Introduction to Linux I Final Comprehensive Exam (Modules 1 – 27)

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Introduction to Linux I Final Comprehensive Exam (Modules 1 – 27)

  1. Question ID 369
    The _____ command displays information about the Linux kernel:

    • kern
    • uname
    • real
    • linux
  2. Question ID 376
    A command can be:
    (choose three)

    • A program built-in to the shell
    • A variable
    • A block
    • A configuration file
    • An alias
    • A function
  3. Question ID 377
    Which of the following are valid command lines?
    (choose two)

    • ls -l /etc
    • ls -/etc
    • -l ls /etc
    • ls /etc -l
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  5. Question ID 390
    The [ ] characters around day in the example cal [-smjy13] [[[day] month] year] means that day is:

    • An option, not an argument
    • Required
    • An argument that must be “day” and nothing else
    • Optional
  6. Question ID 391
    The syntax [-u|–utc|–universal] means:

    • These are required options
    • These three options are different
    • These three options mean the same thing
    • This is invalid syntax
  7. Question ID 396
    If you want to delete a variable, you can run:

    • delete
    • unset
    • clear
    • wipe
  8. Question ID 404
    Local variables are:

    • Only available to the shell they are created in
    • Passed into other shells and commands
    • Are not a valid type of variable
    • Not used by shells at all
  9. Question ID 417
    Which of the following is a valid way to add the /data directory to the existing PATH variable?

    • PATH=$PATH:/data
    • PATH=/data
    • $PATH=/data
    • $PATH=$PATH:/data
  10. Question ID 432
    To view all processes on the system, you can execute:

    • ps -f
    • ps –all
    • ps -e
    • ps
  11. Question ID 433
    In order to run a command called “tough” in the background, you would type:

    • tough@
    • bg tough
    • tough&
    • start -b tough
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  13. Question ID 437
    To send a signal to a set of processes with the same name, you can run:

    • killall
    • grpkill
    • allkill
    • sigkill
  14. Question ID 456
    Which of the following is not used for globbing?

    • #
    • *
    • ?
    • [
  15. Question ID 462
    The command echo ???a will display:

    • Only a file named ???a
    • All of the files in the current directory that have four characters in the file name with the last character being an “a” character.
    • All of the files in the current directory that have four characters in the file name.
    • All of the files in the current directory that end with an “a” character.
  16. Question ID 463
    Which of the following characters can be used to negate (indicate NOT matching the following characters), when placed as the first of a set of characters enclosed in square brackets [] ?
    (choose two)

    • ^
    • ~
    • ?
    • !
  17. Question ID 470
    Which command performs globbing?

    • The display command
    • The bash command
    • The ls command
    • The echo command
  18. Question ID 489
    Which option(s) for the rm command can be used to delete directories that contain files?
    (choose two)

    • -R
    • -D
    • -r
    • -A
  19. Question ID 497
    Which character at the beginning of a long listing indicates a symbolic link?

    • d
    • l
    • c
  20. Question ID 498
    The names of hidden files begin with the ___ character.

    • >
    • +
    • .
    • *
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  22. Question ID 499
    Which option to the ls command will sort the output by size instead of alphabetically?

    • -s
    • -S
    • -r
    • -t
  23. Question ID 513
    gzip and bzip are aliases for the same utility.
    True or False?

    • True
    • False
  24. Question ID 515
    Which option to the bzip2 command can be used to report the compression ratio of an archive?

    • -R
    • -v
    • -l
    • -c
  25. Question ID 516
    Which option to the bzip2 command can be used for recursive compression?

    • bzip2 doesn’t support recursive compression
    • -R
    • -c
    • -v
  26. Question ID 530
    The dd command can be used to create large files the can be used as swap files.
    True or False?

    • True
    • False
  27. Question ID 531
    The dd command can be used to copy entire partitions.
    True or False?

    • True
    • False
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  29. Question ID 545
    This stream is the output of a command operating normally:

    • stdout
    • stdnorm
    • stderr
    • stdin
  30. Question ID 549
    Two or more commands combined with the “|” between them form a:

    • convoy
    • pipeline
    • command line
    • caravan
  31. Question ID 551
    If you want to append a file with the normal output of a command, you can use:

    • 2>>
    • >>
    • >
    • 1>
  32. Question ID 552
    To send the normal and error output of a command to a single file, you can use:

    • &>
    • 1>
    • 2>
    • >
  33. Question ID 558
    Which command will merge two files together line by line?

    • join
    • merge
    • paste
    • combo
  34. Question ID 559
    Which of the following is a non-interactive editor?

    • ed
    • sed
    • vi
    • nano
  35. Question ID 566
    If you want a file to be displayed with its lines numbered, you can use:

    • fmt
    • cut
    • nl
    • number
  36. Question ID 567
    To put the lines of a file in alphabetical order, you can run:

    • paste
    • sort
    • cat
    • uniq
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  38. Question ID 568
    The _____ command provides many options for formatting a file for printing.

    • format
    • header
    • print
    • pr
  39. Question ID 569
    Which regular expression character matches any one character?

    • +
    • .
    • ?
    • *
  40. Question ID 570
    Which regular expression character matches zero or more of the previous character?

    • *
    • +
    • .
    • ?
  41. Question ID 572
    Which of the following regular expression characters is an extended regular expression character?

    • .
    • *
    • $
    • +
  42. Question ID 574
    The regular expression a? is equivalent to:

    • a{0,}
    • a{0,1}
    • a{1,}
    • a{1}
  43. Question ID 578
    To use regular expression characters to match themselves, you cannot:

    • Put the character in the square brackets
    • Use the backslash in front of the character
    • Use the slash in front of the character
    • Use the fgrep command
  44. Question ID 587
    To navigate to the end of the line in vi command mode, you can press:

    • ^
    • #
    • *
    • $
  45. Question ID 588
    To move backward through a vi document, word by word, you press:

    • r
    • w
    • b
    • c
  46. Question ID 592
    To save and then quit, you can type in command mode:

    • :q
    • :wq
    • :WQ
    • :qw
  47. Question ID 600
    If you want to move a character to the left in vi command mode, you can press the left arrow key or:

    • j
    • h
    • k
    • l
  48. Question ID 602
    If you want to move up a line in vi command mode, you can press the up arrow key or:

    • k
    • l
    • h
    • j
  49. Question ID 606
    If a file has permissions that appear as rwxr-x—, what is the octal permission mode of the file?

    • 750
    • 740
    • 650
    • 760
  50. Question ID 608
    The only user with the capability to change the owner of a file is root.
    True or False?

    • True
    • False
  51. Question ID 617
    Assuming everyone has access to the directory the file is in, who can view the contents of a file with permissions of rw-r—-x?

    • Only the group owners
    • Both the user owner and group owners
    • Only the user owner
    • Everyone
    • Nobody
  52. Question ID 619
    To switch to another group, you must:

    • Log off and log back in
    • Log in as the staff user
    • Be logged in graphically
    • Be a member of the group that you are switching to
  53. Question ID 630
    The command, chmod 0777 /data will:

    • Make the /data directory a setuid directory
    • Make the /data directory a sticky bit directory
    • Remove all special permissions
    • Make the /data directory a setgid directory
  54. Question ID 634
    Which of the following are mount options used for disk quotes?
    (choose two)

    • userquota
    • usrquota
    • grpquota
    • groupquota
  55. Question ID 637
    Which command produces a list of users of groups and their quota statistics?

    • quotarpt
    • repquota
    • warnquota
    • quota
  56. Question ID 654
    Which command will remount the /data filesystem using the option from the /etc/fstab file?

    • mount -o mount /data
    • mount -o remount /dev/sda1 /data
    • mount -o remount /data
  57. Question ID 663
    If a user has exceeded the block soft quota and the grace period has expired, what happens?

    • The soft limit becomes a hard limit until the user goes below the soft limit again
    • The user will lose data, as files will be deleted automatically by the kernel.
    • The question is invalid because users cannot exceed block soft quota limits
    • Nothing, the user can still continue to use files as normal
  58. Question ID 665
    Which directories are typically writable to all users?
    (choose two)

    • /tmp
    • /home
    • /var/tmp
    • /
  59. Question ID 671
    To activate a swap space that has been initialized, you can execute:

    • swapoff
    • swapon
    • swapcontrol
    • swapctl
  60. Question ID 683
    Which of the following commands will allow you to backup a partition table to a file and restore it at a later time?

    • ddisk
    • edisk
    • sfdisk
    • pdisk
  61. Question ID 688
    Which of the following commands will allow you to add a physical volume to an existing volume group?

    • vgcreate
    • vgextend
    • vgreduce
    • vgadd
  62. Question ID 697
    If the command you used to unmount a partition fails, which commands can you use to check what is keeping the partition busy?
    (choose two)

    • lsof
    • chkdsk
    • partchk
    • fuser
  63. Question ID 698
    What commands can display a list of mounted file systems?
    (choose two)

    • lspt
    • mount
    • df
    • fdisk
  64. Question ID 699
    The first field in the /etc/fstab file is used to specify:

    • The mount options
    • The dump level
    • The filesystem type
    • The device to mount
    • The mount point
    • The fsck order
  65. Question ID 704
    The sixth field in the /etc/fstab file is used to specify:

    • The filesystem type
    • The device to mount
    • The mount point
    • The fsck order
    • The mount options
    • The dump level
  66. Question ID 710
    Which of the following will mount an ISO file named cdrom.iso?

    • mount -t cdrom cdrom.iso /mntb
    • mount -t ufs cdrom.iso /mnt
    • mount -o loopback cdrom.iso /mnt
    • mount -o loop cdrom.iso /mnt
  67. Question ID 729
    Which option to the du command shows a summary of the space used in a directory structure?

    • -s
    • -h
    • -x
    • -all
  68. Question ID 730
    What determines how many files can be stored in a filesystem?

    • The number of bytes
    • The Superblock size
    • The number of inodes
    • The number of data blocks
  69. Question ID 732
    Which of the following commands will display information about the Superblock?
    (choose two)

    • tune2fs
    • init 0
    • superblk -a
    • dumpe2fs
  70. Question ID 743
    The fsck utility uses which file to determine a filesystem type?

    • /etc/system
    • /etc/fsck
    • /etc/fstab
    • /etc/fsck.config
  71. Question ID 746
    Which command will allow you to determine where the backup superblock is for a filesystem?

    • dumpe2fs
    • e2fsck
    • fsck
    • superblk
  72. Question ID 755
    The output of the ls -l command includes “/etc/grub.conf -> ../boot/grub/grub.conf”. Based on this information, which is the soft link file?

    • ../boot/grub/grub.conf
    • /etc/grub.conf
    • Neither
    • Both
  73. Question ID 766
    If you have 5 hard linked files and you delete four of them including the original one, then:

    • You lose the data from the file
    • The file still exists, but the data in the file is deleted
    • The hard link count goes to 0
    • The data is still available from the remaining file
  74. Question ID 781
    What directory is used as a temporary mount point?

    • /mnt
    • /tmpmnt
    • /etc
    • /xbin
  75. Question ID 792
    Which command needs to be executed after modifying the LILO configuration file?

    • reload
    • redo
    • modconfig
    • lilo
  76. Question ID 796
    In GRUB Legacy, which directive is not typically used after a title directive?
    (choose one)

    • initrd
    • boot
    • kernel
    • root
  77. Question ID 816
    The third stage of the boot process is:

    • The kernel phase
    • The init phase
    • The firmware (BIOS/UEFI) stage
    • The Bootloader (LILO/GRUB) stage
  78. Question ID 818
    The bootloader (GRUB/LILO) loads which of the following components into memory?
    (choose two)

    • The root filesystem
    • The ramdisk
    • The init process
    • The kernel
  79. Question ID 825
    Which runlevel number defines multi-user with no networking services?

    • 3
    • 0
    • 1
    • 5
    • 2
    • 6
    • 4
  80. Question ID 834
    Which of the following commands can be used to reboot the system?
    (choose two)

    • shutdown
    • reboot
    • halt
    • shutdown -r
  81. Question ID 836
    What two differences are there between querying an installed RPM and an RPM package file with the rpm command?
    (choose two)

    • You must use the full filename when querying the package.
    • You must use the full filename when querying the installed RPM.
    • To query the package file, you have to add the -p option.
    • To query the installed RPM, you have to add the -i option.
  82. Question ID 837
    If you use the -f option when performing an rpm query:

    • The command will output a list of the files in the packages.
    • The command will display the full filename of the original package.
    • The command output will wrap at half screen width.
    • The command will show the package that owns a file.
  83. Question ID 839
    If you you have a RPM package file named, figlet-1.1-0.3.i686.rpm, which rpm commands will install it?
    (choose two)

    • rpm -F figlet-1.1-0.3.i686.rpm
    • rpm -U figlet-1.1-0.3.i686.rpm
    • rpm -i figlet-1.1-0.3.i686.rpm
    • rpm -e figlet-1.1-0.3.i686.rpm
  84. Question ID 840
    The rpm2cpio command can be used to:
    (choose two)

    • Extract files from a “.rpm” file
    • List the content of a “.rpm” file
    • Build a binary “.rpm” file from a source “.src.rpm” file
    • Create a new “.rpm” file
  85. Question ID 842
    Which two directories are automatically searched for shared libraries?
    (choose two)

    • /usr/lib
    • /lib
    • /library
    • /usr/library
  86. Question ID 843
    Which command will remove all files that belong to a Debian package?

    • apt-get uninstall
    • apt-get purge
    • apt-get remove
    • apt-get erase
  87. Question ID 845
    Which command will update the list of available packages for APT?

    • apt-get upgrade
    • apt-get update
    • apt-cache update
    • apt-cache upgrade
  88. Question ID 851
    How can you determine the Debian package that owns a file?

    • dpkg -S
    • dpkg -f
    • dpkg -o
    • dpkg -i
  89. Question ID 856
    Which command may be used to get a list of the installed Debian packages?

    • apt-get list
    • dpkg -L
    • apt-get show
    • dpkg -l
  90. Question ID 860
    Which two commands will show detailed information about a Debian package?
    (choose two)

    • apt-cache show
    • dpkg -s
    • apt-cache info
    • dpkg -i
  91. Question ID 862
    Which command is used to display the shared libraries of a dynamically linked executable?

    • ldd
    • ldlist
    • ldconfig
    • ld.so
  92. Question ID 864
    Which command will check the integrity of an RPM file?

    • rpm -qKp
    • rpm -qCp
    • rpm -qcp
    • rpm -qkp
  93. Question ID 870
    Which two characters do you use to tell the command that you are finished providing options and that the remaining data on the command line is arguments?

    • **
    • &&
    • ||
  94. Question ID 872
    The _____ option to the uname command will display the kernel name.

    • -s
    • -x
    • -n
    • -k
  95. Question ID 876
    Special file man pages are typically located in section ____.

    • 4
    • 2
    • 3
    • 1
  96. Question ID 877
    System Administration man pages are typically located in section ___.

    • 8
    • 6
    • 7
    • 9
  97. Question ID 878
    Shell command man pages are typically located in section ___.

    • 4
    • 1
    • 3
    • 2
  98. Question ID 879
    An absolute path always starts with which character?

    • ~
    • /
    • .
  99. Question ID 884
    Which file can you place in your home directory to be executed when you log off the system?

    • ~/.bashrc
    • /etc/bashrc
    • ~/.bash_profile
    • ~/.bash_logout
  100. Question ID 886
    The _____ command will list the commands that are running in your terminal.

    • ls
    • ps
    • proc
    • list
  101. Question ID 890
    To set a priority value lower than 0, you must log in as which user?

    • The root user
    • Any user account
    • No user can specify a priority lower than 0
    • The adm user
  102. Question ID 894
    Which glob character matches “exactly one character”?

    • [
    • *
    • ?
    • .
  103. Question ID 898
    By default, using the touch command on an existing file will update the file’s _____.

    • Type
    • Permissions
    • Timestamp
    • Ownership
  104. Question ID 907
    Which option to the find command will execute a command on each matching file without prompting the user?

    • -ok
    • -print
    • -ls
    • -exec
  105. Question ID 909
    Which option to the find command will search by name using a case-insensitive match?

    • -inum
    • -insen
    • -iname
    • -i
  106. Question ID 910
    Which of the following commands will take the standard output of the ls and put it into the /tmp/output.txt file:

    • ls | /tmp/output.txt
    • ls 2 | /tmp/output
    • ls 2> /tmp/output.txt
    • ls > /tmp/output.txt
  107. Question ID 914
    The ____ option can be used with the edquota command to copy the quota limits from one user account to another.

    • -u
    • -c
    • -p
    • -d
  108. Question ID 922
    A system that contains Linux as well as a Microsoft Windows operating system is called a:

    • Multi environment system
    • This sort of system cannot exist
    • Dual boot system
    • A file base system
  109. Question ID 923
    In what directory are you most likely to find user’s home directories?

    • /home
    • /usr/third
    • /var/lib
    • /usr/local
  110. Question ID 924
    Virtual memory is also referred to as:

    • Swap memory
    • Test memory
    • Hard memory
    • Soft memory
  111. Question ID 925
    Which directory structure has directories which may have heavy activity for services like mail, ftp, httpd and printing?

    • /var
    • /rootfs
    • /root
    • /home
  112. Question ID 933
    After running fdisk -cu /dev/sdb, what fdisk command will allow you to save changes and quit?

    • q
    • w
    • f
    • g
  113. Question ID 934
    Which command is used to create a logical volume?

    • lvadd
    • createlv
    • create
    • lvcreate
  114. Question ID 956
    Which option to the tune2fs command will change the space reserved for system use?

    • -M
    • -r
    • -R
    • -m
  115. Question ID 960
    Which option to the du command will allow you to specify a subdirectory to not include in the results?

    • –exclude
    • –noinclude
    • -e
    • -x
  116. Question ID 968
    Which option to the fsck command forces a system check?

    • -f
    • -FF
    • -F
    • -ff
  117. Question ID 969
    Which option to the fsck command will allow you to specify the filesystem type?

    • -T
    • -f
    • -F
    • -t
  118. Question ID 970
    Which option to the e2fsck command allows you to specify an alternative superblock?

    • -a
    • -d
    • -b
    • -c
  119. Question ID 973
    Which type of link can be made to a file on another filesystem, hard or soft?

    • hard
    • soft
  120. Question ID 974
    Which type of link can be made to directories, hard or soft?

    • hard
    • soft
  121. Question ID 978
    When viewing a file with the ls -l command, which character represents a file type of soft link?

    • l
    • d
    • f
  122. Question ID 981
    Which directory is used to store the kernel?

    • /kernel
    • /
    • /etc
    • /boot
  123. Question ID 982
    Which directory is used to store temporary files?

    • /etc
    • /temp
    • /
    • /tmp
  124. Question ID 987
    What is the full path to the LILO configuration file?

    • /boot/lilo.conf
    • /etc/lilo.conf
    • /var/lilo
    • /etc/lilo
  125. Question ID 988
    To use an encrypted password in the GRUB Legacy configuration file, use the _____ option to the password directive.

    • –crypt
    • –secure
    • –encrypt
    • –md5
  126. Question ID 990
    The primary configuration file for the GRUB 2 on a Fedora system is _____.

    • /boot/grub/grub.cfg
    • /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
    • /boot/grub2.cfg
    • /boot/grub/grub2.cfg
  127. Question ID 1004
    The first process that the kernel launches is called the _____ process.

    • init
    • startx
    • kernel
    • sys
  128. Question ID 1005
    The program that first starts the boot process is called the _____.

    • boot
    • bootloader
    • start
    • exec
  129. Question ID 1012
    Which of the following are benefits of a shared library:
    (choose two)

    • Programs can be smaller
    • Programs run faster
    • Programs use a more consistent base of code
    • Programs run slower
  130. Question ID 1014
    Which of the following contents is in the ldconfig configuration file by default?

    • include /etc/ldconfig
    • include ldconfig
    • include all
    • include ld.so.conf.d/*.conf
  131. Question ID 1015
    Which of the following commands would display the libraries used by the /bin/ls command?

    • ldd /bin/ls
    • ls -lib /bin/ls
    • ldconfig /bin/ls
    • listlib /bin/ls
  132. Question ID 1019
    The same set of services are started or stopped at different runlevels.
    True or False?

    • True
    • False
  133. Question ID 1024
    Which is the default runlevel for Debian based Linux systems?

    • 3
    • 2
    • 5
    • 4
  134. Question ID 1028
    Which of the following is not a Linux boot system?

    • bootup
    • init
    • upstart
    • systemd
  135. Question ID 1029
    Which file is overwritten at the end of each boot process with the messages that were generated while booting?

    • /var/log/dmesg
    • /var/log/dmsg
    • /var/msg/dmesg
    • /var/tmp/dmesg
  136. Question ID 1035
    Which command is used to view the summary of the RAM and swap space?

    • lsmem
    • du
    • iostat
    • free
  137. Question ID 1038
    Coldplug devices are devices that are connected when the power is off.
    True or False?

    • True
    • False
  138. Question ID 1042
    Which of the following commands is used to view the network interface controller connected on the PCI bus?

    • lspci
    • lsmod
    • lsusb
    • lsnet
  139. Question ID 1047
    HALD is the abbreviation for:

    • Hardware Attribute Layer Daemon
    • Hardware Availability Layer Daemon
    • Hardware Abstraction Layer Driver
    • Hardware Abstraction Layer Daemon
  140. Question ID 1048
    What is the notification mechanism used to inform programs about a change in state of hardware devices?

    • HALD uses dbus to send notifications
    • Programs query HALD directly
    • DBUS forwards queries from programs to HALD
    • DBUS sends notifications to HALD