Cyber - 3.1.3 Activity - Analyzing Processes

Question 1

To monitor suspected malicious user "presto" every 10 seconds and keep a header row, what Linux command would you run?

Accepted Answer

while true; do clear; ps -ef | grep -e presto -e UID; sleep 10; done

Question 2

In Linux, if the command you are executing is taking a while, you can run it in the background by...

Accepted Answer

Ctrl-Z, then running the bg command

Question 3

In Linux, to learn more about the ps command, you can access the help manual with which of the following?

Accepted Answer

man ps

Question 4

In Windows, 2 primary shells that are commonly used (and come with the OS) are...

Accepted Answer

Powershell and Command Prompt

Question 5

A CLI (Command Line Interface) and a shell are the same thing.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

In Linux, the command ps -ef | grep beta will show all running processes and which user is running them.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

You should never log into the root account.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

In Linux, only super users (i.e. root) can kill commands that were started by other users.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

In Linux, which directory holds system files, such as password files and network configuration files?

Accepted Answer

/etc

Question 10

In Linux, the command ps -ef will show all running processes and which user is running them.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

What is PPID?

Accepted Answer

c) both a and b

Questions 11