Linux LPI 117-101 # 2 Of 9
Linux lpi testing
- 1.Type in the file name and full path of the configuration file where you would set the variable HISTSIZE for all users of the system.
- 2.Type only the name of the file or utility that will show you the last system bootup messages.
- 3.What does the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard enable? (Select TWO answers)
- A.
Software to predict the location of installed files and directories
- B.
Software to predict the ownership and access rights of installed files and directories
- C.
Users to predict the location of installed files and directories.
- D.
Users to predict how the filesystem should be formatted according to need.
- 4.You have a machine which serves 100 users. You don't want to include their data in the location database. Where would you specify excluded directories for locate?
- A.
/etc/locate.conf
- B.
.locaterc
- C.
/etc/updatedb.conf
- D.
/etc/exclude_dir
- 5.Identify the proper device for the third partition, on the second hard disk, on the first IDE controller on a PC system.
- A.
/dev/hdb3
- B.
/dev/hd1b3
- C.
/dev/hdc1b3
- D.
/dev/hdc1d2p3
- 6.You have just upgraded your PC to a 60 gigabyte IDE drive. While partitioning thedrive, you notice that only 32 gigabytes are available. Which of the following willmost likely allow you to use the entire drive?
- A.
Create two smaller partitions of 30 gigabytes each.
- B.
Set the PC BIOS to use LBA mode.
- C.
Create a partition that resides entirely below the first 1024 cylinders.
- D.
Use GRUB or the latest version of LILO as a bootloader.
- E.
Upgrade the PC BIOS to the latest version available.
- 7.On an ext2 partition, what portion is reserved for the root user?
- A.
100 cylinders
- B.
No less than 500 blocks
- C.
None
- D.
5%
- E.
1/32nd of the total space
- 8.You have a Linux system with a 100GB ext2 partition containing large amounts of data. To minimize the boot time, you decide to convert it to a journaling filesystem. Which journaling file system would be easiest to convert the partition to (without destroying existing data)?
- A.
Reiserfs
- B.
Vfat
- C.
Ext3
- D.
Xfs
- 9.Tamika is planning the partition table for her new workstation. Assuming she will give each of the following directories its own partition, which partition should be the largest?
- A.
/usr
- B.
/lib
- C.
/root
- D.
/bin
- 10.You have run out of disk space on a partition. Which of the following would be an easy way to move data to a new partition without reconfiguring the path to the data in existing applications?
- A.
Run ext2fs ACL.
- B.
Use a hard link.
- C.
Use a symbolic link.
- D.
Use the loopback device.
- E.
Create a block device offset.
- 11.To build a fresh new Linux system, how much free space should you reserve for theLinux partition?
- A.
100 - 200MB
- B.
200 - 300MB
- C.
300 - 400MB
- D.
700 - 800MB
- 12.Which directory is used to store undelivered user email by default?
- A.
/var/spool/sendmail/usermail
- B.
/var/spool/mail
- C.
/var/spool/mailqueue
- D.
/var/spool/sendmail/username
- E.
/var/mail/sendmail/username
- 13.What would be the device name of the 2nd SCSI disk on your system? Include thefull path to the device file
- 14.What is the device file for the first logical drive in the extended partition of theSecondary Master IDE drive? Include the full path and filename.
- 15.Which of the following directories would be the least likely to need backing up?Choose Two.
- A.
/usr
- B.
/etc
- C.
/home
- D.
/tmp
- E.
/swap
- 16.With a Linux 2.2 Kernel-based machine configuration of 133 MHZ, 32 MB RAMand a 1 GB HD, how much swap should be configured?
- A.
512MB
- B.
256MB
- C.
128MB
- D.
64MB
- E.
32MB
- 17.Which of the following file system types causes the least impact when upgrading anExt2 file system?
- A.
Ext3
- B.
ReiserFS
- C.
JFS
- D.
XFS
- E.
VFS
- 18.According to the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, what directory trees areconsidered optional on a system's root filesystem? Choose all that apply.
- A.
/mnt
- B.
/root
- C.
/usr
- D.
/var
- E.
/opt
- 19.When partitioning a disk with more than 1024 cylinders, which of the followingcould affect the systems ability to boot?
- A.
Location of LILO on disk
- B.
Location of /boot on disk
- C.
Location /var on disk
- D.
Disk transfer rate
- E.
Disk seek time
- 20.Which of the following is a typical rule for allocating swap space for a Linuxinstallation?
- A.
Use 25% of available drive space for a swap partition.
- B.
Use 10% of available drive space for a swap partition.
- C.
Use 50% of total RAM for the size of a swap partition.
- D.
Use 200% of total RAM for the size of a swap partition.
- E.
Use 128MB on each hard disk in the system for swap.
- 21.You are building a server that will undergo many hardware and operating systemupgrades. The server is the file server for all users on your 100 user network.Which directory should have its own mountpoint and/or hard drive?
- A.
/boot
- B.
/sbin
- C.
/home
- D.
/etc
- 22.You are formatting a single hard disk for a Linux install. What is the maximumnumber of primary partitions you can create?
- A.
0
- B.
1
- C.
2
- D.
3
- E.
4
- 23.In GRUB's configuration file you find the line root (hd1, 4)What is corresponding device name on a Linux system?
- A.
/dev/hda4
- B.
/dev/hda5
- C.
/dev/hdb4
- D.
/dev/hdb5
- 24.When you are looking for brief information about a program in your PATH with itsassociated man pages, you would use ...
- A.
Which
- B.
Whereis
- C.
Locate
- D.
Where
- 25.Select the default $PATH set by the init command
- A.
/bin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/etc:/usr/etc
- B.
/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/opt/bin:/bin:/sbin
- C.
/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
- D.
/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
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