Study guide for Linux
What is the usual absolute path of the personal directory for the user foo?
/home/foo
What two character sequence is present at the beginning of an interpreted script? (Please specify the TWO correct characters only)
Answer: #!
How can the current directory and its subdirectories be searched for the file named MyFile.xml? A. find . -name MyFile.xml B. grep MyFile.xml | find C. grep -r MyFile.xml . D. less MyFile.xml E. search Myfile.xml ./
Answer: A
In order to rename the directory ~/bilder/letzter-urlaub to ~/bilder/sommer-2011, which command line could be used? A. mv ~/bilder/letzter-urlaub ~/bilder/sommer-2011 B. move ~/bilder/letzter-urlaub ~/bilder/sommer-2011 C. cp -m ~/bilder/letzter-urlaub ~/bilder/sommer-2011 D. copy -m ~/bilde/letzter-urlaub ~/bilder/sommer-2011 E. rename ~/bilder/letzter-urlaub ~/bilder/sommer-2011
Answer: A
QUESTION NO: 11 Which of the following programs is used to search for files in a file system? A. locate B. showfiles C. flocate D. search E. findfiles
Answer: A
QUESTION NO: 42 Which command lists all files in the current directory that start with a capital letter? A. ls [A-Z]* B. ls A-Z C. ls A-Z* D. ls --uppercasefiles E. list-uppercase-files
Answer: A
QUESTION NO: 64 Which network interface always exists in a Linux system? A. lo B. sit0 C. wlan0 D. vlan0 E. eth0
Answer: A
The output of the program date should be saved in the variable actdat. What is the correct statement? A. actdat=`date` B. set actdat='date' C. date | actdat D. date > $actdat E. actdat=date
Answer: A
What are the three sets of permissions for a file? A. user, group, others B. administrator, group, others C. user, standard user, others D. administrator, standard user, others
Answer: A
What does the exit status 0 indicate about a process? A. The process ended without any problems. B. The process was terminated by the user. C. The process couldn't finish correctly. D. The process waited for an input but got none. E. The process finished in time.
Answer: A
What is the command that will show system boot time messages? A. dmesg B. echo C. lspci D. display system boot E. messages
Answer: A
When using a web browser, what should a user do to prevent private data from being stored locally? A. Browsers can be configured to use a private mode that does not store any data locally. B. Set up a second profile and use only that one to access sensitive sites. C. Delete the profile directory in the home directory and create a new one after the work is done. D. Use the secure versions of the browser available. E. There is no way to achieve that because Linux always logs network data.
Answer: A
Which approach will provide a listing of the contents in a tar archive? A. Use the tar command with -t. B. Use the grep command. C. Use the find command. D. Use the zless command. E. Use the zlist command
Answer: A
Which command is used to make a shell variable known to subsequently executed programs? A. export B. announce C. env D. transfer E. mv
Answer: A
Which command line can be used to search help files that mention the word "copy"? A. man -k copy B. whatis copy C. man copy D. copy help E. copy --help
Answer: A
Which command will display running process information in real time? A. top B. show current C. ps current D. process
Answer: A
Which of the following Ubuntu releases is considered most stable and fit to use for business purposes? A. LTS B. Xubuntu C. Ubuntu Vanilla D. Kubuntu E. Server
Answer: A
Which of the following commands can be used to extract content from a tar file? A. tar -xvf B. tar -vf C. tar -e D. tar -c E. tar -v
Answer: A
Which of the following commands will display a list all files in the current directory including the hidden files? A. ls -a B. ls --hidden C. ls -h D. ls --a
Answer: A
Which of the following is a requirement of the GPL license but not the BSD license? A. Users who modify and distribute the software under the GPL license, must make the modifications they made, available to the recipients under the same license. B. The GPL license forbids the removal of copyright and license notices from source code files that are distributed. C. The GPL license contains a disclaimer of warranty requiring users not to hold the software authors liable for any damages. D. The GPL license requires that any legal disputes be settled with the mediation of the Free Software Foundation
Answer: A
Which of the following software packages is a mail server? A. Postfix B. Thunderbird C. Apache D. GIMP E. MySQL
Answer: A
Which of the following answers are true for cloud computing? (Select TWO answers) A. Cloud Computing provides new tools to manage IT resources. B. From the business perspective, Cloud Computing means outsourcing or centralization of IT operations. C. Cloud Computing is the opposite of green IT; i.e. the use of fossil, non-regenerative energy for computing. D. Cloud Computing implies sharing all information with everyone else in 'the cloud'.
Answer: A,B
QUESTION NO: 4 Which of the following applications are popular Open Source relational database systems? (Select TWO correct answers) A. PostgreSQL B. NoSQL C. MySQL D. DB/2 E. MongoDB
Answer: A,C
Given a directory with the following information: drwxrwxrwxt 12 tu tg 36864 2012-03-15 /home/directory/ Which of the following statements are true? (Choose TWO answers) A. Everybody can create files in the directory. B. Files in the directory are created with read, write and execute permissions for everyone. C. The directory is broken. D. Everybody can delete only his own files. E. The directory is a security risk.
Answer: A,D
Which criteria are useful when deciding which operating system to use? (Select THREE answers) A. License costs. B. Ideological preferences of the system administrator. C. Linux can do everything, there is no need for further evaluation. D. Availability of mandatory applications and tools. E. Skills of the administrators and staff.
Answer: A,D,E
QUESTION NO: 49 Which of the following commands increases the number of elements in a directory? (Choose TWO answers) A. touch newfile B. create newfile C. ls newfile D. rmdir newdirectory E. mkdir newdirectory
Answer: A,E
Which of the following commands will set the variable text to olaf is home? (Select TWO answers) A. text=olaf\ is\ home B. text=$olaf is home C. $text='olaf is home' D. text=='olaf is home' E. text="olaf is home"
Answer: A,E
Which statements are correct regarding distributions? (Choose TWO answers) A. Programs can be installed manually and without a packet manager. B. Only commercial distributions offer regular security updates. C. To start a new distribution a Linux International license is needed. D. Distributions restrict the user to its supported program packages. E. Program packages of one distribution can be adapted for another
Answer: A,E
In which directory are system log files kept? A. /log/syslog/ B. /var/log/ C. /sys/log/ D. /var/log/sys/
Answer: B
QUESTION NO: 43 When creating a new file, what can be done to make the file hidden from the default output of the ls command? A. Hide the file with a name commented out with a hash sign like #foobar.txt. B. Hide the file with a name beginning with a period like .foobar.txt. C. Hide the file with chvis +h filename. D. Hide the file with chmod a+h filename. E. Hide the file with hide filename.
Answer: B
The script, script.sh, consists of the following lines: #!/bin/bash echo $2 $1 Which output will appear if the command, ./script.sh test1 test2, is entered? A. test1 test2 B. test2 test1 C. script.sh test2 D. script.sh test1 E. test1 script.sh
Answer: B
What is the output of the following command? for token in a b c; do echo -n ${token}; done A. anbncn B. abc C.$token$token$token D. {a}{b}{c} E. a b c
Answer: B
Where can a boot loader be installed? A. The boot ROM B. The MBR on a hard drive C. The /boot partition D. The boot RAM
Answer: B
Which command chain will count the number of regular files with the name of foo.txt within /home? A. ls -lR /home | grep foo.txt | wc -l B. find /home -type f -name foo.txt | wc -l C. find /home -name foo.txt -count D. find /home -name foo.txt | wc -l E. grep -R foo.txt /home | wc -l
Answer: B
Which command shows all of the directories that the shell searches for programs? A. less $PWD B. echo $PATH C. more $ALL_PATH D. get $PATH E. cat $PATH
Answer: B
Which command shows if /usr/bin is in the current shell search path? A. cat PATH B. echo $PATH C. echo %PATH D. cat $PATH E. echo %PATH%
Answer: B
Which command will delete the directory foo with all its content? A. rmdir -a foo B. rm -r foo C. rm -a foo D. rmdir foo
Answer: B
Which of the following filesystems is most commonly used for Linux distributions? A. HFS+ B. ext4 C. FAT32 D. NTFS
Answer: B
Which of the following statements is true for a Linux distribution used in an enterprise environment? A. These distributions contain proprietary business-related software. B. These distributions contain software versions that have proven to be stable even if it is not the recent version in order to minimize problems. C. These distributions always contains the newest versions of all packages to minimize the time to market of new features. D. These distributions are only affordable by large companies
Answer: B
Which one of the following is true about Open Source software? A. Open Source softwarecannotbe copied for free. B. Open Source software is available for commercial use. C. The freedom to redistribute copies must include binary or executable forms of the software but not the source code. D. Open Source software is not for sale
Answer: B
You have a program called /usr/bin/foo. You wish to create a symbolic link, /home/user/foo, that points to it. Which command will do this task? A. ln -sym /home/user/foo /usr/bin/foo B. ln -s /usr/bin/foo /home/user/foo C. ln /home/user/foo /usr/bin/foo D. ln /usr/bin/foo /home/user/foo E. ln --symlink /home/user/foo /usr/bin/foo
Answer: B
QUESTION NO: 14 Which TWO commands can be used to make the file /tmp/foo.txt readable for all users? A. chmod 111 /tmp/foo.txt B. chmod 444 /tmp/foo.txt C. chmod 770 /tmp/foo.txt D. chmod 644 /tmp/foo.txt LPI 117-010 Exam "Pass Any Exam. Any Time." - www.actualtests.com 6 E. chmod 640 /tmp/foo.txt
Answer: B,D
Which statements are true about virtualization? (Choose TWO answers) A. Virtualization is not supported by Linux because of its permissions and multi-user requirements. B. Virtualization lets you run several operating systems on the same hardware in parallel. C. Virtualization is a proprietary technology that has additional licence costs even for Linux. D. Virtualization is a pure desktop technology that should not be used on servers. E. Virtualization allows separation of services, tasks and users in distinct virtual machines.
Answer: B,E
After installing a new package, in which directory are you most likely find its configuration file? A. /lib B. /conf C. /etc D. /usr E. /opt
Answer: C
Given a file called birthdays containing lines like: YYYY-MM-DD Name 1983-06-02 Tim 1995-12-17 Sue Which command would you use to output the lines belonging to all people listed whose birthday is in May or June? A. grep '[56]' birthdays B. grep 05?6? birthdays C. grep '[0-9]*-0[56]-' birthdays D. grep 06 birthdays | grep 05
Answer: C
What command line will create the user falco with home directory assigned to the group users as primary group? A. useradd -g users falco B. useradd -f users falco C. useradd -m -g users falco D. add user falco@users E. add -user falco -group users
Answer: C
What is the correct command to extract the contents of the archive file download.bz2? A. unpack download.bz2 B. unzip2 download.bz2 C. bunzip2 download.bz2 D. unzip download.bz2 E. uncompress download.bz2
Answer: C
Where is the BIOS located? A. RAM B. hard drive C. motherboard D. LCD monitor
Answer: C
Which character starts a comment line in a shell script file? A. ; B. * C. # D. /
Answer: C
Which of the following command sequences overwrites the file foobar.txt? A. echo "QUIDQUIDAGIS" >> foobar.txt B. echo "QUIDQUIDAGIS" < foobar.txt C. echo "QUIDQUIDAGIS" > foobar.txt D. echo "QUIDQUIDAGIS" | foobar.txt
Answer: C
Which of the following is a Linux based operating system for use on mobile devices? A. iOS B. CentOS C. Android D. Debian
Answer: C
Which of the following is an example of globbing? A. ls /etc/ 2> files.txt B. ls /etc/ > files.txt C. ls /etc/*.txt D. ls /etc/ | more
Answer: C
Which of the following is the home folder for the root user? A. /user/root B. / C. /root D. /home/root
Answer: C
Which of the following programs is not a graphical web browser? A. Konqueror B. Firefox C. Links D. Opera E. Chrome
Answer: C
Which of the following will change the group that is associated with a file? A. chmod B. chmod -w C. chown D. ls -g
Answer: C
Which files will affect the domain name resolution system on Linux? (Choose TWO answers) A. /etc/hostname B. /etc/nameserver C. /etc/hosts D. /etc/which E. /etc/resolv.conf
Answer: C,E
A Linux computer has no access to the internet. Which command displays information about the network gateway for the system? A. traceroute B. ifconfig C. gateway D. route E. ipconfig
Answer: D
QUESTION NO: 5 Which of the following is a technology used to connect a hard drive directly to a computer's motherboard? A. PCI B. Ethernet C. DSL D. SATA E. VGA
Answer: D
What command would you use to get comprehensive documentation about any command in Linux? A. help command B. echo command C. locate command D. man command E. get command
Answer: D
What does LAMP mean? A. The Linux Advanced Mode Programming Interface which gives advanced capabilities to application developers. B. The bus ID of an attached USB device that emits light. C. Short for Lightweight Access Management Protocol which synchronizes permissions in a network. D. The combination of Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP or other programming languages. E. Short for lamport-clock which is important in distributed network computing.
Answer: D
What is the command to change the password of a user? A. wpasswd B. gpasswd C. epasswd D. passwd E. password
Answer: D
Which command displays the list of groups to which a user belongs? A. whoami B. lsgroup C. who D. id
Answer: D
Which command shows, amongst other information, the IP address of the current DNS server for a Linux system? A. cat /etc/net/dns.conf B. ifconfig -v dns C. show net dns D. cat /etc/resolv.conf
Answer: D
Which command will display the last line of the file foo.txt? A. head -n 1 foo.txt B. tail foo.txt C. last -n 1 foo.txt D. tail -n 1 foo.txt
Answer: D
Which of the following commands can be used to change both the owner AND group settings of a file? A. chmod B. chage C. chuser D. chown E. chgrp
Answer: D
Which of the following commands will output a list of all of the file names, under your home directory and all subdirectories, which have file names ending with .pdf? A. search .pdf B. ls -name -R '*.pdf' C. find /home/*.pdf D. find ~ -name '*.pdf'
Answer: D
Which of the following possibilities is only available when using open source software? A. Download of all its existing versions. B. Free use. C. Access to its detailed help manual. D. Access to its source code.
Answer: D
Which of the following properties of a user account determines whether the user is given administrator privileges? A. Its primary group ID is 0 (zero). B. It is listed first in /etc/passwd C. Its username is root. D. Its user ID is 0 (zero). E. Its GECOS (name) field is set to "System Administrator"
Answer: D
Which statement about users and user groups is correct? A. A group can only have one main user. B. There can be only one user group on a system. C. User do not have to belong to a user group. D. Every user belongs to a least one user group.
Answer: D
QUESTION NO: 12 Which of the following commands will output all of the lines with the name Fred in upper or lower case but not the word red from the file data_file? (Select TWO correct answers) A. grep -v fred data_file B. grep '[f]red' data_file C. egrep fred data_file D. grep '[Ff]red' data_file E. grep -i fred data_file
Answer: D,E
How can the normal output of a command be written to a file while discarding the error output? A. command >2>file 1&>/dev/null B. command < output > /dev/null C. command > discard-error > file D. command > /dev/null 2&>1 output E. command >file 2>/dev/null
Answer: E
When a new user is added, where does his user ID gets stored? A. /etc/users LPI 117-010 Exam "Pass Any Exam. Any Time." - www.actualtests.com 7 B. /etc/realm C. /etc/pass D. /etc/shpasswd E. /etc/passwd
Answer: E
Which of the following commands redirects the output of cmd to the file foo.txt, in which an existing file is overwritten? A. cmd || foo.txt B. cmd | foo.txt C. cmd && foo.txt D. cmd >> foo.txt E. cmd > foo.txt
Answer: E
Which of the following commands will create an archive file, named backup.tar, containing all the files from the directory /home? A. tar /home backup.tar B. tar -cf /home backup.tar C. tar -xf /home backup.tar D. tar -xf backup.tar /home E. tar -cf backup.tar /home
Answer: E
Which of the following is a valid option for a typical command to get its built-in usage information? A. -? B. -H C. help D. --manual E. --help
Answer: E
While deleting all files beginning with the letter a there was still the file Access.txt left. Assuming that it had the correct ownership, why was it not deleted? A. Files with extensions need a different treatment. B. rm had to be called with the option -R to delete all files. C. The file Access.txt was probably opened by another application. D. The file Access.txt was hidden. E. Linux file names are case sensitive.
Answer: E
With which command can you determine the time of the last restart of a system? A. current reboottime B. find reboot C. expect --reboot D. last | reboot E. last reboot
Answer: E
Which of the following services are used for network file systems? (Select TWO correct choices) A. Rumba B. Python C. Samba D. OpenLDAP E. NFS
C,E
What is the output of the following command sequence? for token in a b c; do echo -n "$token "; done A. anbncn B. a b c C. "a " "b " "c " D. token token token E. abc
answer B
