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Which network device serves as the gateway between your internal network
and external network?
A. Switch
B. Router
C. Wireless access point
D. Hub
B
Which file contains a list of the user's secondary groups?
A. /etc/passwd
B. /etc/shadow
C. /etc/user
D. /etc/group
D
What is a special permission bit set on a file or a directory that lets only the
owner of the file/directory or the root user delete or rename the file?
A. SGID
B. Sticky bit
C. SUID
D. Special bit
B
Which command is used to provide information about a user's identity,
including the names of the groups that the user belongs to?
A. cat /etc/groups
B. id
C. echo $UID
D. cat /etc/passwd
B
Which command adds the new user tux and creates the user’s home directory
with default configuration files?
A. usercreate tux
B. useradd -o default tux
C. useradd -m tux
D. passwd —a tux
C
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Which of the following outputs might be displayed when executing the
command last?
A. Last login: Fri Mar 23 10:56:39 2019 from server.diontraining.com
B. EXT4-fs (dm-7): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
C. root tty2 Wed Sep 29 21:11 - 21:11 (00:00)
D. system uptime 2.6.32—131.0.15. Mon Oct 31 17:45 - 17:48 (00:03)
C
Which of the following commands can be used to determine the time of the
last login of a given user?
A. showlog
B. recent
C. last
D. history
C
How would you represent r-xrw-r-- in octal notation?
A. 754
B. 624
C. 564
D. 541
C
Which one of the following statements concerning Linux passwords is true?
A. Users cannot change their password once it has been set
B. All passwords can be decrypted using the system administrator's master
password
C. Passwords are only stored in encrypted form
D. Passwords may be at most six characters long
E. Passwords may never start with a non-letter
C
Which of the following will change the group that is associated with a file?
A. ls -g
B. chmod
C. chmod -w
D. chown
D
Which of the following commands will set the variable text to olaf is home?
(Select two answers)
A. text=='olaf is home'
B. text=="olaf is home"
C. $text='olaf is home'
D. text=olaf\ is\home
E. text=$olaf is home
B, D
Which of the following commands increases the number of elements in a
directory (choose two answers)
A. create newfile
B. mkdir newdirectory
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C. rmdir newdirectory
D. ls newfile
E. touch newfile
B, E
Which commands provide help for a specific Linux command? (Choose two
answers).
A. man
B. ask
C. info
D. whatdoes
E. helpme
A, C
Which of the following answers are true for cloud computing? (Choose two
correct answers)
A. From the business perspective, Cloud Computing means outsourcing or
centralization of IT operations
B. Cloud Computing provides new tools to manage IT resources
C. Cloud Computing is the opposite of the Green IT; i.e., the use of fossil non-
regenerative energy for computing
D. Cloud Computing implies sharing all information with everyone else in 'the
cloud'
A, B
Which of the following statements concerning the General Public License
(GPL) is true?
A. The GPL is designed to ensure that the source code of a software remains
freely available
B. GPL software may not be used to run nuclear reactors or air traffic control
systems
C. The GPL is identical to the BSD license
D. If you changed a program you received under the GPL, you must send your
changes to the original author for approval
E. GPL software may never be sold for money
A
When typing a long command line at the shell, what single character can be
used to split a command across multiple lines?
A. \
B. /
C. *
D. &
A
What is the first character for a file or directory names if they should not be
displayed by commands such as ls unless specifically requested?
A. _ (underscore)
B. - (minus)
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C. \ (backslash)
D. . (dot)
D
What are the three sets of permission for a file?
A. User, group, others
B. Administrator, standard user, others
C. User, standard user, others
D. Administrator, group, others
A
Which of the following applications are used to play an MP3 file on a Linux
system? (Choose three answers)
A. Banshee
B. Xara Xtreme
C. Amarok
D. Audacious
E. LibreOffice Player
A, C, D
Which function does a shell program serve?
A. It is responsible for establishing a connection to another computer
B. It receives user commands and executes them
C. It provides a graphical environment
D. It is responsible for logging a user into the system
B
Which of the following file systems is most commonly used for Linux
distributions?
A. NTFS
B. Ext4
C. HFS+
D. FAT32
B
What is the usual absolute path
A. /home
B. /home/foo
C. /root/home/foo
D. /root
B
Which of the following is a combined audio/video interface for transmission of
digital data?
A. HDMI
B. VGA
C. DVI
D. DVD
E. ATI
A
LPI Linux Essentials 010-160 exam Questions Newest
Updated Exam 2026 Solved Questions & Answers
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Which network device serves as the gateway between your internal network
and external network?
A. Switch
B. Router
C. Wireless access point
D. Hub
B
Which file contains a list of the user's secondary groups?
A. /etc/passwd
B. /etc/shadow
C. /etc/user
D. /etc/group
D
What is a special permission bit set on a file or a directory that lets only the
owner of the file/directory or the root user delete or rename the file?
A. SGID
B. Sticky bit
C. SUID
D. Special bit
B
Which command is used to provide information about a user's identity,
including the names of the groups that the user belongs to?
A. cat /etc/groups
B. id
C. echo $UID
D. cat /etc/passwd
B
Which command adds the new user tux and creates the user’s home directory
with default configuration files?
A. usercreate tux
B. useradd -o default tux
C. useradd -m tux
D. passwd —a tux
C
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Which of the following outputs might be displayed when executing the
command last?
A. Last login: Fri Mar 23 10:56:39 2019 from server.diontraining.com
B. EXT4-fs (dm-7): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
C. root tty2 Wed Sep 29 21:11 - 21:11 (00:00)
D. system uptime 2.6.32—131.0.15. Mon Oct 31 17:45 - 17:48 (00:03)
C
Which of the following commands can be used to determine the time of the
last login of a given user?
A. showlog
B. recent
C. last
D. history
C
How would you represent r-xrw-r-- in octal notation?
A. 754
B. 624
C. 564
D. 541
C
Which one of the following statements concerning Linux passwords is true?
A. Users cannot change their password once it has been set
B. All passwords can be decrypted using the system administrator's master
password
C. Passwords are only stored in encrypted form
D. Passwords may be at most six characters long
E. Passwords may never start with a non-letter
C
Which of the following will change the group that is associated with a file?
A. ls -g
B. chmod
C. chmod -w
D. chown
D
Which of the following commands will set the variable text to olaf is home?
(Select two answers)
A. text=='olaf is home'
B. text=="olaf is home"
C. $text='olaf is home'
D. text=olaf\ is\home
E. text=$olaf is home
B, D
Which of the following commands increases the number of elements in a
directory (choose two answers)
A. create newfile
B. mkdir newdirectory
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C. rmdir newdirectory
D. ls newfile
E. touch newfile
B, E
Which commands provide help for a specific Linux command? (Choose two
answers).
A. man
B. ask
C. info
D. whatdoes
E. helpme
A, C
Which of the following answers are true for cloud computing? (Choose two
correct answers)
A. From the business perspective, Cloud Computing means outsourcing or
centralization of IT operations
B. Cloud Computing provides new tools to manage IT resources
C. Cloud Computing is the opposite of the Green IT; i.e., the use of fossil non-
regenerative energy for computing
D. Cloud Computing implies sharing all information with everyone else in 'the
cloud'
A, B
Which of the following statements concerning the General Public License
(GPL) is true?
A. The GPL is designed to ensure that the source code of a software remains
freely available
B. GPL software may not be used to run nuclear reactors or air traffic control
systems
C. The GPL is identical to the BSD license
D. If you changed a program you received under the GPL, you must send your
changes to the original author for approval
E. GPL software may never be sold for money
A
When typing a long command line at the shell, what single character can be
used to split a command across multiple lines?
A. \
B. /
C. *
D. &
A
What is the first character for a file or directory names if they should not be
displayed by commands such as ls unless specifically requested?
A. _ (underscore)
B. - (minus)
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C. \ (backslash)
D. . (dot)
D
What are the three sets of permission for a file?
A. User, group, others
B. Administrator, standard user, others
C. User, standard user, others
D. Administrator, group, others
A
Which of the following applications are used to play an MP3 file on a Linux
system? (Choose three answers)
A. Banshee
B. Xara Xtreme
C. Amarok
D. Audacious
E. LibreOffice Player
A, C, D
Which function does a shell program serve?
A. It is responsible for establishing a connection to another computer
B. It receives user commands and executes them
C. It provides a graphical environment
D. It is responsible for logging a user into the system
B
Which of the following file systems is most commonly used for Linux
distributions?
A. NTFS
B. Ext4
C. HFS+
D. FAT32
B
What is the usual absolute path
A. /home
B. /home/foo
C. /root/home/foo
D. /root
B
Which of the following is a combined audio/video interface for transmission of
digital data?
A. HDMI
B. VGA
C. DVI
D. DVD
E. ATI
A
