| Question | Answer |
| Which command is used to create or update the quota database files?
quotactl
quotadb
quotacheck
dbquota | quotacheck |
| By default, the edquota command will use which editor?
joe
emacs
gedit
vi | vi |
| The quotacheck command creates databases with which names?
(choose two)
group.quota
aquota.group
aquota.user
user.quota | aquota.group
aquota.user |
| Which directory is the root file system mounted on?
/rootfs
/root
/home
/ | / |
| In which directory are you most likely to find software from third-party publishers?
/usr/local
/var/lib
/usr/third
/opt | /opt |
| To activate a swap space that has been initialized, you can execute:
swapcontrol
swapon
swapoff
swapctl | swapon |
| The first (1st) field in the /etc/fstab file is used to specify:
The filesystem type
The mount point
The mount options
The dump level
The device to mount
The fsck order | The device to mount
hint:
[Device] [Mount Point] [File System Type] [Options] [Dump] [Pass] |
| The fifth (5th) field in the /etc/fstab file is used to specify:
The mount options
The dump level
The filesystem type
The device to mount
The mount point
The fsck order | The dump level
hint:
[Device] [Mount Point] [File System Type] [Options] [Dump] [Pass] |
| The sixth (6th) field in the /etc/fstab file is used to specify:
The mount point
The device to mount
The dump level
The filesystem type
The fsck order
The mount options | The fsck order
hint:
[Device] [Mount Point] [File System Type] [Options] [Dump] [Pass] |
| Which mount option will remount a currently mounted filesystem?
mount -o reset
mount -o reload
mount -o mount
mount -o remount | mount -o remount |
| What determines how many files can be stored in a filesystem?
The number of inodes
The Superblock size
The number of data blocks
The number of bytes | The number of inodes |
| The number of inodes in a filesystem is:
Always the same for every filesystem
Determined when the filesystem is created
Determined by the filesystem type
Something that can be changed at a later date | Determined when the filesystem is created |
| Which of the following is true about the fsck command?
It should only be executed on unmounted filesystems
It can only be used to fix ext2 filesystems
It can only be used to fix ext3 filesystems
It should only be executed on mounted filesystems | It should only be executed on unmounted filesystems |
| Which value represents the inode number in the following output of the ls -li command: 87589 -rw-r–r–. 2 root root 83 Mar 4 22:45 myhosts
83
2
22:45
87589 | 87589 |
| Which value represents the hard link count in the following output of the ls -li command: 87589 -rw-r–r–. 2 root root 83 Mar 4 22:45 myhosts
83
2
22:45
87589 | 2 |
| Which bootloader includes the Secure Boot feature?
BIOS
UEFI
LILO
GRUB | UEFI |
| In GRUB Legacy, the _____ directive indicates how long to wait before automatically booting the default operating system.
fallback=
timeout=
password=
kernel | timeout= |
| Which of the following commands can be used to create an encrypted password that can be used with the password directive in GRUB Legacy:
crypt-md5-grub
grub-md5-crypt
grub-crypt
crypt-grub | grub-md5-crypt |
| The first (1st) stage of the boot process is:
The firmware (BIOS/UEFI) stage
The init phase
The kernel phase
The Bootloader (LILO/GRUB) stage | The firmware (BIOS/UEFI) stage |
| The fourth (4th) stage of the boot process is:
The init phase
The Bootloader (LILO/GRUB) stage
The firmware (BIOS/UEFI) stage
The kernel | The init phase |
| The bootloader (GRUB/LILO) loads which of the following components into memory?
(choose two)
The root filesystem
The kernel
The init process
The ramdisk | The kernel
The ramdisk |
| Which of the following commands can be used to reboot the system?
(choose two)
shutdown
halt
reboot
shutdown -r | reboot
shutdown -r |
| The rpm2cpio command can be used to:
(choose two)
Create a new “.rpm” file
Extract files from a “.rpm” file
List the content of a “.rpm” file
Build a binary “.rpm” file from a source “.src.rpm” file | Extract files from a “.rpm” file
List the content of a “.rpm” file |
| Which command will remove all files that belong to a Debian package?
apt-get purge
apt-get remove
apt-get uninstall
apt-get erase | apt-get purge |
| Which command will update the list of available packages for APT?
apt-cache update
apt-get update
apt-cache upgrade
apt-get upgrade | apt-get update |
| Which command may be used to get a list of the installed Debian packages?
dpkg -l
dpkg -L
apt-get list
apt-get show | dpkg -l |
| Which command will show the dependencies of a Debian package?
apt-cache requires
apt-get depends
apt-cache depends
apt-get requires | apt-cache depends
(hint: Debian's dependents always need cash) |
| Which command will show the dependencies of an RPM package?
rpm -qpd
yum provides
yum requires
rpm -qpR | rpm -qpR |
| Which two commands will show detailed information about a Debian package?
(choose two)
apt-cache info
apt-cache show
dpkg -s
dpkg -i | apt-cache show
dpkg -s
(hint: Debian 'shows' both s's.) |
| Which command shows the scripts that may be part of a RPM package?
yum scripts
yum info
rpm -qs
rpm -q –scripts | rpm -q –scripts |
| Which command is used to display the shared libraries of a dynamically linked executable?
ldd
ld.so
ldlist
ldconfig | ldd |
| Which option to the df command displays the size of a filesystem in “human readable” format?
-h
-human
-g
No option will provide this feature | -h |
| You can display current filesystem space usage with the _____ command.
du
ls
dw
df | df
(display filesystem) |
| A system that contains Linux as well as a Microsoft Windows operating system is called a:
This sort of system cannot exist
Multi environment system
A file base system
Dual boot system | Dual boot system |
| In what directory are you most likely to find user’s home directories?
/usr/local
/home
/var/lib
/usr/third | /home |
| Which directory structure has directories which may have heavy activity for services like mail, ftp, and printing?
/home
/rootfs
/root
/var | /var |
| After running fdisk -cu /dev/sdb, what fdisk command will allow you to change a partition type?
d
f
t
g | t |
| After running fdisk -cu /dev/sdb, what fdisk command will allow you to create a new partition?
c
w
n
g | n
(n for new) |
| After running fdisk -cu /dev/sdb, what fdisk command will allow you to delete a partition?
r
g
d
s | d
(d for delete) |
| What option to the fdisk command is used to utilize sector unit sizes?
-t
-s
-usize
-u | -u |
| Which mount option mounts a filesystem allowing reading only?
readonly
ronly
ro
rw | ro |
| Which option to the tune2fs command will change the space reserved for system use?
-R
-m
-M
-r | -m |
| Which option to the dumpe2fs command will have the command display only superblock information?
-h
-g
-d
-s | -h |
| The _____ command will display how much space a filesystem has free?
du
free
df
init | df |
| Which option to the fsck command will answer “yes” to all queries?
-y
-n
-N
-Y | -y |
| Which option to the fsck command will answer “no” to all queries?
-y
-Y
-n
-N | -n |
| Which option to the fsck command will allow you to specify the filesystem type?
-t
-F
-T
-f | -t
(t for type) |
| Missing files don’t have their original file names, instead they are named with their _____ number?
device
inode
UID
GID | inode |
| Which type of link can be made to a file on another filesystem, hard or soft?
soft
hard | soft |
| To use an encrypted password in the GRUB Legacy configuration file, use the _____ option to the password directive.
–md5
–encrypt
–secure
–crypt | –md5 |
| The primary configuration file for the GRUB 2 on a Fedora system is _____.
/boot/grub2/grub.cfg
/boot/grub/grub2.cfg
/boot/grub2.cfg
/boot/grub/grub.cfg | /boot/grub2/grub.cfg |
| Which runlevel number is defined as “user-definable”?
0
1
2
3
4
5
6 | 4 |
| Which runlevel number defines halting the system?
0
1
2
3
4
5
6 | 0 |
| The first process that the kernel launches is called the _____ process.
init
kernel
sys
startx | init |
| On a Ubuntu system, what variable defines the default runlevel in the /etc/init/rc-sysinit.conf file?
DEFAULT_RUNLEVEL
DEFAULT
RUNLEVEL
RUN | DEFAULT_RUNLEVEL |
| What are the correct options for the rpm command to display a list of all installed packages?
-qa
-a
-qall
-b | -qa |
| Which environment variable can a user set, that will affect where shared libraries can be located and loaded?
LIBRARY_PATH
LIBRARY_LD_PATH
LD_PATH
LD_LIBRARY_PATH | LD_LIBRARY_PATH |
| Which of the following are benefits of a shared library:
(choose two)
Programs run faster
Programs can be smaller
Programs run slower
Programs use a more consistent base of code | Programs can be smaller
Programs use a more consistent base of code |
| Which of the following will find and load shared libraries when a program is executed?
The scheduler
The dynamic linker
The kernel
The init process | The dynamic linker |
| Which of the following contents is in the ldconfig configuration file by default?
include all
include /etc/ldconfig
include ldconfig
include ld.so.conf.d/*.conf | include ld.so.conf.d/*.conf |
| Which command is used to view the services that are set to start or stop automatically?
config
chkconfig
lsconfig
initconfig | chkconfig |
| Which of the following is not a daemon used for logging?
klogd
ilogd
rsyslogd
syslogd | ilogd |
| What is the maximum memory that a 64 bit processor can theoretically use?
16 EiB
8 GiB
2 GiB
4 GiB | 16 EiB |
| Which of the following is not a characteristic of firmware?
Change runlevels
Tests the components upon startup
Typically stored in ROM
Change settings to affect the use of external devices | Change runlevels |
| What is used by devices to communicate with the system?
IO Channels, IO Memory, Interrupts and DMA Ports
IO Ports, IO Memory, Interrupts, and DMA Channels
IO Ports, IO Memory, Signals and DMA Channels
IO Ports, RAM, Interrupts and DMA Channels | IO Ports, IO Memory, Interrupts, and DMA Channels |
| Interrupts cannot be shared between devices.
True or False?
True
False | False |
| Which option of the lspci command would you use to troubleshoot a network interface card?
-r
-t
-nn
-a | -nn |
| Which of the following commands will create a soft link from the /tmp/test file to the /tmp/data file?
ln -s /tmp/data /tmp/test
ln /tmp/test /tmp/data
ln -s /tmp/test /tmp/data
ln /tmp/data /tmp/test | ln -s /tmp/test /tmp/data |
| Which of the following commands will create a hard link from the /tmp/test file to the /tmp/data file?
ln -s /tmp/test /tmp/data
ln /tmp/test /tmp/data
ln -s /tmp/data /tmp/test
ln /tmp/data /tmp/test | ln /tmp/test /tmp/data |
| Which of the following commands can be used to reboot the system?
(choose two)
shutdown
halt
reboot
shutdown -r | reboot
shutdown -r |