Linux Essentials practice UPDATED
Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Which section of a man page would contain administrative utilities used by the root user? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 8
If you wanted to disable a second network interface in Linux what command would you enter
at the shell? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ifdown eth1
Which of the following provides binary files containing prewritten code elements or
interfaces that programmers can call when writing Linux programs? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Libraries
Which directory contains file system management utilities such as cp or mv? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- /bin and /usr/bin
What section within a man page would provide a list of man pages or other resources that are
related to the command or utility? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- SEE ALSO
Which of the following services would allow us to use shared network printing? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Samba, CUPS
What directory would the ~ character represent? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The home
directory of our currently logged in user
Which of the following are actual roles of the Linux file system? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- To preserve data integrity, Being able to locate data easily
You have been editing a configuration file using vi. You realize that you've made many
mistakes and need to quit without saving the changes so that you can start over. Which
command will allow you to do this? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- :q!
,Which of the below files will configure the path to the man page's files? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- /etc/man_db.conf
Which of the following sections might give a brief review of the syntax used for a particular
command or utility within a man page? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- SYNOPSIS
What commands will tell us what our IP address is on our Linux system? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- ifconfig, ip addr
We need to find a file named la.txt in our current directory. What command would we use? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- find -name la.txt
You are going to install Linux on a PC that you built out of several spare parts. The
distribution you chose does not list some of your components in its HCL. This machine is
only going to be used for email, spreadsheets, and light office work. What should you do? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The parts not listed in the HCL should be replaced with parts that
are, if possible.
Besides man, what other text-mode utility can you use to get help in Linux? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- info
What file might we look at to view our most recently entered shell commands? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- ~/.bash_history
Which of the following shell commands will load the ssh client and connect as the stephen
user to an ssh server with an IP address of 172.16.10.123? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ssh
stephen@172.16.10.123, ssh -l stephen 172.16.10.123
If we needed to create a symbolic link in your home directory that will link the manual file to
the /usr/share/doc/manual directory. Which command would we do to achieve this? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ln -s /usr/share/doc/manual ~/manual
Which software movement is considered by many to be more radical than the others? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- FSF
, When it comes to bash configuration files, which of the following will be read/executed when
logging into a shell that is considered to be a non-login shell? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
~/.bashrc
You've downloaded an application package that has an extension of .rpm. What is required to
install it on your Linux system? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Red Hat Package Management
System
You need to search for man pages that relate to the Postfix service. Which command will do
this? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- man -k postfix, apropos postfix
You need to search for man pages that relate to the Samba daemon. Which command will do
this? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- man -k smbd, apropos smbd
If we wanted to learn about all the available options for the cd command how might we
display its manual page? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- man cd
What utility allows us to switch users, including the switching to the root user? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- su
You have just added a second network interface to your Linux system. If your first NIC is
aliased as eth0 what is the most likely value of your newly added NIC alias? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- eth1
What Linux server application could you configure in order to provide network database
services? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- MySQL
Which of the following commands would you use to add a default gateway router address of
?10.10.4.254 to your route table? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- route add default gw
10.10.4.254
You have been tasked to install 6 new Linux servers for your organization's legal department.
The head of the legal department asks that 5 additional servers be added to this project. You
are still constrained by the original time schedule for this project. What might be an
appropriate response? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Explain to the department head making
Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Which section of a man page would contain administrative utilities used by the root user? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 8
If you wanted to disable a second network interface in Linux what command would you enter
at the shell? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ifdown eth1
Which of the following provides binary files containing prewritten code elements or
interfaces that programmers can call when writing Linux programs? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Libraries
Which directory contains file system management utilities such as cp or mv? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- /bin and /usr/bin
What section within a man page would provide a list of man pages or other resources that are
related to the command or utility? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- SEE ALSO
Which of the following services would allow us to use shared network printing? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Samba, CUPS
What directory would the ~ character represent? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The home
directory of our currently logged in user
Which of the following are actual roles of the Linux file system? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- To preserve data integrity, Being able to locate data easily
You have been editing a configuration file using vi. You realize that you've made many
mistakes and need to quit without saving the changes so that you can start over. Which
command will allow you to do this? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- :q!
,Which of the below files will configure the path to the man page's files? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- /etc/man_db.conf
Which of the following sections might give a brief review of the syntax used for a particular
command or utility within a man page? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- SYNOPSIS
What commands will tell us what our IP address is on our Linux system? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- ifconfig, ip addr
We need to find a file named la.txt in our current directory. What command would we use? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- find -name la.txt
You are going to install Linux on a PC that you built out of several spare parts. The
distribution you chose does not list some of your components in its HCL. This machine is
only going to be used for email, spreadsheets, and light office work. What should you do? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The parts not listed in the HCL should be replaced with parts that
are, if possible.
Besides man, what other text-mode utility can you use to get help in Linux? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- info
What file might we look at to view our most recently entered shell commands? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- ~/.bash_history
Which of the following shell commands will load the ssh client and connect as the stephen
user to an ssh server with an IP address of 172.16.10.123? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ssh
stephen@172.16.10.123, ssh -l stephen 172.16.10.123
If we needed to create a symbolic link in your home directory that will link the manual file to
the /usr/share/doc/manual directory. Which command would we do to achieve this? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ln -s /usr/share/doc/manual ~/manual
Which software movement is considered by many to be more radical than the others? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- FSF
, When it comes to bash configuration files, which of the following will be read/executed when
logging into a shell that is considered to be a non-login shell? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
~/.bashrc
You've downloaded an application package that has an extension of .rpm. What is required to
install it on your Linux system? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Red Hat Package Management
System
You need to search for man pages that relate to the Postfix service. Which command will do
this? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- man -k postfix, apropos postfix
You need to search for man pages that relate to the Samba daemon. Which command will do
this? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- man -k smbd, apropos smbd
If we wanted to learn about all the available options for the cd command how might we
display its manual page? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- man cd
What utility allows us to switch users, including the switching to the root user? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- su
You have just added a second network interface to your Linux system. If your first NIC is
aliased as eth0 what is the most likely value of your newly added NIC alias? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- eth1
What Linux server application could you configure in order to provide network database
services? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- MySQL
Which of the following commands would you use to add a default gateway router address of
?10.10.4.254 to your route table? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- route add default gw
10.10.4.254
You have been tasked to install 6 new Linux servers for your organization's legal department.
The head of the legal department asks that 5 additional servers be added to this project. You
are still constrained by the original time schedule for this project. What might be an
appropriate response? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Explain to the department head making
