Lpi LPI Other Certification 101-500 Questions & Answers

• Question 31:

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

  A. When the ring buffer is explicitly reset using the command dmesg --clear

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

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

  D. When the kernel loads a previously unloaded kernel module

  E. When the system is shut down or rebooted

  Correct Answer: AE

• Question 32:

  What is true regarding UEFI firmware? (Choose two.)

  A. It can read and interpret partition tables

  B. It can use and read certain file systems

  C. It stores its entire configuration on the /boot/ partition

  D. It is stored in a special area within the GPT metadata

  E. It is loaded from a fixed boot disk position

  Correct Answer: BD

• Question 33:

  A faulty kernel module is causing issues with a network interface card. Which of the following actions ensures that this module is not loaded automatically when the system boots?

  A. Using lsmod --remove --autoclean without specifying the name of a specific module

  B. Using modinfo followed by the name of the offending module

  C. Using modprobe followed by the name of the offending module

  D. Adding a blacklist line including the name of the offending module to the file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

  E. Deleting the kernel module's directory from the file system and recompiling the kernel, including its modules

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 34:

  Which daemon handles power management events on a Linux system?

  A. acpid

  B. batteryd

  C. pwrmgntd

  D. psd

  E. inetd

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 35:

  Which of the following statements are true about the boot sequence of a PC using a BIOS? (Choose two.)

  A. Some parts of the boot process can be configured from the BIOS

  B. Linux does not require the assistance of the BIOS to boot a computer

  C. The BIOS boot process starts only if secondary storage, such as the hard disk, is functional

  D. The BIOS initiates the boot process after turning the computer on

  E. The BIOS is started by loading hardware drivers from secondary storage, such as the hard disk

  Correct Answer: AD

• Question 36:

  Consider the following directory:

  drwxrwxr-x 2 root sales 4096 Jan 1 15:21 sales

  Which command ensures new files created within the directory sales are owned by the group sales? (Choose two.)

  A. chmod g+s sales

  B. setpol newgroup=sales sales

  C. chgrp sales sales

  D. chown --persistent *.sales sales

  E. chmod 2775 sales

  Correct Answer: CE

• Question 37:

  When considering the use of hard links, what are valid reasons not to use hard links?

  A. Hard links are not available on all Linux systems because traditional filesystems, such as ext4, do not support them

  B. Each hard link has individual ownership, permissions and ACLs which can lead to unintended disclosure of file content

  C. Hard links are specific to one filesystem and cannot point to files on another filesystem

  D. If users other than root should be able to create hard links, suln has to be installed and configured

  E. When a hard linked file is changed, a copy of the file is created and consumes additional space

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 38:

  Consider the following output from the command ls :

  

  How would a new file named c.txt be created with the same inode number as a.txt (Inode 525385)?

  A. ln a.txt c.txt

  B. ln c.txt a.txt

  C. ln a.txt c.txt

  D. ln c.txt a.txt

  E. ln 525385 c.txt

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 39:

  What does the command mount --bind do?

  A. It makes the contents of one directory available in another directory

  B. It mounts all available filesystems to the current directory

  C. It mounts all user mountable filesystems to the user's home directory

  D. It mounts all file systems listed in /etc/fstab which have the option userbind set

  E. It permanently mounts a regular file to a directory

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 40:

  Which umask value ensures that new directories can be read, written and listed by their owning user, read and listed by their owning group and are not accessible at all for everyone else?

  A. 0750

  B. 0027

  C. 0036

  D. 7640

  E. 0029

  Correct Answer: B