FedVTE- Linux Operating System Security –
questions with answers
What program could you use on a Linux system to securely copy files to a Linux host
running the SSH server daemon? - VERIFIED ANSWER **✔SCP
Single user mode in Linux is a security risk if a malicious actor has physical access to the
host - VERIFIED ANSWER **✔True
srm is a tool used to securely delete files from the file system - VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔True
What software installation package format is used on Red Hat? - VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔DPKG (?)
With IPTables what default policy should be used for packets for maximum security? -
VERIFIED ANSWER **✔DROP
IPSec PPTP and SSL are all examples of: - VERIFIED ANSWER **✔VPNs
A BASH script must be compiled into an executable object in order to run. - VERIFIED
ANSWER **✔False
You can use SSH to tunnel and encrypt traffic between a client and a server. - VERIFIED
ANSWER **✔True
chroot confines a process to a specific directory - VERIFIED ANSWER **✔True
, GID UID and EUID stand for: - VERIFIED ANSWER **✔Group User and Effective User
Identification numbers
What is Unified Extensible Firmware Interface designed to do? - VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔Prevent malicious actors from modifying the boot loader or booting the computer with a
different operating system
Which of the following are package management programs which install or update or
remove packages on a Linux system? - VERIFIED ANSWER **✔All
2003:da3:1637:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff is an example of what type of address? - VERIFIED
ANSWER **✔IPv6
Bro, Snort, Suricata are examples of what kind of Linux security feature? - VERIFIED
ANSWER **✔Network Intrusion Detection Systems
In addition to the internal authentication via /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files, what
services can be used to authenticate users to a Linux host? - VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔Fedora Directory Service (?)
What program could you use to create or edit a Linux BASH script? - VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔All of the above
What program should be used to change a user password? - VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔passwd
Why are there very few viruses on Linux? - VERIFIED ANSWER **✔All
questions with answers
What program could you use on a Linux system to securely copy files to a Linux host
running the SSH server daemon? - VERIFIED ANSWER **✔SCP
Single user mode in Linux is a security risk if a malicious actor has physical access to the
host - VERIFIED ANSWER **✔True
srm is a tool used to securely delete files from the file system - VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔True
What software installation package format is used on Red Hat? - VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔DPKG (?)
With IPTables what default policy should be used for packets for maximum security? -
VERIFIED ANSWER **✔DROP
IPSec PPTP and SSL are all examples of: - VERIFIED ANSWER **✔VPNs
A BASH script must be compiled into an executable object in order to run. - VERIFIED
ANSWER **✔False
You can use SSH to tunnel and encrypt traffic between a client and a server. - VERIFIED
ANSWER **✔True
chroot confines a process to a specific directory - VERIFIED ANSWER **✔True
, GID UID and EUID stand for: - VERIFIED ANSWER **✔Group User and Effective User
Identification numbers
What is Unified Extensible Firmware Interface designed to do? - VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔Prevent malicious actors from modifying the boot loader or booting the computer with a
different operating system
Which of the following are package management programs which install or update or
remove packages on a Linux system? - VERIFIED ANSWER **✔All
2003:da3:1637:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff is an example of what type of address? - VERIFIED
ANSWER **✔IPv6
Bro, Snort, Suricata are examples of what kind of Linux security feature? - VERIFIED
ANSWER **✔Network Intrusion Detection Systems
In addition to the internal authentication via /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files, what
services can be used to authenticate users to a Linux host? - VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔Fedora Directory Service (?)
What program could you use to create or edit a Linux BASH script? - VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔All of the above
What program should be used to change a user password? - VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔passwd
Why are there very few viruses on Linux? - VERIFIED ANSWER **✔All
