Exam 101-500 – linux.betcher.info

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1. Which of the following is true? The initramfs normally contains ..

the inital ramdisk for use with /sys, /proc and /dev

the Linux Kernel

The Boot loader

files needed files for the system boot

Which of the following best describes the purpose of hard disk partitioning during Linux installation?

To improve the performance of the operating system

To create multiple user accounts on the system

To allocate separate storage spaces for the operating system, user data, and other purposes

To encrypt the data on the hard disk for security purposes

What is the purpose of using package management in Linux?

To simplify software installation and management

To create separate partitions on the hard disk

To encrypt user data for security

To manage user account permissions

4. Which of the following commands will print important system information such as the kernel
version and machine hardware architecture?

sysinfo

uname

lspci

arch

info

5. You want to the command foo to take its input from the file foobar and send its output to the
program bar. Which of the following command lines will do this?

foo < foobar | bar

foo bar

foo | foobar > bar

foo | bar < foobar

foo > bar < foobar

6. Which of the following are Linux init systems?

systemd “System and Service Manager”

Upstart

service

systemctl

System V Init

What is the purpose of the boot process in system architecture?

To configure hardware settings

To connect to the internet

To load the operating system into memory and prepare the system for use

To shut down the system gracefully

8. When is the content of the kernel ring buffer reset? (Choose two.)

When the ring buffer is explicitly reset using the command dmesg –clear

When the ring buffer is read using dmesg without any additional parameters

When a configurable amount of time, 15 minutes by default, has passed

When the kernel loads a previously unloaded kernel module

When the system is shut down or rebooted

Which command is used to move a file or directory to a different location in the command line?

mkdir

touch

10. Which partition type should an UEFI boot partition have?

0700

8200

EF00

4200

8300

11. Which command will show you the contents of a gzip compressed tar archive?

gzip archive.tgz | tar xvf –

tar ztf archive.tgz

gzip -d archive.tgz | tar tvf –

tar cf archive.tgz

12.

Which of the following tasks falls under configuring hardware settings?

Installing a new software application

djusting the screen resolution

Replacing a faulty hard drive

Creating a new user account

13. When planning a partition scheme, which of the following directories could be considered for
separate partitions? (Choose three.)

/etc

/home

/var

/lib

/opt

14. Which command allows you to reverse sort the lines of a text file?

rsort

sort

reverse

uniq

unsort

15. What would be the best way to print out the MBR of the first mass storage device?

head -n 512 /dev/sda

hexdump -C -n 512 /dev/sda

tail -n 512 /dev/sda

cat /dev/sda

dd if=/dev/sda of=mbr.txt bs=512 count=1

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