XK0-005 Exam Questions
961 real XK0-005 exam questions with expert-verified answers and explanations. Page 6 of 20.
- Question #306System Management
A systems administrator installed Git on a new workstation and wants to ensure all Git projects on this machine are initialized with the same username and email address. Which of t...
Git configurationGit commandsVersion controlUser identity - Question #307Security
An administrator is trying to access a server in a cloud via SSH but is unable to log in. The administrator determines the company's IP address has been blocklisted on the server....
SSHNetwork Access ControlHost-based Access ControlLinux System Administration - Question #309System Management
Joe, a user, asks a systems administrator to schedule the daily execution of a custom script. Which of the following commands will allow the systems administrator to set up Joe's c...
crontask schedulingsystem administrationcrontab command - Question #311System Management
While installing third-party software, a technician wants to monitor logs on the system continuously. Which of the following commands should the technician issue to monitor the log...
Log monitoringLinux commandstail commandSystem logs - Question #312Troubleshooting
An administrator completed the configuration of the in-addr.arpa zone files for an organization. Which of the following commands should the administrator use to verify the configur...
DNSReverse DNSdig commandNetwork Configuration Verification - Question #313System Management
The command is used to: dracut
dracutinitramfsboot processkernel modules - Question #314System Management
An administrator receives a USB drive and wants to make an exact copy of the disk before starting to work on it. One of the partitions on the USB drive was mounted as /dev/sdc1. Wh...
dd commanddisk imagingpartition managementLinux utilities - Question #315System Management
Which of the following server roles is MOST appropriate to route files to multifunction devices?
Print serverServer rolesMultifunction devicesNetwork services - Question #317Troubleshooting
A systems administrator is attempting to access a server by SSH. The Linux administrator ensures that the SSH keys on the remote server were unable to connect. The following error...
SSHAuthenticationRemote AccessLinux Administration - Question #318System Management
A server administrator is given the hash of an account password that needs to be synchronized across all servers. Which of the following will allow the server administrator to conf...
User ManagementPassword SecurityLinux System Files - Question #319System Management
Which of the following server roles utilize a heartbeat/polling process? (Choose two.)
High AvailabilityServer RolesHeartbeatLoad Balancing - Question #321Troubleshooting
Users are reporting collaborate.company.com is inaccessible from the user VLAN, but there is no issue connecting to the system's web page from the DMZ. Given the following outputs...
Network TroubleshootingIP AddressingNetwork InterfacesNetwork Segmentation - Question #322System Management
A systems administrator has retrieved the latest copy of the system backup files, which had been stored offsite at a third-party vendor. The systems administrator wants to validate...
Data IntegrityHashingBackupsChecksums - Question #323System Management
A user wants to configure the application "myapp" to start on runlevels 2, 3, 4, and 5 every time the system starts. Which of the following commands will accomplish this task?
chkconfigService ManagementRunlevelsSystem Startup - Question #324Troubleshooting
An administrator is trying to optimize a connection to an off-site NFS server. Which of the following commands would BEST display the problems with packet sizes between hops on the...
Network troubleshootingNetwork commandsPath MTU Discoverytracepath - Question #327System Management
A systems administrator needs to install software packages on a server from an Internet-based repository. The server does not have Internet connectivity. Which of the following can...
SSHPort ForwardingNetwork ConnectivityPackage Management - Question #328Security
A security team informs the Linux administrator that a specific server is acting as an open relay. To which of the following is the security team referring?
Email securityOpen relaySMTPSecurity vulnerabilities - Question #329Troubleshooting
A systems administrator is investigating low performance a server. After executing some diagnostic commands, the administrator analyzes the data: Which of the following is the caus...
Server PerformanceTroubleshootingResource MonitoringDisk Activity - Question #331System Management
Which of the following will boot from a network-hosted ISO image at power on?
PXENetwork BootSystem Installation - Question #332System Management
A systems administrator is editing a service file for the web server. In order to continue testing, all web server processes must be shut down. The administrator accomplishes this...
Linux processesSignal handlingGraceful shutdownWeb server management - Question #333Security
An administrator received a request from a security officer to eliminate a blacklisting set called internal-blocked the company is using in the iptables firewall. Which of the foll...
ipsetfirewall managementnetwork securityLinux commands - Question #334System Management
An administrator wants to use a Linux server's GUI remotely but is limited by security to using TCP port 22. Which of the following is the BEST choice for installation on the Linux...
Remote DesktopSSHLinux AdministrationNetworking Ports - Question #335Troubleshooting
A technician recently installed Linux on a desktop computer. The desktop has two graphics cards from two different vendors. One of the graphics cards works, but the other does not....
Linux commandsKernel modulesHardware troubleshootingGraphics cards - Question #336System Management
A Linux administrator has physically added a new RAID adapter to a system. Which of the following commands should the Linux administrator run to confirm that the device has been re...
Hardware detectionLinux commandsSystem utilitiesKernel messages - Question #337System Management
A Linux administrator wants to include a standard, hash_profile file whenever a new local user is created on Linux server. Which of the following is the BEST location to place the...
User ManagementConfiguration FilesFilesystem Hierarchy - Question #338System Management
Which of the following files would a junior systems administrator check to verify DNS server settings?
DNS configurationNetwork settingsLinux filesystems - Question #339System Management
Which of the following directories will help an administrator identify the specifications of a Linux server in term of resources?
Linux File SystemSystem Information/proc filesystem - Question #340System Management
An administrator started a long-running process in the foreground that needs to continue without interruption. Which of the following keystrokes should the administrator use to con...
Process ManagementJob ControlLinux CommandsBackground Processes - Question #341Troubleshooting
Users are unable to create new files on the company's FTP server, and an administrator is troubleshooting the issue. The administrator runs the following commands: Which of the fol...
InodesFilesystem managementTroubleshootingDisk space - Question #342System Management
Which of the following directories contains information related to various runtime processes, such as hardware and system memory?
Linux Filesystem/proc directoryProcess InformationSystem Memory - Question #343Scripting, Containers, and Automation
A system administrator is setting up a cron job that will copy thousands files from a remote directory on a scheduled basic. The file contents should retain their original permissi...
File synchronizationRsyncCron jobsFile permissions - Question #344System Management
A systems administrator is installing various software packages using a package manager. Which of the following commands would the administrator use on the Linux server to install...
Linux package managementapt commandSoftware installationSystem administration - Question #345System Management
An administrator is adding an existing user named "buddy'' to the Apache group. Which of the following should the administrator perform to accomplish this task?
User ManagementGroup ManagementLinux Commandsusermod - Question #346System Management
An administrator clones a Git repository onto a local laptop. While inspecting the code, the administrator notices a bug and wants to fix it. Which of the following is the BEST com...
GitVersion ControlRepository InitializationCode Management - Question #347System Management
A systems administrator wants to upgrade /bin/someapp to a new version, but the administrator does not know the package name. Which of the following will show the RPM package name...
RPMPackage ManagementCommand LineFile Ownership - Question #348Scripting, Containers, and Automation
A system administrator needs to bootstrap a series of Ubuntu images for a public provider. The administrator must ensure at the images contain the exact same updates, custom. Confi...
ContainerizationImage ManagementAutomationConfiguration Consistency - Question #349System Management
A junior systems administrator recently installed an HBA card in one of the servers that is deployed for a production environment. Which of the following commands can the administr...
lspci commandgrep commandHardware managementCommand-line utilities - Question #351Scripting, Containers, and Automation
Which of the following is considered best practices when using definition files for the provisioning of Linus servers to the cloud?
Container orchestrationCloud provisioningDeclarative configurationLinux servers - Question #352System Management
A Linux administrator is testing a configuration script and wants to change the hostname of a workstation temporarily, but it must return to its assigned workstation name after reb...
Linux administrationHostname managementhostnamectl commandSystem configuration - Question #353System Management
A systems administrator is tasked with changing the default shell of a system account in order to disable iterative logins. Which of the following is the BEST option for the admini...
User managementShell configurationAccount securityDisabling logins - Question #354Troubleshooting
A network administrator installed a web server on a Linux host and added a firevalid command to open port tcp/80. The web server worked without error until an updated and patch ker...
firewalldFirewall RulesPort OpeningConfiguration Persistence - Question #355System Management
Ann, a Linux administrator, is storing scripts in a private Git repository. Which of the following commands should Ann use to avoid entering the login and password every time Ann c...
Git configurationCredential managementVersion control - Question #356System Management
An administrator is configuring a new Linux server and wants to boot the system to a file that was previously downloaded to locally install removable media. Which of the following...
Linux InstallationBoot MethodsISO ImagesServer Configuration - Question #357Scripting, Containers, and Automation
A lab virtual image is always named pc21.local and in variety of testing situation. The administrator wants to use the IP address pc21.local in a script but is concerned it may cha...
DNS resolutiondig commandScriptingCommand-line utilities - Question #358Security
A Linux server hosts Kerberos and LDAP, which of the following is the MOST likely role of this server?
KerberosLDAPAuthenticationServer roles - Question #359System Management
As part of the requirements for installing a new application, the swappiness parameter needs to be changed to 0. This change needs to persist across reboots and be applied immediat...
Linux Kernel ParametersSystem ConfigurationsysctlPersistent Settings - Question #361System Management
A Linux administrator needs to run a few virtual machines and containers on the physical machines with a single network interface. Which of the following networking would allow the...
Network BridgingVirtualization NetworkingContainer NetworkingVM Networking - Question #362System Management
An administrator is logged on as an unprivileged user and needs to compile and installed an application from source. Which of the following BEST represents how to complete this tas...
Software CompilationPackage InstallationPrivilege EscalationLinux Commands - Question #363Security
What is the main objective when using Application Control?
Application ControlSecurity ControlsInformation SecurityPrivacy - Question #364Security
An administrator wants to be able to access a remote server. After creating an SSH key pair, which of the following describes where the public key should be placed to allow for key...
SSHKey-based authenticationRemote accessFile paths