Linux Professional Institute LPIC-1 101-500 Study Material

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1. Which of the following are valid stream redirection operators within Bash? (Choose THREE correct answers.)

<<<

>>>

2. Which of the following are init systems used within Linux systems? (Choose THREE correct answers.)

startd

systemd

Upstart

SysInit

SysV init

3. Which of the following commands determines the type of a file by using a definition database file which contains information about all common file types?

magic

type

file

pmagic

hash

4. Which of the following commands prints a list of available package updates when using RPM-based package management?

dpkg list

yum list

dpkg check-update

yum check-update

yum list-update

5. CORRECT TEXT

What command changes the nice level of a running process? (Specify ONLY the command without any path or parameters)

6. Which of the following commands can be used to download the RPM package kernel without installing it?

yum download --no-install kernel

yumdownloader kernel

rpm --download --package kernel

rpmdownload kernel

7. Which of the following commands list all files and directories within the /tmp/ directory and its subdirectories which are owned by the user root? (Choose two.)

find /tmp Cuser root -print

find Cpath /tmp Cuid root

find /tmp Cuid root -print

find /tmp Cuser root

find Cpath /tmp Cuser root -print

8. Which of the following commands converts spaces in a file to tab characters and prints the result to standard output?

iconv

expand

unexpand

tab

9. Which of the following properties of a Linux system should be changed when a virtual machine is cloned? (Choose two.)

The partitioning scheme

The file system

The D-Bus Machine ID

The permissions of /root/

The SSH host keys

10. Which of the following commands prints a list of usernames (first column) and their primary group (fourth column) from the /etc/passwd file?

fmt -f 1,4 /etc/passwd

split -c 1,4 /etc/passwd

cut -d : -f 1,4 /etc/passwd

paste -f 1,4 /etc/passwd

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11. What information can the lspci command display about the system hardware? (Choose THREE correct answers.)

Device IRQ settings

PCI bus speed

System battery type

Device vendor identification

Ethernet MAC address

12. Which of the following is true when a file system, which is neither listed in /etc/fstab nor known to system, is mounted manually?

systemd ignores any manual mounts which are not done using the systemctl mount command

The command systemctl mountsync can be used to create a mount unit based on the existing mount

systemd automatically generates a mount unit and monitors the mount point without changing it

Unless a systemd mount unit is created, systemd unmounts the file system after a short period of time

systemctl unmount must be used to remove the mount because system opens a file descriptor on the mount point

13. Which of the following environment variables overrides or extends the list of directories holding shared libraries?

LD_LOAD_PATH

LD_LIB_PATH

LD_LIBRARY_PATH

LD_SHARE_PATH

LD_RUN_PATH

14. Which of the following commands will NOT update the modify timestamp on the file /tmp/myfile.txt?

file /tmp/myfile.txt

echo "Hello" >/tmp/myfile.txt

sed -ie "s/1/2/" /tmp/myfile.txt

echo -n "Hello" >>/tmp/myfile.txt

touch/tmp/myfile.txt

15. CORRECT TEXT

Which option to the yum command will update the entire system? (Specify ONLY the option name without any additional parameters.)

16. What does the command mount --bind do?

It makes the contents of one directory available in another directory

It mounts all available filesystems to the current directory

It mounts all user mountable filesystems to the user’s home directory

It mounts all file systems listed in /etc/fstab which have the option userbind set

It permanently mounts a regular file to a directory

17. In Bash, inserting 1>&2 after a command redirects

standard error to standard input.

standard input to standard error.

standard output to standard error.

standard error to standard output.

standard output to standard input.

18. Which of the following commands lists all currently installed packages when using RPM

package management?

yum --query --all

yum --list --installed

rpm --query --all

rpm --list Cinstalled

19. Which of the following sequences in the vi editor saves the opened document and exits the editor? (Choose TWO correct answers.)

esc ZZ

ctrl :w!

esc zz

esc :wq!

ctrl XX

20. Which of the following examples for Bash file globbing matches a file named root-can-dothis.txt when used in the directory holding that file? (Choose three correct answers.)

root*can?do-this.{txt,odt}

r[oOoO]t-can-do*.txt

{root,user,admin}-can-??-this.txt

root*can*do??this.txt

root***{can,may}-do-this.[tT][xX][tT]

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21. Topic 2, Linux Installation and Package Management

Which RPM command will output the name of the package which supplied the file /etc/exports?

rpm -F /etc/exports

rpm -qf /etc/exports

rpm -Kl /etc/exports

rpm -qp /etc/exports

rpm -qi/etc/exports

22. CORRECT TEXT

Which command displays the current disk space usage for all mounted file systems? (Specify ONLY the command without any path or parameters.)

23. Which of the following commands will change all CR-LF pairs in an imported text file, userlist.txt, to Linux standard LF characters and store it as newlist.txt?

tr ‘r
’ ‘’ < userlist.txt > newlist.txt

tr Cc ‘
r’ ‘’ < newlist.txt > userlist.txt

tr Cd ‘r’ < userlist.txt > newlist.txt

tr ‘r’ ‘
’ userlist.txt newlist.txt

tr Cs ‘^M’ ‘^J’ userlist.txt newlist.txt

24. Which run levels should never be declared as the default run level when using SysV init? (Choose TWO correct answers.)

25. CORRECT TEXT

To prevent users from being able to fill up the / partition, the ____________ directory should be on a separate partition if possible because it is world writeable.

26. What does the command mount -a do?

It ensures that all file systems listed with the option noauto in /etc/fstab are mounted.

It shows all mounted file systems that have been automatically mounted.

It opens an editor with root privileges and loads /etc/fstab for editing.

It ensures that all file systems listed with the option auto in /etc/fstab are mounted.

It ensures that all file systems listed in /etc/fstab are mounted regardless of their options.

27. The command dbmaint & was used to run dbmaint in the background. However, dbmaint is terminated after logging out of the system.

Which alternative dbmaint invocation lets dbmaint continue to run even when the user running the program logs out?

job Cb dmaint

dbmaint &>/dev/pts/null

nohup dbmaint &

bg dbmaint

wait dbmaint

28. After successfully creating a hard link called bar to the ordinary file foo, foo is deleted from the filesystem.

Which of the following describes the resulting situation?

foo and bar would both be removed.

foo would be removed while bar would remain accessible.

foo would be removed. bar would still exist but would be unusable.

Both foo and bar would remain accessible.

The user is prompted whether bar should be removed, too.

29. Which of the following statements is correct for a command line ending with a & character?

The command’s output is redirected to/dev/null.

The result of the command defines if the next command will be run.

Thecommand is run in background of the current shell.

The command is run as a direct child of theinitprocess.

30. In a nested directory structure, which find command line option would be used to restrict the command to searching down a particular number of subdirectories?

-dirmax

-maxdepth

-maxlevels

-n

-s

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31. What is the purpose of the xargs command?

It passes arguments to an X server.

It reads standard input (STDIN) and builds up command lines to execute.

It helps shellscripts take variable argument lists.

It asks a question, graphically, and returns the answer to the shell.

It allows users to specify long options for commands that normally only accept short options.

32. When given the following command line.

echo "foo bar" | tee bar | cat Which of the following output is created?

cat

foo bar

tee bar

bar

foo

33. Which of the following commands set the sticky bit for the directory /tmp? (Choose TWO correct answers.)

chmod +s /tmp

chmod +t /tmp

chmod 1775 /tmp

chmod 4775 /tmp

chmod 2775 /tmp

34. CORRECT TEXT

Which command shows all shared libraries required by a binary executable or another shared library? (Specify ONLY the command without any path or parameters.)

35. Which of the following are modes of the vi editor? (Choose two.)

edit mode

insert mode

change mode

review mode

command mode

36. Which function key is used to start Safe Mode in Windows NT?

F10

Windows NT does not support Safe Mode

37. What is the effect of the egrep command when the -v option is used?

It enables color to highlight matching parts.

It only outputs non-matching lines.

It shows the command's version information.

It changes the output order showing the last matching line first.

38. You want to preview where the package file, apache-xml.i386.rpm, will install its files before installing it.

What command do you issue?

rpm -qp apache-xml.i386.rpm

rpm -qv apache-xml.i386.rpm

rpm -ql apache-xml.i386.rpm

rpm -qpl apache-xml.i386.rpm

39. After moving data to a new filesystem, how can the former path of the data be kept intact in order to avoid reconfiguration of existing applications? (Choose TWO correct answers.)

By creating an ACL redirection from the old to the new path of the data.

By creatinga hard link from the old to the new path of the data.

By creating a symbolic link from the old to the new path of the data.

By running the command touch on the old path.

By mounting the new filesystem on the original path of the data.

40. When considering the use of hard links, what are valid reasons not to use hard links?

Hard links are not available on all Linux systems because traditional filesystems, such as ext4, do not support them

Each hard link has individual ownership, permissions and ACLs which can lead to unintended disclosure of file content

Hard links are specific to one filesystem and cannot point to files on another filesystem

If users other than root should be able to create hard links, suln has to be installed and configured

When a hard linked file is changed, a copy of the file is created and consumes additional space

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41. Which of the following commands will print important system information such as the kernel version and machine hardware architecture?

sysinfo

uname

lspci

arch

info

42. What is the maximum niceness value that a regular user can assign to a process with the nice command when executing a new process?

43. CORRECT TEXT

Which command is used to create and initialize the files used to store quota information?

(Specify ONLY the command without any path or parameters.)

44. In the vi editor, how can commands such as moving the cursor or copying lines into the buffer be issued multiple times or applied to multiple rows?

By using the command :repeat followed by the number and the command.

By specifying the number right in front of a command such as 4l or 2yj.

By selecting all affected lines using the shift and cursor keys before applying the command.

By issuing a command such as :set repetition=4 which repeats every subsequentcommand 4 times.

45. Which of the following kernel parameters instructs the kernel to suppress most boot messages?

silent

verbose=0

nomesg

quiet

46. Topic 5, New Questions Mix

What is true regarding the configuration of yum? (Choose two.)

Changes to the repository configuration become active after running yum confupdate

Changes to the yum configuration become active after restarting the yumd service

The configuration of package repositories can be divided into multiple files

Repository configurations can include variables such as $basearch or $releasever

In case /etc/yum.repos.d/ contains files, /etc/yum.conf is ignored

47. Which of the following command sets the Bash variable named TEST with the content FOO?

set TEST="FOO"

TEST = "FOO"

var TEST="FOO"

TEST="FOO"

48. What of the following statements are true regarding /dev/ when using udev? (Choose TWO correct answers.)

Entries for all possible devices get created on boot even if those devices are not connected.

Additional rules for udev can be created by adding them to /etc/udev/rules.d/.

When using udev, it is not possible to create block orcharacter devices in /dev/ using mknod.

The /dev/ directory is a filesystem of type tmpfs and is mounted by udev during system startup.

The content of /dev/ is stored in /etc/udev/dev and is restored during system startup.

49. What is the first program the Linux kernel starts at boot time when using System V init?

/lib/init.so

/proc/sys/kernel/init

/etc/rc.d/rcinit

/sbin/init

/boot/init

50. During a system boot cycle, what is the program that is run after the BIOS completes its tasks?

The bootloader

The inetd program

The init program

The kernel

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51. Which of the following commands displays the path to the executable file that would be executed when the command foo is invoked?

lsattr foo

apropos foo

locate foo

whatis foo

which foo

52. Which of the following commands will display the inode usage of each mounted filesystem?

du Ci

df Ci

lsfs Ci

printfs Ci

53. The system is having trouble and the engineer wants to bypass the usual /sbin/init start up and run /bin/sh.

What is the usual way to pass this change to the kernel from your boot loader?

Start in runlevel 1.

Pass init=/bin/sh on the kernel parameter line.

Pass /bin/sh on the kernel parameter line.

Pass start=/bin/sh on the kernel parameter line.

54. What is the first program that is usually started, at boot time, by the Linux kernel when using SysV init?

/lib/init.so

/sbin/init

/etc/rc.d/rcinit

/proc/sys/kernel/init

/boot/init

55. CORRECT TEXT

Which file from the /proc file system contains a list of all currently mounted devices? (Specify ONLY the command without any path or parameters.)

56. Which of the following commands will produce the following output?

jobs

proclist

netstat

57. Which type of filesystem is created by mkfs when it is executed with the block device name only and without any additional parameters?

ext2

ext3

ext4

XFS

VFAT

58. Which of the following commands reboots the system when using SysV init? (Choose TWO correct answers.)

shutdown -r now

shutdown -r "rebooting"

telinit 6

telinit 0

shutdown -k now "rebooting"

59. How is a symbolic link called bar.conf pointing to foo.conf created?

ln Cs foo.conf bar.conf

ln foo.conf bar.conf

ln Cs bar.conf foo.conf

ln bar.conffoo.conf

60. Which of the following is the device file name for the second partition on the only SCSI drive?

/dev/hda1

/dev/sda2

/dev/sd0a2

/dev/sd1p2

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61. Instead of supplying an explicit device in /etc/fstab for mounting, what other options may be used to identify the intended partition? (Choose TWO correct answers.)

FIND

LABEL

NAME

UUID

62. When starting a program with the nice command without any additional parameters, which nice level is set for the resulting process?

-10

63. Which SysV init configuration file should be modified to disable the ctrl-alt-delete key combination?

/etc/keys

/proc/keys

/etc/inittab

/proc/inittab

/etc/reboot

64. You are trying to make a hard link to an ordinary file but ln returns an error.

Which of the following could cause this?

The source file is hidden.

The source file is read-only.

The source file is a shell script.

You do not own the source file.

The source and the target are on different filesystems.

65. You are having some trouble with a disk partition and you need to do maintenance on this partition but your users home directories are on it and several are logged in.

Which command would disconnect the users and allow you to safely execute maintenance tasks?

telinit 1

shutdown -r now

killall -9 inetd

/bin/netstop --maint

/etc/rc.d/init.d/network stop

66. Which of the following options is used in a GRUB Legacy configuration file to define the amount of time that the GRUB menu will be shown to the user?

hidemenu

splash

timeout

showmenu

67. When removing a package, which of the following dpkg options will completely remove the files including configuration files?

--clean

--delete

--purge

Cremove

68. When using regular expressions, which of the following characters match the beginning of a line?

69. What command will generate a list of user names from /etc/passwd along with their login shell?

column -s : 1,7 /etc/passwd

chop -c 1,7 /etc/passwd

colrm 1,7 /etc/passwd

cut -d: -f1,7 /etc/passwd

70. Which of the following options for the kernel's command line changes the systemd boot target to rescue.target instead of the default target?

systemd.target=rescue.target

systemd.runlevel=rescue.target

systemd.service=rescue.target

systemd.default=rescue.target

systemd.unit=rescue.target

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71. What does the command mount -a do?

It mounts all available filesystems onto the current directory.

It shows all mounted filesystems.

It mounts all user mountable filesystems for thecurrent user.

It mounts all filesystems listed in /etc/fstab which have the option auto set.

It mounts all filesystems listed in /etc/fstab which have the option noauto set.

72. Which of the following commands replaces each occurrence of 'bob' in the file letter with 'Bob' and writes the result to the file newletter?

sed '/bob/Bob' letter > newletter

sed s/bob/Bob/ letter < newletter

sed's/bob/Bob' letter > newletter

sed 's/bob/Bob/g' letter > newletter

sed 's/bob, Bob/' letter > newletter

73. Which of the following commands kills the process with the PID 123 but allows the process to "clean up" before exiting?

kill -PIPE 123

kill -KILL 123

kill -STOP 123

kill -TERM 123

74. Which of the following commands is used to update the list of available packages when using dpkg based package management?

apt-get update

apt-get upgrade

apt-cache update

apt-get refresh

apt-cache upgrade

Linux Professional Institute LPIC-1 101-500 Study Material

Linux Professional Institute LPIC-1 101-500 Study Material

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