Exam 101-500 – linux.betcher.info

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

mkdir

touch

2. Which partition type code should be used for a swap partition?

3. Which of the following does touch not do?

Create an empty file

Update the access and modification time of a file

Update the access and modification time of a directory

Update the created time of an existing file

Create a file with an modified access date.

Create a directory

4. Which of the following commands can be used to download the RPM package kernel without
installing it?

yum download –no-install kernel

yumdownloader kernel

rpm –download –package kernel

rpmdownload kernel

5. What does the command mount -a do?

It mounts the floppy disk for all users

It shows all mounted file systems

It opens /etc/fstab to edit

It mounts all file systems listed in /etc/fstab

6. Which parameter allows you to filter for devices (PCI-Bus) with lspci?

-k

-b

-v

-s

-t

7. What is the first program the Linux kernel starts at boot time when using System V init?

/lib/init.so

/proc/sys/kernel/init

/etc/rc.d/rcinit

/sbin/init

/boot/init

8. Which of the following is very important when installing from source code (Check TWO that
apply)?

Read all documentation included with the source code.

Reboot after installing all programs.

Manually check to see if all dependencies are met.

Use rpm or dpkg goverify the installation.

Do not install binaries as the root user.

Which option should be used with the fsck command to automatically repair any found filesystem errors without user interaction?

-y

-a

-r

-f

10. How do you unload a Linux module from the running Kernel?

lsmod

modprobe -r

ldd

rmod

11. FILL BLANK –
Which program updates the database that is used by the locate command? (Specify ONLY the command without any path or parameters).

updatedb

FILL BLANK –

12.

How would you partition a mass storage device with an MBR (dos) partition scheme?

mkswap

mkfs

fdisk

gdisk

cddisk

13.

What is the role of YUM (Yellowdog Updater Modified) in RPM-based Linux distributions?

YUM is a graphical user interface for managing software packages.

YUM is a package management tool that provides automatic updates for the system.

YUM is a tool for configuring the hardware settings of the computer.

YUM is a command-line package manager that handles software installations and dependency resolution.

14.

How do you create a new directory named “documents” in the command line?

mkdir documents

newdir documents

touch documents

cd documents

15. How can you get more information, like the maintainer, about an apt package on Debian?

apt-cache show pkg

apt-info pkg

apt-cache info pkg

apt-show pkg

apt-cache search pkg

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