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ECCouncil 212-77 Linux Security Exam Practice Test

Demo: 7 questions
Total 51 questions

Linux Security Questions and Answers

Question 1

Which statement describes the cron daemon?

Options:

A.

Manages scheduling of routine system tasks

B.

Manages all incoming connections and spawns off child processes

C.

Is responsible for file sharing across a network

D.

Keeps track of system messages and errors

E.

Manages the printing subsystem

Question 2

A user is logged into the Linux workstation, what is the best way to login to root from a shell prompt?

Options:

A.

chuser root

B.

root

C.

login root

D.

su

Question 3

You inadvertently change the permission block on /usr/bin/passwd command to

-r-xr-xr-x.

What would be the effect of this change?

Options:

A.

No changes in how the command runs would occur.

B.

Users could no longer change their passwords because they do not have write permissions to /etc/passwd.

C.

Users' passwords would not expire.

D.

Shadow passwords would quit working.

Question 4

One of your colleagues is showing you the output from a protocol analyzer, which can detect the types of messages that are being transmitted over a network. The protocol analyzer shows a large number of ping commands being sent to your Web server. Others on the Internet are having trouble accessing your Web server. What kind of problem are you having?

Options:

A.

Someone is using your Web site to test their connectivity to the Internet.

B.

Someone is using a DoS attack on your Web site.

C.

There is no problem; this is normal traffic from DNS servers and Internet routers checking connectivity to your Web site.

D.

There is insufficient capacity on the Internet connection to your Web site.

Question 5

Which of the following are ways to disable dynamic routing?

Options:

A.

The linuxconf Gated Daemon screen

B.

The linuxconf Routed Daemon screen

C.

echo "0" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/dynamic_routing

D.

Editing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts

Question 6

Assume that you have just logged on as a regular user. Which of the following commands allows you to edit the file with user passwords associated with the Shadow Password Suite?

Options:

A.

vi /etc/shadow

B.

sudo -c "vi /etc/shadow"

C.

su -c "vi /etc/shadow"

D.

visu vi /etc/passwd

Question 7

What does the command "ps" do?

Options:

A.

Prints the directory

B.

Print status of LPT1

C.

Shows what processes are running

D.

Produces system statistics

Demo: 7 questions
Total 51 questions