101-500 : LPIC-1 Exam 101 : Part 06

101-500 : LPIC-1 Exam 101 : Part 06

1. Which of the following commands can perform searches on file contents using regular expressions?

   • find

   • locate

   • grep

   • reggrep

   • pgrep

2. In a nested directory structure, which find command line option would be used to restrict the command to searching down a particular number of subdirectories?

   • -maxdepth

   • -dirmax

   • -maxlevels

   • -s

   • -n

3. Which of the following commands determines a file’s format by using a definition database file which contains information about all common file types?

   • type

   • file

   • magic

   • pmagic

   • hash

4. Which of the following commands generates a list of user names from /etc/passwd along with their login shell?

   • column -s : 1,7 /etc/passwd

   • chop -c 1,7 /etc/passwd

   • colrm 1,7 /etc/passwd

   • sort -t: -k1,7 /etc/passwd

   • cut -d: -f1,7 /etc/passwd

5. If the gzip compressed tar archive texts.tgz contains the files a.txt and b.txt, which files will be present in the current directory after running gunzip texts.tgz?

   • Only a.txt, b.txt, and texts.tgz

   • Only texts.tar and texts.tgz

   • Only a.txt.gz and b.txt.gz

   • Only a.txt and b.txt

   • Only texts.tar

6. In the vi editor, how can commands such as moving the cursor or copying lines into the buffer be issued multiple times or applied to multiple rows?

   • By using the command :repeat followed by the number and the command
   • By specifying the number right in front of a command such as 41 or 2yj.
   • By selecting all affected lines using the shit and cursor keys before applying the command.
   • By issuing a command such as :set repetition=4 with repeats every subsequent command 4 times.
   • By specifying the number after a command such as 14 or yj2 followed by escape.

7. Which of the following statements is correct for a command ending with an & character?

   • The command’s output is redirected to /dev/null.
   • The command is run in background of the current shell.
   • The command’s output is executed by the shell.
   • The command is run as a direct child of the init process.
   • The command’s input is read from /dev/null.

8. Which of the following commands reads a file and creates separate chunks of a given size from the file’s contents?

   • ar

   • cat

   • break

   • split

   • parted

9. What is the purpose of the xargs command?

   • It passes arguments to an X server.
   • It repeats the execution of a command using different parameters for each invocation.
   • It reads standard input and builds up commands to execute.
   • It asks a question, graphically, and returns the answer to the shell.
   • It allows specifying long options (like –help) for commands that normally only accept short options (like -h)

10. FILL BLANK

    Which command displays a list of all background tasks running in the current shell? (Specify ONLY the command without any path or parameters.)

    • jobs

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    Which command is used to change the priority of an already running process? (Specify ONLY the command without any path or parameters.)

    • renice

12. In Bash, inserting 1>&2 after a command redirects…

    • …standard error to standard input.
    • …standard output to standard error.
    • …standard input to standard error.
    • …standard error to standard output.
    • …standard output to standard input.

13. When booting from the hard disk, a computer successfully loads the Linux kernel and initramfs but hangs during the subsequent startup tasks. The system is booted using a Linux based rescue CD to investigate the problem. Which of the following methods helps to identify the root cause of the problem?

    • Using the dmesg command from the rescue CD’s shell to view the original system’s boot logs.
    • Investigating the file /proc/kmsg on the computer’s hard disk for possible errors.
    • Investigating the file /var/log on the computer’s hard disk for possible errors.
    • Using chroot to switch to the file system on the hard disk and use dmesg to view the logs.
    • Using chroot to switch to the file system on the hard disk and use dmesg to view the logs.

14. Where is the bootloader stored on the hard disk of a UEFI system?

    • In the EFI Boot Record (EBR).
    • In the Master Boot Record (MBR).
    • On the EFI System Partition (ESP).
    • On the partition labeled boot.
    • On the partition number 127.

15. What is the correct way to set the default systemd boot target to multi-user?

    • systemctl isolate multi-user.target

    • systemctl set-runlevel multi-user.target

    • systemctl set-boot multi-user.target

    • systemctl set-default multi-user.target

    • systemctl boot -p multi-user.target

16. Which of the following statements are correct about the initial RAM disk involved in the boot process of Linux? (Choose two.)

    • An initramfs is a compressed file system archive, which can be unpacked to examine its contents.
    • An initramfs file contains the MBR, the bootloader and the Linux kernel.
    • After a successful boot, the initramfs contents are available in /run/initramfs/.
    • The kernel uses the initramfs temporarily before accessing the real root file system.
    • An initramfs does not depend on a specific kernel version and is not changed after the initial installation.

17. Which of the following commands loads a kernel module along with any required dependency modules?

    • depmod

    • modprobe

    • module_install

    • insmod

    • loadmod

18. What information can the lspci command display about the system hardware? (Choose three.)

    • System battery type
    • Device IRQ settings
    • PCI bus speed
    • Ethernet MAC address
    • Device vendor identification

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    Which System V init configuration file is commonly used to set the default run level? (Specify the full name of the file, including path.)

    • /etc/inittab

20. Given the following two symbolic links in a System V init configuration:

    /etc/rc1.d/K01apache2
    /etc/rc2.d/S02apache2

    When are the scripts executed that are referenced by these links? (Choose two.)

    • S02apache2 is run when runlevel 2 is entered.
    • S02apache2 is run when runlevel 2 is left.
    • K01apache2 is never run because K indicates a deactivated service.
    • Both S02apache2 and K01apache2 are run during a system shutdown.
    • K01apache2 is run when runlevel 1 is entered.