| Question 1: To see if httpd is currently running from a root login, which of the following command combinations would you use? |
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ps aux | grep httpd |
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ps httpd |
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ps aux | more |
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ps aux |
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ps aux > more |
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| Question 2: Which command would you use to see only the last ten lines of a file? |
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head |
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less |
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more |
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tail |
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vi |
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| Question 3: Which command would you use to see which devices are currently mounted onto the file system? |
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ls |
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dir |
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dev |
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list |
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df |
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| Question 4: Which commands could you use to delete a directory? |
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remdir |
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rmdir |
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rm |
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rem |
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rm -rf |
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| Question 5: Which command would you use to list the jobs in the print queue? |
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lpq |
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lpr |
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lpl |
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lpc |
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lprm |
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| Question 6: Which command would you use in vi's command mode to delete the current character? |
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rm |
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dd |
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x |
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r |
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d |
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| Question 7: Which command works to configure the X server regardless of distribution? |
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XF86Config |
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startx |
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sax |
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XF86Setup |
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Xconfigurator |
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| Question 8: Which standard can you consult to help you find your way around a Linux system you've never used? |
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XML |
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GNU |
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FSSTND |
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GPL |
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HTML |
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| Question 9: Which networking tool can you use to assign IP addresses to machines during the installation process? |
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httpd |
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SMTP |
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DHCP |
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FTP |
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TCP |
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| Question 10: Which command can you use to create an empty file without opening it in an editor? |
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vi |
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make |
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more |
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touch |
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man |
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| Question 11: What kind of firewall would you use to prevent people from knowing how many machines are behind the firewall? |
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TCP/IP blocking |
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TCP/IP |
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Proxy |
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tcp_wrapper |
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IP Filter |
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| Question 12: Which of the following are passwords that would pass a Crack security check? |
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tooc00l |
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aMbfRc |
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toocool |
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5y2n3x1w |
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1on1 |
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| Question 13: Which of the following is the umask for the permission set rwxr-xr-x? |
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022 |
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644 |
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755 |
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322 |
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311 |
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| Question 14: Which of the following files must be created or edited in order to institute quotas on the /home partition? |
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/etc/quota.user |
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/quota.user |
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/home/[a]quota.group |
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/etc/fstab |
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/etc/quota.group |
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| Question 15: What would you do if you forgot the root password and were not logged into the root account already? |
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su to root and change its password. |
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Change the password at the LILO prompt. |
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Reboot normally. |
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Boot into single user mode. |
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Reinstall Linux. |
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| Question 16: Http packets travel under which protocol? |
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FTP |
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HTML |
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TCP |
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UDP |
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telnet |
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| Question 17: Which command can you use to start building a configuration file for the ISA slot Plug and Play hardware in a Linux machine? |
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plugnplay |
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pnpedit |
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pnpconfig |
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pnpisa |
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pnpdump |
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| Question 18: Which command can you use to load ISA slot Plug and Play configuration data during boot time? |
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isapnp |
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pnpisa |
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pnpload |
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isaload |
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isaconfig |
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| Question 19: You have a vi session open in command mode and want to look at a man page, but don't want to have to change terminals. What would you type to be able to look at the man page without having to close the vi session? |
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exit |
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man command |
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Go to command mode and type wq |
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bg |
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Ctrl+Z |
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| Question 20: You have your vi session in the background and are finished looking at that man page. What do you type to bring the vi session back up? |
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vi |
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up |
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bg |
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open |
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fg |
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| Question 21: You have a non-text file that you want to print. Which program might you need to run it through before sending it to the print queue? |
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postscript |
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filter |
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if |
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ghostscript |
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of |
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| Question 22: What should be on the first line of any bash shell script? |
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#!/bin/bash |
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/#!/bin/bash |
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#! |
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# |
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/bin/bash |
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| Question 23: Which command would you use to verify that you can reach a known machine from the current machine? |
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ifconfig |
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ping |
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host |
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netconfig |
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netcfg |
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| Question 24: Which of the following extensions refer to files that are compressed in some manner? |
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.tgz |
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.Z |
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.gz |
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.tar |
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.g |
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| Question 25: Which two commands would you use open a .tgz file? |
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tar -xvf |
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gzip |
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tar |
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guntar |
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gunzip |
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| Question 26: Which command would you use if you thought part of the file system was corrupt? |
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fsck |
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fdisk |
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mkfs |
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mke2fs |
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dd |
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| Question 27: What would you type to mount an MS-DOS formatted floppy (without relying on /etc/fstab shortcuts)? |
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mount -t msdos /mnt/floppy /dev/fd0 |
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mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy |
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mount -t vfat floppy |
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mount /mnt/floppy |
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mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy |
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| Question 28: Which file system type would you use to mount a data CD-ROM? |
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cd |
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isocd |
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iso9660 |
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cdrom |
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iso960 |
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| Question 29: Which command creates a soft link? |
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link -soft |
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link -s |
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ln |
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ln -soft |
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ln -s |
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| Question 30: Which commands would you use to search for files in the file system? |
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which |
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what |
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where |
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find |
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locate |
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| Question 31: Which commands format could you use to search for a file when you have no idea where in the file system it's located, but you do have a portion of the file name to go on? |
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find fragment |
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find / -name 'fragment' |
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locate fragment |
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find 'fragment' |
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find / fragment |
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| Question 32: Which command updates the locate database? |
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/bin/update |
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locate -u |
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update -l |
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/usr/bin/updatedb |
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locate --update |
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| Question 33: Which log file would you look in to find problems during the boot process? |
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/var/log/messages |
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/var/bootlog |
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/bootlog |
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/var/log/bootlog |
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/var/log/boot |
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| Question 34: Which of the following are popular X desktop environments? |
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ldm |
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kdm |
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sdm |
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xdm |
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gdm |
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| Question 35: Which command works on all distributions to remove a user account? |
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userdel |
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user -rm |
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rmuser |
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rm -user |
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deluser |
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| Question 36: What does the user deletion command not remove? |
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The /etc/shadow entry |
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The /etc/passwd entry |
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The /etc/group entry |
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The home directory |
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Files outside the user's home directory |
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| Question 37: Which command format can locate the ex-user's files within the file system? |
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find / user |
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find / * |
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find / -user UID |
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find / * -user username |
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find / * -user UID |
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| Question 38: Which driver do you need to use a tape drive for backups? |
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ft0 |
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tape |
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ftape |
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tp |
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t0 |
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| Question 39: Which command must you use before removing removable media? |
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mount -u |
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unmount |
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rmdisk |
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umount |
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rdisk |
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| Question 40: Which keyboard combination changes virtual terminals in console mode? |
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Alt+Ctrl |
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Alt+ESC |
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Ctrl+F# |
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Alt+F# |
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Ctrl+ESC |
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| Question 41: Which keyboard combination changes virtual terminals when in the GUI? |
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Ctrl+Alt+F# |
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Ctrl+ESC+F# |
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Shift+Ctrl+F# |
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Shift+Alt+F# |
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Ctrl+F# |
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| Question 42: Which file would the superuser edit to set when weekly automated system jobs occur? |
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/usr/crontab |
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/bin/crontab |
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/etc/crontab.conf |
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~/crontab.conf |
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/etc/crontab |
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| Question 43: Which command would a user type to edit his or her automated jobs? |
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cron --edit |
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cronedit |
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crontab |
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vi crontab |
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crontab -e |
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| Question 44: Which file would the superuser edit to set all user login defaults? |
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/etc/login |
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/etc/.bashrc |
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/etc/.profile |
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/etc/.login |
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/etc/profile |
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| Question 45: Which section of the file system is held entirely in RAM? |
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/boot |
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/proc |
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/usr |
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/tmp |
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/bin |
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| Question 46: If a user tends to enter the GUI by typing "startx", which file would you edit to change that user's default desktop environment? |
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~/.xinitrc |
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/usr/X11R6/bin/.xsession |
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/etc/X11/Xclients |
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/etc/Xll/Xsession |
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~/.xclients |
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| Question 47: What type of /etc/printcap item would you use to define which script or program all jobs going to a specific printer should pass through first? |
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if |
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sd |
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lp |
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lf |
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mx |
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| Question 48: Which command lets you set the system time? |
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date -t |
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when |
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date --time |
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date |
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time |
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| Question 49: What should you keep around in case of a machine crash? |
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spare CPU |
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spare monitor |
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spare case |
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backups |
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boot disk |
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| Question 50: Which of the following strings fit in the pattern "d?d"? |
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dude |
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dad |
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dared |
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dread |
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did |
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| Question 51: Which of the following strings fit in the pattern "d*d"? |
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raked |
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drained |
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did |
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dried |
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deed |
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| Question 52: Which character signals programs, such as vi, more, and less, that you want to search for characters? |
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\ |
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S |
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R |
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/ |
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s |
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| Question 53: If you wanted to add a new file to the all new user home directories for accounts you create in the future, where would you put it? |
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/etc/home |
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/home/skel |
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/etc/skel |
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/etc/usr |
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/home |
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| Question 54: Which protocol do ping packets travel with? |
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FTP |
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TCP |
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DHCP |
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ICMP |
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UDP |
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| Question 55: What would you type to determine the current network status? |
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net |
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status |
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netstat |
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netstatus |
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netstat -r |
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| Question 56: If you have an IP address and want to know the domain name associated with it, which command would you use? |
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DNS |
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dnslookup |
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lookup |
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dns |
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nslookup |
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| Question 57: Which permission bits must be turned on to run a shell script by just typing its name? |
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read-write |
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all |
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none |
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read |
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executable |
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| Question 58: Which package allows for secure telnet connections? |
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PGPtelnet |
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sshtelnet |
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ssh |
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telnet |
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pgptelnet |
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| Question 59: Which command is often used to prepare a downloaded package before compiling it? |
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make |
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compile |
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configure |
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gcc |
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./configure |
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| Question 60: What is the first item run after LILO begins the boot process (not including the path)? |
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rc.sysinit |
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inittab |
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sysinit |
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init |
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rc.local |
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| Question 61: Which kernel configuration options do you almost always change when compiling a custom kernel? |
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old CD-ROM drive support |
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processor speed |
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partition types |
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joystick support |
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amateur radio support |
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| Question 62: Which command do you use to load a module into the kernel manually? |
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mod -a |
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addmod |
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insmod |
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mod -ins |
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mod -i |
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| Question 63: Which hard drive BIOS setting would fix the 1024 cylinder problem in some cases? |
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repartioning |
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reformatting |
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compression |
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adding a second drive |
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LBA |
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| Question 64: Which commands could you use to create a boot disk? |
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mkbootdisk |
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dd |
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makeboot |
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mkboot |
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make boot |
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| Question 65: Which portions of the file system need to be cleaned out regularly so they don't overrun the rest of the file system? |
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/var/log |
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/etc |
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/bin |
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/tmp |
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/usr |
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| Question 66: Which command combination would you use to join the text of two files into a third file? |
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less file1 file2 > file3 |
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cat file1 file2 > file3 |
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ls file1 file2 > file3 |
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file1 file2 > file3 |
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more file1 file2 > file3 |
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| Question 67: What is the default Linux shell? |
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sh |
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csh |
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ksh |
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bash |
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tcsh |
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| Question 68: What is the netmask for a class C IP address? |
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255.255.255.0 |
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255.0.0.0 |
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255.255.0.0 |
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255.255.255.255 |
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127.0.0.1 |
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| Question 69: If a program locks up or hangs, what is one way that might get you out of it? |
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Ctrl+K |
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Alt+C |
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Alt+K |
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Ctrl+C |
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ESC |
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| Question 70: Who do the first three items in a permission grouping refer to? |
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group |
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other |
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admin |
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users |
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owner |
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| Question 71: Which log file should exist if you want to track failed logins to try to detect attempted breakins? |
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wtmp |
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btmp |
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logins |
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utmp |
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logins.failed |
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| Question 72: Which program could you use to edit text files without needing to open them? |
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sed |
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grep |
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more |
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less |
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vi |
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| Question 73: Which of the following formats will list all files in the series file01 through file09? |
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file* |
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file? |
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file?? |
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file[0-9][0-9] |
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file[0-9] |
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| Question 74: Which command extracts an unused module from the kernel? |
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rmmod |
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mod -del |
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delmod |
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mod -rm |
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rm -mod |
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| Question 75: Which command would you use to disable a printer? |
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lpc |
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lpr |
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lprm |
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lpx |
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lpq |
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