102-500 Exam Questions
228 real 102-500 exam questions with expert-verified answers and explanations. Page 3 of 5.
- Question #114Administrative Tasks
Which of the following getent invocations lists all existing users?
user accountsgetent commandNSS databasessystem administration - Question #115Administrative Tasks
Given the following user's crontab entry: 15 14 * * 1-5 /usr/local/bin/example.sh When will the script /usr/local/bin/example.sh be executed?
crontab formatjob schedulingday-of-week fieldcron syntax - Question #116
If neither cron.allow nor cron.deny exist in /etc/, which of the following is true?
- Question #117Administrative Tasks
What is the purpose of the iconv command?
character encodingiconv commandcharacter set conversiontext processing - Question #118Administrative Tasks
Which character in the password field of /etc/passwd is used to indicate that the encrypted password is stored in /etc/shadow?
/etc/passwd/etc/shadowpassword encryptionuser authentication - Question #119User Interfaces and Desktops
What does the term Braille Display refer to?
Braille DisplayAccessibilityAssistive TechnologyTactile Output - Question #120User Interfaces and Desktops
Which of the following tasks are handled by a display manager like XDM or KMD? (Choose two.)
Display ManagerX11Desktop EnvironmentUser Authentication - Question #121User Interfaces and Desktops
Which of the following protocols is designed to access the video card output of a virtual machine?
virtualizationSPICE protocolremote displayvirtual graphics - Question #131
Which command should be added to /etc/bash_profile to change the language of messages from an internationalised program to Portuguese (pt)? (Select TWO correct answers)
- Question #132Essential System Services
What is the main difference between the batch and at commands?
batch commandat commandjob schedulingsystem load - Question #133Administrative Tasks
Which of the following can the chage command NOT change?
chage commandpassword expirationshadow file fieldsuser management - Question #134Administrative Tasks
Which crontab entry could be used to set the system time at regular intervals?
crontabNTPntpdatesystem time - Question #135Administrative Tasks
Which of the following commands can be used to convert text files in one character encoding to another character encoding?
character encodingtext conversioniconvlocale - Question #136Administrative Tasks
Which commands can you use to change a user's account aging information? (Choose THREE correct answers.)
user-account-managementpassword-expirationusermodchage - Question #137Administrative Tasks
A French user has installed the French language pack, but currencies are still being displayed with a leading '$' sign in his spreadsheets. What must be done to fix this?
Locale ConfigurationInternationalizationRegional SettingsCurrency Formatting - Question #138Administrative Tasks
The correct crontab entry to execute the script chklog three times per month between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.:
crontabjob scheduling24-hour time formatsystem automation - Question #139Administrative Tasks
Of the ways listed, which is the best way to temporarily suspend a single user's ability to interactively login?
user account expirationchage commandlogin restrictionsaccount suspension - Question #140Administrative Tasks
Which command will set the local machine's timezone to UTC?
timezone configurationsymbolic linkssystem administration/etc/localtime - Question #141
What is the conventional purpose of Linux UIDs that are lower than 100?
- Question #142Security
Why is /etc/shadow not world readable if the passwords are stored in an encrypted fashion?
password securitybrute force attacksfile permissionsshadow file - Question #143Essential System Services
Which TWO statements about crontab are true?
crontabcron daemonauto-reloaduser scheduling - Question #144Security
On a system using shadowed passwords, the most correct permissions for /etc/passwd are ___ and the most correct permissions for /etc/shadow are _________.
file-permissionsshadow-passwordsaccess-control/etc/shadow - Question #145Administrative Tasks
How is the file format of /etc/crontab different from a normal crontab file? (Select TWO correct answers)
crontabcron schedulingsystem configurationadministrative tools - Question #146
On a dual boot system, every time the system is booted back into Linux the time has been set backward by one day. Which of the following commands will correct the problem?
- Question #147Administrative Tasks
Which of the following commands is used on the command line to send messages to the syslog systems?
loggersyslogsystem loggingadministrative commands - Question #148Essential System Services
Which of the following is NOT a Mail Transport Agent?
Mail Transport AgentMTAMail servicesSystem services - Question #149Essential System Services
Which file, when using Sendmail or a similar MTA system, will allow a user to redirect all their mail to another address and is configurable by the user themselves?
Mail forwardingSendmail configurationUser mail configMTA - Question #150Administrative Tasks
Which of the following commands is used to restore files from backups made with dump?
dump and restorefilesystem backupsbackup utilitiesdata recovery - Question #151Administrative Tasks
You found these lines in the modules.dep file: /lib/modules/2.2.5-15smp/fs/msdos.o: /lib/modules/2.2.5-15smp/fs/fat.o Which of the following is true?
kernel modulesmodule dependenciesmodules.dep syntaxmodule management - Question #152Essential System Services
Your senior systems administrator asks you to set up a new machine with Apache listening on port 8088. Which Apache config file would you edit to change the default port to 8088?
Apache configurationHTTP servicePort configurationConfiguration files - Question #153Administrative Tasks
Which command would you use to apply the changes in a diff file to your existing kernel source?
patch commanddiff fileskernel sourcefile patching - Question #154Administrative Tasks
Which of the following commands can be used to customize all kernel compilation options? (Choose Three)
kernel compilationmake targetskernel configurationsystem administration - Question #155
When an Apache server is configured to provide 10 spare server processes, which kind of website would it typically serve?
- Question #156Essential System Services
The normal way of starting your Apache server would be the command:
Apache serverservice managementapachectlsystem administration - Question #157Essential System Services
You are a junior administrator of a high-traffic production web server. Which of the following commands would you run to restart the Apache web service without aborting existing co...
Apache web servergraceful restartservice managementconnection handling - Question #158
Which of the following PPP authentication protocols never sends a password in the clear?
- Question #159Networking Fundamentals
When using PAP with PPP, the /etc/ppp/pap-secrets file must be
PAP authenticationPPP configurationFile permissionsCredential security - Question #160Security
In the output of iptables -L -n is the line ACCEPT all - - 10.69.70.5 0.0.0.0/0 listed under the INPUT chain. What does this line mean?
iptablesfirewall rulespacket filteringnetwork security - Question #161Essential System Services
Which of the following lines would you find in the file /etc/host.conf?
host.confname resolutionresolver configurationDNS - Question #162Networking Fundamentals
Which of the following protocols uses two different network ports?
FTPnetwork protocolsport numbersTCP - Question #163
In order to bypass print filters using lpr, which of following switches should be used:
- Question #164
Which THREE statements about crontab are true?
- Question #165Networking Fundamentals
Suppose that the command netstat -a hangs for a long time without producing output. You might suspect:
netstatDNSnetwork diagnosticsservice dependencies - Question #166Networking Fundamentals
Identify the statement that would create a default route using a gateway of 192.168.1.1.
route commanddefault gatewayrouting tablenetwork configuration - Question #167Essential System Services
Which of the following lines would you find in the file /etc/nsswitch.conf?
nsswitch.confname resolutionDNS configurationsystem services - Question #168Networking Fundamentals
Which of the following lines would you find in the file /etc/resolv.conf?
DNS configurationresolv.confnameserver directivesnetwork services - Question #169Networking Fundamentals
Which of the following commands can deconfigure a network interface?
network interface configurationifconfig commandinterface deconfigurationLinux networking - Question #170Networking Fundamentals
Which of the following commands can be used to activate a specific network interface?
ifupnetwork interfacesinterface activationnetwork tools - Question #171Security
When attempting to send a file to another user securely with GPG, which of the following actions must be done?
GPG encryptionpublic key cryptographysecure file transferencryption fundamentals - Question #172Shells and Shell Scripting
What output will the following command sequence produce? echo '1 2 3 4 5 6' | while read a b c; do echo result: $c $b $a; done
read commandfield splittingpipesbash scripting