117-101 Exam Questions
234 real 117-101 exam questions with expert-verified answers and explanations. Page 2 of 5.
- Question #61
What RPM command would show you detailed information for a package called openssh- 3.6.i386.rpm?
- Question #62
In GRUB's configuration file you find the line Root (hd1,4) What is corresponding device name on a Linux system?
- Question #65
Which configuration file should be modified to disable the ctrl-alt-delete key combination?
- Question #66
You are having some trouble with a disk partition and you need to do maintenance on this partition but your users home directories are on it and several are logged in. Which comman...
- Question #67
In compliance with the FHS, in which of the following places are man pages typically found?
- Question #69
What is the purpose of the bash built-in export command?
- Question #72
The message "Hard Disk Error" is displayed on the screen during Stage 1 of the GRUB boot process. What does this indicate?
- Question #74
Which of the following commands can be used to instruct the init process to switch runlevels? (Choose TWO correct answers)
- Question #75
The system is having trouble and the engineer wants to bypass the usual /sbin/init startup and run /bin/sh. What is the usual way to pass this change to the kernel from your boot l...
- Question #76
Which command will show you the contents of a gzip compressed tar archive?
- Question #77
What can the tee command be used for?
- Question #78
Which key do you press to switch to normal mode in vi?
- Question #80
Which directory contains additional information about installed packages?
- Question #81
Which of the following commands will replace every instance of the word list with LIST from the file myfile.txt and print the results on the screen?
- Question #83
Which of the following commands will NOT execute the bash script /usr/local/bin/runme.sh?
- Question #84
What is the default process priority when a process is started using the nice command?
- Question #85
Which of the following commands will NOT update the Modify timestamp on the file /tmp/myfile.txt?
- Question #88
Bob accidentally created the subdirectory \bobsdir in his home directory. He tried to remove the subdirectory with the command rmdir \bobsfile only to receive the error, "No such f...
- Question #89
While editing a file in vi, you realize that you are changing the wrong file. What vi command sequence will allow you to quit without saving your changes?
- Question #90
Which command will allow an administrator to adjust the number of mounts after which an existing filesystem will be checked by e2fsck?
- Question #93
Which of the following is true when hard-linked files are present?
- Question #102
After modifying LILO's configuration file, what command should you run for the changes to take effect?
- Question #106
The file myfile.txt contains the following data: joe:x:100:100:Joe:/home/joe:/bin/bash mike:x:101:101:Mike:/home/mike:/bin/sh kevin:x:102:102:Kevin:/home/kevin:/bin/sh matt:x:103:1...
- Question #107
Which TWO runlevels should never be declared as the default runlevel?
- Question #108
After modifying GRUB's configuration file, what command should you run for the changes to take effect?
- Question #109
You are trying to make a hard link to an ordinary file but ln returns an error. Which of the following could cause this?
- Question #111
Which command will convert all tab characters in a file to spaces and print that to standard out?
- Question #112
Which of the following is a limitation of the cut command?
- Question #113
When in Normal mode in vi, which command character can be used to begin a reverse search of the text?
- Question #114
In bash, inserting 2>&1 after a command redirects
- Question #115
When in Normal mode in vi, which command character will insert a blank line below the current cursor position and place the insert cursor at the beginning of the new line?
- Question #116
To ensure that a running process continues to execute after you log out, the process should be started with what command?
- Question #117
Which signal is sent by the kill command by default?
- Question #118
What is the purpose of the Bash built-in export command?
- Question #119
Once a shell variable has been created, how can the variable be removed from the environment?
- Question #120
What command will display all of the background tasks running in the current shell?
- Question #121
Given the following output: prompt> myapp [1]+ Stopped myapp prompt> Which of the following commands will resume executing the stopped process and make it the current job?
- Question #122
Which of the following commands will print the first few lines of a text file to the shell?
- Question #123
When should grep -F or the fgrep command be used to search the content of text files?
- Question #125
You are having some trouble with a disk partition and you need to do maintenance on this partition but your users home directories are on it and several are logged in. Which comman...
- Question #126
Which of the following commands will write a message to the terminals of all logged in users?
- Question #127
Which of the following statements is a TRUE difference between GRUB Legacy and GRUB 2?
- Question #128
Which of the following commands can be used to perform a full text search on all available packages on a Debian system?
- Question #130
What effect does the sticky bit have when set on a directory?
- Question #131
Identify the proper device for the third partition on the only SCSI drive on the system.
- Question #133
Which of the following apt-get commands will install the newest versions of all currently installed packages without removing any packages or installing new packages that are not a...
- Question #135
Which of the following commands can be used to enable a file for paging and swapping?
- Question #136
Which of the following commands can be used to create a new file that is 100kB in size?
- Question #137
When piping the output of find to the xargs command, what option to find is useful if the filenames have spaces in them?
- Question #138
What is the purpose of the xargs command?