010-160 : Linux Essentials Certificate Exam : Part 03

010-160 : Linux Essentials Certificate Exam : Part 03

1. Which of the following DNS record types hold an IP address? (Choose two.)

   • NS
   • AAAA
   • MX
   • A
   • CNAME

2. Which of the following values could be a process ID on Linux?

   • /bin/bash

   • 60b503cd-019e-4300-a7be-922f074ef5ce

   • /sys/pid/9a14

   • fff3

   • 21398

3. Which of the following is a protocol used for automatic IP address configuration?

   • NFS
   • LDAP
   • SMTP
   • DNS
   • DHCP

4. Which of the following devices represents a hard disk partition?

   • /dev/ttyS0

   • /dev/sata0

   • /dev/part0

   • /dev/sda2

   • /dev/sda/p2

5. Which of the following statements regarding Linux hardware drivers is correct?

   • Drivers are regular Linux programs which have to be run by the user who wants to use a device.
   • Drivers are not used by Linux because the BIOS handles all access to hardware on behalf of Linux.
   • Drivers are stored on their devices and are copied by the Linux kernel when a new device is attached
   • Drivers are downloaded from the vendor’s driver repository when a new device is attached.
   • Drivers are either compiled into the Linux kernel or are loaded as kernel modules.

6. What can be found in the /proc/ directory?

   • One directory per installed program.
   • One device file per hardware device.
   • One file per existing user account.
   • One directory per running process.
   • One log file per running service.

7. A new server needs to be installed to host services for a period of several years. Throughout this time, the server should receive important security updates from its Linux distribution.

   Which of the following Linux distributions meet these requirements? (Choose two.)

   • Ubuntu Linux LTS
   • Fedora Linux
   • Debian GNU/Linux Unstable
   • Ubuntu Linux non-LTS
   • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

8. Which of the following directories must be mounted with read and write access if it resides on its own dedicated file system?

   • /opt

   • /lib

   • /etc

   • /var

   • /usr

9. The ownership of the file doku.odt should be changed. The new owner is named tux. Which command accomplishes this change?

   • chmod u=tux doku.odt

   • newuser doku.odt tux

   • chown tux doku.odt

   • transfer tux: doku.odt

   • passwd doku.odt:tux

10. What happens to a file residing outside the home directory when the file owner’s account is deleted? (Choose two.)

    • During a file system check, the file is moved to /lost +found.
    • The file is removed from the file system.
    • The UID of the former owner is shown when listing the file’s details.
    • The user root is set as the new owner of the file.
    • Ownership and permissions of the file remain unchanged.

11. Which statements about the directory /etc/skel are correct? (Choose two.)

    • The personal user settings of root are stored in this directory.
    • The files from the directory are copied to the home directory of the new user when starting the system.
    • The files from the directory are copied to the home directory of a new user when the account is created.
    • The directory contains a default set of configuration files used by the useradd command.
    • The directory contains the global settings for the Linux system.

12. What is true about links in a Linux file system?

    • A symbolic link can only point to a file and not to a directory.
    • A hard link can only point to a directory and never to a file.
    • When the target of the symbolic link is moved, the link is automatically updated.
    • A symbolic link can point to a file on another file system.
    • Only the root user can create hard links.

13. Which files are the source of the information in the following output? (Choose two.)

    uid=1000 (bob) gid=1000 (bob) groups=1000 (bob), 10 (wheel), 150 (wireshark), 989 (docker), 1001 (libvirt)

    • /etc/id

    • /etc/passwd

    • /etc/group

    • /home/index

    • /var/db/users

14. Which of the following tasks can the command passwd accomplish? (Choose two.)

    • Change a user’s username.
    • Change a user’s password.
    • Create a new user account.
    • Create a new user group.
    • Lock a user account.

15. What is true about the su command?

    • It is the default shell of the root account.
    • It can only be used by the user root.
    • It runs a shell or command as another user.
    • It changes the name of the main administrator account.
    • It locks the root account in specific time frames.

16. FILL BLANK

    What parameter of ls prints a recursive listing of a directory’s content? (Specify ONLY the option name without any values or parameters.)

    • ls -R

17. Most commands on Linux can display information on their usage. How can this information typically be displayed?

    • By running the command with the option /? or /??.
    • By running the command with the option ?! or ?=!.
    • By running the command with the option /doc or /documentation.
    • By running the command with the option -h or --help.
    • By running the command with the option -m or --manpage.

18. Which of the following commands shows the absolute path to the current working directory?

    • who

    • cd ..

    • pwd

    • ls -l

    • cd ~/home

19. Which of the following commands output the content of the file Texts 2.txt? (Choose two.)

    • cat 'Texts 2.txt’

    • cat -- Texts 2.txt

    • cat |Texts 2.txt|

    • cat 'Texts\ 2.txt’

    • cat Texts\ 2.txt

20. Which command displays file names only and no additional information?

    • ls -a

    • ls -lh

    • ls -l

    • ls -alh

    • ls -nl