FEDVTE CISCO CCNA SECURITY SELF STUDY
PREP 2026 STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
NETWORK SECURITY FUNDAMENTALS AND
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
◉ Single user mode in Linux is a security risk if a malicious actor has
physical access to the host Answer: True
◉ srm is a tool used to securely delete files from the file system
Answer: True
◉ What software installation package format is used on Red Hat?
Answer: DPKG (?)
◉ With IPTables what default policy should be used for packets for
maximum security? Answer: DROP
◉ IPSec PPTP and SSL are all examples of: Answer: VPNs
◉ A BASH script must be compiled into an executable object in order
to run. Answer: False
, ◉ You can use SSH to tunnel and encrypt traffic between a client and
a server. Answer: True
◉ chroot confines a process to a specific directory Answer: True
◉ GID UID and EUID stand for: Answer: Group User and Effective
User Identification numbers
◉ What is Unified Extensible Firmware Interface designed to do?
Answer: Prevent malicious actors from modifying the boot loader or
booting the computer with a different operating system
◉ Which of the following are package management programs which
install or update or remove packages on a Linux system? Answer: All
◉ 2003:da3:1637:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff is an example of what type of
address? Answer: IPv6
◉ Bro, Snort, Suricata are examples of what kind of Linux security
feature? Answer: Network Intrusion Detection Systems
◉ In addition to the internal authentication via /etc/passwd and
/etc/shadow files, what services can be used to authenticate users
to a Linux host? Answer: Fedora Directory Service (?)
PREP 2026 STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
NETWORK SECURITY FUNDAMENTALS AND
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
◉ Single user mode in Linux is a security risk if a malicious actor has
physical access to the host Answer: True
◉ srm is a tool used to securely delete files from the file system
Answer: True
◉ What software installation package format is used on Red Hat?
Answer: DPKG (?)
◉ With IPTables what default policy should be used for packets for
maximum security? Answer: DROP
◉ IPSec PPTP and SSL are all examples of: Answer: VPNs
◉ A BASH script must be compiled into an executable object in order
to run. Answer: False
, ◉ You can use SSH to tunnel and encrypt traffic between a client and
a server. Answer: True
◉ chroot confines a process to a specific directory Answer: True
◉ GID UID and EUID stand for: Answer: Group User and Effective
User Identification numbers
◉ What is Unified Extensible Firmware Interface designed to do?
Answer: Prevent malicious actors from modifying the boot loader or
booting the computer with a different operating system
◉ Which of the following are package management programs which
install or update or remove packages on a Linux system? Answer: All
◉ 2003:da3:1637:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff is an example of what type of
address? Answer: IPv6
◉ Bro, Snort, Suricata are examples of what kind of Linux security
feature? Answer: Network Intrusion Detection Systems
◉ In addition to the internal authentication via /etc/passwd and
/etc/shadow files, what services can be used to authenticate users
to a Linux host? Answer: Fedora Directory Service (?)
