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Linux 9-16 Exams

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Exam 9

CORRECT- See Section 9.2


The echo command:

 ✔ Used to output text to the console.

CORRECT- See Section 9.2


A file starts with #!/bin/csh. This means:

 ✔ Execution of the script will invoke /bin/csh to interpret the


rest of the file.

CORRECT- See Section 9.3


Most nano commands take the form of:

 ✔ Control and other character

CORRECT- See Section 9.4.2


What does this shell script do? FOO=/tmp/foo if [ ! -d $FOO ];
then mkdir $FOO fi

 ✔ Create /tmp/foo if it does not exist.

CORRECT- See Section 9.4.1


Given the following part of the script: if [ -f $1 ]; then echo "I am
here" fi What is the meaning of $1?

 ✔ This is the first argument passed to the script.

CORRECT- See Section 9.4.1


Given the following command sequence running through
./test.sh hello goodbye: if [ -f $2 ]; then echo "I am here" fi When
will "I am here" be printed?
 ✔ If a file named "goodbye" exists in the current directory.

CORRECT- See Section 9.4.1


What is the correct way to assign the word "Hello" to a
variable?

 ✔ A="Hello"

CORRECT- See Section 9.4.1


What is the correct way to save the current directory to a
variable?

 ✔ A=`pwd`.

CORRECT- See Section 9.4.1


Which shell command accepts user keyboard input?

 ✔ read

CORRECT- See Section 9.4.1


What information is contained in $? ?

 ✔ The output code of the above command.

Exam 10

CORRECT- See Section 10.2


A CPU flag...

 ✔...defines the features supported by the CPU.

CORRECT- See Section 10.2


64 bit platforms can access more memory than 32 bit platforms.
True or false?
 ✔ True

CORRECT- See Section 10.3


Which command displays SMBIOS information?

 ✔ dmidecode

CORRECT- See Section 10.5


A partition of a hard disk drive can be referred to as a/an _______.

 ✔ partition

CORRECT- See Section 10.5


The fdisk command is a tool used to work with disks with an
MBR partition. True or false?

 ✔ True

CORRECT- See Section 10.5


Which of the following is the valid device file name for the first
IDE hard disk in the system?

 ✔/dev/hda

Exam 11

CORRECT- See Section 11.2.2


What does the acronym RPM stand for?

 RPM Package Management

CORRECT- See Section 11.2


One way to install new software on a Linux system is to use a
package management system. True or false?
 ✔ True

CORRECT- See Section 11.9


When you run the dmesg command, the system displays the
messages that are generated by the kernel. True or false?

 ✔ True

CORRECT- See Section 11.3


The /proc directory contains a subdirectory for each process
present on the system. True or false?

 ✔ True

CORRECT- See Section 11.3


The process identifier (PID) of the init process is

 ✔ 1

CORRECT- See Section 11.7


The free command displays statistics about:

 ✔ Memory usage.

CORRECT- See Section 11.5


The process (ps) command displays only the processes running
in the current shell by default. True or false?

 ✔ True

CORRECT- See Section 11.8


Which directory normally contains the log files?

 ✔/var/log
CORRECT- See Section 11.8
Which log file contains the messages regarding authentication
and authorization?

 ✔ secure

CORRECT- See Section 11.8


All log files contain text data only. True or false?

 ✔ False

Exam 12

CORRECT- See Section 12.2


Which of the following would be considered a host?

 ✔ A printer connected to the network via an IP address.

CORRECT- See Section 12.2


A service is ...

 ✔...a feature provided by one computer to another.

CORRECT- See Section 12.3


Only servers have host names. True or false?

 ✔ False

CORRECT- See Section 12.3


Which of the following protocols defines how network
communication works?
 ✔ TCP/IP

CORRECT- See Section 12.6.1


The name of the network devices with primary cables is ether0.
True or false?

 ✔ False

CORRECT- See Section 12.6.1


Which of the following commands will display the ID address of
your machine?

 ✔ ifconfig

WRONG- See Section 12.6.7


Which of the following commands will allow you to log in to a
remote machine?

 ✗ route

CORRECT- See Section 12.6.4


Which netstat command option contains information displayed
as numbers instead of names?

 ✔-n

CORRECT- See Section 12.6.7


Which of the following commands will allow you to log in to the
server1 machine with the account name nick?

 ✔ ssh nick@server1

WRONG- See Section 12.6.7.1


The RSA fingerprint key allows the dig command to connect to
remote systems. True or false?

 ✗ True

Exam 13

CORRECT- See Section 13.2.2


Which of the users can see the /etc/shadow file?

 ✔ The root user

CORRECT- See Section 13.2.4


Which command will display the UIDs, GIDs and groups to
which your current user belongs?

 ✔ id

CORRECT- See Section 13.1


Each user belongs to at least one group. True or false?

 ✔ True

CORRECT- See Section 13.7


Which command will be displayed to users who are logged into
the system?

 ✔ who

CORRECT- See Section 13.6.1


The sudo command enables regular users to...

 ✔...execute certain commands as the root user.

CORRECT- See Section 13.6.1


The /etc/sudoers file must be edited directly by root with the
visudo command. True or false?

 ✔ True

CORRECT- See Section 13.6.1


Which default editor does the visudo command use?

 ✔ vi

CORRECT- See Section 13.2.4


Which of the following commands will show the group(s) to
which the user belongs?

 ✔ id

CORRECT- See Section 13.3.1


What structure does the /etc/group file follow?

 ✔ group_name:password_placeholder:GID:user_list

CORRECT- See Section 13.3.1


A GID is associated with a group name. True or false?

 ✔ True

Exam 14

CORRECT- See Section 14.7.1


For what type of users are UIDs 1-500 generally reserved?

 ✔ System accounts, such as server processes.

CORRECT- See Section 14.12


If a user is deleted, the files and directories that the user
belongs...
 ✔...it will display a UID as an owner, but not the username.

CORRECT- See Section 14.7.1


Which of the following options for the useradd command allows
the root to specify the UID to be associated with the account?

 ✔-u

CORRECT- See Section 14.7.1


Which of the following options for the useradd command allows
the root to specify the supplementary groups, of which the user
will be a member?

 ✔-G

CORRECT- See Section 14.7.1


On a system that does not use UPG, the useradd command will
also create a user group. For example, user bob, group bob.
True or false?

 ✔ False

CORRECT- See Section 14.7.1


The useradd command will create a home directory by default
for a user. True or false?

 ✔ True

CORRECT- See Section 14.11.1


The usermod command can be used to do all of the following,
except ...

 ✔...change the user's MAX and MIN password settings.

CORRECT- See Section 14.11.1


Which of the following commands will add the extra group to
user bob's groups in addition to bob's current secondary
groups?

 ✔ usermod -aG extra bob

CORRECT- See Section 14.9


For non-root users, the passwd command can only be used to
change the password of the user executing the command. True
or false?

 ✔ True

CORRECT- See Section 14.12


The userdel command ...

 ✔...will delete the user account, but leaves the user's files by
default.

Exam 15

CORRECT- See Section 15.6.2


Which of the following commands sets the "other" permissions
for the file to r-x?

 ✔ chmod o=rx file

CORRECT- See Section 15.6.3


Which of the following commands sets the "other" permissions
for the file to r-x?

 ✔ chmod 775 file

CORRECT- See Section 15.6.2


Only one set (user, group, other) of permissions can be changed
at a time using the symbolic method. True or false?

 ✔ False

CORRECT- See Section 15.5


The chown command can be used to change the owner and
group of a file. True or false?

 ✔ True

CORRECT- See Section 15.6


The sysadmin user will be able to read the file because he is its
owner. ----r--r-- 1 sysadmin group 38270 Sep 2 18:49 file True or
false?

 ✔ False

CORRECT- See Section 15.6.2


The sysadmin user will be able to change the permissions of the
file because he is its owner. ----r--r-- 1 sysadmin group 38270 Sep
2 18:49 file True or false?

 ✔ True

CORRECT- See Section 15.6.3


The octal notation uses the following values for permissions
granted:

 ✔ r = 4, w = 2, x = 1

CORRECT- See Section 15.6


Which of the following permissions would allow all users to
add, view and delete files in a directory?
 ✔ 777

CORRECT- See Section 15.6


A user cannot delete a file if he is not its owner. True or false?

 ✔ False

CORRECT- See Section 15.6


The "execute" permission on a file allows you to:

 ✔ Execute the file as a script.


Exam 16

CORRECT- See Section 16.8


The /tmp directory is a temporary directory and will not exist on
a system at all times. True or false?

 ✔ False

CORRECT- See Section 16.8


The /var directory has files that change over time. True or false?

 ✔ True

CORRECT- See Section 16.6


The "sticky bit" permission...

 ✔...others cannot delete the files of those who do not own a


common directory.

CORRECT- See Section 16.6


Which of the following commands will set "sticky bit" in the
/shared directory ?
 ✔ chmod 1777 /shared

CORRECT- See Section 16.2


The "setuid" permission...

 ✔...allows a command to be executed as the owner of the


file.

CORRECT- See Section 16.2


Which of the following commands will set setuid in the
/usr/bin/program directory?

 ✔ chmod 4755 /usr/bin/program

CORRECT- See Section 16.5


Which of the following commands will set setgid in the /shared
directory ?

 ✔ chmod 2777 /shared

CORRECT- See Section 16.7.3


Deleting a source file will break an associated physical link.
True or false?

 ✔ False

CORRECT- See Section 16.7.3


An origin and a physical link must be part of the same file
system. True or false?

 ✔ True

CORRECT- See Section 16.7.3


Deleting a source file will break an associated symbolic link.
True or false?

 ✔ True

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