GAQM Linux Certified Professional (LCP) LCP-001 Questions & Answers

• Question 21:

  What effect does the sticky bit have when set on a directory?

  A. There is no effect because the sticky bit has been deprecated in Linux.

  B. It provides a hint to the kernel that files in this directory should be cached in memory, if possible.

  C. It restricts deletion of files in this directory to only the root user and the file owner regardless of write permissions for other users.

  D. It instructs the kernel to keep the underlying data for the files in the directory intact to allow for undeletion of important files.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 22:

  When piping the output of find to the xargs command, what option to find is useful if the filenames have spaces in them?

  A. -rep-space

  B. -print0

  C. -nospace

  D. -ignore-space

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 23:

  Which of the following commands can be used to perform a full text search on all available packages on a Debian system?

  A. apt

  B. apt-cache

  C. apt-get

  D. apt-search

  E. dpkg

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 24:

  Which of the following shell redirections will write standard output and standard error output to a file named filename?

  A. 2>and1 >filename

  B. >filename 2>and1

  C. 1>and2>filename

  D. >>filename

  E. 1and2>filename

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 25:

  Which of the following statements would create a default route using a gateway of 192.168.1.1?

  A. netstat -add default gw

  B. route default 192.168.1.1

  C. ip route default 192.168.1.1

  D. route add default gw 192.168.1.1

  E. ifconfig default gw 192.168.1.1 eth0

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 26:

  During a system boot cycle, what is the program that is run after the BIOS completes its tasks?

  A. The bootloader

  B. The inetd program

  C. The init program

  D. The kernel

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 27:

  What is the default action of the split command on an input file?

  A. It will break the file into new files of 1,024 byte pieces each.

  B. It will break the file into new files of 1,000 line pieces each.

  C. It will break the file into new files of 1,024 kilobyte pieces each.

  D. It will break the file into new files that are no more than 5% of the size of the original file.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 28:

  What is the purpose of the and character at the end of a command line?

  A. It causes standard error to be unbuffered.

  B. It causes the command to be run in the background of the current shell.

  C. It puts the command under the job control facilities of the current shell.

  D. It causes the command to be run as a child of the initial login shell of the user.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 29:

  Which of the following commands will write a message to the terminals of all logged in users?

  A. bcast

  B. mesg

  C. print

  D. wall

  E. yell

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 30:

  Which of the following explanations are valid reasons to run a command in the background of your shell?

  A. The command does not need to execute immediately.

  B. The command has to run immediately but the user needs to log out.

  C. The system is being shut down and the command needs to restart execution immediately after the reboot.

  D. The command can run at a lower priority than normal commands run on the command line.

  Correct Answer: B