Tools of the Trade: Linux and SQL

Question 1

What is an absolute file path?

Answer 1

The full file path, which starts from the root.

Question 2

What is an application?

Answer 2

A program that performs a specific task.

Question 3

What is an argument in Linux?

Answer 3

Specific information needed by a command.

Question 4

What is authentication?

Answer 4

The process of verifying who someone is.

Question 5

What is authorization?

Answer 5

The concept of granting access to specific resources in a system.

Question 6

What is Bash?

Answer 6

The default shell in most Linux distributions.

Question 7

What is the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS)?

Answer 7

A microchip that contains loading instructions for the computer and is prevalent in older systems.

Question 8

What is a bootloader?

Answer 8

A software program that boots the operating system.

Question 9

What is CentOS?

Answer 9

An open-source distribution that is closely related to Red Hat.

Question 10

What is a Central Processing Unit (CPU)?

Answer 10

A computer’s main processor, which is used to perform general computing tasks on a computer.

Question 11

What is a command?

Answer 11

An instruction telling the computer to do something.

Question 12

What is a command-line interface (CLI)?

Answer 12

A text-based user interface that uses commands to interact with the computer.

Question 13

What is a database?

Answer 13

An organized collection of information or data.

Question 14

What is date and time data?

Answer 14

Data representing a date and/or time.

Question 15

What is digital forensics?

Answer 15

The practice of collecting and analyzing data to determine what has happened after an attack.

Question 16

What is a directory?

Answer 16

A file that organizes where other files are stored.

Question 17

What are distributions?

Answer 17

The different versions of Linux.

Question 18

What is an exclusive operator?

Answer 18

An operator that does not include the value of comparison.

Question 19

What is a file path?

Answer 19

The location of a file or directory.

Question 20

What is the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS)?

Answer 20

The component of the Linux OS that organizes data.

Question 21

What is filtering?

Answer 21

Selecting data that match a certain condition.

Question 22

What is a foreign key?

Answer 22

A column in a table that is a primary key in another table.

Question 23

What is a GUI?

Answer 23

A graphical user interface - A user interface that uses icons on the screen to manage different tasks on the computer.

Question 24

What is a hard drive?

Answer 24

A hardware component used for long-term memory.

Question 25

What is hardware?

Answer 25

The physical components of a computer.

Question 26

What is an inclusive operator?

Answer 26

An operator that includes the value of comparison.

Question 27

What is internal hardware?

Answer 27

The components required to run the computer.

Question 28

What is Kali Linux™?

Answer 28

An open-source distribution of Linux that is widely used in the security industry.

Question 29

What is a kernel?

Answer 29

The component of the Linux OS that manages processes and memory.

Question 30

What is a legacy operating system?

Answer 30

An operating system that is outdated but still being used.

Question 31

What is Linux?

Answer 31

An open-source operating system.

Question 32

What is a log?

Answer 32

A record of events that occur within an organization's systems.

Question 33

What is nano?

Answer 33

A command-line file editor that is available by default in many Linux distributions.

Question 34

What is numeric data?

Answer 34

Data consisting of numbers.

Question 35

What is an operating system (OS)?

Answer 35

The interface between computer hardware and the user.

Question 36

What is an operator?

Answer 36

A symbol or keyword that represents an operation.

Question 37

What are options in a command?

Answer 37

Input that modifies the behavior of a command.

Question 38

What is a Package?

Answer 38

A piece of software that can be combined with other packages to form an application

Question 39

What is a Package Manager?

Answer 39

A tool that helos users install, manage, and remove packages or applications

Question 40

What is Parrot?

Answer 40

Open-source distribution that is commonly used for security

Question 41

What is a Pen Test?

Answer 41

A Penetration Test is a simulated attack that helos identify vulnerabilities in systems, networks, websites, applications, and processes

Question 42

What are Peripheral Devices?

Answer 42

Hardware components that are attached and controlled by the computer system

Question 43

What are Permissions?

Answer 43

The type of access granted for a file or directory

Question 44

What is a Primary Key?

Answer 44

A column where every row has a unique entry

Question 45

What is Principle of Least Privilege?

Answer 45

The concept of granting only the minimal access and authorization required to complete a task or function

Question 46

What is a Query?

Answer 46

A request for data from a database table or a combination of tables

Question 47

What is RAM?

Answer 47

Random Access Memory is a hardware component used for short-term memory

Question 48

What is Red Hat Enterprise?

Answer 48

A subscription-based distrabution of Linux built for enterprise use

Question 49

What is a Relational Database?

Answer 49

A structured database containing tables that are related to each other

Question 50

What is a Relative File Path?

Answer 50

A file path that starts from the user's current directory

Question 51

What is a Root Directory?

Answer 51

The highest-level directory in Linux

Question 52

What is a Root User?

Answer 52

Also known as a Superuser, a user with elevated privileges to modify the system

Question 53

What is a Shell?

Answer 53

The command line interpreter

Question 54

What is SQL?

Answer 54

Structured Query Language is a programming language used to create, interact with, and request information from a database

Question 55

What is a Standard Error?

Answer 55

and error message returned to the OS through the shell

Question 56

What is Standard Input?

Answer 56

Information recieved by the OS through the shell

Question 57

What is Standard Output?

Answer 57

Information returned by the OS through the shell

Question 58

What is String Data?

Answer 58

Data consisting of an orderd sequence of characters

Question 58

What is Syntax?

Answer 58

The rules that determine what is correctly structured in a computing language

Question 59

What is Ubuntu?

Answer 59

An open-source, user-friendly distrabution that is widely used in security and other industries

Question 60

What is a UEFI?

Answer 60

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface - a microchip that contains loading instructions for the computer and replaces BIOS on more modern systems

Question 61

What is a User?

Answer 61

The person interacting with a computer

Question 62

What is a User Interface?

Answer 62

a program that allows the user to control the functions of the OS

Question 63

What is a VM?

Answer 63

A Virtual Machine is a virtual version of a physical computer

Question 64

What is a Wildcard?

Answer 64

A special character that can be substituted with any other character