Cybersecurity professionals also have some must-read literature. In this article, we have collected five books that can be put at the top of the list or kept on hand as desktop books. All…
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1. A process is nothing but a running instance of a program. True or False? a. True b. False 2. Which of the following Linux commands is used to check files opened by…
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As you prepare for your pentester interview, you may be considering which questions the employer is going to ask you. While there’s no way to know for sure what topics will be covered…
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Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 Question 81: Explain the basic steps involved in converging a link state inter network. Answer: Each router floods a…
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Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 Question 61: What is a summary route? In the context of static routing, how are summary routes useful? Answer:…
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Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 Question 41: What is fragmentation? What fields of the IP header are used for fragmentation? Answer: Routers perform fragmentation…
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Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 Question 21: What is the primary purpose of a LAN? Answer: The primary purpose of a local-area network is…
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Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 Question 1: Which layer of the OSI model is responsible for reliable connections? Answer: The Transport layer of the…
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Question 142. Which of the following is often one of the most overlooked areas of security? A. Operational B. Technical C. Internet D. Physical Answer 142. Option D. Explanation: Physical security is one…
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Question 95. What is the Ping of Death? A. Sending packets that, when reassembled, are too large for the system to understand B. Sending very large packets that cause a buffer overflow C….
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Question 48. What is the process of hiding text within an image called? A. Steganography B. Encryption C. Spyware D. Keystroke logging Answer 48. Option A. Explanation: Steganography is the process of hiding…
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Question 1. Which of the following statements best describes a white-hat hacker? A. Security professional B. Former black hat C. Former grey hat D. Malicious hacker Answer 1. Option A. Explanation: A white-hat…
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The below questions and answers are designed to both measure your understanding of the concepts of XSS -Cross Site Scripting Attacks and Prevention. Q1: What is the difference between HTML Injection and XSS?…
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391. Which script is run when X Window starts? A. .xinit B. .xrc C. .startxrc D. .xinitrc Answer – – D Description – The .xinitrc script is run from your home directory when…
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361. You are told by a co-worker that information pertaining to the syslog command can be found in man page 3. How would you view this information? A. man syslog 3 B. man…
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331. Which of the following tools are used when creating a new partition for data storage on a Linux system? A. fdisk B. format C. mkfs D. mount Answer – – A, C…
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301. Which tool can be used to see if a package has been tampered with? A. verify B. md5 C. integ D. md5sum Answer – – D Description – The other commands are…
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271. On a Debian system, which file contains the hostname of the local machine? A. /etc/hosts B. /etc/HOSTS C. /etc/hostname D. /etc/HOSTNAME Answer – – D Description – Debian systems use the /etc/HOSTNAME…
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241. Which option corrects some spelling mistakes when changing directories? A. cdspell B. cdvar C. cdspchk D. spellcd Answer – – A Description – The cdspell shell option can fix some spelling mistakes…
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211. Which lpc command is used to print a job that is currently on hold? A. release B. enable C. restart D. nohold Answer – – A Description – The release command releases…
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181. Which parameter allows syslog to receive network messages? A. -n B. -r C. -m D. -s Answer – – B Description – The syslog -r command is used to allow syslog to…
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151. Which directive in the XF86Config file disables the Ctrl-Alt-Backspace key combination? A. NoZap B. DontZap C. NoExit D. DontExit Answer – – B Description – The other commands do not exist. 152….
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