Lpi LPI Certifications 101-500 Questions & Answers

• Question 111:

  Which of the following commands can be used to locate programs and their corresponding man pages and configuration files?

  A. dirname

  B. which

  C. basename

  D. query

  E. whereis

  Correct Answer: E

• Question 112:

  Which of the following settings for umask ensures that new files have the default permissions -rw-r--- -- ?

  A. 0017

  B. 0640

  C. 0038

  D. 0027

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 113:

  Which of the following is the device file name for the second partition on the only SCSI drive?

  A. /dev/hda1

  B. /dev/sda2

  C. /dev/sd0a2

  D. /dev/sd1p2

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 114:

  Which of the following commands makes /bin/foo executable by everyone but writable only by its owner?

  A. chmod u=rwx,go=rx /bin/foo

  B. chmod o+rwx,a+rx /bin/foo

  C. chmod 577 /bin/foo

  D. chmod 775 /bin/foo

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 115:

  Which of the following commands can be used to search for the executable file foo when it has been placed in a directory not included in $PATH?

  A. apropos

  B. which

  C. find

  D. query

  E. whereis

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 116:

  What does the command mount -a do?

  A. It ensures that all file systems listed with the option noauto in /etc/fstab are mounted.

  B. It shows all mounted file systems that have been automatically mounted.

  C. It opens an editor with root privileges and loads /etc/fstab for editing.

  D. It ensuresthat all file systems listed with the option auto in /etc/fstab are mounted.

  E. It ensures that all file systems listed in /etc/fstab are mounted regardless of their options.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 117:

  Which of the following commands changes the ownership of file.txt to the user dan and the group staff?

  A. chown dan/staff file.txt

  B. chown dan:staff file.txt

  C. chown -u dan -g staff file.txt

  D. chown dan -g staff file.txt

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 118:

  After moving data to a new filesystem, how can the former path of the data be kept intact in order to avoid reconfiguration of existing applications? (Choose TWO correct answers.)

  A. By creating an ACL redirection from the old to the new path of the data.

  B. By creatinga hard link from the old to the new path of the data.

  C. By creating a symbolic link from the old to the new path of the data.

  D. By running the command touch on the old path.

  E. By mounting the new filesystem on the original path of the data.

  Correct Answer: CE

• Question 119:

  After successfully creating a hard link called bar to the ordinary file foo, foo is deleted from the filesystem. Which of the following describes the resulting situation?

  A. foo and bar would both be removed.

  B. foo would be removed while bar would remain accessible.

  C. foo would be removed. bar would still exist but would be unusable.

  D. Both foo and bar would remain accessible.

  E. The user is prompted whether bar should be removed, too.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 120:

  While editing a file in vi, the file changes due to another process. Without exiting vi, how can the file be reopened for editing with the new content?

  A. :r

  B. :n

  C. :w

  D. :e

  Correct Answer: D