101-500 Exam Questions
420 real 101-500 exam questions with expert-verified answers and explanations. Page 8 of 9.
- Question #424GNU and Unix Commands
Which of the following is a limitation of the cut command?
cut commandtext processingfield selectioncommand limitations - Question #426GNU and Unix Commands
When in Normal mode in vi, which character can be used to begin a reverse search of the text?
vi editorreverse searchtext navigationnormal mode - Question #427Devices, Linux Filesystems, FHS
In compliance with the FHS, in which of the following directories are documentation files found?
FHSdirectory structure/usr/sharedocumentation - Question #428GNU and Unix Commands
Which of the following commands converts spaces in a file to tab characters and prints the result to standard output?
text processingexpand/unexpandwhitespace conversionfile format conversion - Question #429System Architecture
What does the command grub-install /dev/sda do?
GRUB bootloaderboot configurationdevice installationboot process - Question #430System Architecture
Which of the following statements describes a difference between GNU GRUB Legacy and GRUB 2?
GRUBpartition numberingboot loader configurationGRUB Legacy vs GRUB 2 - Question #431Linux Installation and Package Management
Which of the following commands updates the already installed RPM package rpmname?
RPM package updatesrpm -U flagPackage managementLinux packages - Question #432Devices, Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
Which of the following partition types is used for Linux swap spaces when partitioning hard disk drives?
partition typesLinux swapdisk partitioningfdisk - Question #433Linux Installation and Package Management
Which of the following commands prints a list of available package updates when using RPM- based package management?
yum check-updateRPM package managementpackage updatesyum - Question #434Devices, Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
When planning a partition scheme, which of the following directories could be considered for separate partitions? (Choose three.)
Filesystem Hierarchy StandardPartition PlanningDirectory StructureSystem Administration - Question #435Linux Installation and Package Management
How can the list of files that would be installed by the RPM package file apache-xml.rpm be previewed?
RPM query syntaxpackage file inspectionfile listingpackage management - Question #436Linux Installation and Package Management
Which command will uninstall a package but leave its configuration files in case the package is re- installed?
dpkg flagspackage removalconfiguration filespackage management - Question #438Linux Installation and Package Management
Which of the following apt-get commands will install the newest versions of all currently installed packages?
apt-get commandspackage upgradeDebian/Ubuntusystem administration - Question #439GNU and Unix Commands
Which of the following commands will display the inode usage of each mounted filesystem?
df commandinode usagefilesystem usagemounted filesystems - Question #440Devices, Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
Which of the following commands is used to change metadata and options for ext3 filesystems?
tune2fsext3filesystem metadatafilesystem utilities - Question #441Devices, Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
Which of the following are filesystems which can be used on Linux root partitions? (Choose two.)
Linux FilesystemsRoot Partitionext3Filesystem Types - Question #442GNU and Unix Commands
How is a symbolic link called bar.conf pointing to foo.conf created?
symbolic linksln commandfile linkingfilesystem - Question #443Devices, Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
Which of the following is true for hard linked files? (Choose three.)
hard linksinodesfilesystem boundariesfile metadata - Question #444Devices, Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
Which of the following commands will mount an already inserted CD-ROM in /dev/sr0 onto an existing directory /mnt/cdrom when issued with root privileges?
mount commandCD-ROM/optical devicesfilesystem typesdevice mounting - Question #445GNU and Unix Commands
Which chown command will change the ownership to dave and the group to staff on a file named data.txt?
chownfile ownershipuser/group permissionscommand syntax - Question #446GNU and Unix Commands
Which of the following commands is used to modify quota settings? (Choose two.)
disk quotasquota commandsfilesystem limitssystem administration - Question #447GNU and Unix Commands
Which of the following commands enables the setuid (suid) permission on the executable /bin/foo?
setuidchmodspecial permissionsoctal notation - Question #448Devices, Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
Which of the following options must be passed to a filesystem's entry in /etc/fstab in order to mount the file system without root privileges?
fstabfilesystem mountinguser permissionsmount options - Question #449Devices, Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
Which permissions and ownership should the file /etc/passwd have?
File permissionsFile ownershippasswd fileSystem files - Question #451System Architecture
Which of the following commands instructs SysVinit to reload its configuration file?
SysVinittelinit commandinit configurationrunlevels - Question #452System Architecture
Which of the following describes the correct order in which the components of the system boot process are started?
boot processBIOSbootloaderkernel - Question #453System Architecture
Where does the BIOS search for a bootloader?
BIOSbootloaderboot device ordersystem startup - Question #454System Architecture
What is the process ID number of the init process on a SysV init based system?
init processSysV initPIDsystem boot - Question #466Devices, Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
Which umask value ensures that new directories can be read, written and listed by their owning user, read and listed by their owning group and are not accessible at all for everyon...
umaskfile permissionsdirectory permissionsLinux permissions - Question #467Devices, Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
Which is the default percentage of reserved space for the root user on new ext4 filesystems?
ext4 filesystemreserved blocksfilesystem configurationroot privileges - Question #468Devices, Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
Which of the following is true when a file system, which is neither listed in /etc/fstab nor known to system, is mounted manually?
systemdmount unitsfilesystem mountingsystemctl - Question #469Devices, Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
What does the command mount --bind do?
mount --bindbind mountsfilesystem mountingdirectory redirection - Question #470GNU and Unix Commands
Consider the following output from the command is -i: How would a new file named c.txt be created with the same inode number as a.txt (Inode 525385)?
hard linksinodeln commandfile systems - Question #471Devices, Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
Consider the following directory: drwxrwxr-x 2 root sales 4096 Jan 1 15:21 sales Which command ensures new files created within the directory sales are owned by the group sales? (C...
file permissionssetgid bitgroup ownershipchmod chgrp - Question #472Devices, Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
When considering the use of hard links, what are valid reasons not to use hard links?
hard linksfilesystem limitationsfile linkinginode constraints - Question #473System Architecture
Which daemon handles power management events on a Linux system?
power managementACPI daemonsystem daemonsacpid - Question #474System Architecture
Which of the following statements are true about the boot sequence of a PC using a BIOS? (Choose two.)
BIOSboot processboot sequencefirmware configuration - Question #475System Architecture
What is true regarding UEFI firmware? (Choose two.)
UEFI firmwareGPT partitioningEFI System Partitionboot firmware - Question #476System Architecture
A faulty kernel module is causing issues with a network interface card. Which of the following actions ensures that this module is not loaded automatically when the system boots?
kernel modulesmodule blacklistboot configurationmodprobe - Question #477GNU and Unix Commands
When is the content of the kernel ring buffer reset? (Choose two.)
kernel ring bufferdmesg commandsystem loggingbuffer reset - Question #478System Architecture
What is the first program the Linux kernel starts at boot time when using System V init?
System V initboot processkernel initializationinit process - Question #479Linux Installation and Package Management
A Debian package creates several files during its installation. Which of the following commands searches for packages owning the file /etc/debian_version?
package managementdpkgfile ownershipapt-file - Question #480System Architecture
What is contained on the EFI System Partition?
EFI System PartitionBoot loaderUEFISystem boot - Question #481Devices, Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
Which of the following directories on a 64 bit Linux system typically contain shared libraries? (Choose two.)
Linux Filesystem Hierarchy64-bit ArchitectureShared LibrariesFHS Standard - Question #482Devices, Linux Filesystems, FHS
Which of the following files exist in a standard GRUB 2 installation? (Choose two.)
GRUB 2 bootloaderboot configurationmodule architecturefilesystem hierarchy - Question #483Linux Installation and Package Management
Which of the following commands installs all packages with a name ending with the string foo?
zypperpackage installationwildcard patternsglob syntax - Question #484System Architecture
Which of the following properties of a Linux system should be changed when a virtual machine is cloned? (Choose two.)
VM cloningSSH host keyssystem identitysecurity configuration - Question #485Linux Installation and Package Management
Which of the following commands installs GRUB 2 into the master boot record on the third hard disk?
GRUB 2boot loaderMBR installationgrub-install command - Question #486GNU and Unix Commands
Which of the following commands prints a list of usernames (first column) and their primary group (fourth column) from the /etc/passwd file?
cut command/etc/passwd structurefield extractiontext processing - Question #487GNU and Unix Commands
Which of the following regular expressions represents a single upper-case letter?
Regular ExpressionsCharacter ClassesPattern Matchinggrep/sed