WGU C851 (LINUX FOUNDATIONS)
EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS|VERIFIED & ALREADY
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Most Studied | Updated
WESTERN GOVERNOR’S UNIVERSITY
2026 VERSION
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
#Bright_minds #stuvia@2026
, QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Which of the following programs are web servers? (Choose two.)
A. Apache HTTPD
B. Postfix
C. Curl
D. Dovecot
E. NGINX. ANSWER - AE
What are the differences between hard disk drives and solid state disks? (Choose two.)
A. Hard disks have a motor and moving parts, solid state disks do not.
B. Hard disks can fail due to physical damage, while solid state disks cannot fail.
C. Solid state disks can store many times as much data as hard disk drives.
D. /dev/sda is a hard disk device while /dev/ssda is a solid state disk.
E. Solid state disks provide faster access to stored data than hard disks.. ANSWER - AE
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
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
, 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
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
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
Which of the following outputs comes from the command free?
total used free shared buff/cached available. ANSWER - total used free shared buff/cached
available
What is true about the dmesg command? (Choose two.)
EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS|VERIFIED & ALREADY
GRADED A+
Most Studied | Updated
WESTERN GOVERNOR’S UNIVERSITY
2026 VERSION
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
#Bright_minds #stuvia@2026
, QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Which of the following programs are web servers? (Choose two.)
A. Apache HTTPD
B. Postfix
C. Curl
D. Dovecot
E. NGINX. ANSWER - AE
What are the differences between hard disk drives and solid state disks? (Choose two.)
A. Hard disks have a motor and moving parts, solid state disks do not.
B. Hard disks can fail due to physical damage, while solid state disks cannot fail.
C. Solid state disks can store many times as much data as hard disk drives.
D. /dev/sda is a hard disk device while /dev/ssda is a solid state disk.
E. Solid state disks provide faster access to stored data than hard disks.. ANSWER - AE
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
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
, 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
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
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
Which of the following outputs comes from the command free?
total used free shared buff/cached available. ANSWER - total used free shared buff/cached
available
What is true about the dmesg command? (Choose two.)
