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Linux+ Guide to Linux Certification 3rd Edition by Jason Eckert
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Linux
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Q1) Linux is based on the Windows operating system.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Software that consists of a series of software components used to control the hardware of your computer is known as application software.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Linux is merely one product of open source development.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) The ability for a computer to increase workload as the number of processors increases is known as ____________________.
Answer: scalability
Q5) Linux kernel version 2.5.9 is a(n) ____________________ kernel.
Answer: developmental
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Chapter 2: Linux Installation and Usage
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Q1) A swap partition contains a filesystem.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The recommended size for the /home directory is ____ per user.
A) 100 MB
B) 200 MB
C) 500 MB
D) 1000 MB
Answer: B
Q3) Hard disks can contain a maximum of ____ major partitions
A) 4
B) 8
C) 16
D) 32
Answer: A
Q4) Commands indicate the name of a program to execute and are case sensitive.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Exploring Linux Filesystems
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Q1) A file that represents a device on the system, such as a hard disk or serial port.
A)log file
B)tac command
C)directory
D)named pipe
E)egrep command
F)socket file
G)head command
H)special device file
I)linked files
Answer: H
Q2) Filenames can include up to 200 characters. _________________________
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) An alternative to the vi editor that offers an equal set of functionality is the GNU
Answer: Emacs editor
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Chapter 4: Linux Filesystem Management
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Q1) The rmdir command automatically removes a directory and all of its subdirectories and files.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The PATH variable lists directories that are searched for executable files if a relative or absolute pathname was not specified when executing a command on the command line. _________________________
A)True
B)False
Q3) To create a hard link, you must use the ____ command.
A) ln
B) link
C) lnk
D) lk
Q4) What are the three main structural sections of a Linux filesystem? Describe each section.
Q5) The ____________________ command only searches directories that are listed in a special variable called the PATH variable in the current BASH shell.
Q6) Describe hard and symbolic links. What is the difference between them?
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Chapter 5: Linux Filesystem Administration
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Q1) The ____ device file represents the second serial port on the system (COM2).
A) /dev/ttyS0
B) /dev/tty2
C) /dev/tty1
D) /dev/ttyS1
Q2) An extended partition can contain many subpartitions called ____________________.
Q3) There can be multiple device files per device.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The ____ filesystem contains most of the operating system files.
A) boot
B) data
C) mnt
D) root
Q5) After a typical Fedora Linux installation, over 700 different device files are in the /dev directory.
A)True
B)False
Q6) What is filesystem corruption? What factors may lead to filesystem corruption?
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Chapter 6: Advanced Installation
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Q1) A(n) ____________________ CPU is a CPU that has a speed greater than the speed that was originally intended for the processor.
Q2) File that contains a list of packages that were installed as well as a list of those that were not installed.
A)Network File System (NFS)
B)/root/install.log
C)disk striping
D)firmware RAID
E)Logical Unit Number (LUN)
F)iSCSI target
G)/root/install.log.syslog
H)segmentation fault
I)spanning
Q3) RAID level 3 requires a minimum of three hard disk drives to function.
A)True
B)False
Q4) To view the hardware detected during boot time, you can use the ____________________ command after system startup.
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Chapter 7: Working With the Bash Shell
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Q1) Aliases are shortcuts to commands stored in special variables that can be created and viewed using the alias command. _________________________
A)True
B)False
Q2) What are shell scripts? Why and how are they executed?
Q3) The information that is processed by the command during execution.
A)hashpling
B)tee
C)environment variables
D)stdin
E)stderr
F)decision construct
G)shell scripts
H)stdout
I)file descriptors
Q4) Given the syntax command && command, the command on the left of the && construct is executed only if the command on the right of the && construct completed successfully.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: System Initialization and X Windows
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Q1) A LILO version available for Intel Pentium and Itanium computers that use Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI).
A)active partition
B)Display Settings
C)X client
D)ELILO
E)window manager
F)initstates
G)daemon
H)virtualization software
I)Grand Unified Bootloader
Q2) Which utility can be used to modify runtime configuration files so that they start and stop daemons when entering a particular runlevel?
A) ntsysv
B) chkconfig
C) Service Configuration
D) runlevel
Q3) When a computer first initializes, the system BIOS performs a(n)
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Chapter 9: Managing Linux Processes
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Q1) If the /etc/at.allow and /etc/at.deny files do not exist, only the root user is allowed to schedule tasks using the at daemon.
A)True
B)False
Q2) How does the nice value affect process priority? How and why can nice values be altered?
Q3) Most commands such as ls, find, and grep are binary programs that exist on the filesystem until executed. _________________________
A)True
B)False
Q4) The ____ kill signal stops a process and then restarts it with the same PID.
A) SIGINT
B) SIGQUIT
C) SIGHUP
D) SIGTERM
Q5) The ps command is the only command that can view process information.
A)True
B)False
Q6) What is forking?
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Chapter 10: Common Administrative Tasks
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Q1) Describe the process of sending information to a printer using the CUPS daemon.
Q2) The most common printing system used on Linux computers.
A)facility
B)LPD
C)rsyslogd
D)primary group
E)logrotate
F)GID
G)spooling
H)CUPS
I)UID
Q3) The ____________________ facility used by the System Log Daemon specifies messages from the Linux kernel.
Q4) In the process called ____________________, a user's user name and password are checked against a system database that contains all user account information.
Q5) A set of information that is sent to a printer at the same time is called a(n)
Q6) Why should log files be periodically cleared? What methods can be used to clear log files?
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Chapter 11: Compression, System Backup, and Software Installation
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Q1) To decompress files that have been compressed with the compress utility, you can use the decompress command followed by the names of the files to be decompressed.
A)True
B)False
Q2) To remove a package from the system, you can use the ____ option to the rpm command.
A) -d
B) -e
C) -r
D) -x
Q3) You can perform up to ____ different incremental backups using the dump/restore utility.
A) seven
B) eight
C) nine
D) ten
Q4) ____________________ is used to reduce the size of a file or set of files.
Q5) Describe the basic steps involved in compiling source code into a program.
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Chapter 12: Network Configuration
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Q1) A hierarchical namespace used for host names.
A)SSH
B)DNS
C)ISP
D)FQDN
E)telnet
F)CIDR
G)WANs
H)X Windows
I)LANs
Q2) Class D addresses are used for multicasting.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Describe the telnet and SSH utilities. What is the difference between them?
Q4) A network ____________________ breaks information down into packets that can be recognized by workstations, routers, and other devices on a network.
Q5) SLIP is a newer technology than PPP.
A)True
B)False
Q6) What is VNC? How does it transfer graphics across the network?
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Chapter 13: Configuring Network Services
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Q1) Describe the structure of a database. When is a database considered a relational database?
Q2) A directory that contains the default Web site that is used on a server.
A)DNS cache file
B)SQL
C)Network File System (NFS)
D)forward lookup
E)document root
F)zone
G)directive
H)recursive query
I)reverse lookup
Q3) What is NFS? How do you access files using a configured NFS Server?
Q4) How does DHCP automatically configure IP addresses?
Q5) ____ servers resolve fully qualified domain names to IP addresses for a certain namespace on the Internet.
A) DHCP
B) NTP
C) DNS
D) NIS
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Chapter 14: Troubleshooting, Performance, and Security
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Q1) How can netfilter/iptables be used to create a firewall service?
Q2) How is the mpstat utility used? What information does it provide, and how can that information be interpreted?
Q3) To identify which shared libraries are required by a certain program, you can use the ldconfig command. _________________________
A)True
B)False
Q4) A utility that can be used to indicate whether more physical memory is required.
A)proactive maintenance
B)ulimit
C)/etc/ld.so.conf
D)vmstat
E)/var/log
F)sudo
G)Orca
H)reactive maintenance
I)Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)
Q5) The ____________________ command is used to view the current SELinux status.
Q6) What methods can be used to physically secure local computers?
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