LabSim Linux+ Chapters 1-12 Quiz Questions
You are preparing to mount a device local to your system. Which directory holds the device files?
/dev
What is the network address for the address 199.78.240.240 if the default subnet mask is used?
199.78.240.0 (1-126, 128-191, 192-223)
What is the full path and filename of the file you should edit to limit the amount of concurrent logins for a specific user? (typed)
/etc/security/limits.conf (/limits/ = plural)
What is the path and filename of the file in the Linux system that lists all network services, including the port assigned to the service?
/etc/services
Which file includes a list of users who are able to shut down the system?
/etc/shutdown.allow
What is the full path to the directory that contains a set of configuration file templates that are copied into a new user's home directory when it is created? (typed)
/etc/skel
What is the full path to the directory that contains a set of configuration file templates that are copied into a new user's home directory when it is created? (typed)
/etc/skel (skel = new home dir copies)
You are configuring a Linux system for 5 different users. Before you create the user accounts, you need to ensure that specific commands execute clean up tasks when the user logs out of the Linux system. You want to reduce redundant actions by configuring the commands once for all users that will be created on the system. Where should you configure the commands?
/etc/skel/ .bash_logout (/etc/skel = default home dir)
What is the full path and filename of the file you should edit to configure the SSH daemon on the server system? (typed)
/etc/ssh/sshd_config (/etc/ssh/ssh_config is for client configuration)
You need to configure which commands are allowed to be used with the sudo command. What is the full path and filename of the file you should edit? (typed)
/etc/sudoers (use visudo)
If a systemd system is configured to use multi-user.target as the default boot target, which file has a symbolic link, or symlink, to the multi-user.target file?
/etc/systemd/system/default.target
What is the full path to the directory that allows you to name devices when they are connected to the system? (typed)
/etc/udev/rules.d/ (not /dev or /etc/fstab)
You have a computer that is connected to the Internet through a NAT router. You want to use a private addressing scheme for your computer. Which of the following IP addresses could you assign to the computer? (Select three.)
172.18.188.67 10.0.12.15 192.168.12.253 (10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255 172.16.0.0 to 172.31.255.255 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255)
You are the administrator for a small network of Linux hosts. Your network does not communicate with the Internet and does not use DNS. When you add a new host named ENERGY7 to the network, which entry should be added to the /etc/hosts files?
192.168.0.34 ENERGY7 #Reception Area (IP, Name, Description)
In the /etc/shadow file, which character in the password field indicates that a standard user account is locked? (typed)
! ($= encrypted, * system account)
You need to configure your Linux system to allow only the root user account to mount the CD-ROM device. Which of the following options should you add to the /etc/fstab file?
/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom -t iso9660 ro,nouser,noauto (Device, Mount pnt, type, options) (nouser= root only)
Type the full device file name for the second partition on the hard drive with the lowest ID number? (typed)
/dev/sda2
Type the full device file name for the first partition on the hard drive with the third lowest ID number. (typed)
/dev/sdcl (pay attention to partitions vs drives)
Which of the following device file names represents the second local terminal on the system?
/dev/tty2 (not ttyS2)
You need to configure a few changes to how the locatedb index file is created. What is the full path and filename of the file you should edit? (typed)
/ect/updatedb.conf
Which of the following directories must remain on the same partition? (Select three.)
/etc /lib /bin
What is the effect of the tune2fs -j /dev/sdbl command?
Converts the /dev/sdbl device to ext3. (-j= journaling)
After creating logical volumes with LVM, what are the next steps you need to do?
Create file systems on the volumes and mount them.
How would you enable the rsync service to be managed by the xinetd super daemon?
Create the rsync file in the /etc/xinetd.d (not a link)
What is the purpose of the read command in a script?
Creates a script variable and prompts the user to type text.
Which TCP/IP configuration parameter identifies the router that is used to reach hosts on remote networks?
Default gateway
Which routing component is used to forward packets to remote networks?
Default gateway
What are you essentially doing when you create a shell function at the command prompt?
Defining a command you can use as if it were a standard command.
Which of the following is generally not an alternative input method for the GNOME On-Screen Keyboard (GOK)?
Moving the mouse in a certain pattern
You have previously installed the package mplayerand wish to remove it from your computer. Which removal method should you use? (rpm command line)
Run the command rpm -e mplayer
You are an application developer and are writing a program to exchange video files through a TCP/IP network. You need to select a transport protocol that will guarantee delivery. Which TCP/IP protocol would you implement that provides this capability?
TCP (Transport Layer = UDP / TCP)
What are two methods to exit vi from command mode? (Select two. Each answer is an independent solution.)
Type :wq Type ZZ
You need to create a large number of files and would like to ensure that you, the user owner, are the only one that has read and write permissions to the files. The files will be located in a number of different directories that already contain files that you don't want their permissions modified. How could you create these files with the correct permissions using the least amount of effort?
Type umask 0066 to change your umask. (you are going to "create them")
Which of the following commands removes print job 11 from the hp7 printer?
cancel -P hp7 11 (not lprm)
Which of the following commands combines three files into a single text stream?
cat
Which of the following commands will display which boot options were given to the kernel at boot time?
cat /proc/cmdline
You need to get detailed information about the system memory. Which command will display that information?
cat /proc/meminfo
Which of the following commands redirects standard output to standard error?
cat txtfile 1>&2
Which of the following commands sorts the contents of wordlistl and wordlist2 and sends the result to standard output?
cat/usr/wordlistl /usr/wordlist2 | sort
Which of the following commands displays the contents of wordlistl and wordlist2 then sorts the combined contents, then sends the results to the monitor and a file named sortedwordlisf?
cat/usr/wordlistl /usr/wordlist2 | sort | tee sortedwordlist
Which of the following files will be displayed when using the egrep exhibit[0-9]+ ~/samps command? (Select two.)
exhibit125 exhibit1
You have used su to switch to the root user account to do system administration tasks. You now want to revert back to your regular user account. Which command should you use?
exit
You need to change how the formatting displays the /home/varstown file. Specifically, you need to replace each tab character with 3 spaces when you print the file to the screen. What command should you enter at the command prompt? (typed)
expand -t 3 /home/varstown (-t= number of spaces)
You need to set the COMP variable to the value 1745. Which command will set the variable so it is available to other shell programs?
export COMP=1745
You recently used the HOST=FS4 command. What command should you use to make the environment variable to apply to all child sessions?
export HOST
You are experiencing a problem with a network server. You want to bring the system down and try reseating the cards within it before restarting it. This is a SysV init system. Which command completely shuts down the system an orderly manner?
init 0
The enp2s0 network interface has already been assigned the IP configuration: 172.16.1.123/16. Which command would you use to temporarily configure a second IP address of 192.168.0.123/24 for this network interface?
ip addr add 192.168.0.123/24 dev enp2s0 (ifconfig temp replaces)
You need to set an IP address for enp2s0 to 192.168.15.2 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. Which commands are correct? (Select two)
ip addr add 192.168.15.2/24 dev ifconfig enp2s0 192.168.15.2 netmask 255.255.255.0
Which commands display the IP address and subnet mask values configured on a workstation? (Select two)
ip addr show ifconfig
After an acquisition of another company, you are in a position where you must add another network to the existing routing tables. Which of the following commands would you use to accomplish this? (Select two)
ip route add 11.12.13.14/24 via 201.12.3.4 route add -net 11.12.13.14/24 gw 201.12.3.4 (ip route add= no -net) (rout add= -net for network, not -host)
As a system administrator you need to add a static route so that you can reach host 195.156.76.122 255.255.255.0 and the device eno32 to find the target network. Which commands will work? (Select two)
ip route add 195.156.76.0/24 dev eno32 route add -net 195.156.76.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev eno32 (ip route does not use netmask because it uses CIDR) (routeadd needs -net, netmask, and dev)
Which of the following MTAs are modular? (Select two.)
qmail postfix (in alphabetical order, the 2 in the middle are modular: exim, postfix, qmail, sendmail)
You need to make an expanded listing of all the files in /etc. Which command will produce the listing?
ls -al /etc
Which command displays information about all loaded modules on the system? (typed)
lsmod (lower L)
Which command displays information on all USB devices connected to the computer? (typed)
lsusb (lower L)
What is the name of the package that must be installed if you want to use disk quotas on your Linux system? (typed)
quota
Which command should you enter at the command prompt to display the current user's quota limits and disk usage? (typed)
quota (not rep)
Which command will display the disk usage and quota limits for the development group?
quota -g development
After creating the aquota.user and aquota.group files in the /home directory, what command do you enter to enable quotas for the /home directory? (typed)
quotaon /home (home directory)
Which set of permissions represent the minimal permissions required to allow a user to list the contents of a directory?
r-x
Which SQL database object represents a single entity or item?
record (not primary key)
A developer calls with a problem. They were trying to debug a new daemon and mistakenly placed it on the production machine instead of on a lab machine. To ensure the CPU gives preference to other processes, you need to lower the daemon's priority. The PID number is 2345. Which command would you use to decrease the daemon's priority?
renice -n 10 2345 (decrease, or make slower—backwards)
What do you enter at the command prompt to display the contents of an MTA mail queue? (typed)
mailq
You are working on a Linux system and need more information about the uname command. What would you enter at the command prompt to learn about the uname command syntax and options? (typed)
man uname
You need to create the directory /var/oracle/database/9i. Only the directory /var currently exists. From the root of the filesystem, which command will create the directory path?
mkdir -p /var/oracle/database/9i
You have successfully partitioned the forth hard drive into 2 primary partitions. You need to format the second partition with the ext3 file system. Which command will work?
mke2fs -j /dev/sdd2 (mke2fs= Ext, -j=ext3 for journaling )
Which of the following commands will create an ext2 file system on the first primary partition of the third hard drive? (Choose two.)
mkfs -t ext2 /dev/sdc1 mke2fs /dev/sdc1 (pay attention to spelling... answers are tricky)
You need to create an ext4 file system on the first partition on the second hard disk drive. What command should you enter at the command prompt? (typed)
mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sdb1 (pay attention to disk vs partition)
Your system is currently running the multi-user.target. What would you enter at the command prompt to find out if the atd.service is configured to start every time the multi-user.target is loaded? (typed)
systemctl is-enabled adt.service
You are working on a systemd-based Linux distribution. Which command can you use to manage the services and targets?
systemctl
You are experiencing a problem with one particular server. Each time it boots, it goes into single user mode even though no warnings or errors are reported. You want to verify that it is configured to boot to the multi-user.target unit, just as all your other servers are. This system is running systemd. Which command would you use to see which boot target is set as the default?
systemctl get-default
Which utility is similar to traceroute but does not require elevated privileges? (typed)
tracepath
Which single command should you use to find the path and manual pages for the mycustomapp program?
whereis mycustomapp
You used YUM to list the python packages that are available to install. You see that there is a package available that is called python. What YUM command do you use to install this python package? (typed)
yum install python
You have users who need to do some programming projects in the Python programming language. What YUM command do you use to find out if there is a python package available to install on the Linux server? (typed)
yum list python
You have installed a package called mathpac with yum. After a system upgrade, the package is not working correctly. Which command should you try first to get the package to work?
yum update mathpac (there is no upgrade)
What YUM command would you enter at the command prompt to determine which package contains the /usr/lib /libstlport_gcc.so file? (typed)
yum whatprovides /usr/lib/libstlport_gcc.so
What YUM command would you enter at the command prompt to download an RPM package without installing it to the system? (typed)
yumdownloader
What command would you enter while in vi command mode to copy an entire line of text? (typed)
yy
Which symbol uses the output of one command as the input of another command? (typed)
|
Where does the client store SSH keys that are used for establishing an SSH session? (Select two.)
~/ .ssh / known_hosts /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts (/etc/ssh/sshd_config and ~/ssh/ssh_config are for configuration)
Your default target on your Linux system is set to multi-user mode; however, you want the X Windows System to launch when you log into the system. Which file should you edit?
~/.bash_login
After a user starts a BASH session and the scripts in /etc/profile are applied, what is the next file that could affect the shell session?
~/.bash_profile
Which of the following files would you use to create aliases that are applied when a specific user starts a BASH session? (Select two.)
~/.bashrc ~/.profile
You are looking for a specific five-character string in the ~/customquote file with the grep command. The string should begin with the letter g, end with an y, and be the last string on the line. Which regular expression should you use with grep?
"g...y$"
What character should precede comments in a script? (typed)
#
You are creating a script to run in a BASH shell session. What line of code should you write as the first line (also known as the standard shell declaration) in the script? (typed)
#!/bin/bash
A friend sent you a shell script file that is 117 lines long. He says that he wants you to examine code on lines 82 through 87. What command would you enter while in vi command mode to go directly to line 82? (typed)
#82
In the /etc/shadow file, which character in the password field indicates that the password is an encrypted entry?
$ (*= system account, != locked)
You need to identify which user accounts on the Linux system have encrypted passwords. Which character in the password field /etc/shadow file indicates an encrypted password is set for the user account?
$ (*= system account, != locked)
Before you install an RPM package, you want to verify the authenticity of the package and check the digital signature to ensure it has not been altered. Which rpm option should you use? (typed)
--checksig
Which of the following gpg options digitally sign documents?
--clearsign (not --verify)
You believe your GnuPG key pair has been compromised and should no longer be used. Which gpg command option can you use to create a key revocation certificate for the key pair? (Tip: Type just the command option.) (typed)
--gen-revoke (gpg revoke_output_filename --gen-revoke key_ID)
You are using the cupsctl command to configure the /etc/cups/cupsd.conf file. Which cupsctl option will enable the sharing of the locally-connected printer to other computers on the network? (typed)
--share-printers (must use "s"... printerS)
You are logged in as gshant, and you want to forward your mail to the dwant user on the local network. Which file should you edit to redirect the mail for a gshant user? (typed)
-/.forward (~/= home dir, "."= hidden file)
Which is the default signal sent to processes by the kill utility?
-15
What is the correct order for the boot phases of a Linux computer? 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
-BIOS -Boot Loader -OS Kernel -Init
Which useradd option displays the default values specified in the /etc/default/useradd file. (typed)
-D (don't include //useradd)
Which dpkg option completely removes a package and its configuration files?
-P
Which dpkg option installs a package recursively?
-R (-r removes)
Which kill option stops and restarts the process with the same Process ID (PID)?
-SIGHUP (-SIGINT= -2, -SIGTERM=-15, -SIGKILL= -9)
Which repquota option will give quota limits and disk usage for all file systems listed in /etc/mtab?
-a
You are inspecting the superblocks and block information on your file system. You need dumpe2fs to display only the blocks that are reserved as bad in the file system. Which option should you use?
-b (-b= bad)
Your ext3 file system has experienced a significant amount of corruption. To examine the file system, you want to use the debugfs utility. Which debugfs option should you use to examine the file system?
-c (-c= catastrophic mode)
Your system time is over thirty minutes different than the time on the NTP time provider. When you use the ntpd command, the time is not updated. Which ntpd option should you include? (typed)
-g (ntpd -g= ignore insane time)
You are compressing a file with the tar utility, but you need to ensure you can uncompress the file with the bzip2 utility. Which tar option should you use during the file compression?
-j (tar -z=gz, -j=bz, -J=xz)
You need to view the files within /home/gshant/expfile.bz2 , but you want to leave the compressed file unchanged. What bzip2 option should you use? (typed)
-k (not the entire command) (bzip -k filename= keep orig file unchanged)
Which chage option keeps a user from changing password every two weeks?
-m 33 (-m= minimum, -M= maximum, -W= warning)
You suspect your /dev/sda3 partition is in need of repair. Which of the following e2fsck options will repair the errors without any interaction from you?
-p (-p= no questions asked)
You have a critical file called yearend.xls. You want to set file permissions so that only the owner of the file can modify it and only group owners can read it. Which permission listed below will accomplish that?
-rw-r----- 1 george acctg 26256 June 1 04:16 yearend.xls
You have an application whose owner is root but you want all users to execute the application with root user permissions. Which of the following examples shows correct usage of the SUID flag?
-rwsr--r-- 3 root sys 73748 Nov 2 2005 /usr/bin/applicationx (instead of -rwx-r--r-- 3... | x -> s)
You have an application whose group is sys but you want all users, whether or not they are members of the sysadmin group, to execute the application with sysadmin group permissions. Which of the following examples shows correct usage of the SGID flag?
-rwxr-sr-- 3 root sysadmin 73748 Nov 2 2005 /usr/bin/applicationx (not -rwxr-sr-s... Not sure why...)
You need to set the system date and time using the date command. Which date option should you use?
-s
You want to set the system time with the date command to UTC time. Which date option should you use?
-u (-d= displays date specified by date, -s= sets date and time)
Which Ipr option should you use to change the page width of the print job?
-w
You are working with the myapps script in the current working directory. The current working directory is not part of the PATH environment variable. What command should you use to execute the script?
./myapps
You have an executable file named ni that allows you to save a snapshot of your network information with the date and time into a log file. The file is in the /root directory, and /root is the current working directory. How would you run the executable file? (Select two.)
./ni /root/ni
A user is requesting that each time she logs in, a particular entry be written to a log file. This will only apply to her and she is using the Bash shell. In which configuration file would you make an entry for this action to take place?
.profile
During installation you need to make sure there is plenty of hard disk space allocated to the partition that is going to hold the entire Linux operating system. What is the mount point for this partition?
/
Which path represents the root directory?
/
What command would you enter while in vi command mode to find the term Sami (typed)
/Sam
Which of the following directories should be part of the partition that holds the root (/) directory? (Select three.)
/bin /proc /etc
You are installing Linux on an old computer with an old BIOS, and you are planning out the partitions of the hard disk drive. Which of the following directories should exist in the first 1024 cylinders of the hard disk drive?
/boot
Which directory contains the configuration file for GRUB 2?
/boot/grub2/
Under the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), what is the full path to the directory that contains the device files for a Linux system? (typed)
/dev
What is the file path and name of the directory that contains device files for hard drives, optical drives, and USB devices? (typed)
/dev
You have run the Xorg -configure command to query your video board and monitor. This utility creates a file with a proposed X Window System configuration based on the specifications of your video hardware. Which is the path and name of this proposed configuration file?
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.new
Which of the following files stores the aliasing information for MTAs?
/etc/aliases.db (not ~/.forward)
What is the full path and filename of the file that is used to schedule tasks for the anacron daemon? (typed)
/etc/anacrontab (don't forget the "tab," just like /etc/crontab)
You want to keep the gshant user from using the at command, but still allow all other users to use it. What is the full path and filename of the file you should edit? (typed)
/etc/at.deny (same as cron)
Which file should you edit if you want to permit specific users to edit their respective crontab file, but deny all other users on the system from editing their crontab file?
/etc/cron.allow (allow takes precedence over deny, define allowed, block rest)
You want to keep the gshant user from editing his respective crontab file in /var/spool/cron, but still allow all other users on the system to edit their respective crontab file. What is the full path and filename of the file you should edit? (typed)
/etc/cron.deny (define deny, allow rest)
What is the full path and filename of the GRUB 2 file that is used for editing the default behavior of the boot loader menu? (typed)
/etc/default/grub
You need to change the default home directory value used by the useradd utility when creating a user account. What is the full path and filename of the file you should edit? (typed)
/etc/default/useradd
What is the full path and file name for the DNF configuration file? (typed)
/etc/dnf/dnf.conf
What is the full path and filename of the file that contains the file system table for a Linux system? (typed)
/etc/fstab
You have added several new hard disks to your system. After partitioning and formatting you have modified a configuration file to mount these new file systems automatically. You want to document the change you made. What file would you document?
/etc/fstab
You need to implement disk quotas on your Linux system. You need the quotas on the / directory. What is the full path and name of the file that must be edited to implement quotas for users and groups? (typed)
/etc/fstab
You want to mount a number of file systems each time the system is brought up. Which configuration file should hold the configuration information for the file systems to be mounted?
/etc/fstab
In which file would you find an entry similar to the following line: sales:x:510:pclark,mmckay,hsamson
/etc/group
You have GRUB 2 installed on your workstation. You need to make changes to the boot menu. Which files and scripts can you edit to modify the menu entries and behavior of the boot menu? (Select two.)
/etc/grub.d/40_custom /etc/default/grub
Which of the following configuration files holds the name of the host?
/etc/hostname (host and domain names)
Which of the following files contain information that enables a Linux system to resolve IP addresses to FQDN/host names. (Choose all that apply.)
/etc/hosts /etc/resolv.conf (not /etc/services or /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup)
You are modifying the tcpd control files of the xinetd super daemon. Of the two tcpd control files, what is the full path and filename of the file that is applied first? (typed)
/etc/hosts.allow (host"S")
If you are managing a systemd-based Linux system, which of the following commands cannot be used to bring the enp2s0 interface down?
/etc/init.d/network stop /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-enp2s0 down
What is the full path and file name for the file that contains a colon-, space-, tab-, newline-, or comma-delimited list of directories in which to search for libraries? (typed)
/etc/ld.so.conf
Which file shows the currently mounted volumes?
/etc/mtab (mount tab)
What is the full path and filename of the file you should create to disable user login on a Linux system? (typed)
/etc/nologin (singular)
What is the full path and filename of the file you should edit to determine the order in which name resolution is done? (typed)
/etc/nsswitch.conf
You are managing system time on your Linux computer, and you need to change the settings to point to a local NTP server IP address. What is the full path and filename of the file you should edit? (typed)
/etc/ntp.conf (use vi to insert a new server) (/ect/localtime= time zone data)
Which configuration file should you edit to enable Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) to check for a file named /etc/nologin?
/etc/pam.d/login (not "nologin")
All users at your site are using the Bash shell. You want to set a variable that will apply to every user and always have the same value. Which file would you place this variable in?
/etc/profile
A number of remote users call to say that they cannot connect this morning via SSH. When you look at the processes, you see that the daemon is not running. Which command would you use to solve this problem?
/etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd start (supposed to be the absolute path)
Management wants a compilation of specific data to occur every night. The only way to accomplish this is to copy files throughout all network hosts to one server via TFTP. Which file must you edit to enable xinetd to manage TFTP on the Linux server?
/etc/xinetd.d/tftp (contains spate configuration files for daemons being managed by xinetd)
What is the full path and file name for the YUM configuration file? (typed)
/etc/yum.conf
When managing YUM, what is the full path to the directory where you should place .repo files? (typed)
/etc/yum.repos.d/
What is the full path to the directory that contains user data for all standard users on the system? (typed)
/home
When manually partitioning your hard drive during installation, which directory, or mount point, should be configured with its own partition in order to keep users from using too much hard drive space (and potentially bringing the Linux system down)?
/home
Most Linux distributions will propose to create the root (/) and swap partitions by default. To prevent user files and system log files from filling up the / partition, which 2 additional partitions are you most strongly recommended to create? (Select two.)
/home /var
What is the full path and filename of the file that stores BASH preferences for the gshant user account? (typed)
/home/gshant/.bash_profile
The gshant user is attempting to connect to a remote SSH server; however, you need to override the default SSH configurations for the client system when he establishes an SSH session. Which of the following files should you edit?
/home/gshant/.ssh/config (In order: 1. command-line options 2. ~/ssh/ssh_config 2. /etc/ssh/ssh_config)
Which of the following directories is specified by Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) as a mount point for removable media, such as USB storage media, DVDs, CD-ROMs, and Zip disks?
/media (not /mnt)
You have installed a new Linux system and you want to make a baseline of system performance. Which of these files contain baseline information? (Choose two.)
/meminfo /cpuinfo
Under the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), which directory contains information about the system state and processes?
/proc
What is the full path to the directory that contains information about the system state and processes? (typed)
/proc (Not /proc/)
What is the full path and filename of the file that contains information about which interrupt request (IRQ) channels are being used by each hardware device on the system?
/proc/interrupts
Which directory is the home directory for the root user account?
/root
What is the full path to the directory that contains information about each kernel module installed on the computer? (typed)
/sys/module
Which directories typically hold the dynamic libraries on your system? (Select two.)
/usr/local/lib/ /usr/lib/
What is the full path to the directory that contains the locale configuration files on a Linux system? (typed)
/usr/share/locale
What is the full path to the directory that holds the man files on the system? (typed)
/usr/share/man
What is the full path to the directory on a Linux system that contains multiple files and directories used for selecting a time zone? (typed)
/usr/share/zoneinfo (/etc/localtime = the system file reference link)
What is the full path to the directory that contains data files that change constantly, including email, print jobs, and proxy cache files? (typed)
/var
When manually partitioning your hard drive during installation, which directory, or mount point, should be configured with its own partition in order to keep log files from using too much hard drive space (and potentially bringing the Linux system down)?
/var
For which of the following directories should you create separate partitions? (Select two.)
/var /home
Which of the following logs is also known as the kernel ring buffer?
/var/log/dmesg
What is the full path to the directory where the system log file called the journal is maintained by the journald daemon? (typed)
/var/log/journal/ (log "singular", don't forget the "/" a the end)
You suspect your system has been compromised by a user through a remote login. Which file is most likely to have information related to an intrusion?
/var/log/secure (/var/log/dmesg= reports messages received during boot hardware config)
anacron creates a timestamp file that tells you the last time a regularly scheduled job was run. What is the full path and name of the directory that contains these timestamp files?
/var/spool/anacron (Unchecked?)
Which of the following directories contains email for each user account on the system?
/var/spool/mail
What is the full path and filename of the file that contains mail for the qshant user account? (typed)
/var/spool/mail/gshant (don't forget the user)
During installation, you must create a root user account for the system. What user account number does this account use?
0
What is the default nice value for a process not executed with the nice command? (typed)
0 (not the priority= 80, but nice=0)
What is the typical default umask value?
022
Which hexadecimal code represents an extended partition?
0x85
Match the correct term on the left with the definition on the right. 1 Allows processes to communicate with each other and notify them of new hotplug devices 2 Provides all applications with data about current hardware 3 Dynamically creates device files in a virtual file system as devices are added and removed 4 Exports information about hotplug devices so that other utilities can access the information
1 D-Bus 2 hald 3 /udev 4 sysfs
Match the correct /proc directory content on the left with the description on the right. 1) Displays the boot options that were given to the kernel at boot time. 2) Displays information about the computer's CPU. 3) Displays information about the current kernel version. 4) Displays all the direct memory access assignments for the computer.
1 cmdline 2 cpuinfo 3 version 4 dma
You have just made IP configuration changes in the ifcfg-enp2sl file. You do not want to restart the Linux system or restart the network service to put these changes into effect. There are two ip commands you can use to put these changes into effect. 1. What is the first ip command you enter at the command line to put these changes into effect? 2. What is the second ip command you enter at the command line to put these changes into effect?
1 ip link set enp2sl down 2 ip link set enp2sl up
Drag the GRUB 2 file or directory on the left to the correct description on the right. 1) The GRUB2 configuration file (non-editable) 2) The GRUB2 directory for script files 3) The GRUB2 configuration file (editable) 4) The script that identifies kernels on the root device and creates menu entries 5) The script file that allows menu entries to be modified
1) /boot/grub2/grub.cfg 2) /etc/grub.d/ 3) /etc/default/grub 4) 10_linux 5) 40_custom
You are working with the RPM package acroread-8.1.3-51.6.i586.rpm. Match the naming convention term on the left with the associated file name segment on the right. 1) i586 2) 8.1.3 3) acroread 4) 51.6
1) Architecture 2) Version Number 3) Package Name 4) Release Number Package -> VN -> Release -> Arch
Match the vim mode on the left to the correct definition on the right. 1) The initial vim mode used when vim is started. It has commands that cut and replace text, and it is the mode vi uses to enter the other modes 2) The mode that works with the file system. Use it to save files after editing them. 3) The mode that vim uses to write and edit text in the file.
1) Command mode 2) Command line mode 3) Edit mode
Match the term on the left with its characteristic on the right. (Each term can be used more than once.) 1) Has a .so or .so.version extension. 2) Increases the size of the application. 3) Has an .a filename extension. 4) Is typically stored in /usr/lib/ and /usr/local/lib/. 5)Can degrade program load time if the library is already in use by another program.
1) Dynamic Library 2) Static Library 3) Static Library 4) Dynamic Library 5) Dynamic Library
Match the directory descriptions on the left with the appropriate directory on the right. 1) /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/ 2) /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/ 3)/etc/lightdm/
1) Files in this directory contain the default configuration settings for LightDM. Files in this directory should not be edited. 2) Files in this directory are used to override the LightDM configuration settings. 3) The lightdm.conf file can be created in this directory to customize the settings for LightDM.
Drag the permission string on the left to the category on the right. (Tip: Some permission strings will not be used.) 1) Soft link 2) Hard link
1) Irwxrwxrwx 2) -rwxr-xr-x
Match the locale environmental variable name on the left with the description on the right. 1) Specifies personal name format. 2) Specifically used an override for LC_MESSAGES. 3) A special variable for overriding all other settings. It sets all locales to the same setting. 4) Defines all locale settings at once, while allowing further individual customization via the LC_* settings.
1) LC_NAME 2) LANGUAGE 3) LC_ALL 4) LANG
Match the command on the left with the description on the right to navigate while in vi command mode. 1) Move the cursor up a line. 2) Move the cursor one space to the left, 3) Move the cursor one space to the right. 4) Move the cursor down a line.
1) k 2) h 3) l (lower L) 4) j
Your system is currently running the multi-user.target. You want to enable the bluetooth.service to run when the graphical.target is loaded. There are two commands you must enter from a command prompt to accomplish this task. Drag the commands on the left to the appropriate step number on the right. (Tip: Not all commands on the left will be used.) -Step 1 -Step 2
1) systemctl isolate graphical.target 2) systemctl enable bluetooth.service
You have an anacrontab file with the following settings: RANDOM_DELAY=35 START_HOURS_RANGE= 17-23 #period in days delay in minutes job-identifier command 1 5 cron.daily nice run-parts /etc/cron.daily 7 20 cron.weekly nice run-parts /etc/cron.weekly @monthly 50 cron.monthly nice run-parts /etc/cron.monthly Between which hours of the day will tasks scheduled with anacron start to run? If the system was down during the time period a weekly task was scheduled to run, what is the minimum amount of time anacron will wait, after the system is back up, before running the task? If the "delay in minutes" for daily tasks is 5 minutes, how much time will anacron add to the delay of 5 minutes before it runs the scheduled daily task?
1. Between 5pm and 11pm 2. 20 Minutes 3. A randomly chosen number of minutes between 0 and 35 (1= days, 7=mins) (7=days, 20=mins)
Which of the following are valid IPv6 addresses? Select all that apply.
141:0:0:0:15:0:0:1 6384:1319:7700:7631:446A:5511:8940:2552
Which of the following IP addresses is a valid IP address for a host on a public network?
142.15.6.1 (Private = 10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255 172.16.0.0 to 172.31.255.255 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255)
You created a GPG key pair and you used JJones as the real name during the key generation process. Your current working directory contains a file named Payroll.txt that contains sensitive information. 1. What do you enter at the command prompt to encrypt the Payroll.txt file? 2. What is the name of the file that will be generated when you encrypt the Payroll.txt file? (both typed)
1. gpg -e -r JJones Payroll.txt 2. Payroll.txt.gpg
The journald daemon maintains a system log file called the journal in the /var/log/journal/ directory. 1. What do you enter at the command prompt to read the contents of the journal? 2. What key do you press to close the journal? (both typed)
1. journalctl 2. q
Using journalctl with the -b option allows you to see messages in the journal relating to system boot events. 1. What do you enter at the command prompt to see messages from the most recent system boot? 2. What do you enter at the command prompt to see messages from the third system boot event from the beginning (or oldest messages) of the journal? 3. What do you enter at the command prompt to see messages from the third system boot event from the end (or most recent messages) of the journal?
1. journalctl -b 2. journalctl -b 3 3. journalctl -b -3
You have declared a function as follows: function timestamp () 1. What character must come before the lines of code that are used for the timestamp () function? 3. What character must come after the lines of code that are used for the timestamp () function? (both typed)
1. { 2. }
You have a computer that is connected to the Internet through a NAT router. You want to use a private addressing scheme for your computer. Which of the following IP addresses could you assign to the computer? (Select all that apply.)
10.0.12.15 192.168.12.253 172.18.188.67 (10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255 172.16.0.0 to 172.31.255.255 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255)
Which of the following IP addresses belong to the Class A network 114.0.0.0? (Select three.) Tip: Assume the network is indicated by the default portion of the IP address.
114.0.0.15 114.122.66.12 114.58.12.0 (255.0.0.0)
You check the IP address on a host on the network. The address is 122.16.155.71 with a mask of 255.0.0.0. What is the broadcast address?
122.255.255.255 (Network=122, Host=16.155.71)
With fdisk, you can create a maximum of 4 partitions per disk. What is the maximum number of partitions per disk that can be created using gdisk?
128
With a growing concern for security, you convince your boss to stop allowing telnet access to the network. Remote connections will now be allowed only through the use of ssh. Which port must you allow through the firewall for ssh access?
22
What is the default subnet mask for address 132.44.156.67?
255.255.0.0 (1-126, 128-191, 192-223)
You are configuring the IP address for a host and have been asked to use the address 192.160.99.110/16. What subnet mask value would you use?
255.255.0.0 (8+8+0+0=/16)
Which is the most correct description for 3DES?
3DES is a very secure mode of the DES algorithm encryption method that encrypts data three times using a 168-bit key.
How many primary partitions can you create on a single hard disk drive?
4
You are editing the crontab file and want an entry to run every hour at five minutes past the hour. Which of the following entries will accomplish this?
5 * * * * /home/emmett/example.sh (min, hour, day, month, dpw)
During a Fedora distribution installation, you choose to add a regular user account. The only other user that has been added to the system was root. What is the most likely user id associated with the new user?
500 (or 1000)
What is the UID in the line from the /etc/passwd file below? pmallory:x:514:550:Paul Mallory:/home/pmallory:/bin/bash
514 (Name:pass:UID:GID:GECOS:homeDir:shell)
You want to maintain tight security on your internal network, so you restrict access to the network through certain port numbers. If you want to allow users to continue to use DNS, which port should you enable?
53
What does LightDM create on your Linux system?
A desktop environment
You are called into the office of a newly hired manager. He has copied a file from his old place of work onto his new workstation, but is now receiving an error message that access is denied each time he tries to access the file. He is not the owner of the file, and not a member of the group the file is associated with. Which of the following represents the least set of file permissions needed for him to be able to read and write to the file?
666 (read + write)
You have a Linux system with 8 GB of RAM installed. You plan to use this as a server system. How much space should you plan to partition for the swap file?
8GB
After opening a file in vi, you want to switch from command mode to command line mode. What key should you enter? (typed)
:
You have opened the /root/myscript file in vi. While looking at the file, your soda spilled, and you hit several keys on the keyboard trying to pick it back up. There are extra characters everywhere in the file, and you know you can't fix it. How do you exit vi without saving the changes?
:q!
Which key combination should you press in vi to save the file you are working on and quit?
:wq
Which of the following would be the result of the command In -b /v/filel /data/filel?
A copy of the file ~/filel would be placed in /data.
Which of the following statements best describes the mouse gesture visual accessibility option?
A mouse gesture allows users to configure Linux to complete a specified task when the mouse is moved in a certain pattern.
What information about print jobs does the utility Ipq display? (Select two.)
A numerical job ID that can be used to manipulate the job from other utilities The username of the person who submitted the job
What is Emacspeak?
A screen reader
Which of the following statements best describes the function of the repquota /home -vu command?
A summary of disk usage and quotas is displayed for those users who have files within /home. (not current user's quota limits)
You want to allow any host from westsim.com to have access to your system. What is the correct line item you would add to the /etc/hosts.allow file to accomplish this?
ALL: .westsim.com (not ALLOW: .westsim.com)
You want to allow any host from westsim.com to have access to your system except a system called testsvr.westsim.com. What is the correct line item you would add to the /etc/hosts.allow file to accomplish this?
ALL: .westsim.com EXCEPT testsvr.westsim.com (don't use ANY, ALLOW, or NO)
What is another term for keyboard accessibility options on a Linux system? (Typed)
AccessX
You use the following command to retrieve specific entry information from the shirt table: *SELECT location, price FROM shirt* However, the command is not returning any information. What should you do?
Add a semicolon to the end of the statement. (No other commands are needed)
You must do which of the following to define a persistent alias?
Add the command defining the alias to the appropriate shell configuration file.
The user mbrown has a directory named logs in her home directory that is regularly updated with new log files when certain system events occur. She runs the following commands several times a week to check this directory: • cd /home/mbrown/logs • Is -al She wants a persistent alias named logcheckto be created to run these two commands. What command would you enter into her shell configuration file to create this persistent alias? (typed)
Alias logcheck="cd /home/mbrown/logs;ls -al" (NO SPACE between ";")
You have just used the gdisk utility to create 8 partitions on a new hard drive. Which of the following describes the partitions you have just created?
All 8 partitions are the same. They are just partitions. There are no primary, extended, or logical partitions.
What information is displayed by dmesg? (Choose the most correct answer.)
All kernel hardware information
What will the netstat -a command show?
All listening and non-listening sockets
Which of the following actions does the dpkg -I (lowercase L) command perform?
All packages with names that match a specified pattern are displayed.
What is the result of the uname -a command?
All system information is displayed on the screen.
You would like to use SSH port tunneling to work on a remote system. You also need to ensure that all data that you send to the remote system is encrypted. Which SSH configuration option, in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file, needs to be set to yes?
AllowTCPForwarding (not AllowSSHForwarding)
What *service* does cron rely on to run the scripts in the /etc/cron.daily, /etc/cron.weekly, and /etc/cron.monthly directories? (typed)
Anacron
A user calls with a concern about the display he is seeing after running the command: ps -ef. There are a number of processes that display getty and he is afraid that an unauthorized user is attached to the system. How should you respond?
Assure the user that this is normal. (A getty process represents a terminal that does not currently have a user. This is normal to see on a system that is configured for more than one terminal.)
You have just finished configuring a new network card in your Linux system. You would like to verify that it is configured to access the Internet. Which of the following solutions would best help you verify that you have Internet access?
Attempt to ping a site on the Internet. (outside the LAN)
What is the purpose of the find / type f -perm -o=x -Is command?
Audit files in the root directory that have execute permissions for others. (not owner)
What is the purpose of the *find / type f -perm -u=s -Is* command?
Audit files in the root directory that have the SUID bit set.
Which system component verifies the hardware and passes control of the computer to the boot loader?
BIOS
User badams sends two print jobs to the Marketing printer (the default printer). He notices the printer is stalled on the first document, and uses the Iprm - command. What will be the result?
Both of his jobs will be deleted. (regular user= only they jobs will be removed)
You have a user who has difficulty typing. She is constantly pressing keys multiple times by accident. Which keyboard accessibility option should you enable?
Bounce Keys
Which of the following options is the standard shell for most Linux computers?
Bourneagain shell (bash)
Which type of Braille device prints a hard copy of a text document using Braille characters?
Braille embosser
Which of the following commands will give the same results as cat < turbo?
Cat turbo
You are asked to help a user who is complaining that file system errors are being reported during boot up. When you reboot the user's system you see errors on sda2. You want to check the file system on sda2 and fix the errors. What can you do?
Change to single user mode and run fsck /dev/sda2. (Have to change to Single User mode)
Which device category do RAM chips, CPUs, expansion cards (such as PCI cards), and standard hard disk drives belong to?
Coldplug devices (coldplug cannot be removed unless no power)
Which daemon allows processes to communicate which each other and relay information about hotplug devices?
D-Bus
Following is a list of the first four sections typically found in a man page. Which of these shows a list of options available for a Linux command and explain what the options do?
DESCRIPTION
You have a TCP/IP network with 50 hosts. There have been inconsistent communication problems between hosts. You run a protocol analyzer and discover that two hosts have the same IP address assigned. Which protocol can you implement on your network to help prevent problems such as this?
DHCP
Which network service would you use to get the IP address from the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) hostname?
DNS (Not NAT, DHCP, FTP)
You want to implement a protocol on your network that allows computers to find the IP address of a host from a logical name. Which protocol should you implement?
DNS (Not Telnet, DHCP, or ARP)
Which of the following is not a characteristic of hard links?
Distinct inode
You have found a patch for the Samba server on your system. The patch is a .rpm package. Which is the most correct procedure to install the package?
Download the package. Run rpm -Uvh on the package to install the update. (not -ivh)
Which two statements best describe the purpose of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS)?
During installation, software can predict where to place configuration files. Individual users can predict where to find system configuration files.
Yesterday you created a new swap area for your system. Today, after rebooting the system, you find the swap area is not mounted. What should you do to ensure the swap area is mounted each time the system boots?
Edit /etc/fstab and add the swap partition.
You have compiled a new kernel using rpm. When you reboot, the new kernel is not the default selection on the boot menu. You use the GRUB 2 boot loader. What might you need to do to fix the problem?
Edit the /etc/default/grub file directly to indicate the new kernel should be the default.
You have a dual-boot system with a Linux and Windows operating systems. You need to configure the GRUB 2 boot loader to display the menu for 12 seconds before it automatically boots the default operating system. What should you do as the first step to configure the boot loader?
Edit the timeout parameter in the /etc/default/grub file to say GRUB_TIMEOUT=12.
Which of the following describes an IPv6 address? (Select two)
Eight hexadecimal quartets 128-bit address
You manage a Linux server that only occasionally and at random times needs to provide ftp services. To save on resources you want to have the ftp server service running only when it is needed and stopped the rest of the time. Which of the following solutions would satisfy these requirements and require the least amount of effort?
Enable the ftp service to be managed by the xinetd service.
You want to limit telnet access to three specific users. How can you best accomplish this?
Enter IP address entries for the three users in the /etc/hosts.allow file.
You are the system administrator of a test lab of computers running Linux. For security reasons your lab is not connected to the corporate network and therefore you are not able to resolve host names via the corporate DNS server. You do, however, want to be able to connect to the lab computers using host names, but you do not have the resources to bring up your own DNS server. Which of the following solutions would satisfy your requirements?
Enter the IP addresses and host names for all of the lab computers in the /etc/hosts file on each of the machines in the lab.
Your ISP has changed the IP addresses of their DNS servers. What would you need to do on your Linux system to still be able to continue resolving host and fully qualified domain names if you use statically assigned IP address information?
Enter the IP addresses of the new DNS servers into the /etc/resolv.conf file. (Not /etc/hosts)
During the Linux installation process you are asked to choose the file system type for your partitions. Which is the most common Linux file system to choose?
Ext3
Which of these Linux file systems support journaling? (Choose three.)
Ext3 Ext4 XFS
You are assembling a workstation. The system requirements show that this system will be used primarily to store documents of small size. What is the best Linux file system to install?
Ext4
Which of the following is a valid IPv6 address?
FEC0::AB:9007 (0-9, A-F, 1 "::")
You are trying to umount /dev/sdd3 but are receiving a device is busy error message. What can you do to try to unmount the file system? (Choose all that apply.)
Find and close any open files on the file system, and try to unmount again. Make sure your current working directory is not on the file system and try to unmount again.
When configuring the SSH daemon using the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file, which options can be set to either prevent or allow unrestricted access to all GUI features on the client? (Select two.)
ForwardX11Trusted X11Forwarding (X11Forwarding is the alternative)
Which of the following SQL commands will group information in a list?
GROUP BY (located under the SELECT command)
You are editing the /etc/default/grub file. Which option should you use to set the default operating system?
GRUB DEFAULT
Which of the following commands will configure the shell to retain 300 recently-used commands in the ~/.bash_history file for multiple shell sessions?
HISTFILESIZE=300
Which environment variable affects the number of past commands used in the current shell session? (typed)
HISTSIZE
Which of the following correctly describe the most common format for expressing IPv6 addresses? (Select two.)
Hexadecimal numbers 32 numbers, grouped using colons
Which of the following protocols allows hosts to exchange messages to indicate problems with packet delivery?
ICMP (not TCP)
Which of the following are common protocols used by MTAs to send messages to MUAs? (Select two.)
IMAP POP3 (From the last MTA to the R. MUA)
Which of the following commands reloads the libraries for the /bin/bash executable, but does not update the cache?
Idconfig -N /bin/bash (lower L)
Which command should you use to change the location of the default file used to search for libraries?
Idconfig -f (lower L)
Which of the following commands displays all of the shared library information for the /bin/bash executable?
Idd -v /bin/bash (-v summarizes directories) (lower L)
You need to create a symbolic link to the /usr/share/zoneinfo/EST time zone file that permanently alters the time zone for the system. What do you enter at the command prompt to accomplish this? (typed)
In -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/EST /etc/localtime (symbolic link | time zone file | system time zone reference file)
You need the DNF utility to check specific URLs for RPM repositories. Where should you add the URLs?
In .repo files within the /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory. (dnf is the same as yum)
Which of the following situations is most likely to cause a dependency problem?
Installing two different packages that both include /usr/lib/graphlib
You want to send the yearend.txt file to the acctg printer. Which command would you use?
Ipr -P acctg yearend.txt (lower L) (lpr= print, lpc=management info)
What should you enter at the command prompt to print 23 copies of the comparables file on the homeprint printer? (typed)
Ipr -P homeprint -#23 comparables (printer then the number)
You want to view the contents of a directory, but the output of the Is -I command scrolls beyond the limit of one console window. Which of the following commands would allow you to see the full listing of the directory?
Is -I | less
You are trying to debug a shell script that has the command Is -s in it. You suspect an error is occurring here and want to send the results of the operation (successful or error) to a file named Friday in order to examine it later. Which of the following commands should you use?
Is -s> Friday 2>&1
You want to archive some configuration files to the floppy drive. You are using the cpio utility. Which line will create the archive on the floppy?
Is /etc/*.conf | cpio -ovd > /dev/rfd0 (has to have the >)
Which command prints the attributes of a /boot/grub/grub.conf file?
Isattr /boot/grub/grub.conf
Which of the following commands will display information about the PCI devices installed on the system?
Ispci (lower L)
A Linux system can determine the time and date in which of the following ways? (Select two.)
It can set the system clock to the local time. It can use NTP to set time. (SMTP and NNTP don't)
Which of the following statements best describes the PATH environment variable?
It contains the directory prefixes used to search for programs and files.
You need to create a logical volume named video in the home volume group and give it 2 TB of disk space. Which command would you use to complete this task?
Ivcreate -L 2T -n video home (-n <name> <in volume>)
You are using LVM on your Linux system to manage the existing volumes. What command do you enter to scan for logical volumes on the system? (typed)
Ivscan
You need to send a process to the foreground. Which command should you enter to identify the job ID for the process?
Jobs (not ps, top, or nice)
You are piping the data from the cat command to another program, but the data is garbled. You believe the locale is corrupting the output. Which variable setting should you change to avoid the problem described above?
LANG=C
Which environment variable overrides all other locale settings and sets all locales to the same setting? (typed)
LC_ALL
Which environment variable specifies additional directories to search for library files not listed in /etc/ld.so.conf? (typed)
LD_LIBRARY_PATH
What effect does the ulimit -t 600 command have on a Linux system?
Limits CPU time for a process to 10 minutes. (-t= cpu time in seconds)
Within the /etc/security/limits.conf file, you notice the following entry: @guests hard maxlogins 3 What effect does the line have on the Linux system?
Limits the number of max logins from the guest group to three. (@= group)
Which of the following describes link-local IPv6 addresses? (Select 3)
Link-local IPv6 addresses begin with FE8, FE9, FEA, or FEB. Link-local IPv6 addresses are not routable. Link-local IPv6 addresses must be assigned to any network interface on a Linux system.
Which of the following lines in the /etc/cups/cupsd.conf file will configure CUPS to listen for print jobs coming in on the server's network interface with the IP address 192.168.0.1 through the IPP port?
Listen 192.168.0.1:631 (match the IP)
Which of the following lines in the /etc/cups/cupsd.conf file will configure CUPS to listen for print jobs sent only from the local system?
Listen localhost:631 (there can't be an IP)
You are the only Linux administrator for a very small company. You are constantly asked to fix one problem or another as they occur. How should you log in to the system each morning?
Logon as a regular user, then use su as needed to solve problems. (not as root)
What is the name of the hash function used to verify the public key for an SSH connection? (typed)
MD5 checksum
Which of the following is not true regarding mount points?
Mount points use the partitions represented by device files located in the /lib directory.
You have a user who has difficulty using the mouse. Which keyboard accessibility option should you enable?
Mouse Keys
You have a large TCP/IP network and want to keep hosts' real time clocks synchronized. What protocol should you use?
NTP (Network Time Protocol)
Which of the following items is a free, open-source scriptable screen reader that works with the GNOME desktop?
Orca
You are editing a text file with vi and need to open a new line above the one you are currently working on. What key should you press to accomplish this?
O
Which clause should you add to the SELECT command to sort results from an SQL database? (typed)
ORDER BY (not SORT)
In which boot process stage is the root partition mounted?
OS Kernel
Which component is responsible for loading and executing the initial process?
OS Kernel
Which of the following statements best describes the effects of having only the gshant user account listed in the /etc/at.allow file?
Only gshant and root can use the at command.
What line must you add to /etc/profile to make sure /sbin/custom is always part of the PATH environment variable for all users, without overwriting the current entries in the PATH statement? (typed)
PATH=$PATH:/sbin/custom; export PATH
You want the directory /sbin/special to always be a part of the PATH. You also want to keep all the current entries in your PATH statement. Which of the following commands would you use?
PATH=$PATH:/sbin/special
Which function does the -d option perform when using the apt-get command to install a package?
Packages are downloaded to the system, but not installed.
You need to install an e-mail server. Which of the following applications are valid Linux e-mail applications? (Select two.)
Postfix Sendmail
IPv6 uses 128-bit addresses. The address contains two 64-bit components. What is the first 64-bit component called? What is the last 64-bit component called? (both typed)
Prefix Interface ID
You made a few changes to the /boot/grub/grub.conf file and now you need to exit out of insert mode, save the changes, and quit. What should you do? (Select two. Each answer is a required part of the solution.)
Press Esc Type :wq
You want to enable public key authentication on the server. Which option in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file needs to be set?
PubkeyAuthentication yes (un-comment) (not RSAAuthentication yes)
Your computer has an IP address of 161.13.5.15. Your computer is on a
Public network (Private = 10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255 172.16.0.0 to 172.31.255.255 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255)
Which function does the dpkg --configure command perform?
Reconfigures an unpacked package
Which of the following statements best describes the purpose of the following SQL command? *DELETE FROM shirts WHERE color='pink' AND type='polo' AND gender='male*;*
Records for men's pink polo shirts will be removed from the shirts table. (not pink "or" polo... pink "and" polo)
What does the Iprm command do?
Removes jobs from the line printer print queue
Which of the following statements best describes the repeat rate keyboard accessibility option?
Repeat rate affects how quickly the action associated with the key is repeatedly performed when the key is pressed and held down.
You believe your GnuPG key pair has been compromised and should no longer be used. Which two steps must you take to revoke a public key on a key server? (Select two.)
Revoke the key on a local system using the key revocation certificate. Send the revoked key to the key server.
As which user is it bad practice for Linux administrators to regularly login as to do non-administrative tasks? (typed)
Root
You are attempting to ping another computer on the Internet by its IP address, but you are not getting a response. You do however get a response when pinging a host on your own network. Which of the following commands would help you better determine where the problem is?
Run traceroute on the IP address of the computer on the Internet. (netstat will not help in this scenario)
You need to show the contents of the location and price fields in the shirt table in an SQL database. Which SQL command should you use?
SELECT location, price FROM shirt; (need the "," without the "()" )
Enter the SQL command that will list all tables in the grades database. (typed)
SHOW TABLES grades; (not SELECT * FROM grades;)
You need to manage a process in the foreground by pressing Ctrl+C on the keyboard. What signal code is sent to the process?
SIGINT (same as -2)
By default, which protocol is used by an MTA to send messages to other MTAs?
SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
Which version of SSH supports both the Rivest, Shamir Adleman (RSA) and Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) encryption standards? (typed)
SSH2 (not SSHv2 line "IPv4")
You have just installed a new program that will be used by all users on the computer. After installation, you log in as a regular user and you try to run the program. The program stops and displays the following error: Error: not running as root What should you do so that all users can run this program?
Set the SUID on the program.
For what purpose would you edit the /etc/localtime file?
Set the current time zone.
You have a systemd Linux system that is configured to boot into the graphical.target by default. The system seems to be running much slower than normal. You need to reboot the system, but you want it to boot into a single-user target unit with no network access so you can perform troubleshooting tasks and get the system running normally again. What should you do before you reboot?
Set the default boot target to rescue.target
What is the effect of the following command? *chage -M 60 -W 10 jsmith*
Sets the password for jsmith to expire after 60 days and gives a warning 10 days before it expires. (-m= minimum, -M= maximum, -W= warning)
Setting the SUID flag is a powerful and useful feature. It can have weaknesses associated with its use. Which of the following statements identifies a weakness?
Setting the SUID flag for an application or process owned by the root user is a potential security hole. (They don't become root, just run as root)
In which IPv6 configuration method do clients use Neighbor Discovery Protocol to send router solicitation and router advertisement messages as part of the process of automatically generating the interface ID and learning the subnet prefix and default gateway?
Stateless autoconfiguration (Static assignment= manual, DHCPv6= used DHCPv6 server)
Which of the following special permissions will prevent a file's deletion by anyone except the file owner?
Sticky Bit (value of 1xxx)
You open the /etc/nsswitch.conf file and observe the following line: hosts: files dns What is the result of this configuration?
The /etc/hosts file takes precedence over information obtained from a DNS server when resolving domain names. (getent hosts <host_name> can be used to search host names using nsswitch method)
Which of the following statements best describes the *split -50 -d -a 3 AllNames FiftyNames- *command if there are 103 lines and 240 bytes in the file?
The AIINames file is split into three files containing 50 lines or less. The output is FiftyNames-001, FiftyNames-002, and FiftyNames-003. (-50= lines per split file) (-d= use numeric suffixes rather than aa/ab/ac/ad...) (-a 3= number of characters in the suffix 001/002/003...)
You are asked to troubleshoot a problem on a user's computer. When the user types the name of any Web site, he gets a message "The page cannot be displayed". You determine that nothing has changed on the computer. What is the likely problem?
The DNS server is down or not reachable.
What would be the result of the following command? *host www.somedom.com*
The IP address of the computer www.somedom.com would be displayed.
Which of the following presents the greatest security risk?
The PATH statement includes . (period).
What will be the effect of the following command? Is -I /usr/bin >> /tmp/list.txt
The contents of the /usr/bin directory will be redirected into a file called /tmp/list.txt, inserted after previous contents of the file.
When you define a function at the shell prompt, where is the function saved and what happens to it when the shell session is closed?
The function is saved in memory and it is deleted from memory when the shell session closes. (saved to mem and lost)
Which of the following has a process ID (PID) of 1?
The initial process
Which command could you use to see the path that a packet traveled across a network to a remote host?
Traceroute
You are viewing the /etc/passwd file, and you notice the following entry: pclark:x:501:501:Petunia Clark:/home/pdark:/bin/bash. What statement best describes this entry?
The pclark password is stored in the /etc/shadow file.
You have a system with more than one Linux operating system installed. During the system's bootup process, which component loads a splash screen, thus allowing you to choose which operating system you want to run?
The secondary boot loader
You previously created symbolic links in your home directory to a set of files in the /data directory using the In -s command. The system administrator has just deleted those files. What happens to the links that you created?
The symbolic links would still exist in your home directory but they would now be broken.
While reading about file system permissions in Linux you discover that the default permissions assigned to new files when they are created are rw-rw-rw- (666 octal) and new directories are rwxrwxrwx (777 octal). However, when you create a new file in a directory called /data the permissions assigned are rw-r-r—. Why is this?
The umask must be set to 0022 and therefore block the write permission for the group owner and everyone else.
You are teaching new users about security and passwords. Which example of the passwords would be the most secure password?
Tla73gZ9
What is the purpose of the -N option in this command? *ssh -f-N -L 2345:mail.mydomain.coni:110 [email protected]*
To ensure that SSH does not execute a remote command. (-f= runs SSH in the background after the password prompt. -N= ensures that SSH does not execute a remote command. -L= specifies the port numbers and server name.)
What is the main purpose of the xinetd service?
To receive client requests for network services and to start and stop them on demand.
Which of the following devices represent a hotplug device?
USB flash drives (Things that can be removed with power)
How many logical partitions can you create on an extended partition?
Unlimited
You have connected a new printer to a systemd-based Linux server. You cannot print to the new printer from a user workstation on the network. What tasks should you do first on the server? (Select two.)
Use rpm -qi cups or dnf list cups to make sure the CUPS daemon is installed. Use systemctl status cups to make sure CUPS printing service is running.
After arriving at work in the morning you turn on your Linux workstation and attempt to visit an Internet news site. After a few minutes your Web browser times out telling you that the Web site is unavailable. Which of the following troubleshooting steps would be helpful in determining the problem? (Choose all that apply.)
Use the *ping* command to ping the FQDN and IP address of the Web site you are trying to reach. Use the *traceroute* command to traceroute the FQDN and IP address of the Web site you are trying to reach.
Which of the following methods should you use to configure dynamic libraries on a Linux system? (Select two.)
Use the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable to specify additional directories to search for library files. Modify /etc/ld.so.conf to add the path of the libraries. (not /etc/ls.so.CACHE)
You have made a few changes to the X server configuration file, and you need to implement the changes by restarting the X server. Which of the following actions will not restart the X server?
Use the startx command.
Which users benefit from the sticky keys accessibility option?
Users who have difficulty pressing multiple keys at the same time.
Which statement describes file globbing?
Using wildcards to match specific files.
Which file system is a FAT32 file system for Linux? (typed)
VFAT (caps)
Which of the following is not a characteristic of symbolic links?
Valid inode for the file data even if the original file is deleted.
Which of the following functions does the rpm -V command perform?
Verifies that an RPM package is free from errors.
Which clause should you add to the SELECT command to filter results from an SQL database? (typed)
WHERE
You need the YUM utility to check specific URLs for RPM repositories. Where should you add the URLs? (Select two.)
Within the /etc/yum.conf file. Within the /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory. (No DNF)
Which X Window System element is the main component of the system?
X server
If you are using the XFree-86 version of X server, what command do you run to create a proposed configuration file for your new video board and monitor? (typed)
XFree-86 -configure
Which super daemon is most commonly found in modern Linux distributions?
Xinetd (inetd was the old version)
You want to automatically query the system's hardware and generate a proposed X Window System configuration file. Which command can you run?
Xorg -configure
You have put a new hard disk in your system and created two primary partitions (sdb1 and sdb2) and one extended partition (sdb3). You have just formatted sdb1 with ext3 and sdb2 as a swap area. When you try to format sdb3 as a swap area, you are unable to. What is the problem?
You cannot format an extended partition.
Which of the following commands could you use to search man pages for a specific keyword? (Select three.)
apropos whatis man -k
You are working on a Debian distribution of Linux. You want to retrieve information about the Debian package database on the system. Without using any command options, what command will provide the information you need? (typed)
apt-cache
Which command will display a list of the currently defined aliases on the system? (typed)
alias
Which of the following commands will create a shortcut to the tail -f /var/log/messages command?
alias sysmesg="tail -f /var/log/messages"
If a system is down at the time a recurring regularly scheduled task is supposed to run, which task scheduling service will run the task when the system is back up again?
anacron
You are working on a Debian distribution of Linux. You need to install a package, but you do not want to manually install all the dependencies for the package. Without using any command options, what command should you use? (typed)
apt-get
Which apt-get option upgrades all installed packages to the latest versions using the information in /etc/apt /sources.list? (typed)
apt-get upgrade
You have installed a package called mathpac with apt-get. After a system upgrade, the package is not working correctly. Which command is the most correct option to get the package to work?
apt-get upgrade mathpac (Only apt upgrades)
Which of the following statements are true regarding the apt-get utility? (Select two.)
apt-get uses /etc/apt/sources.list to find information about the application repositories. apt-get is similar to the yum utility on an RPM distribution.
Which of the following Debian package management utilities provides the front end for APT?
aptitude
When you declare a function, you include open and close parentheses after the name of the function, for example, function list (). What do the parentheses allow you to include when you invoke or call the function? (typed)
arguments (not variables)
What should be entered at the command prompt to remove tasks 2 and 3 in the *at* queue? (typed)
at -d 2 3 (or) atrm 2 3
Which daemon must be running if you want to use the at command?
atd (at "daemon") (user systemctl status / is-enabled)
Which command should you enter at the command prompt to list the tasks in the *at* queue for the current user? (typed)
atq (at "query")
Login blocking is enabled using the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) module. Type the line that needs to be in the /etc/pam.d/login file to configure PAM to check and see if a file named /etc/nologin exists? (typed)
auth requisite pam_nologin.so (auth required pam_nologin.so= RedHat)
You are using awk to print a sorted list of the user names in /etc/passwd. Which command will accomplish the sorted output?
awk -F: '{print $1}' /etc/passwd | sort (-F= fields delimiter, $1= 1st field)
What would you enter at the command prompt to start a new Bourne-again shell (bash) session? (typed)
bash
You have a gedit process with a job ID of 6. Which command would you enter at the command prompt to send the process to the background? (typed)
bg 6
What chage command should you enter at the command prompt to set the password for jsmith to expire after 60 days and gives a warning 10 days before it expires? (typed)
chage -M 60 -W 10 jsmith (-m= minimum, -M= maximum, -W= warning)
You need to set the SUID permission on a file named rider. Which of the following commands will accomplish this?
chmod 4777 rider
You must change ownership of a script called myscript so that only the user owner has read/write access to it and only the user owner and group owner have execute permissions. Which of the following commands would accomplish this?
chmod 750 myscript
A file named acctg needs to have the SGID permission set on it while keeping all other permissions at their present value. Which of the following commands will accomplish this?
chmod g+s acctg (category+permission: Group+Set ID) (Not s+g)
There is a directory called projects owned by the user cmarcela and the group rd. cmarcela has left the company. You need to give ownership of the projects directory, its files, and subdirectories to the user ebates, who is a member of the mgmt group. Which command should you use to change the user ownership?
chown -R ebates projects (just the user)
What would you enter at the command prompt to change the group ownership for the devstyle.txt file to rand in the present working directory? (typed)
chown .rand devstyle.txt
Which of the following commands make sales the group owner of the /sales/report file? (Select two. Each answer is an independent solution.)
chown :sales /sales/report chown .sales /sales/report (chgrp, not chgroup)
You use Is -I /home/sales/sales_projection_q2 and get this information: drwxr-xr-x 22 pclark acct 4096 Jun 19 15:01 sales_projection_q2 Which command will change the user owner to jyoung and the group owner to sales?
chown jyoung:sales /home/sales/sales_projection_q2
You are the team lead for a marketing project. Only the members of the team3 group should have read/write permissions to a document called project_data.doc, however, you want to ensure that no one on the team will delete the document by accident. Your user name is bsmith. A long listing of the file is as follows: -rwxr-xr-x 1 bsmith team3 7260 June 22 2004 project_data.doc Which of the following commands would accomplish this?
chrnod 1664 project_data.doc
Which database object in an SQL table represents attributes?
columns (record=row)
Which of the following command copies the entire /temp directory with all of its files, sub-directories, and files in the sub-directories to the /home/gshant directory. (Select two. Each answer represents an independent solution.)
cp -r /temp /home/gshant cp -R /temp /home/gshant
You are logged in as root. You have the file, letter.doc, on a CD in the first compact disk drive. Which command will copy the file from the CD to your home directory.
cp /mnt/scdO/letter.doc /root
You want to restore files with the extension .cfg from an archive called configs.cpio. Which command will perform the restore?
cpio -ivd "*.cfg" < /mnt/hdd2/configs.cpio (cpoi command "file type" < location)
Which command could you use to verify if a crontab file exists for user thobbs?
crontab -I -u thobbs (-r= remove, -e=edit, -a=append) (-l=list, -u=user)
After logging in as root, you need to manage the crontab files for your Linux system. Which command should you use to edit the crontab file for the gshant user account?
crontab -ue gshant (-u= username, -e=edit) (Don't use vi)
You are configuring the /etc/cups/cupsd.conf file. Which command should you use to prevent remote printers from being displayed on the local system?
cupsctl --no-remote-printers (not --no-remote-admin, or --no-share printers)
You need to obtain specific information found in the columns of ~/smarts. Which of following commands should you use?
cut -f ~/smarts (There is no join -s) (You would use //cut -d' ' -f<#> ~/smarts
Which of the following commands will cut an entire line from a file while in vi command mode?
dd
Which utility allows you to make an exact copy of a file?
dd (not: tar, cpio, cp)
Which command do you write in a script to declare functions? (typed)
declare -f
You are requested to help a user who reports that he has no more local storage space. You go to his system and log in as root user. Which command will display the available disk space on all partitions? (Choose two.)
df df-h
A user is trying to access a file system mounted at /mnt/sdbl but receives an error No such file or directory. Which commands can you use to see the current mount points? (Choose two.)
df mount
You have created a separate partition for the sales team and mounted it to the /sales directory. The team is about to begin a new project, and they want to make sure there is enough disk space to hold upcoming files. Which command will show you the amount of free space?
df /sales
You are troubleshooting a workstation that is having trouble while browsing the Internet. You want to perform some tests on name resolution. Which utility would give you the most information?
dig (more information that nslookup)
Which of the following commands would allow you to determine if a service or driver failed to load during boot up? (Select two.)
dmesg journalctl -b (dmesg= boot loges/hardware errors, journalctl -b= system boot messages) (no /var/log(s))
You are trying to troubleshoot intermittent errors that are occurring while continuing to work on other projects. Which command displays system messages, but only the ones that are panic messages?
dmesg -n 1 (Sends only the most critical)
You used DNF to list the ruby packages that are available to install. You see that there is a package available that is called ruby. What DNF command do you use to install this ruby package? (typed)
dnf install ruby
Removing unneeded software will increase the security of your Linux system. If your system uses RPM for package management, what can you enter at the command prompt to look for unneeded software that might be installed on your system? (typed)
dnf list installed (Dabian= dpkg -get-selection)
You have users who need to do some programming projects in the Ruby programming language. What DNF command do you use to find out if there is a ruby package available to install on the Linux server? (typed)
dnf list ruby
You need to remove an RPM package from your system. Which of the following commands could you use?
dnf remove
You have installed a package called mathpac with DNF. After a system upgrade, the package is not working correctly. Which command should you try first to get the package to work?
dnf update mathpac
Which of the following begin and finish a while loop?
done do
What dpkg command would you enter at the command prompt to search for packages that have been partially installed on the system? (typed)
dpkg -C
What dpkg command would you enter at the command prompt to list information about a currently installed Debian package? (typed)
dpkg -p (-P removes including config files)
Which command reconfigures an already installed package?
dpkg-reconfigure
Which command can you enter at the command prompt to list all files and directories in the badams home directory along with a file size and a total amount of space taken up by the directory? (typed)
du -c /home/badams (-c= lists a total amount of space used in dir)
Which command allows you to use an alternative superblock when the primary superblock has been corrupted?
e2fsck -b 16385 /dev/sdal (enhanced fdck)
You want to view the number of commands your HISTSIZE environment variable is set to save. You don't want to have to scroll through all the environment variables. Which command shows you the value for the HISTSIZE variable?
echo $HISTSIZE
Which command shows the value of the LANG environmental variable currently set for the language the operating system uses?
echo $LANG
What command can be used on most Linux distributions to find the directories where the man pages are kept? (typed)
echo $MANPATH
Which of the following commands will open the quota file for a specific user?
edquota -u (open = edit file)
Which command should you enter at the command prompt to change the quota settings for the gshant user? (typed)
edquota -u gshant
Two users should have identical settings, yet one is having problems with the display on his screen and you suspect there is a difference in their environment variables. Which command will display all the environment variables?
env
Which command will display only the environment variables applied to child sessions? (typed)
env
You have the rnyapp executable file. It is found in the current directory, but not in the command path. What would you enter at the command prompt to start the rnyapp file and replace the shell with myapp process? (typed)
exec ./myapp
You want to view partition information for your sda device. Which commands could you use to view the partitions defined on sda? (Select two.)
fdisk /dev/sda, then press p fdisk -I
You have a system with a single hard disk. You add a new hard drive to your system. Which of the following commands would you use to partition the new drive?
fdisk /dev/sdb
You have added a second hard disk to your Linux system. Which of the following commands will allow you to partition the new drive?
fdisk /dev/sdb
You have several processes running in the background as shown from the jobs command below: [1] + Running gedit & [2] + Stopped crontab e What command will bring the gedit program to the foreground?
fg 1 (not fg [1])
Which of the following commands is the fastest method to search a file for fixed strings, rather than regular expressions?
fgrep
What would you enter at the command prompt to display a file's type? (typed)
file
You need to find all files in the /home/gshant directory that are larger than 300K. You change directories to /home/gshant. What would you enter at the command prompt to find these files? (typed)
find -size +300k
Which of the following commands would you use to find all of the files on the system that have either blue or gold in their names?
find / -name '*blue*' -o -name '*gold*"
Which of the following commands finds files with the .txt extension in the /home/gshant directory?
find /home/gshant -name
You are accessing the /home/shants/depsmark text file through a terminal connection. The file has long lines of text, yet your terminal only shows 75 characters per line. What command should you use to limit the lines in the file to the limits on the terminal?
fmt /home/shants/depsmark (fmt -w 75 /home/shants/depsmark) (cut= removes characters and fields, nl= places a line number on front of each line, pr=formats a text file for printing)
Which type of script control structure is useful when a specific action needs to be done a set number of times?
for
You are writing a bash script that searches for files with a specific date stamp. You want to create a function called datestamp in that script that finds the date stamp on a given file. How do you declare a function called datestamp in this script?
function datestamp () (need the "function")
Which partition management utility can be used to define and change various different GUID partition configurations without committing the configuration to the disk until the w command is used?
gdisk
You have installed a new blank hard drive on your Linux system. This is the second drive on the system so it is represented in the file system by the /dev/sdb file. You need to create GUID partitions on this drive. What command do you use to start up the GUID disk management utility to create partitions on the /dev/sdb drive? (typed)
gdisk /dev/sdb
What is the result of the nohup gedit & command?
gedit will start in the background and persist in the background after logging out of the shell.
Which utility should you use to encrypt emails, digitally sign emails, and encrypt documents? (Tip: Enter the name of the utility as if at the command prompt without options.) (typed)
gpg
You are working on a Linux distribution that uses systemd. Which non-symlink file in the /usr/lib/systemd /system/ directory is used to start the services necessary for multiple users, networking, and for a graphical display?
graphical.target
You want to perform an audit and make sure that group membership for user dblair is correct. Which command would you use to view the groups that dblair is a member of?
grep -e dblair /etc/group
You need to quickly see all of the lines in the blue_and_gold text file that do not reference Karen. Which command would you use to accomplish this?
grep -v Karen blue_and_gold -v = not matching
Which command would you use in a script to parse out entries that contain the word those from a file named config in a folder named diet beneath the /etc directory?
grep those /etc/diet/config
You are the administrator for a small company. You need to create a new group for users in the sales department. You need to name the group sales. Which command will accomplish this?
groupadd sales
You have a group named temp_sales on your system. The group is no longer needed, and you should remove the group. Which of the following commands should you use?
groupdel temp_sales
Due to a merger with another company, standardization is now being imposed throughout the company. As a result of this, the sales group must be renamed marketing. Which of the following commands will accomplish this?
groupmod -n marketing sales
What would you enter at the command prompt to display the primary and secondary group memberships for the gshantuser account? (typed)
groups gshant
Which of the following commands will help you to determine which version of GRUB is installed on your Linux system? (two)
grub-install -v grub2-install --version
After updating the settings in the /etc/default/grub file, you need make sure the changes are written to the grub.cfg file to take effect. What would you enter at the command prompt to write the changes to the grub.cfg file? (typed)
grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
Which of the following commands displays all lines in ~/smarts, omitting the last 10 lines?
head -n -10 ~/smarts (head -n 10= shows the 1st 10 lines)
What desktop theme adjusts the background and text colors to improve readability? (typed)
high contrast
What command should you enter to see a list of all the commands you recently used at the command prompt?
history
If you are viewing the contents of a man page, which key can you press to get back to the beginning of the page? (typed)
home
Which of the following commands can be used to retrieve the IP address and/or FQDN/host name information from a DNS server? (Choose all that apply.)
host dig nslookup (not netstat)
What would you enter at the command prompt to find the IP address for the xyzcomp.com domain? (typed)
host xyzcomp.com (Not getent, dig, hostname, or nslookup) (host SINGULAR)
Your site is dependent upon the use of the rlogin utility for remote access. For security reasons, you want to prevent the hosts in the marketing department from accessing the payroll server, but allow all others to do so. Which file should you use to create this restriction?
hosts.deny (host.allow is read 1st. If a match is found, it does not search anymore, is it part of the tcpd)
You want to configure your CUPS from a Web browser. Which command is correct?
http://localhost:631 (always port 631)
You want to configure your CUPS from a Web browser. Which URL address and port should you enter within the Web browser's address field? (typed)
http://localhost:631 (forward "/", not "\")
Which command displays information about the RAID devices on the computer?
hwinfo --listmd
Which command should you use to convert encoding from one type to another?
iconv
Which keys are generated when you execute the ssh-keygen command with no options? (Select two.)
id_rsa.pub id rsa (dsa is not default)
A user calls the help desk to report that she is unable to connect to the network after an upgrade of her Linux operating system. You suspect the problem is related to the network configuration. Which commands could you use to quickly see the current IP address(es) assigned to her computer? (Select two.)
ifconfig -a ip addr show (netstat -a= shows listening sockets)
You need to temporarily change the IP address of the network interface (enp2s0) to 192.168.1.50 where it is currently set to 10.0.1.50. Which of the following commands would achieve the desired result?
ifconfig enp2s0 192.168.1.50
The enp2s0 interface is currently down. What can you enter at the command line to start the enp2s0 interface? (typed)
ifup enp2s0 (or) ip link set enp2s0 up s
You just installed a new CD-ROM drive in your computer. After boot, you can't find the CD-ROM drive anywhere. What commands could you enter to start troubleshooting? (Select two.)
journalctl dmesg (sar= CPU info, last/lasb=logon info)
What do you enter at the command prompt to not only see the most recent entries to the journal, but to also see new entries as they are being added in real time to the journal? (typed again)
journalctl -f
What do you enter at the command prompt to read the contents of the journal starting with the most recent entries? (typed)
journalctl -r (-r= reverse)
What daemon is typically used by systemd Linux system for system logging? (typed)
journald (DEAMON.... Not journalctl)
A developer calls with a problem. They were trying to debug a new daemon and mistakenly placed it on the production machine instead of on a lab machine. It has now entered runaway mode. The PID number is 2345 and attempts have been made to remove it with the standard kill command but it will not stop. Which command would you use to be assured that the process will terminate?
kill -9 2345 (kill -2 first, -15 next, -9 last)
You have been called in to a remote site to troubleshoot a problem with a process that needs to be terminated. You are taken to the workstation with the problem and immediately realize that it is an implementation of Linux you have never worked with before. Which option would you use with the kill utility at the command prompt to see the valid signals available with this Linux system you're not familiar with? (typed)
kill-I (lower L)
After a severe lightning strike nearby, a number of processes seem to be running on the server in runaway mode. Which utility terminates these processes by name, and not just by process ID number?
killall (pkill- search criteria, kill- PID)
You have been asked to temporarily fill in for an administrator who has just been fired. This administrator was known to take a lax view of security, and it is suspected that passwords are still kept in the /etc/passwd file. When viewing that file, which entry below would indicate that the passwords are there?
kolton:34uyx:431:0:Back Door:/root:/bin/bash (the second "x" spot is filled in pssword. "lax")
You want to review all failed login attempts on the system in the /var/log/btmp binary file. Which of the following commands should you use?
lastb (lower L) (last= last logged users /var/log/wtmp, faillog= failure logs /var/log/faillog)
What would you enter at the command prompt, without options, to reload the library cache every time libraries are added or removed and to update the symbolic links? (typed)
ldconfig (lower L)
What would you enter at the command prompt to display the shared library information for executables? (typed)
ldd (lower L)
Which of the following files would not be found by the locate -i LibraryFines.csv command?
libraryfines.csv1 -i = disables case sensitivity.
What is the name of the file you create in the /etc/lightdm/ directory to configure customized settings for the LightDM Display Manager?
lightdm.conf
Which yum option displays whether updates are available for RPM packages?
list updates
What commonly predefined alias is configured to run the Is -I command? (typed)
ll
Which command will show the contents of all the print queues on your Linux system? (typed)
lpq -a
You need to view the contents of the /home/jerrys directory. What would you enter at the command prompt to show all the contents, including hidden files and directories? (typed)
ls -a /home/jerrys
Which utility runs at startup to load modules into the kernel? (typed)
modprobe (not the location)
Which command would check for dependencies before removing the debug module from the kernel?
modprobe -r debug (no -d)
You just got a new input device named GamePad that you want to use on your computer. You don't think that the GamePad driver (i.e., kernel module) was compiled into the kernel of your Linux distribution. Which of the following commands will install the driver {gamepad.ko) into the kernel? (Select two.)
modprobe gamepad insmod gamepad.ko (need the whole name)
Which command would check for dependencies before loading the gameport module in the kernel?
modprobe gameport (not depmod gameport)
A number of new file systems have been added to the server and you want them to be active now. You also do not want to bring the server down. Which command makes the changes active?
mount -a (-a forces a reread...?)
You need to mount the CD-ROM device to the /media/cdrom directory. What command should you enter at the command prompt? (typed)
mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
You have partitioned and formatted a new hard drive, sdc. You want to mount the first partition on sdc to directory /mnt/newdisk. Which command will perform the mount correctly?
mount /dev/sdcl /mnt/newdisk (pay attention to paths)
You are working on a Linux distribution that uses systemd. Which file in the /usr/lib/systemd/system/ directory is used to start the services that support multiple users, networking, and is text-based?
multi-user.target
Which command would you use to move a file from one location to another?
mv
Which command would you use to rename the /home/pmallory/reports file to reports.bak?
mv /home/pmallory/reports /home/pmallory/i'eports.bak
After using the Is command in the current working directory, you notice the following files: Irwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2010-11-05 myfile -> shantsgems -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 382 2010-10-05 shantsgems What is true about the files?
myfile is a symbolic link to shantsgems.
You are trying to debug a shell script called myscript and to aid you in this task you would like to have the output of the script be recorded in a text file. Which of the following commands would satisfy your requirements?
myscript >>testfile.txt
Which of the following commands will set the system time to match the time server on the network at 192.168.1.10?
netdate 192.168.1.10 (ip or domain name) (not date, hwclock, or ntpd)
You would like to see how many different computers are currently connected to your local workstation. Which of the following commands would allow you to do this?
netstat (not ping, traceroute)
Which utility would you use to view current connections and active sessions and ports on a computer?
netstat (current / active)
What should you enter at the command prompt to display both listening and non-listening sockets on your Linux system? (typed)
netstat -a (-I lists listening sockets, -s displays statistics for each protocol, -i displays a table of all network interfaces.)
You are troubleshooting a connectivity problem on a Linux server. You are able to connect to another system local network, but are not able to connect to a server on a remote network. You suspect that the default gateway information for the system may be configured incorrectly. Which of the following commands would you use to view the default gateway information on the Linux server?
netstat -r (-r= routing table/ IP address of default gateway)
Which command displays network activity statistics for TCP, UDP, and IP?
netstat -s (-s = statistics for each protocol)
Recently, you updated the /etc/aliases file with several email aliases. What command do you use at the command prompt to update /etc/aliases.db file? (typed)
newaliases
Which of the following commands starts the gedit program with a priority 1 above the default nice priority?
nice -n -1 gedit (above, or 1 faster than default... Backwards.... Default = 0)
What would you enter at the command prompt to start the gedit process with a highest priority possible? (typed)
nice -n -20 gedit
Which of the following statements best describes the nl -s ": " myfile command?
nl adds the number, a colon, and a space to the front of each line in the file. (-s= specifies the text to be places between the number and the line. Default is 2 spaces)
You need to increase the security of your Linux system by finding and closing open ports. Which of the following commands should you use to locate open ports?
nmap (nmap= ports, netstat= network connections)
What should you enter at the command prompt to scan for open TCP ports on your Linux system? (typed)
nmap -sT (no localhost)
Which of the following commands manages the NTP daemon from the command line?
ntpd (ntpq= queries, ntpdate= syncs time to prevent insane time)
While in command mode, you copied a whole line of text to memory. You navigated to a different location in the file, and now you need to place the line of text. What command should you use?
p
What is the name of the partition management utility that will both create GUID partitions and create file systems on those partitions? (typed)
parted
You suspect that the gshant user account is locked. What would enter at the command prompt to see the status of the gshant user account? (typed)
passwd -S gshant (not usermod)
Which command will merge two files on a line-by-line basis, and separate each line with a tab?
paste (join= based on fields)
You need to see who has permissions to the sales_projection_q2 file. You use Is -I sales_projection_q2 and get this information: drwxr-xr-x 22 pclark acct 4096 Jun 19 15:01 sales_projection_q2 Who is the user shown as owner of this file? (Note: your answer is case-sensitive) What group is shown as owner of this file? (Note: your answer is case-sensitive) (typed 2 parts)
pclark acct
Which of the following commands would allow you to see if a remote computer is reachable?
ping
You want to change the port that SSH listens on. You are going to edit the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file. Which line, when added to the file, will change the listening port to 1066?
port 1066 (not listen)
You need to change the formatting of the /home/varstown file as it prints. Specifically, you need to add doublespacing to each line in the file. How should you enter the command at the command prompt? (typed)
pr -d /home/varstown (pr= print format, -d= double space, -o #= margin)
You answer a call from a number of users who cannot access the mail server. Which utility would you use to quickly see if the sendmail service is running?
ps (process)
You want to view all currently-running processes that include getty in the process name. Which command would you use?
ps -A | grep getty (-A= all processes, -a= shows processes of specific users, and |find- searches "files")
Which command displays in the most detail all the processes that are running?
ps -ef (-e is the same as -A= all processes, -f= detailed information)
Which command displays the PPID?
ps -f (-f= detailed information, -A= all processes, -u= user ID)
You are preparing to use a logical volume with LVM. Which of the following commands initializes a physical volume?
pvcreate
You have added a third hard disk to your Linux system. What command would you use to initialize a physical volume on this disk for later use by the Logical Volume Manager? (typed)
pvcreate /dev/sdc (Don't forget the drive)
You are using LVM on your Linux system to manage hard disk partitions. What command do you enter to scan for physical volumes on the system? (typed)
pvscan
You have been called in to help a small company. They want to increase the security of their small network and one of the tasks you have been given to do is to move their passwords from the /etc/passwd file to the /etc/shadow file. Which utility would you use to accomplish this?
pwconv
What would you enter at the command prompt to display the present working directory? (typed)
pwd
Which of the following MTAs use the QMQP and QMTP protocols?
qmail
The /home/gshant/smp directory contains several files. The directory and files need to be removed. You change directories to /home/gshant. What would you enter at the command prompt to remove the smp directory and the files it contains? (typed)
rm -r smp
In the /var directory is a subdirectory called backup. You need to delete the directory backup and any files. You change directory focus to /var. Which command will delete the directory backup and its files?
rm -rf backup
The /home/gshant/smp directory is empty and needs to be removed. You change directories to /home/gshant. What would you enter at the command prompt to remove the smp directory? (typed)
rmdir smp
Which of the following utilities would you use to view the routing table? (Select two)
route ip route show
As a system administrator you are going to add a static route for host 195.157.66.221 255.255.255.0. Your default gateway is 192.168.5.1 but you want this route to use gateway 192.168.7.1. Which commands will work? (Select two)
route add -net 195.157.66.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 192.168.7.1 ip route add 195.157.66.0/24 via 192.168.7.1
As a system administrator you want to block (reject) any packets from 170.122.0.0 255.255.0.0. Which command will block those packets?
route add 170.122.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 reject (not block)
You have replaced the default gateway on your network. The gateway had used the IP address of 201.12.3.4 and you must remove it from the routing table. Which command would you use to accomplish this?
route del default gw 201.12.3.4 (route add, route del, ip rout add, ip route del)
You are attempting to install an RPM package on your Linux system, but the system tells you that a newer package is already installed. Which command will install the RPM package over the existing, installed package?
rpm --force
You are attempting to install an RPM package on your Linux system, but the system tells you the package has dependencies that are not installed. What would you enter at the command prompt to force RPM to override the need to install the dependencies? (typed)
rpm --nodeps
Without installing an RPM package, you want to check for all of the package's uninstalled dependencies. Which command should you use?
rpm --test
What command will upgrade an RPM package only if an earlier version is already installed on the system? (typed)
rpm -F
You have an RPM package called mathpac that is not working correctly. You have downloaded the latest package. Which command should you use to install the latest mathpac package?
rpm -U mathpac (not -F)
You need to install the package apt-0.5.15cnc6-l.l.fc2.fr.i386.rpm. Which commands will perform the installation? (Select two.)
rpm -Uh apt-0.5.15cnc6-l.l.fc2.fr.i386.rpm rpm -ih apt-0.5.15cnc6-l.l.fc2.fr.i386.rpm
What would you enter at the command prompt to make rpm perform an MD5 checksum on the myapp5.4.rpm package?
rpm -V myapp5.4.rpm
Which command will query the system for all installed RPM packages?
rpm -qa (q= query a=all)
You need to determine which files are associated with the metacity RPM package. Which command should you use?
rpm -ql metacity (q= query l=show files associated with the package)
Which of the following utilities should you use if you need to extract a file from an RPM package file?
rpm2cpio
You are limiting the total amount of memory a user can use when they use the X Windows System. Which of the following limit keywords should you use?
rss (cpu= cpu time, nproc= number of concurring user processes, data= amount of RAM an application can use)
You want to issue a simple command to replace all the occurrences of the string *foo* with the string *bar* in the file myfile.txt. You have decided to use *sed*. Which line will work?
sed -e 's/foo/bar/g' myfile.txt (The tailing "g" allows any instance of "foo" to be changed. Otherwise, only the 1st "foo" would be changed per line)
Which command do you use in a script to create a sequence of numbers in a control structure? (typed)
seq
You want to configure the NTP daemon to receive time from pool.ntp.org. What entry should you place in the /etc/ntp.conf file?
server pool.ntp.org (long vi file with list of servers)
Which command will display all the environment variables on the system? (typed)
set I think it is = env?
You have just finished installing an updated kernel on your email server that has been patched to solve a security vulnerability and wish to reboot as soon as possible. This is a busy time of day, and you do not want the server down any longer than necessary. Which option prevents fsck from running after the reboot and allows the system to boot faster?
shutdown -f
You have informed users that you need to bring the machine down at the end of the day to perform routine maintenance. However, prior to shutting the system down, you want to send a message to users to give them fifteen minutes to save data and exit the system. Which of the following commands should you use?
shutdown -h +15 It is time for a shutdown!
You need to shut down the system immediately and send a message to logged in users to allow running processes to close gracefully. Which command would you use?
shutdown -h now
Which command will display each line in a text file based on the alphabetic characters?
sort (-n= number, -r= reverse, -d= ignores the special characters)
You need to connect to a remote system whose host name is abc.def.com and execute a shell script called daily-backup.sh that backs up some files. The username that has permissions to execute that script is bubba. Which command should you run to make the connection?
ssh -I bubba abc.def.com (not ssh abc.def.com:bubba)
Which ssh option should you enter at the command prompt to set up an SSH tunnel for X server traffic? (typed)
ssh -x
As you configure your client for public key authentication, you decide to generate the DSA key pair. You would like to configure the client to automatically provide the private key passphrase when needed so that you do not need to type the passphrase for every new SSH connection to a server. Which command should you use in conjunction with the ssh-agent bash command? (Tip: Enter the command and options as if at the command prompt.) (typed)
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_dsa (dsa, not rsa)
When configuring public key authentication on your client system, which command enables the passphrase agent?
ssh-agent bash
When using DSA to establish an SSH session, what is the name of the key that the SSH server will send to the client? (Tip: Enter the name of the key only.) (typed)
ssh_host_dsa_key.pub
Which of the following public keys is sent from the SSH server to the SSH client when they are in the process of establishing a session with the SSH1 protocol?
ssh_host_key.pub (SSH1!! SSH2 uses: ssh_host_rsa_key.pub ssh_host_dsa_key.pub)
Which *daemon*, or service, provides port tunneling to encrypt non-secure protocols such as email and X server traffic? (typed)
sshd
You are currently logged in using the badams account. You want to view the contents of the /etc/inittab file, but you are not allowed to with the badams account. Which command could you use to view the file?
su -c "cat /etc/inittab" -I (-c= command, there is no -f)
You have logged in as a regular user when a frantic phone call comes in. The ABCD process must be started on the server now, but can only be run by root. Which command would you use to start this process?
sudo ABCD (su ABCD = think user is ABCD)
Which partition functions as virtual memory?
swap
You have a Linux system with two activated swap partitions: sda3 and sdb2. Which of the following commands can you use to deactivate the sda3 swap partition?
swapoff /dev/sda3 (just sda3)
You created a swap area on sda3, but it is not activated. Which command should you use to activate the swap partition? (typed)
swapon /dev/sda3
You are on a systemd system and you want to change from the currently running target unit, without rebooting the system, to a target that supports networking, multiple users, and displays a graphical interface. What command should you enter? (typed)
systemctl isolate graphical.target
You are experiencing a problem with a network server. You want to bring the system down and try reseating the cards within it before restarting it. Which command runs poweroff.target to shut down the system in an orderly manner? (typed)
systemctl isolate poweroff.target
You have a systemd system, and you need to perform some maintenance tasks. You need to prevent users from logging on while you do so. Which command should you run?
systemctl isolate rescue.target
You need to perform some system maintenance on a systemd system, and want to prevent users from logging on while you do so. Which command should you run?
systemctl isolate rescue.target
Unneeded network services might provide attackers with an entry point for an attack. To view a list of services, or units, installed or running on a systemd-based system, what could you enter at the command prompt? (typed)
systemctl list-units (chkconfig= for older init systems)
After making changes to the configuration of the anaconda.service, you must make those changes take effect. Which single command do you enter to make this service use the new configuration? (Note: There is no reload option with this service.) (typed)
systemctl restart anaconda.service
You are using a systemd-based Linux system and have made changes in the /etc/ntp.conf file. Which of the following commands should you use to implement these changes?
systemctl restart ntpd (not enable)
The current default boot target is multi-user.target, but you want to use this system as a desktop workstation. You need a boot target that supports multiple users, networking, and has a graphical display. This is a systemd system. What command should you enter to change the default boot target to one that meets these needs? (typed)
systemctl set-default graphical.target
After getting calls about users not being able to print, you check the status of the cups.service and find that it is not running. What would you enter at the command prompt to get the cups.service running? (typed)
systemctl start cups.service
What would you enter at the command prompt to find out if the cups.service is running? (typed)
systemctl status cups.service
What is the core process for a systemd-based Linux system? (typed)
systemd
Which daemon is responsible for bringing up other units and services when boot targets are changed?
systemd
You need to backup Jane's files in her /home/user/jane directory. Which command will create an archive in the /root directory? (Select two.)
tar -czvf /root/jane.tgz /home/user/jane tar -cvf /root/jane.tar /home/user/jane (tar "To" "From") (-z=gz, -j=bz, -J=xz)
You have a tape archive mounted in /dev/rmt12. You need to get a list of the file contents. Which command will list the contents?
tar -tf /dev/rmt12 (-t= lists archive content, -f= file)
You have a SCSI tape drive st0. You want to backup the contents of /var/oracle. Which command will perform the backup?
tar -vcf /dev/st0 /var/oracle (tar command "Destination" "Desired Backup")
You need to restore a file, yearend.xls, from the archive 013004.tar.gz'm the backup directory. The file needs to be restored to /home/accounting. Which command will perform the restore?
tar -xzvf /backup/013004.tar.gz /home/accounting/yearend.xls (needs the -z for decompression)
What should you enter at the command prompt to check the TCP wrapper configuration on your system? (typed)
tcpdchk
Which command reads from standard input and writes to standard output and files? (typed)
tee
Which script control structure tests whether a directory exists?
test (test is an option within if,then,else)
You need to see a listing of running processes and system status such as memory and CPU usage. Which command will produce the listing?
top (The ps -A command produces a listing of all running processes but no information about memory or CPU. There are no commands systat or cpustat.)
You need to determine the priority of several processes. Which command should you enter to identify the process ID and nice value for each process?
top (nice and renice make adjustments, jobs doesn't display PID or nice)
Which command would you use to look for a potential resource hog on a workstation?
top (real time viewing)
PAM is configured on your system to look for the presence of the nologin file in the /etc directory. If the nologin file exists, user login is disabled and only the root user can log in. If your current working directory is root's home directory, which command would you enter to quickly create an empty nologin file in the /etc directory? (typed)
touch /etc/nologin
Which of the following commands will change the /home/gshants/smile file's modification and last accessed times to the current time?
touch /home/gshants/smile
Which command transposes characters in a text steam?
tr (tr=transpose)
You are having trouble contacting a host on another network. Ping fails, but you would like to get more information about the router in the path where the communication stops. Which of the following utilities would you use?
traceroute
While troubleshooting a problem on a Linux system, you run a utility that generates the following output: 5 s3232.gw.Seat.someisp.net (63.201.72.9) 38.433 ms 38.713 ms 39.085 ms 6 stlll22.garl.Seat.someisp.net (211.242.9.121) 38.620 ms 38.593 ms 38.050 ms 7 oc48-6yy.Seat.someisp.net (14.248.154.129) 57.440 ms 56.678 ms 57.675 ms 8 t223hgh-ytry.swa.someisp.net (142.133.89.232) 103.041 ms 57.181 ms 56.619 ms 9 t8343mmd.cgssel.someisp.net (162.191.10261) 91.977 ms 93.971 ms 93.767 ms 10 twirem2.cgssfdl.ip.someisp.net (145.97.133.23) 92.463 ms 92.337 ms 93.523 ms 11 twerrml.nfffsiny.ip.someisp.net (117.116.141.38) 106.000 ms 106.007 ms 105.283 ms 12 gbed22repp0.n5ddsdsy.ip.someisp.net (123.194.132.8) 103.198 ms 105.447 ms 104.263 ms Which of the following utilities were you using?
traceroute (each router and the time)
You need to convert the file system of /dev/sdb3 from ext2 to ext3 without affecting the data on the drive. What command and option should you enter at the command prompt? (typed)
tune2fs -j /dev/sdb3 (-j= journaling, not data impact)
Which command should you use to change the time zone (TZ) environment variable? (Select two.)
tzconfig tz select (date= shows time, netdate= syncs time)
What do enter at the command prompt to prevent the shell from using too much of the system's resources? (typed)
ulimit (no switch)
A user calls the help desk. Each time he creates a new text file, permissions of 640 are applied to the file and he must use chmod to set them to 644. What command should you enter in the user's profile to set the default permission for newly created files to 644?
umask 0022 (file default is -rw-rw-rw-)
Partition /dev/sdb2 is mounted to /mnt/temp. You need to unmount /dev/sdb2. Which commands would you use? (Choose two.)
umount /mnt/temp umount /dev/sdb2
You need to change how the /home/varstown file is displayed. Specifically, you need to replace 4 consecutive spaces with a tab when you print the file to the screen. How should you enter the command at the command prompt? (typed)
unexpand -t 4 /home/varstown (-t= specifies number of spaces... Default is 8 spaces)
Which text stream processing command filters identical, adjacent lines from a single file? (types)
uniq (-d= prints only the duplicate line, -u= leaves out the duplicate lines)
Which apt-cache option shows the missing dependencies in the package cache?
unmet
After using the locate command, you discover some of your files are not being listed in the search results. What would you enter at the command prompt to update the /var/log/locatedb file? (typed)
updatedb
What would be the outcome of the following command? userdel -r jjones
user account, jjones, would be deleted along with jjones' home directory. (not files owned by her)
You need to create a user account with these specific parameters: • Use pmorrillas the login name • Use Paul Morrill as the comment • Use /home/pmorrill_temp as the home directory • Use 683 as the UID Which command should you use?
useradd -c "Paul Morrill" -d /home/pmorrill_temp -u 683 pmorrill
A user with an account name of larry has just been terminated from the company. There is good reason to believe that the user will attempt to access and damage the files in the system in the very near future. Which command below will disable or remove the user account from the system and remove his home directory?
userdel -r larry
An employee named Bob Smith, with a user name of bsmith, has left the company. You have been instructed by your supervisor to delete his user account along with his home directory. Which of the following commands would produce the required outcome? (Choose all that apply.)
userdel bsmith;rm -rf/home/bsmith userdel -r bsmith (-f = force)
You are setting up disk quotas for users and groups on the /home directory. What mount options do you need to include in the entry for mounting the / home directory in the /etc/fstab file?
userjquota=aquota.user and grpjquota=aquota.group (remember the j in the middle = journaling)
Which of the following utilities would you typically use to lock a user account? (Select two. Each answer represents an independent solution.)
usermod passwd
The user emcmann has been transferred from the accounts payable department. She was assigned to several secondary groups that gave her rights to sensitive files and systems. You need to remove her from all her current secondary groups right away. Enter the command that will remove emcmann from all her secondary groups. (typed)
usermod -G "" emcmann
You have just created the lsmith user account and need to assign this new user to the secondary groups admin and acct. Enter the command you would use to add lsmith to the admin and acct secondary groups. (typed)
usermod -G admin,acct Ismith
One of your users, Karen Scott, has recently married and is now Karen Jones. She has requested that her username be changed from kscottto kjones, but no other values change. Which of the following commands will accomplish this?
usermod -I kjones kscott (Lower L | -l = change username, -u = UID)
You have performed an audit and have found active accounts for employees who no longer work for the company. You want to disable those accounts. What command example will disable a user account?
usermod -L joer (-l = username, -d = new home dire, -u = UID)
You need to modify the group membership for the user gmyrick to add the staff group to his list of secondary group memberships. He needs to keep his existing secondary group memberships. Which command option will add gmyrick to the staff group without removing him from the other groups?
usermod -aG staff gmyrick (Remember capital G)
A programmer named Brandon calls with an issue. He is currently using the C shell each time he logs in, but has been told by his manager to start using the Bash shell. Which command will change brandon's shell to the desired setting?
usermod -s /bin/bash brandon (-s = default shell)
You are preparing to use a logical volume with LVM. Which of the following commands creates a volume group named backup on the third disk in the system?
vgcreate backup /dev/sdc (not: vgcreate /dev/sdc backup)
You are using LVM on your Linux system to manage the existing volumes. After adding and initializing the fourth hard drive to the system and creating a physical volume, what command should you use to add it to the backup volume group? (typed)
vgextend ("add")
You need to create a new text file with the name network, txtin the current directory. Which command starts vi and creates the file?
vi network.txt
What do you enter at the command prompt to edit the /etc/sudoers file? (typed)
visudo
You need to block all users from logging in to the Linux system while you resolve a serious issues. You first need to force all active users to logout. Type the command you would enter to display a list of all active users? (typed)
w
At the command prompt, how would you enter a command that will print the line count, word count, and byte count respectively in the /home/gshant/servepath file? (typed)
wc /home/gshant/servepath (-c= bytes, -m-character, -l= line count, -w=word count)
You use a program on your Linux system named photorec. What would you enter at the command prompt to display the path to the photorec binary file? (typed)
which photorec
Which type of looping script executes while a condition is true? (typed)
while (executes "while" a condition)
Which component of the X Window System controls the placement and appearance of windows on a Linux computer? (typed)
window manager (singular)
Which command overcomes the 128 KB shell command size restriction by breaking up long lists of arguments? (typed)
xargs
You are using XFree86 for your X server graphical environment. The X server is configured and working, and you want to make changes to the mouse and keyboard settings. Which graphical utility can you run to make these changes?
xf86cfg xf86config = is for text based
You have installed a new monitor on your system and you want to start using an XFree86 graphical environment. You have been using the command line and text-based utilities up to this point. Which utility can you use to configure a graphical environment on your system?
xf86config xf86cfg = for graphical
You have an xfs file system in your Linux computer. You need to display the XFS file system parameters, such as the block size and inode data structures. Which of the following commands should you use? (Select two. Each answer is an independent solution.)
xfs_info xfs_growfs -n
You have an XFS file system in your Linux system represented by /dev/sdb1. You need to copy all the filenames on the drive to the /reviewxfs file. You must be able to read the filenames in the /reviewxfs file. Which of the following commands should you use?
xfs_metadump -o /dev/sdbl /reviewxfs (-o= shows filenames)
Which of the following is an advantage of xinetd over inetd?
xinetd uses separate configuration files for each managed service.
You have an X Window System graphical environment configured and working, and you want to make changes to the mouse and keyboard settings. Which graphical utility can you run to make these changes?
xorgcfg
You have installed a new monitor on your system and you want to start using an X Window System graphical environment. You have been using the command line and text-based utilities up to this point. Which utility can you use to configure the graphical environment on your system?
xorgconfig
