ccpq/data/linux_essentials_mini_quiz.csv

1	LEVEL	ANSWER	QUESTION	1	2	3	4	5
2	010-160	1	The BIOS begins the computer’s boot process and passes control to the boot loader.	True	False
3	010-160	3	Which of the following are Linux boot loaders?	LILO	GRUB	Both LILO and GRUB	BIOS
4	010-160	4	Which of the following is a temporary file system which is loaded into memory when the system boots.	kernel	vmlinux	vmlinuz	initrd
5	010-160	2	The /linux directory contains the files required to boot Linux.	True	False
6	010-160	4	Which command displays the contents of the kernel ring buffer?	ringbuf	ringb	rmesg	dmesg
7	010-160	4	The syslog standard:	Aids in the processing of messages.	Allows logging to be centrally controlled.	Uses facilities and severities to categorize messages.	All of the above.
8	010-160	1	Which command can you use to generate log messages?	logger	log	logit	There is no such command.
9	010-160	1	Partitioning a disk allows you to allocate different sections of the disk for different purposes.	True	False
10	010-160	3	How many primary partitions does the MBR partitioning scheme allow?	2	3	4	Unlimited
11	010-160	1	A mount point is simply a directory that is used to access data on a partition.	True	False
12	010-160	1	These two commands perform the same task: `mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sdb3` and `mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb3`	True	False
13	010-160	2	Which command is used to unmount a filesystem.	unmount	umount	dismount
14	010-160	2	The /etc/filetab file controls where devices are mounted on a Linux system and what options to use when mounting those devices.	True	False
15	010-160	4	Which command or commands can be used to view a UUID?	Only the uuid command.	Only the lsblk command.	Only the blkid command.	Both the lsblk and blkid commands.
16	010-160	1	What command prepares a swap partition for use. Afterwards, you can enable the swap partition with the swapon command.	mkswap	mkswp	makeswap
17	010-160	4	Which file stores account information?	/etc/accounts	/etc/passwordfile	/etc/password	/etc/passwd
18	010-160	1	The /etc/shadow file stores encrypted passwords.	True	False
19	010-160	1	What UID is always assigned to the root account?	0	1	100	1000
20	010-160	4	What command displays the group memberships for a user?	groupshow	lsgroups	listgroups	groups
21	010-160	2	What file stores group information?	/etc/groups	/etc/group	/etc/memberships
22	010-160	1	The sudo command allows users to run processes as other users, most typically the root user.	True	False
23	010-160	3	Which command is used to set or change passwords for Linux accounts?	password	pwd	passwd	pswd
24	010-160	2	257.19.21.228 is a valid IP address.	True	False
25	010-160	3	Given an IP address of 199.83.131.0 and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, what is the broadcast address?	199.83.131.0	199.83.131.1	199.83.131.255	199.255.255.255
26	010-160	2	Which of the following IP addresses does not fall within a private address range?	10.11.12.13	11.12.13.14	172.16.255.255	192.168.1.100
27	010-160	4	What command can be used to display the hostname of a Linux system?	hostname	uname -n	hostname -f	All of the above.
28	010-160	2	Entries added to the /etc/hosts file become automatically available in DNS.	True	False
29	010-160	2	Which configuration file controls the order in which lookups are performed?	/var/nsswitch.conf	/etc/nsswitch.conf	/etc/resolv.conf	/var/resolv.conf
30	010-160	4	What range of ports are considered unprivileged ports?	0 - 1023	0 - 1000	1024 - 2048	1024 - 65535
31	010-160	1	DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.	True	False
32	010-160	5	Which commands can be used for network troubleshooting?	ping	traceroute	netstat	tcpdump	All of the above.
33	010-160	2	If you can’t ping a host, you can always be assured that the host you are attempting to ping is down.	True	False
34	010-160	1	If you can ping by IP address but not by name, there is a problem with the resolution of the DNS name.	True	False
35	010-160	1	Which command is used to view running processes?	ps	pid	proc	lsproc
36	010-160	4	What character is placed at the end of a command line to start the command in the background?	-	?	\	&
37	010-160	1	The kill command can be used to kill processes and jobs.	True	False
38	010-160	3	Which command is used to create, read, update, and delete cron jobs?	cron	crond	crontab	vicron
39	010-160	4	Which of the following cron jobs will run at 08:00 AM every day?	8 0 0 * * /opt/acme/bin/backup	8 0 * * * /opt/acme/bin/backup	8 * * * * /opt/acme/bin/backup	0 8 * * * /opt/acme/bin/backup
40	010-160	2	Given the following output of the ls -l command, what permissions are assigned to members of the “staff” group? `-rwxrw-r— 1 jason staff 1040 Sep 27 08:52 sales`	rwx	rw-	r–	–rwxrw-r—
41	010-160	2	Given the following output of the ls -l command, what type is “sales”? `drwxrw-r— 1 jason staff 1040 Sep 27 08:52 sales`	file	directory	link	It cannot be determined with the given output.
42	010-160	3	Which command is used to change the permissions on a file or directory?	modch	set	chmod	mkmod
43	010-160	2	The chmod command can only be used with numerical permissions.	True	False
44	010-160	1	Every user on a Linux system is in at least one group.	True	False
45	010-160	4	Which command would you run to ensure that “file.txt” can only be read, edited, and executed by the owner and that no other users on the system have access to it?	chmod 777 file.txt	chmod 755 file.txt	chmod 770 file.txt	chmod 700 file.txt
46	010-160	3	Which command is used to set the file creation mask?	fmask	fcmask	umask	chmod
47	010-160	2	The Debian and RedHat Enterprise Linux distributions use the same package format.	True	False
48	010-160	1	How would you search for “apache” using yum?	yum search apache	yum find apache	yum get apache	yum-cache search apache
49	010-160	3	Which command lists all of the RPM packages installed on a system?	rpm -a	rpm -q	rpm -qa	rpm -ea
50	010-160	4	How would you install the htop package on a Debian based distribution?	apt-get htop	apt-get install htop	apt-cache install htop	yum-get htop
51	010-160	4	Which of the following commands will list the contents of the htop Debian package?	dpkg -S htop	dpkg –i htop	dpkg -l htop	dpkg –L htop
52	010-160	4	Which of the following commands display the first line of the file named “file.txt”?	top file.txt	top +1 file.txt	head file.txt	head -1 file.txt
53	010-160	3	What command would you use to view the changes as they occur to the `/var/log/messages` file?	watch /var/log/messages	tail /var/log/messages	tail -f /var/log/messages	tail -1 /var/log/messages
54	010-160	2	Use the nano editor if you need powerful and complex editing capabilities.	True	False
55	010-160	4	Which is not a valid vi mode?	command	insert	line	fundamental
56	010-160	1	Emacs can be used as a graphical editor as well as from the command line.	True	False
57	010-160	1	The first line of a shell script typically starts with a shebang followed by the path to an interpreter that will be used to execute the commands in the script.	True	False
58	010-160	4	Which of the following variables is valid?	3LETTERS=“ABC”	first-three-letters=“ABC”	first@Three@Letters=“ABC”	FIRST3LETTERS=“ABC”
59	010-160	2	What is the value of “$1” given the following command line: `$ ./add-user.sh tom richard harry`	./add-user.sh	tom	richard	harry
60	010-160	1	Which is the proper way to assign a value to a variable?	VAR=“VALUE”	VAR = “VALUE”
61	010-160	3	Which of the following will assign the output of the hostname command to the variable HOSTNAME?	HOSTNAME=$(hostname)	HOSTNAME=`hostname`	All of the above.