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OS Security Quiz

Test your knowledge of operating system security concepts with our comprehensive quiz! This quiz covers essential topics related to kernels, user space, kernel space, and security features.

Put your skills to the test and learn:

About kernel functions
User and kernel space distinctions
Process management fundamentals
File system operations
Security policies and implementations

43 Questions11 MinutesCreated by AnalyzingCode42

A kernel is a central component of an operating system that acts as an interface between the user applications and the hardware.

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False

The main tasks of the kernel are File securty.

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False

The main tasks of the kernel are Process management.

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False

The main tasks of the kernel are System control.

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False

Types of Kernels Monolithic kernel.

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False

The Exo kernel is not Types of Kernels.

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False

The User Space is the space in memory where user processes run.

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False

This Space is protected multi Kernel processes can access a user process

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False

The kernel Space is the space in memory where kernel processes run

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False

The user has access to it only through the system file

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False

User Space and Kernel Space are in different spaces.

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False

A user process becomes a kernel process when it executes a system call.

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False

Boot Block : information needs to boot the system.

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False

The inode represents some of information needed by the kernel to manipulate a file.

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False

Virtual File System It describes the system’s file in term of superblocks and inodes

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False

Every process is scheduled to run for need of time

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False

Kernel use, manages and deletes the processes

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False

The fork system call splits a process into two processes (Parent and Child).

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False

Physical memory is actually present in the machine and unlimited.

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False

User policy restricting file access

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False

User policy restricting network access

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False

User policy restricting login times.

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Multilevel security users with different needs to delete sharing computer or network.

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Multilevel security should be able to filter functionality based on allowable information.

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Compartmentalization Information may belong to only one compartments.

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False

.Basic features of a multiprogramming operating system authentication of users.

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False

Basic features of a multiprogramming operating system unprotection of memory.

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False

Basic features of a multiprogramming operating system enforcement of sharing

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. Basic features of a multiprogramming operating system inter process communication and unsynchronization.

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Basic considerations It is difficult to add on security features.

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Basic design principles Open design.

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File systems is a files are created by a process

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File systems hundred of them on a disk

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File systems start with user, then go to implementer

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File structure Tree of records using key field to find records in the tree.

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File types block special files-model disks.

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False

System calls for files Create with data, sets some attributes.

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System calls for files to delete-to free disk space.

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System calls for files to Read usually from current pointer position.

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File implementation used to boot the computer

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File implementation all of the partitions is marked active in the master boot table.

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False

Linked lists using a table in memory Put pointers in table in memory

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Linked lists using a table in memory File Allocation Table (FAT).

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False

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