117-102 Exam Questions

Which of the following should the permission settings be for /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow?

Suppose that the command netstat -a hangs for a long time without producing output. An administrator might suspect:

Which of the following statements are true regarding the below syslog.conf configuration directive? (Select THREE) *.err;kern.notice;auth.notice /dev/console

On a system running the K Display Manager, when is the /etc/kde4/kdm/Xreset script automatically executed?

Which of the following is the BEST way to temporarily suspend a user's ability to interactively login?

Which of the following commands is used to display user resource limits?

Which of the following lines would an administrator find in the file /etc/nsswitch.conf?

An administrator has just set up the X Display Manager as the default display manager. Which of the following files should be edited to change the default background for it?

An administrator is running an email server configured with the default settings. In which directory will the administrator commonly find the delivered mail for the user foo?

To prevent a specific user from scheduling tasks with at, which of the following should the administrator do?

Which of the following commands can an administrator use to change a user's password expiry information? (Select THREE).

Which of the following statements is true regarding the below /etc/resolv.conf file? search example.com 127.0.0.1 208.77.188.166

Which of the following crontab entries could be used to set the system time at regular intervals?

Which of the following outputs will the below command produce? seq 1 5 20

When using ssh, which of the following can an administrator do to recover a lost passphrase for a DSA or RSA authentication key?

Which of the following entries can an administrator add to syslog.conf file to have all syslog messages generated by the administrator system go file to have all syslog messages ge...

On a default Linux system, what file system type does the dump command act upon?

Which file system should never be backed up, and therefore never have to be restored?

Which directory tree is ordinarily the least likely to be backup or restore?

What command will verify the syntax of a hosts.allow and hosts.deny file combination?

How can you enable onscreen (non-printing) numbers in a vi session?

When starting vi with the file nohup.out, which of the following will enable onscreen numbers?

What command will set a regular users password to force changing it every 60 days? Choose all that apply.

Which of the following commands will flush all print jobs on all configured queues of the system?

Your /etc/passwd file appears to have approximately 1/2 shadow passwords and 1/2 standard unix encrypted passwords. What utility would you most likely run again to fix this?

Your server has two fully functional NIC's with correct IP configuration. The server is not forwarding traffic between the NIC's. Which command string will set the cards to forward...

What configuration file is used for settings and conversion parameters for the ftp daemon?

Which two commands share the same database for retrieving information?

What command will show only complete word matches for a search term?

What command will show partial word matches for a search term?

What command is the functional equivalent of the command "man -k searchterm"?

What command is the functional equivalent of the command "man -f searchterm"?

Where can you specify options that affect the booting of the system?

On a default install of a Linux server, regardless of the distribution version, what are the easiest methods to disable telnet, but not uninstall or remove the service? Choose two.

Which daemon or service can be configured as a non-root user?

What command could you use to confirm function of a ppp connection before establishing it?

What file on a system contains a list of hosts that can't connect to the machine's services?

Which of the following IP address ranges are considered private, according to RFC 1918? Choose all that apply.

Which protocol is used for the majority of the ping command's actions?

What modprobe option will cause inactive kernel modules to be unloaded?

Select all of the protocols that are supported by the Linux implementation of ppp.

What command with options will cause the redirection symbol (>) to fail to overwrite the contents of an existing file?

Where can the lilo command install the boot menu and information? Choose all that apply.

Which of the following is not a valid make command during a kernel recompile?

Which of the following services would you be least likely to configure to be governed over by the Internet Super Server?

What ppp option governs how long an interrupted connection will remain down before it attempts to reconnect?

What files affect the functioning of TCP Wrappers? Choose Two.

You are not using the WINS service on your network, but need to provide NETBIOS resolution to your hosts. What is the name of the daemon that provides these services on a Linux ser...

Select from the list below the daemons that are present on a standard Linux server to support routing. Choose all that apply.

You are performing an onsite security inspection of division of your company. On an Apache server, you want to determine what files are needed and which can be removed from the /et...