LPI LINUX ESSENTIALS EXAMPREP
2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS FULL
SOLUTION SET
◉ Reverse DNS assigns hostnames to IP addresses. How is the name of
the IP address 198.51.100.165 stored on a DNS server?
A. In the A record for 165.100.51.198.ipv4.arpa.
B. In the PTR record for 165.100.51.198.in-addr.arpa.
C. In the RNAME record for 198-51-100-165.rev.arpa.
D. In the ARPA record for 165.100.51.198.rev.
E. In the REV record for arpa.in-addr.198.51.100.165. Answer: B. In the
PTR record for 165.100.51.198.in-addr.arpa.
◉ Which of the following types of bus can connect hard disk drives with
the motherboard?
A. The RAM bus
B. The NUMA bus
C. The CPU bus
D. The SATA bus
E. The Auto bus Answer: D. The SATA bus
◉ Members of a team already have experience using Red Hat Enterprise
Linux. For a small hobby project, the team wants to set up a Linux
server without paying for a subscription. Which of the following Linux
,distributions allows the team members to apply as much of their Red Hat
Enterprise Linux knowledge as possible?
A. Ubuntu Linux LTS
B. Raspbian
C. Debian GNU/Linux
D. CentOS
E. openSUSE Answer: D. CentOS
◉ What information can be displayed by top?
A. Existing files, ordered by their size.
B. Running processes, ordered by CPU or RAM consumption.
C. User accounts, ordered by the number of logins.
D. User groups, ordered by the number of members.
E. User accounts, ordered by the number of files. Answer: B. Running
processes, ordered by CPU or RAM consumption.
◉ Which of the following commands can be used to resolve a DNS
name to an IP address?
A. dnsname
B. dns
C. query
D. host
E. iplookup Answer: D. host
, ◉ Which of the following outputs comes from the command free?
A. 21:04:15 up 14 days, 7:43, 3 users, load average: 0.89, 1.00, 0.99
B. avg-cpu %user %nice %system %iowait % %steal %idle
34.04 0.03 13.88 1.06 0.00 50.99
C. Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounts On
/dev/mapper/vg_ssd- 25G 20G 3.6G 85% /
root
D. 1.8M /tmp
E.
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 16123128 12565680 2011624 412128 1545824 7180416 Answer:
E.
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 16123128 12565680 2011624 412128 1545824 7180416
◉ What is true about the dmesg command? (Choose two correct
answers.)
2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS FULL
SOLUTION SET
◉ Reverse DNS assigns hostnames to IP addresses. How is the name of
the IP address 198.51.100.165 stored on a DNS server?
A. In the A record for 165.100.51.198.ipv4.arpa.
B. In the PTR record for 165.100.51.198.in-addr.arpa.
C. In the RNAME record for 198-51-100-165.rev.arpa.
D. In the ARPA record for 165.100.51.198.rev.
E. In the REV record for arpa.in-addr.198.51.100.165. Answer: B. In the
PTR record for 165.100.51.198.in-addr.arpa.
◉ Which of the following types of bus can connect hard disk drives with
the motherboard?
A. The RAM bus
B. The NUMA bus
C. The CPU bus
D. The SATA bus
E. The Auto bus Answer: D. The SATA bus
◉ Members of a team already have experience using Red Hat Enterprise
Linux. For a small hobby project, the team wants to set up a Linux
server without paying for a subscription. Which of the following Linux
,distributions allows the team members to apply as much of their Red Hat
Enterprise Linux knowledge as possible?
A. Ubuntu Linux LTS
B. Raspbian
C. Debian GNU/Linux
D. CentOS
E. openSUSE Answer: D. CentOS
◉ What information can be displayed by top?
A. Existing files, ordered by their size.
B. Running processes, ordered by CPU or RAM consumption.
C. User accounts, ordered by the number of logins.
D. User groups, ordered by the number of members.
E. User accounts, ordered by the number of files. Answer: B. Running
processes, ordered by CPU or RAM consumption.
◉ Which of the following commands can be used to resolve a DNS
name to an IP address?
A. dnsname
B. dns
C. query
D. host
E. iplookup Answer: D. host
, ◉ Which of the following outputs comes from the command free?
A. 21:04:15 up 14 days, 7:43, 3 users, load average: 0.89, 1.00, 0.99
B. avg-cpu %user %nice %system %iowait % %steal %idle
34.04 0.03 13.88 1.06 0.00 50.99
C. Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounts On
/dev/mapper/vg_ssd- 25G 20G 3.6G 85% /
root
D. 1.8M /tmp
E.
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 16123128 12565680 2011624 412128 1545824 7180416 Answer:
E.
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 16123128 12565680 2011624 412128 1545824 7180416
◉ What is true about the dmesg command? (Choose two correct
answers.)
