PBQs & Lab Qs

Question 1

A special type of malware that hijacks system resources to mine cryptocurrencies. It is often linked to and performs over mass botnets.

Answer 1

Cryptominer

Question 2

A type of malware that seeks to track user activity. Often paired with keylogger. Performs redirection to spoofed sites.

Answer 2

Spyware

Question 3

Malware that digs deep into firmware to try to be undetectable from the OS and the user. Attempts to escalate to the highest privileges. Infects firmware code.

Answer 3

rootkit

Question 4

Malware packaged as a useful application. Used by attackers to conceal actions.

Answer 4

Trojan

Question 5

Replication requires user interaction.

Answer 5

Viruses

Question 6

Backup data type
All selected data regardless of when it was previously backed up.

Answer 6

Full

Question 7

Backup data type
All data modified since the last full backup Moderate/moderate

Answer 7

Differential

Question 8

Backup data type
New files and files modified since last backup

Answer 8

Incremental

Question 9

True or False? The xcopy command will copy specified files and directories.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

What is the purpose of DHCP?

a) To create a secure internet gateway.
b) To route traffic outside of the network.
c) To provide IP addresses to devices.
d) To resolve hostnames to IP addresses.

Answer 10

c) To provide IP addresses to devices.

Question 11

Which of the following tasks is MOST likely to be an optional rather than required consideration during physical installation of the wireless router?

a) Proximity to wired PC workstation
b) Proximity to building power socket
c) Proximity to ISP network port
d) Safe location to minimize risks from knocks and spills

Answer 11

a) Proximity to wired PC workstation

Question 12

Which of the following wireless authentication methods would provide better security on a typical home network?

a) WPA2-SAE
b) WEP-SAE
c) WPA3-EAP
d) WEP-EAP
e) WPA3-SAE
f) WPA2-EAP

Answer 12

e. WPA3-SAE

Question 13

When configuring a home web server, the destination port was set to 80. What specific type of configuration would have been achieved by setting the destination port to 8080?

a) Port mapping
b) Port triggering
c) UPnP
d) DMZ host

Answer 13

a. Port mapping

Question 14

Which password setting prevents a password from being re-used?

a) Lockout
b) Complexity
c) Age
d) History

Answer 14

d) History

Question 15

Why is it important to test that security changes work as expected?

a) Windows has poor security
b) It’s easy to make a mistake
c) Policy settings are glitchy
d) Changes to security take effect after testing

Answer 15

b) It’s easy to make a mistake

Question 16

What is the name of the tool used to enforce security settings on a Windows computer?

a) Local Security Protector
b) Local Security Policy
c) Local Security Setting
d) Local Security Defender

Answer 16

b) Local Security Policy

Question 17

What is the default minimum password length allowed by Windows?

a) 8
b) 10
c) 0
d) 6

Answer 17

c) 0

Question 18

What is an eicar file?

a) An anti-virus testing tool
b) A scanner exclusion
c) A macro virus
d) A malicious virus

Answer 18

a) An anti-virus testing tool

Question 19

What is a path exclusion?

a) Defines a folder location to always scan
b) Defines a file to always scan
c) Defines a file to never scan
d) Defines a folder location to never scan

Answer 19

d) Defines a folder location to never scan

Question 20

Which of the following best describes group policy?

a) File and folder permissions
b) An administrative tool for updating anti-virus
c) A special type of anti-virus
d) An administrative tool for enforcing settings

Answer 20

d) An administrative tool for enforcing settings

Question 21

What is the command to force a refresh of group policies?

a) updatepolicy /now
b) updpolicy /now
c) grouppol /force
d) gpupdate /force

Answer 21

d) gpupdate /force

Question 22

Which of the following tools can be used to remotely access a Linux computer?

a) WMI
b) SSH
c) ADUC
d) Get-RemoteAccess

Answer 22

b) SSH

Question 23

True or False. Remote Desktop Connections can only be established using Windows computers.

Answer 23

False.

Question 24

Which of the following commands could be used to install the secure shell server service on Ubuntu?

a) ssh install sudo apt
b) sudo install ssh apt
c) sudo apt install ssh
d) install ssh sudo apt

Answer 24

c) sudo apt install ssh

Question 25

True or false. Manual backups are more reliable than automatic backups.

Answer 25

False.

Question 26

Which of the following is the best reason to back up to an external drive?

a) It uses less memory
b) Files can only be compressed on external drives
c) Can be used if primary computer disk fails
d) It is faster than the main drive

Answer 26

c) Can be used if primary computer disk fails

Question 27

True or False. Backups are not needed if data is stored in the cloud.

Answer 27

False.

Question 28

ISE

Answer 28

Integrated Scripting Environment

Question 29

Which character must be prefixed to a name to declare a variable in PowerShell?

a) $
b) #
c) \
d) *

Answer 29

a) $

Question 30

df command retrieves what?

Answer 30

Drive Information

Question 31

Which two commands are used to write output to the terminal? (2)

a) printf
b) hello.sh
c) echo
d) touch
e) \n

Answer 31

a) printf & c) echo

Question 32

What type of code structure uses criteria to determine which statements are executed?

a) Conditional
b) Loop
c) Comparator
d) Variable

Answer 32

a) Conditional

Question 33

What type of variable is available to all scripts?

a) Array
b) Profile
c) Environment
d) Bash

Answer 33

c) Environment