Stack 1 Flashcards
What is a swap partition?
It’s a strategy to mitigate memory starvation when a system is running out of memory. To employ it, Linux moves or swaps out blocks of non-critical memory to disk and swaps them back in on demand.
It’s a type of virtual memory.
What file type protocol is AD?
LDAP.
Difference between worms and viruses?
The main difference is how they self-replicate, with viruses requiring the help of a host and worms acting independently. Unlike viruses, worms can replicate and spread without any human activation.
Windows 32 bit 10 requirements?
1 ram 1 core and 16 GB
1116
Windows 10 64 bit requirements?
1 core dual, 2 ram and 32 gb
1232
Windows 11 requirements?
1 dual core, 4 ram, 64 gb
Trojan and virus difference?
Trojans infiltrate, viruses replicate.
What is whaling?
Going after the big whale; CEO’s.
What is VRAM?
RAM for GPU, graphics cards.
What’s best TKIP or AES?
AES.
Malware removal steps?
Identify
Quarantine
Disable system restore
Remove
Update and scans
Restore system restore
Educate user
MBR specs?
Max HDD is 2TB and can only have 4 primary partitions.
GPT specs?
Max 128 primary partitions. Use when partition is 2 TB+
What is ps in Linux?
Processes.
What is cat command in Linux?
It reads data from the file and gives its content as output.
What is a NAS device?
Makes data continuously available for employees to collaborate effectively over a network. Like a SAN.
What does WPS on a router do?
Allows any device to automatically connect to your router when the WPS button is pressed. Insecure and turn it off.
What is an array?
A list of related values.
What are the change management steps?
Determine the scope of the change.
Analyze the risk associated with the change.
Create a plan.
Get end-user approval.
Present the proposal to the change control board.
Have a backout plan.
Document the changes.
What is RPO?
Recovery point objective. A max amount of data that can be lost before impacting a business.
What is DLP?
Data loss protection software. Scans network and stops data loss.
What are thin clients?
A sort of virtual computer, existing on the network. Basic, cheap and doesn’t need licenses.
What does this mean:
rwx-r–r–
This means owner can read, write and execute.
Group can read.
Others can read.
What is VSS?
A type of backup that creates snapshots of files.
What does nslookup do?
Checks DNS.
What is NTLDR?
It is the windows bootloader.
What is Samba?
A cross platform SMB protocol allowing all systems to share files and printers.
What is MMC?
You use Microsoft Management Console (MMC) to create, save and open administrative tools, called consoles, which manage the hardware, software, and network components of your Microsoft Windows operating system.
What is UWP?
A universal windows platform for all things to be cross platform like Xbox and pc and their software to be interconnected.
What is WDS?
It deploys windows without the need to be present and uses install images. Deployment of windows over a network.
PXE.
