EC-CouncilSOC Essentials
Domain 1Objective 4
Windows and Unix/Linux Security SCE Practice Questions (Page 3)
Part of the Computer Network and Security Fundamentals domain, which makes up ~16% of our current practice bank. EC-Council does not publish an official question count, but from its 120-minute exam (~50–80 total, ~8–13 in this domain), expect 1–2 from this objective — we provide 49 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Questions 11–15
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An administrator wants to enforce a minimum password length for all users on a standalone Windows server. Which tool should they use?
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A Linux system has multiple users, and the administrator wants to ensure that all users have a password set and that password hashes are not readable by regular users. Which file permissions should be set on /etc/shadow?
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Which Linux tool is specifically designed for security auditing and can log system calls, file accesses, and authentication events based on configurable rules?
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Which of the following is a recommended best practice for hardening SSH on a Linux server?
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Which Linux security module provides mandatory access control (MAC) and is commonly used on Red Hat-based distributions to confine processes to least-privilege domains?
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