ITN170 Final
Which of the following commands can be used to display any email messages awaiting delivery alongside the reason that they were not delivered? Group of answer choices mailqueue mail --queue mail -q mailq
mailq
Which of the following commands can be used to modify configuration options for DPM packages after they have been installed? Group of answer choices dpkg-config dpkg-update dpkg-configure dpkg-reconfigure
dpkg-reconfigure
Which of the following commands will display detailed information for network hardware? Group of answer choices ethtool lshw --net lsnet hwdisp --network
ethtool
Which of the following commands can be used to determine the round trip time that a packet takes to traverse a network connection? Group of answer choices finger ethstat transit ping
ping
Which of the following can be used at the command line to download a file using the HTTP protocol? (Choose two.) Group of answer choices wwwretr wget GET curl
wget curl
Which of the following RPM options will update a software package to the newest version, or install the package if it does not already exist on a system? Group of answer choices -F -u -i -U
-U
Which of the following ports should you disable so that they no longer respond to network requests on a Linux system due to a lack of encryption? (Choose all that apply.) Group of answer choices 22 80 21 23
21 23
If no level of compression is specified, the gzip command assumes what compression level? Group of answer choices 7 5 4 6
6
What kind of servers resolve fully qualified domain names to IP addresses for a certain namespace on the Internet? Group of answer choices DHCP NTP DNS NIS
DNS
Which command can be used at a BASH command prompt to obtain a Web page? Group of answer choices curl apachect1 ab webpage
curl
Which of the following is the full path and file name where the Debian Package Manager repositories can be configured? Group of answer choices /etc/dpm/repositories.conf /etc/dpm.conf etc/apt.source.conf /etc/apt/sources.list
/etc/apt/sources.list
Which of the following results from the nmap command would let an administrator know that they have an insecure service running on a Linux server? Group of answer choices 23/tcp open telnet 993/tcp open imaps 22/tcp open ssh 443/tcp open https
23/tcp open telnet
The output of the ifconfig shows a HWaddr expressed in hexadecimal. How many bits is the hardware address shown made up of? Group of answer choices 8 32 48 128
48
Which of the following SQL statements can be used to delete a table from a database? Group of answer choices DROP FROM database TABLE table_name; DROP TABLE table_name; ALTER DATABASE database DROP TABLE table_name; DELETE TABLE table_name;
DROP TABLE table_name;
Which of the following can be used to graphically remotely administer a Linux machine? Group of answer choices FTP VNC RDP Telnet
VNC
Which of the following package managers are used to install RPM packages on the SUSE or openSUSE distributions by default? Group of answer choices DNF APT Zypper DPM
Zypper
If a Linux system is running as a virtual machine, it may be using a bridge for the virtual network adapter within the virtual machine to the physical network adapter. Which of the following commands can be used to view or modify the bridge configuration used by the Linux kernel for your network adapter? Group of answer choices brstat ip bridge brctl netbr
brctl
Which of the following types of CM software only requires that you specify the attributes that the inventory members must have within a configuration file, not the individual procedures that must be executed on them? Group of answer choices agent-based imperative configuration declarative configuration agentless
declarative configuration
Which of the following is the keyword that should be listed after the hosts statement in the /etc/nsswitch.conf file so that the system will consult the /etc/hosts file to resolve a name to an IP address? Group of answer choices etchosts local files hosts
files
The system administrator has shut ethernet interface eth0 down while making some changes to the system. Which of the following commands can they use to bring the network connection back up? Group of answer choices interface eth0 --status up ifup eth0 netctl eth0 up int eth0 up
ifup eth0
After compiling source code, which command still needs to be run in order to copy the newly compiled binaries into a directory listed in the PATH variable as well as copy supporting files (such as man pages) to the correct location on the filesystem? Group of answer choices make make install make image make clean
make install
When experiencing a network issue, you want to determine where the source of the problem is. Which of the three following commands can be used to determine whether there is an issue with a router in the normal route that the packets are attempting to take? Group of answer choices mtr tracepath tracert traceroute
mtr tracepath traceroute
Which of the following commands will show active UDP connections on a Linux system? (Choose all that apply.) Group of answer choices netstat -t udp netstat --udp netstat -u netstat udp
netstat --udp netstat -u
Which of the following commands will send 4 ICMP echo requests to a remote host named server1 to determine the round trip time it takes a packet to travel? Group of answer choices ping -n 4 server1 ping -4 server1 ping -c 4 server1 ping server1
ping -c 4 server1
Which of the following types of technologies will create a tunneled encrypted connection from a remote location into a corporate network to be able to access resources as if the user was physically connected to the LAN? Group of answer choices ADSL NTP VLAN VPN
VPN
Which of the following commands can you use to list users who have been locked out by pam_faillock.so? Group of answer choices faillock pam_faillock pam_tally2 locklist
faillock
Which of the following permissions should a standard user have on the /etc/shadow file? Group of answer choices read, write, and execute none of the above read read and write
none of the above
When using the compress command to archive a set of files into a single file, which of the following options will display the compression ratio of the individual files making up the new compressed file? Group of answer choices -v -a -c -s
-v
When working with Sendmail, what command can be used to test SMTP support? Group of answer choices EHLO telnet smtp HELO
HELO
Which of the following types of joins will return a record from two intersecting tables only if there is a match on the joining field from both tables? Group of answer choices FULL OUTER JOIN INNER JOIN RIGHT JOIN LEFT JOIN
INNER JOIN
When looking at the password-auth file on a Fedora system, you notice part of the syntax that says dcredit=3. What is the significance of this part of the configuration Group of answer choices There must be at least 3 characters that are different from their previous password. Users cannot re-use their last 3 passwords. The minimum password length has to be at least 3 characters long. Users must use at least 3 characters as numbers in their passwords.
Users must use at least 3 characters as numbers in their passwords.
Which of the following file extensions are used by the Debian Package Manager? Group of answer choices .dpm .d .deb .dpkg
deb
What FTP command runs a shell on the local computer? Group of answer choices # ~ * !
!
Upon running the ifconfig command, the IP address is listed along with the subnet mask in dotted decimal notation listed as 255.255.255.224. You have installed a remote access software that has an address field that requires the address to be configured in CIDR notation. Which of the following is the equivalent CIDR notation for the subnet mask listed? Group of answer choices /27 /24 /28 /23
/27
Which of the following files contain the path and filename where DNS servers should be configured? Group of answer choices /etc/nsswitch.conf /etc/hosts /etc/named.conf /etc/resolv.conf
/etc/resolv.conf
What is the complete path and filename of the file where ports and their associated protocols are defined? ___________
/etc/services
Which of the following is a valid APIPA address? Group of answer choices 10.11.12.13 127.0.0.1 169.254.38.101 192.168.1.17
169.254.38.101
When logging into a system, you are prompted to type in a code from a small token that you carry around with you. The code on this token constantly changes. What type of technology has been implemented? Group of answer choices Kerberos CUPS OTP Finger
OTP
What PostgreSQL command-line utility backs up PostgreSQL database settings? Group of answer choices pg_backup pg_dumpall pg_restore pg_dump
pg_dump
Which of the following can you use to configure firewall rules for IPv6 on a Linux system? Group of answer choices ip6tables fw --ipv6 fw6 netfilter -6
ip6tables
When connecting to a host via SSH for the first time, the user is prompted to accept the encryption fingerprint for the target computer which is stored in ___________ in the ~/.ssh/ directory.
known_hosts
Which of the following commands will list missing libraries as not found if a necessary library is not installed? Group of answer choices ldso ldd ldchk ldconfig
ldd
Which of the following options for the tar command will create an archive that is also gzipped while displaying all of the work in progress to the terminal screen? Group of answer choices tar -cfza tar -nzaf tar -czvf tar -ngac
tar -czvf
Which of the following commands can be used to force udev to reload new rules from the /etc/udev/rules directory? (Choose all that apply.) Group of answer choices udevadm control -r udevadm --reload udevadm control --reload udevadm control -R
udevadm control --reload udevadm control -R
In which of the following zones might a system administrator put the web server hosting the company's publicly accessible website? Group of answer choices public DMZ trusted internal
DMZ
Which of the following is not a valid Apparmor command? Group of answer choices aa-unconfined aa-trust aa-complain aa-enforce
aa-trust
Which of the following commands can you use to search available repository information? (Choose two.) Group of answer choices apt query apt apt-cachea pt-query
apt apt-cache
Which of the following commands can be used to install the latest versions of all packages currently installed on the system from the sources configured in sources.list? Group of answer choices apt upgrade all apt upgrade apt update apt-upgrade
apt upgrade
Which of the following are valid statements in the /etc/resolv.conf file? (Choose two.) Group of answer choices nameserver 10.1.1.4 10.1.15.60 server10 domain comptia.org order hosts, bind
domain comptia.org nameserver 10.1.1.4
Which of the following commands can be used to view the quota for a user? Group of answer choices quotas jsmith quotadisp jsmith edquota -u jsmith quota --view jmith
edquota -u jsmith
Which of the following commands will generate a GPG public/private key pair? Group of answer choices gpg --new-key gpg-generate gpg-key --generate gpg --gen-key
gpg --gen-key
Which of the following commands will install an RPM package while ignoring any other packages that it may be dependent upon for proper operation? Group of answer choices rpm -ivh --nodeps package.rpm rpm -ivhn package.rpm rpm -i --ignoredeps package.rpm rpm -in package.rpm
rpm -ivh --nodeps package.rpm
Which of the following hashing algorithm commands reduces the chances of collisions due to the bit length of the message digest? Group of answer choices md5sum sha256sum md4sum sha1sum
sha256sum
Which of the following commands can be used to display socket information out to the terminal screen? Group of answer choices ss woolsocks opensocks sstat
ss
Which of the following commands will allow the root user to switch to another user account without having to enter that user account's password? Group of answer choices su user sudoer switchuser
su
If a system appears to be having issues with performance for read and write operations to a hard disk, which of the following is not a valid scheduling method that you could try to improve performance? Group of answer choices noop deadline cfq testwr
testwr
Which of the following commands can be used to trace an IPv6 route? (Choose two.) Group of answer choices tracert6 tracepath6 trace6 traceroute6
tracepath6 traceroute6
Which of the following commands will allow an administrator to edit the list of permissions assigned to a user wanting to run the sudo command? Group of answer choices sudoer visudo sudoers edsudo
visudo
Which of the following Debian Package Management commands will install the newest versions of all packages that are currently installed on a system? Group of answer choices apt-get update apt-get update-all apt-get upgrade apt-get upgrade all
apt-get upgrade
If you suspect that you have bad blocks on a filesystem, which of the following commands can be used to try and repair the filesystem? Group of answer choices blocks chkdisk fsck chkfs
fsck
Which of the following commands will install a package using the Red Hat Package Manager, showing all information, while printing pound signs to show the progress of installation? rpm -iap packagename.rpm rpm -ivp packagename.rpm rpm -iah packagename.rpm rpm -ivh packagename.rpm
rpm -ivh packagename.rpm
The SUSE and openSUSE Linux distributions use an alternative to yum but that provides the same functionality. What is the name of the command they use? Group of answer choices apt dnf rpm zypper
zypper
Which of the following options for the gpg command will specify the key that should be retrieved? Group of answer choices --get-key --recv-keys --request --get
--recv-keys
Which of the following options for the iptables command will delete all rules for all chains? Group of answer choices -F -D -R -C
-F
What option can be added to the dpkg command to remove a specified package from the system, including any configuration files used by the package? Group of answer choices -D -P -r -d
-P
If someone tries to log into a system using a daemon account, but the daemon account does not have a valid shell assigned to it, they would normally see a standard warning. If you want to customize the error, which of the following files can you put a message in that will display upon an attempted login? Group of answer choices /etc/warning.txt /etc/deny.login /etc/nologin.txt /etc/banner.conf
/etc/nologin.txt
You currently have a Linux system configured to check the /etc/hosts file before trying to contact a DNS server to resolve host names. You want to reverse the configuration so that it checks with a DNS server before falling back to the /etc/hosts file. Which of the following files should you modify to make this possible? Group of answer choices /etc/nsswitch.conf /etc/hosts /etc/resolv.conf /etc/named.conf
/etc/nsswitch.conf
Which of the following is a valid SQL statement for adding a new row of data to a SQL database table? Group of answer choices INSERT ('George', 'Washington') INTO users (firstname, lastname); INSERT INTO users (firstname, lastname) values ('George', 'Washington'); UPDATE users SET firstname = 'George', lastname = 'Washington'; ALTER TABLE users SET firstname = 'George', lastname = 'Washington';
INSERT INTO users (firstname, lastname) values ('George', 'Washington');
Which of the following packages should be installed in order to integrate certain authentication functions with Microsoft's Active Directory? Group of answer choices Telnet Kerberos SyslogIncorrect. TFTP
Kerberos
What DNS resource record type is used to provide the IP address for the e-mail server for a zone? Group of answer choices NS CNAME MX SOA
MX
Which of the following types of DNS records need to be configured to facilitate email delivery? Group of answer choices IMAP PTR CNAME MX
MX
Which of the following are examples of multifactor authentication? Group of answer choices Password and PIN A USB token and a Common Access Card Thumbprint reader and facial recognition Password and fingerprint reader
Password and fingerprint reader
Which of the following commands will change the SELinux security context of a file? Group of answer choices sechange chcon secontext scont
chcon
Which of the following is used on modern Linux distributions that reads YAML configuration files to add apps, modify existing configuration settings, or perform administrative tasks at boot time? Group of answer choices Docker Hub cloud-init Kickstart OVF
cloud-init
You run the command hostname server1 and issue the reboot command. You notice that the host name has reverted back to what it was before the reboot. Which of the following commands should you have used to change the host name instead? Group of answer choices set hostname="server1" hostnamectl set-hostname server1 host server1 ifconfig server1
hostnamectl set-hostname server1
What command can be used to view and modify the date and time within the BIOS? Group of answer choices date hwclock clkmod clock
hwclock
You want to determine whether your Linux workstation was able to get assigned an IP address from the DHCP server once you connected it to the network. Which of the following legacy commands might help you determine this? Group of answer choices ethconfig 0 netconfig eth0 ifconfig eth0 dhcpaddr eth0
ifconfig eth0
What ftp command uploads the filename from the current directory on the local computer to the current directory on the remote computer and allows the use of wildcard metacharacters to specify the filename? Group of answer choices upload filename get filename mput filename put filename
mput filename
Which of the following utilities will allow you to view information about virtual memory usage on a Linux system? Group of answer choices vmctl vmpager vmstat vmmview
vmstat
Which of the following files does the hostnamectl command modify to set the hostname on a machine? Group of answer choices /etc/host.conf /etc/hostname /etc/hostname.conf /etc/hosts.conf
/etc/hostname
Which of the following files does a TCP wrapper check before starting a network daemon? Group of answer choices /etc/wrapper.allow and /etc/wrapper.deny /etc/tcp.allow and /etc/tcp.deny /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny /etc/daemon.allow and /etc/daemon.deny
/etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny
On a system running SysV init, which of the following files can you edit to disable the ability to reboot by using the Ctrl+Alt+Delete key combination? Group of answer choices /etc/inittab /etc/init.conf /etc/keys.conf /etc/cmd.conf
/etc/inittab
Which of the following files contains the list of shared libraries? Group of answer choices /etc/ld.so.cache /lib/ld.so.conf /etc/ld.so.conf /lib/shared.conf
/etc/ld.so.cache
Which of the following files contains the encrypted passwords for users on a modern Linux system by default? Group of answer choices /etc/psh /etc/shadow /etc/pwenc /etc/passwd
/etc/shadow
Where does the sudo command check to determine a user's privileges when they attempt to run the sudo command? Group of answer choices /etc/sudoers /etc/sudo.conf /etc/rc.d/sudoers.conf /etc/su.conf
/etc/sudoers
What zone configuration file contains a PTR record used to identify the loopback adapter? Group of answer choices /var/named/named.local /etc/named.conf /etc/named.loop /var/named/named.ca
/var/named/named.local
Where is the default document root directory for the Apache Web server? Group of answer choices /var/www/html /usr/local/html /usr/share/local/html /var/html
/var/www/html
Which of the following is not a valid compression file extension for the Linux operating system? Group of answer choices .bz2 .gz .vz .xz
.vz
After modifying the /etc/aliases file, what command must be run in order to rebuild the aliases database? Group of answer choices mail alias newaliases sendmail
newaliases
Which of the following utilities can be used by a system administrator to determine which services are responding to network requests? Group of answer choices netscan portscan pmap nmap
nmap
On a system running NetworkManager, which of the following commands can be used to view or modify connection information? Group of answer choices nmcli netctonf nm netman
nmcli
Which of the following is a protocol originally developed by Cisco that uses TCP to handle authentication, authorization, and accounting services? Group of answer choices NTP TACACS+ RADIUS SSH
TACACS+
Which of the following commands can be used for the command line version of a popular GUI-based program that is used to examine network traffic passing to and from a network interface? Group of answer choices tshark wshark ushark nshark
tshark
Where is the default document root directory for the Apache Web server? Group of answer choices /usr/share/local/html /usr/local/html /var/html /var/www/html
/var/www/html
Violet wants to configure an encrypted partition to mount when her workstation boots up. Which of the following should she do? Group of answer choices Configure /etc/fstab to mount the partition. Configure /etc/crypttab to mount the partition. Configure /etc/crypttab to open the volume and then /etc/fstab to mount it. Configure /etc/crypttab to open the volume and then /etc/mtab to mount it.
Configure /etc/crypttab to open the volume and then /etc/fstab to mount it.
Which of the following commands can be used to back up files in case of system failure, supports long filenames, and can also back up device files? Group of answer choices diskdup sysbackup cpio bkup
cpio
Which of the following statements should be used at the end of a SQL statement where an aggregate function such as SUM or COUNT is used? Group of answer choices GROUP BY JOIN HAVING ORDER BY
GROUP BY
Which of the following will display entries from the Name Service Switch libraries? Group of answer choices dispdet nss nsslist getent
getent
What command can be used to display the contents of a file that was compressed with the compress utility? Group of answer choices zcat ccat acat cat
zcat
Which type of CM software can connect to inventory members via SSH to perform configuration management activities? Group of answer choices agentless BLOB Agent-based Kickstart
agentless
What is the most commonly used LAN protocol? Group of answer choices UDP/IP IPX/SPX TCP/IP DLC
TCP/IP
Which of the following is the default option for the kind of keys to be generated when using the gpg --gen-key command? Group of answer choices RSA and RSA RSA (sign only) DSA (sign only) RSA and Elgamal
RSA and RSA
Which of the following can you use to start network daemons in order to limit which computers are allowed to connect to the network service? Group of answer choices netfilter ufw TCP Wrapper iptables
TCP Wrapper
Which of the following is a tool that can be used to search Internet software repositories for RPM packages that map to your system's architecture, and automatically install or upgrade those packages on your system? Group of answer choices wget tar APT YUM
YUM
Which of the following ports would be used to resolve a domain name to an IP address? Group of answer choices 23 69 53 443
53
Which of the following does the -r option for the gpg command specify? Group of answer choices Encrypt for the user id given. Revoke keys from the key server. Remote key server to query. Retrieve keys for given key ID.
Encrypt for the user id given.
You have set up a TFTP server to support PXE booting of several workstations. Which of the following protocols would this setup make use of? Group of answer choices IGMP UDP TCP ICMP
UDP
Which of the following types of CM software only requires that you specify the attributes that the inventory members must have within a configuration file, not the individual procedures that must be executed on them? Group of answer choices declarative configuration agentless agent-based imperative configuration
declarative configuration
Which of the following commands will list the BIOS information about a device when it cannot otherwise be detected by a Linux system? Group of answer choices dmidecode biosinfo hwls lsuefi
dmidecode
What command looks for a Makefile and uses the information within it to compile the source code into binary programs using the appropriate compiler program for the local hardware architecture? Group of answer choices install make make install configure
make
Which of the following commands allows a standard user to execute a single command as root without actually switching to the root account? Group of answer choices sudoer sudo su doas
sudo
