LPI Linux Essentials 010-160 Practice Exam 2026
Guide
1. A Linux distribution consists of . A kernel, GNU core utilities, an X server
(optional), and a GUI (optional)
2. Which of the following is a popular open-source Firefox
web browser?
3. What does FSF stand for? FSF stands for Free Software Founda-
tion.
4. How is Linux generally installed in a virtualized Through conventional means (by us-
environment? ing the linux distribution's provided
installer)
5. How might you prevent a browser from storing By using the browser's private mode
cookies and caching user data?
6. The echo command is used to . Write to the standard output
7. What is the default character used in the com- $
mand prompt to designate that the shell is run-
ning with standard user privileges?
8. Which of the following options would output echo -e "This \"is\" 'some' \\\ntext"
the exact string of: This "is" 'some' \ntext using echo -e "This \"is\" 'some' \\\ntext"
the echo command? would preserve This "is" 'some' \ntext
— the double backslash for the \n is
needed due to the -e.
echo "This \"is\" 'some' \ntext"
echo "This \"is\" 'some' \ntext" would
preserve This "is" 'some' \ntext.
9. info mkdir
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, How would you invoke the info page for the
mkdir command?
10. How would you invoke the man page for the ls man ls
command?
11. Which of the following could you use to change cd
the current working directory to your home cd $HOME
directory in bash? cd~
cd -
12. Which of the following commands will remove rm -rf *
all files and directories in the current work-
ing directory (assuming you have the permis-
sions)?
13. Which of the following commands will move all mv file_* /tmp
files in the current directory that start with file_
to /tmp?
14. What command would you use to unpack the tar xf archive.tar
archive.tar file?
15. To view the files and directories of the tar tf ./archive.tar
./archive.tar archive, which of the following
commands would you use?
16. Which utility can be used to count the number wc
of words in a file or input?
17. Which of the following utilities can be used to cat
print the contents of a file to the screen? less
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Guide
1. A Linux distribution consists of . A kernel, GNU core utilities, an X server
(optional), and a GUI (optional)
2. Which of the following is a popular open-source Firefox
web browser?
3. What does FSF stand for? FSF stands for Free Software Founda-
tion.
4. How is Linux generally installed in a virtualized Through conventional means (by us-
environment? ing the linux distribution's provided
installer)
5. How might you prevent a browser from storing By using the browser's private mode
cookies and caching user data?
6. The echo command is used to . Write to the standard output
7. What is the default character used in the com- $
mand prompt to designate that the shell is run-
ning with standard user privileges?
8. Which of the following options would output echo -e "This \"is\" 'some' \\\ntext"
the exact string of: This "is" 'some' \ntext using echo -e "This \"is\" 'some' \\\ntext"
the echo command? would preserve This "is" 'some' \ntext
— the double backslash for the \n is
needed due to the -e.
echo "This \"is\" 'some' \ntext"
echo "This \"is\" 'some' \ntext" would
preserve This "is" 'some' \ntext.
9. info mkdir
1/5
, How would you invoke the info page for the
mkdir command?
10. How would you invoke the man page for the ls man ls
command?
11. Which of the following could you use to change cd
the current working directory to your home cd $HOME
directory in bash? cd~
cd -
12. Which of the following commands will remove rm -rf *
all files and directories in the current work-
ing directory (assuming you have the permis-
sions)?
13. Which of the following commands will move all mv file_* /tmp
files in the current directory that start with file_
to /tmp?
14. What command would you use to unpack the tar xf archive.tar
archive.tar file?
15. To view the files and directories of the tar tf ./archive.tar
./archive.tar archive, which of the following
commands would you use?
16. Which utility can be used to count the number wc
of words in a file or input?
17. Which of the following utilities can be used to cat
print the contents of a file to the screen? less
18. 1
2/5
