Information security and IT risk
management – Question bank
By Manish Agrawal, Alex Campoe and Eric Pierce
Chapter 2 – System Administration
1. The system administrator is the person responsible for
a)Day-to-day operation of a technology system
b)Writing , enforcing , and reviewing security-operating procedures
c)Developing new technology systems
d)Upgrading existing technology systems
Answer: (a)
2. The system security officer is the person responsible for
a)Day-to-day operation of a technology system
b)Writing , enforcing , and reviewing security-operating procedures
c)Developing new technology systems
d)Upgrading existing technology systems
Answer: (b)
3. Common system administration tasks include
a)Developing software
b)Purchasing hardware
c)Updating software
d)Customer service
Answer: (c)
4. System administration provides all of the following except
a)Support services
b)Reliable operations
c)Efficient use of the system
d)Project management
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Answer: (d)
5. Cloud computing models include all of the following except
a)Revenue as a service
b)Infrastructure as a service
c)Platform as a service
d)Software as a service
Answer: (a)
6. A virtual machine
a)Is another name for computers installed insider virtual reality gaming systems
b)is a software container into which an operating system and applications can be installed
c)Is the display device in virtual reality systems
d)Is a machine in name only
Answer: (b)
7. Writing the necessary data in the appropriate locations on a computer ’s hard drive
for running a software program is called
a)Configuration
b)Access control
c)Installation
d)User management
Answer: (c)
8. Selecting one among many possible combinations of features of a system is called
a)User management
b)Access control
c)Installation
d)Configuration
Answer: (d)
9. Limiting access to information system resources only to authorized users, programs,
processes, or other systems is called
a)Access control
b)User management
c)Installation
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d)Configuration
Answer: (a)
10. Defining the rights of organizational members to information in the organization is
called
a)Access control
b)User management
c)Installation
d)Configuration
Answer: (b)
11. Listening and/or recording the activities of a system to maintain performance and
security is called
a)Access control
b)User management
c)Monitoring
d)Configuration
Answer: (c)
12. The types of monitoring include
a)Penetration testing and access control
b)Health checking and log monitoring
c)Nagios and log monitoring
d)Reactive monitoring and pro-active testing
Answer: (d)
13. A part of a system whose failure will stop the entire system from working is a
a)Single point of failure
b)Redundancy
c)Availability
d)Nagios
Answer: (a)
14. A hot spare is a
a)Single point of failure
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b)Redundant component that can replace a failed component with no downtime
c)Spare components used to replace failed components as quickly as possible
d)Popular component purchased when it is on sale
Answer: (b)
15. A cold spare is a
a)Single point of failure
b)Redundant component that can replace a failed component with no downtime
c)Spare components used to replace failed components as quickly as possible
d)Popular component purchased when it is on sale
Answer: (c)
16. Common functions offered by system utilities in the Windows world include
a)Providing surplus capacity, to improve availability
b)Replacing failed components with minimal downtime
c)Automating the collection of music and other multimedia information
d)Automating and auditing the installation and maintenance of software
Answer: (d)
17. UNIX was developed by
a)Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie in 1969
b)Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1977
c)Edgar F. Codd in 1970
d)Bob Metcalfe in 1973
Answer: (a)
18. Redundancy is
a)Availability of choices
b)Surplus capacity, used to improve the reliability of a system
c)Availability of multiple versions of a software
d)Managing users in a domain
Answer: (b)
19. The domain controller in Active Directory
a)Serves web pages in the domain
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b)Bills users in the domain
c)Implements the active directory rules in the domain
d)Installs updated on all computers in the domain
Answer: (c)
20. Active Directory
a)Encourages computer users to perform physical activities throughout the day
b)Adds icons to directories in Windows Explorer
c)Improves search features in Windows computers
d)Provides centralized user management and access control for computers
Answer: (d)
21. Linux is
a)An operating system that behaves like UNIX, though it has an independent code base
b)A different brand of UNIX
c)A version of Windows
d)A database system
Answer: (a)
22. Open source software is
a)An operating system that behaves like UNIX
b)Software in which anyone can modify the source code
c)A version of Windows
d)A hobby
Answer: (b)
23. Common functions of Linux System Administration utilities include
a)Automated customer service
b)Automated business processing
c)Automated installation
d)Automated marketing
Answer: (c)
24. Multiple versions of Unix exist because
a)Availability of choices is good for customers
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b)Unix and Linux are not maintained
c)Availability of versions improved the competitiveness of Unix against Windows
d)AT&T licensed many institutions to create their own versions
Answer: (d)
25. A Linux distribution is
a)A collection of open source utilities and software packaged with the Linux OS
b)An older version of Linux
c)A specific version of Linux, focused on competing with Microsoft
d)The “official” version of Linux
Answer: (a)
