FedVTE- Linux Operating System
Security 2024-2025 Edition. Questions
and 100% Correct Answers. Graded A+
127.0.0.1 is an example of what type of address? - ANSIPv4
2003:da3:1637:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff is an example of what type of address? - ANSIPv6
A BASH script must be compiled into an executable object in order to run. - ANSFalse
A process is an address space and a set of data structures which track the process
status priority owner signals and resources. - ANSTrue
An attacker who places an entry such as 74.213.42.219 www.cmu.edu in the /etc/hosts
file could redirect users to a malicious server. - ANSTrue
Bro, Snort, Suricata are examples of what kind of Linux security feature? - ANSNetwork
Intrusion Detection Systems
chroot confines a process to a specific directory - ANSTrue
GID UID and EUID stand for: - ANSGroup User and Effective User Identification
numbers
If you use GRUB to manage different boot options on your Linux host and want to
increase security especially for physical access you should - ANSConfigure GRUB to
prompt for a password to boot a partition
If you wanted to protect a Linux system from being booted into single user mode which
security feature would you configure and use? - ANSGRUB
In a hardened Linux environment the firewalls default policy should be - ANSDeny All
(or Drop)
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? - ANSFedora Directory
Service (?)
IPSec PPTP and SSL are all examples of: - ANSVPNs
Misconfigurations are a more likely security threat than viruses on Linux. - ANSTrue
