Cybersecurity Exam 1

The CIA Triad of Information Security is made up of what three components?

• Confidentiality, Integrity, Alphabetical Order

• Confidentiality, Intelligence, Availability

• Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability

• Computer Systems, Integrity, Authorization

Cynthia is working on her university applications online, when the admissions website crashes. She is unable to turn in her application on time. Which part of the CIA triad has been broken?

• Confidentiality

• Integrity

• Availability

• None of the above

The following is a privileged program. What is the vulnerability in the code?

• Format String

• Buffer Overflow

• Capability Leaking

• There is no vulnerability

You are asked you to use a command, rsync, but you don’t know much about it. Which command below will display information on how to use rsync?

• more rsync

• man rsync

• all rsync

• info rsync

The Real UID identifies the privilege of a process while the Effective UID identifies the owner of a process.

• True

• False

(2 points) Which file in Ubuntu contains the list of users in a system?

• /etc/passwd

• /etc/shadow

• /etc/group

• /etc/hosts

What is the potential security risk in the following C program?

• argc

• system("whoami")

• return total

• argv[1]

Name two different ways to set permissions for files and directories:

• Using chmod and setfacl command

• Using file compression and encryption

• Using file renaming and moving

• Using file copying and pasting

Which is a bash script that displays, "You’re a cool cat!" when ran?

• echo "You’re a cool cat!"

• print "You’re a cool cat!"

• printf "You’re a cool cat!"

• display "You’re a cool cat!"

What is the command to make your script executable if the name of your file was coolCat?

• chmod +x coolCat

• chmod 444 coolCat

• chmod -x coolCat

• chmod u+g coolCat