SANS EXAMS QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
100% ACCURATE!!
ls (linux) - ANSWERSlist files in directory; current directory is used if no directory is
supplied
cd (Linux) - ANSWERSChange the current working directory
pwd (linux) - ANSWERSPrint the current working directory
cp (linux) - ANSWERScopy a file
mv (linux) - ANSWERSMove or rename a file
rm (linux) - ANSWERSDelete a file
mkdir (linux) - ANSWERSCreate a directory
rmdir (linux) - ANSWERSDelete a directory
cat (linux) - ANSWERSPrint one or more files to STDOUT
grep (linux) - ANSWERSSearch for text within a file or STDIN
File (linux) - ANSWERSIdentify the file type
Head (linux) - ANSWERSDisplay the first 10 lines of a file
Tail (linux) - ANSWERSDisplay the last 10 lines of a file
Tail -F (linux) - ANSWERSDisplay new data a it is appended to the end of a file (useful
for watching logs)
less (linux) - ANSWERSDisplay text from STDIN or a file one screen at a time
ps (linux) - ANSWERSDisplay a list of running processes
lsof (linux) - ANSWERSDisplay a list of open files
netstat (linux) - ANSWERSDisplay TCP & UDP connection info
, ifconfig (linux) - ANSWERSDisplay information about your network interfaces, such as
your IP address
su (linux) - ANSWERSTemporarily switch to a different user Root is used of no
username is specified
sort (linux) - ANSWERSSort the contents of a file or STDIN
STDIN (linux) - ANSWERSThe standard stream to direct data into a program (File
descriptor 0)
STDOUT (linux) - ANSWERSThe standard stream to direct data out of a program (File
descriptor 1)
STDERR (linux) - ANSWERSIs used for errors and other diagnostic information (File
descriptor 2)
Which of the following commands can be used to read the manual for your
applications? - ANSWERSman <command>
Which of the following commands is NOT used in the management of files and
directories? - ANSWERSping
Which of the following files contains hashes of user passwords on the most modern
linux distributions? - ANSWERS/etc/shadow
What is the UID of the root user? - ANSWERS0
Which of the following commands is used to install software from an online repository? -
ANSWERSyum install
Which of the following commands is used to query the RPM database to determine if a
package (such as tcpdump) is installed? - ANSWERSrpm -qa | grep tcpdump
Which of the following commands is used to install updates? - ANSWERSyum update
Which of th following commands is used to update all installed RPM packages EXCEPT
for httpd? - ANSWERSyum update --exclude httpd
tasklist (Windows) - ANSWERSlists currently running processes
taskkill (Windows) - ANSWERSterminates a running process
ipconfig (Windows) - ANSWERSDisplays network configuration of the local system
100% ACCURATE!!
ls (linux) - ANSWERSlist files in directory; current directory is used if no directory is
supplied
cd (Linux) - ANSWERSChange the current working directory
pwd (linux) - ANSWERSPrint the current working directory
cp (linux) - ANSWERScopy a file
mv (linux) - ANSWERSMove or rename a file
rm (linux) - ANSWERSDelete a file
mkdir (linux) - ANSWERSCreate a directory
rmdir (linux) - ANSWERSDelete a directory
cat (linux) - ANSWERSPrint one or more files to STDOUT
grep (linux) - ANSWERSSearch for text within a file or STDIN
File (linux) - ANSWERSIdentify the file type
Head (linux) - ANSWERSDisplay the first 10 lines of a file
Tail (linux) - ANSWERSDisplay the last 10 lines of a file
Tail -F (linux) - ANSWERSDisplay new data a it is appended to the end of a file (useful
for watching logs)
less (linux) - ANSWERSDisplay text from STDIN or a file one screen at a time
ps (linux) - ANSWERSDisplay a list of running processes
lsof (linux) - ANSWERSDisplay a list of open files
netstat (linux) - ANSWERSDisplay TCP & UDP connection info
, ifconfig (linux) - ANSWERSDisplay information about your network interfaces, such as
your IP address
su (linux) - ANSWERSTemporarily switch to a different user Root is used of no
username is specified
sort (linux) - ANSWERSSort the contents of a file or STDIN
STDIN (linux) - ANSWERSThe standard stream to direct data into a program (File
descriptor 0)
STDOUT (linux) - ANSWERSThe standard stream to direct data out of a program (File
descriptor 1)
STDERR (linux) - ANSWERSIs used for errors and other diagnostic information (File
descriptor 2)
Which of the following commands can be used to read the manual for your
applications? - ANSWERSman <command>
Which of the following commands is NOT used in the management of files and
directories? - ANSWERSping
Which of the following files contains hashes of user passwords on the most modern
linux distributions? - ANSWERS/etc/shadow
What is the UID of the root user? - ANSWERS0
Which of the following commands is used to install software from an online repository? -
ANSWERSyum install
Which of the following commands is used to query the RPM database to determine if a
package (such as tcpdump) is installed? - ANSWERSrpm -qa | grep tcpdump
Which of the following commands is used to install updates? - ANSWERSyum update
Which of th following commands is used to update all installed RPM packages EXCEPT
for httpd? - ANSWERSyum update --exclude httpd
tasklist (Windows) - ANSWERSlists currently running processes
taskkill (Windows) - ANSWERSterminates a running process
ipconfig (Windows) - ANSWERSDisplays network configuration of the local system
