GSEC Practice Test

GSEC Practice Test practice questions, page 3 of 11, with answer review and explanations.

Question 11

Which of the following is a standard Unix command that would most likely be used to copy raw file system data for later forensic analysis?

  1. dd
  2. backup
  3. cp
  4. gzip

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT a recommended best practice for securing Terminal Services and Remote Desktop?

  1. Require TLS authentication and data encryption whenever possible.
  2. Make sure to allow all TCP 3389 traffic through the external firewall.
  3. Group Policy should be used to lock down the virtual desktops of thin-client users.
  4. Consider using IPSec or a VPN in addition to the RDP encryption if you are concerned about future RDP vulnerabilities.

Question 13

When an IIS filename extension is mapped, what does this mean?

  1. Files with the mapped extensions cannot be interpreted by the web server.
  2. The file and all the data from the browser's request are handed off to the mapped interpreter.
  3. The files with the mapped extensions are interpreted by CMD.EXE.
  4. The files with the mapped extensions are interpreted by the web browser.

Question 14

Which Linux file lists every process that starts at boot time?

  1. inetd
  2. netsrv
  3. initd
  4. inittab

Question 15

When trace route fails to get a timely response for a packet after three tries, which action will it take?

  1. It will print '* * *' for the attempts and increase the maximum hop count by one.
  2. It will exit gracefully, and indicate to the user that the destination is unreachable.
  3. It will increase the timeout for the hop and resend the packets.
  4. It will print '* * *' for the attempts, increment the TTL and try again until the maximum hop count.