Security Strategies in Linux Platforms and Applications Chapter Test Questions (Chapter 6-10)

1. AppArmor and SELinux are used to implement which of the following? (Chapter 6)

• A. Lattice-based access controls
• B. Mandatory access controls
• C. Password protection
• D. File sharing

2. A set of services that get started is determined by which of the following? (Chapter 6)

• A. Runlevel
• B. Init
• C. Process control
• D. Init.d

3. Service scripts in a system controlled by the init master process are kept in which directory? (Chapter 6)

• A. /proc
• B. /etc/proc
• C. /init
• D. /etc/init.d

4. A database server should typically be restricted to listening on which port? (Chapter 6)

• A. eth0
• B. All ports
• C. Loopback
• D. Looparound

5. SELinux was initially developed as a set of extensions by which of the following? Untitled Question (Chapter 6)

• A. The NSA
• B. The CIA
• C. The Electronic Freedom Foundation
• D. The GNU Foundation

6. Systemctl is used to perform what system function? (Chapter 6)

• A. Install packages
• B. Manage services
• C. Manage passwords
• D. Configure the Web server

7. What might services implement to provide better protection from remote attacks? (Chapter 6)

• A. Access control lists
• B. Systemctl
• C. Initd
• D. Firewall-lib

8. Which utility would you use to add or remove packages on a Debian or Ubuntu system? (Chapter 6)

• A. Yum
• B. Apt-cache
• C. Apt-get
• D. Bin

9. Which of the following is the lowest level of authentication used by the Apache Web server? (Chapter 6)

• A. Digest
• B. NTLM
• C. Base19
• D. Basic

10. Additional packages that are necessary for a requested package to function are called which of the following? (Chapter 6)

• A. Inheritance
• B. Terminal
• C. Dependencies
• D. Package management