010-160 Practice Questions
105 real 010-160 exam questions with expert-verified answers and explanations. Page 1 of 3.
- Question #1The Linux Operating System
What are the differences between hard disk drives and solid state disks? (Choose two correct answers.)
HDD vs SSDstorage hardwaredisk technology - Question #2The Linux Operating System
Reverse DNS assigns hostnames to IP addresses. How is the name of the IP address 198.51.100.165 stored on a DNS server?
reverse DNSPTR recordDNS recordsin-addr.arpa - Question #3The Linux Operating System
Which of the following types of bus can connect hard disk drives with the motherboard?
SATA busstorage interfaceshardware components - Question #4The Linux Community and a Career in Open Source
Members of a team already have experience using Red Hat Enterprise Linux. For a small hobby project, the team wants to set up a Linux server without paying for a subscription. Whic...
Linux distributionsCentOSRed HatRHEL compatibility - Question #5The Power of the Command Line
What information can be displayed by top?
top commandprocess monitoringsystem resources - Question #6The Linux Operating System
Which of the following commands can be used to resolve a DNS name to an IP address?
DNS resolutionhost commandnetwork tools - Question #7The Power of the Command Line
Which of the following outputs comes from the command free?
free commandmemory usageRAM monitoring - Question #8The Linux Operating System
What is true about the dmesg command? (Choose two correct answers.)
dmesgkernel ring buffersystem logs - Question #9Security and File Permissions
Which of the following outputs could stem from the command last?
last commandlogin historyuser sessions - Question #10Security and File Permissions
What is the UID of the user root?
root userUIDuser accounts - Question #11Security and File Permissions
Which permissions are set on a regular file once the permissions have been modified with the command chmod 654 file.txt?
chmodoctal permissionsfile permissions - Question #12Security and File Permissions
What is true about the owner of a file?
file ownershipuser and groupfile metadata - Question #13Security and File Permissions
Which of the following permissions are set on the /tmp/ directory?
sticky bit/tmp directoryspecial permissions - Question #14Security and File Permissions
Which command adds the new user tux and creates the user's home directory with default configuration files?
useradduser managementhome directory - Question #15Security and File Permissions
What information is stored in /etc/passwd? (Choose three correct answers.)
/etc/passwduser account fieldspassword file - Question #16The Power of the Command Line
Which of the following tar options handle compression? (Choose two correct answers.)
tar compressiongzipbzip2archive options - Question #17The Power of the Command Line
Which of the following commands creates an archive file work.tar from the contents of the directory ./work/?
tar commandarchive creationtar options - Question #18Finding Your Way on a Linux System
Which of the following keys can be pressed to exit less?
less pagernavigation keystext viewing - Question #19The Power of the Command Line
The current directory contains the following file: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 859688 Feb 7 08:15 test.sh Which of the following commands can delete this file? (Choose two correct answe...
rm commandsudofile deletion - Question #20The Power of the Command Line
Given that the file is a valid shell script, how can this script be executed? (Choose two correct answers.)
shell script executionbashscript permissions - Question #21The Power of the Command Line
Which of the following commands sorts the output of the command export-logs?
pipesshell operatorsredirectioncommand chaining - Question #22The Power of the Command Line
A directory contains the following files: a.txt b.txt c.cav What would be the output of the following shell script? for file in * .txt do echo $file done
shell scriptingfor loopglob patternsshell expansion - Question #23Finding Your Way on a Linux System
Which of the following commands will search for the file foo.txt under the directory /home?
find commandfile searchcommand syntaxpath search - Question #24Security and File Permissions
The current directory contains the following file: -rw-r--r-- 1 root exec 24551 Apr 2 12:36 test.sh The file contains a valid shell script, but executing this file using ./test.sh...
file permissionsexecute bitchmodshell scripts - Question #25The Linux Operating System
What is a Linux distribution?
Linux distributionkerneloperating systemopen source - Question #26The Linux Operating System
Which package management tool is used in Red Hat-based Linux Systems?
package managementRPMRed Hatyum - Question #27The Linux Community and a Career in Open Source
Which of the following programs is a graphical editor for vector graphics?
open source softwareInkscapevector graphicsdesktop applications - Question #28The Linux Operating System
Where is the operating system of a Raspberry Pi stored?
Raspberry Piembedded LinuxSD cardhardware - Question #29The Linux Community and a Career in Open Source
What is defined by a Free Software license?
open source licensesfree softwareGPLsoftware distribution - Question #30Security and File Permissions
Why are web browser cookies considered dangerous?
web securitybrowser cookiesprivacyuser tracking - Question #31The Linux Operating System
Which of the following are typical services offered by public cloud providers? (Choose three correct answers.)
cloud computingPaaSIaaSSaaS - Question #32Finding Your Way on a Linux System
Which of the following characters in a shell prompt indicates the shell is running with root privileges?
shell promptroot usercommand linebash - Question #33Finding Your Way on a Linux System
Which of the following commands are used to get information on the proper use of ls? (Choose two correct answers.)
man pagesinfo commanddocumentationhelp system - Question #34Finding Your Way on a Linux System
What is true about a recursive directory listing?
ls commandrecursive listingdirectory contentsfile listing - Question #35Finding Your Way on a Linux System
Running the command rm Downloads leads to the following error: rm: cannot remove `Downloads/': Is a directory Which of the following commands can be used instead to remove Download...
rmdirrm commanddirectory removalfile management - Question #36Finding Your Way on a Linux System
Which of the following directories contains information, documentation and example configuration files for installed software packages?
filesystem hierarchy/usr/share/docdocumentationFHS - Question #37The Power of the Command Line
Which of the following commands adds the directory /new/dir/ to the PATH environment variable?
PATH variableenvironment variablesexport commandshell configuration - Question #38Finding Your Way on a Linux System
A user is currently in the directory /home/user/Downloads/ and runs the command ls ../../Documents/ Assuming it exists, which directory's content is displayed?
relative pathspath traversaldirectory navigationdot-dot notation - Question #39The Power of the Command Line
A directory contains the following three files: texts 1.txt texts 2.txt texts 3.csv Which command copies the two files ending in .txt to the /tmp/ directory?
glob patternswildcardscp commandfile selection - Question #40Security and File Permissions
The following line is found in which system file? root:x:0:0::/root:/bin/bash
/etc/passwduser accountssystem filesuser database - Question #41Security and File Permissions
Given the following directory permissions: drwxrwxrwt 14 root root 36864 2012-03-02 11:17 /tmp What does the letter t at the end of drwxrwxrwt indicate?
sticky bitdirectory permissionsfile ownership/tmp - Question #42Security and File Permissions
When a new user is added, where does the user ID get stored?
user management/etc/passwduser ID storageuser accounts - Question #43Security and File Permissions
Which statement about users and user groups is correct?
user groupsgroup membershipuser managementLinux users - Question #44Security and File Permissions
Which one of the following statements concerning Linux passwords is true?
password storageencryption/etc/shadowLinux security - Question #45The Linux Community and a Career in Open Source
Which one of the following statements concerning the General Public License (GPL) is true?
GPLopen source licensessoftware freedomsource code availability - Question #46The Linux Operating System
What is the preferred source for the installation of new applications?
package managementpackage repositorysoftware installationLinux distributions - Question #47Finding Your Way on a Linux System
Which of the following can be used to access the command line?
terminalcommand lineCLI accessshell - Question #48The Linux Operating System
Which Linux distribution is used as a basis for the creation of Ubuntu Linux?
Linux distributionsUbuntuDebiandistribution families - Question #49The Linux Operating System
Which of the following programs is not a graphical web browser?
web browserstext-based browsersLinksgraphical applications - Question #50The Linux Operating System
Which of the following software packages is an e-mail server?
email serverPostfixserver softwarenetwork services