Linux Professional Institute Security Essentials Exam 020 (020-100) Free Practice Test

Question 1

Which of the following terms refers to a method of testing the security of a system by attempting to exploit vulnerabilities?
Response:

A. Penetration testing

B. Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)

C. Information Security Management System (ISMS)

D. Security incident response

Correct Answer: A

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of responsible handling of information about security vulnerabilities?
Response:

A. Sharing the vulnerability with unauthorized parties

B. Ignoring the vulnerability and doing nothing

C. Exploiting the vulnerability for personal gain

D. Reporting the vulnerability to the appropriate party

Correct Answer: D

Question 3

Which of the following is a technology used for sending and receiving encrypted emails in Mozilla Thunderbird?
Response:

A. POP3

B. IMAP

C. SMTP

D. OpenPGP and S/MIME

Correct Answer: D

Question 4

Which of the following is a common security vulnerability in software?
Response:

A. Insufficient storage capacity

B. Incompatible operating systems

C. Buffer overflow

D. Limited network connectivity

Correct Answer: C

Question 5

What term describes a form of harassment in which a group of people use the internet to harass, intimidate, or embarrass the victim?
Response:

A. Social engineering

B. Privilege escalation

C. Cybermobbing

D. Cyberbullying

Correct Answer: C

Question 6

How does copyright law and intellectual property apply to cybersecurity professionals?
Response:

A. They allow individuals to freely use copyrighted materials.

B. They protect physical property from theft and cyberattack.

C. They only apply to the entertainment industry and not cybersecurity.

D. They protect intangible assets created by the human mind.

Correct Answer: D

Question 7

Which of the following is an example of malware that encrypts files and demands payment to unlock them?
Response:

A. Ransomware

B. Cryptominer

C. Trojan

D. Adware

Correct Answer: A

Question 8

What do you call an attack that occurs when a process in a program stores data outside the memory range allocated by the developer, potentially overwriting the return address of the pointer and executing malicious code?
Response:

A. Denial of service

B. Malware injection

C. Privilege escalation

D. Buffer overflow

Correct Answer: D

Question 9

Which of the following is a feature of BitLocker?
Response:

A. Firewall

B. File encryption

C. Access control

D. Full disk encryption

Correct Answer: D

Question 10

Which of the following fields in an X.509 certificate identifies the domain name of a website?
Response:

A. subjectAltName

B. Subject

C. Issuer

D. Validity

Correct Answer: A

Question 11

Sarah, a network administrator at Dion Training wants to host a web server. Which of the following cloud service models should they utilize?
Response:

A. Platform as a Service (PaaS)

B. Desktop as a Service (DaaS)

C. Software as a Service (SaaS)

D. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Correct Answer: D

Question 12

How many questions are there on the LPI Security Essentials exam?
Response:

A. 40

B. 75

C. 90

D. 60

Correct Answer: A

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