CTF Primer Quiz

What does the acronym 'CTF' stand for in the context of cybersecurity competitions?

• Capture The Flag

• Command The Fleet

• Control The Function

• Catch The Fraud

Which command is used to display the contents of a file in the shell?

• cat

• show

• echo

• print

What is the primary purpose of the 'grep' command in Linux?

• Print lines that match patterns

• Manage user permissions

• Generate report statistics

• Graphical rendering of text

Which Python function is used to read user input as a string?

• read()

• input()

• scan()

• get()

What is the purpose of the 'mmls' tool in digital forensics?

• Display the partition layout of a disk image

• Manage memory allocation

• Monitor network messages

• Merge multiple log files

Which protocol is commonly used to obtain web pages?

• UDP

• HTTP

• FTP

• SMTP

What does the 'cd' command do in a shell environment?

• Create a directory

• Clear the display

• Copy a directory

• Change the current directory

What type of cipher involves rearranging the characters of a plaintext without altering the actual characters?

• Block cipher

• Substitution cipher

• Transposition cipher

• Hash cipher

In Python, what is the output of the expression 'type([])'?

• list

• array

• string

• dictionary

Which SQL command is used to retrieve data from a database?

• INSERT

• UPDATE

• DELETE

• SELECT