monolithic components
b. A monolithic core with modular components
c. A completely modular kernel
d. A single monolithic kernel

Question 33
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Which of the following options is not used to block access from certain IP addresses?

Select one:
a. Extended internet super server
b. iptables
c. TCP Wrappers
d. SELinux

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Question 34
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Which package manager does Red Hat Enterprise Linux use?

Select one:
a. rpm
b. tgz
c. SlackPack
d. apt

Question 35
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Which of the following is the piece of software used to manage virtual machines?

Select one:
a. Inetserv
b. Hypervisor
c. Super server
d. Central processor

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Question 36
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Which of the following polkit concepts is associated with configuring access rules to special desktop tools by user?

Select one:
a. Explicit authorizations
b. Administrative authorizations
c. Implicit authorizations
d. Polkit authorizations

Question 37
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Which of the following filesystem formats is best suited for a smaller volume?

Select one:
a. reiserfs
b. ext4
c. ext3
d. ext2

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Question 38
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Which of the following commands sets the SUID bit on the file named filename?

Select one:
a. chmod 3777 filename
b. chmod 4555 filename
c. chmod 2750 filename
d. chmod 1770 filename

Question 39
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If you try to change files remotely on a shared NFS directory as the root administrative user, what happens?

Select one:
a. The change fails because the root user on one system is the nobody user on another system.
b. The change fails unless you log in with the root administrative password from the remote system.
c. The change is successful even if the NFS directory is shared in read-only mode.
d. The change is successful.

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Question 40
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In linux, Systemctl is used to perform what system function?

Select one:
a. Install packages
b. Configure the Web server
c. Manage passwords
d. Manage services

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