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LPIC-1-Exam 101 - Terms and Utilities
Exam Questions and Answers
/sys - Answer✔✔-virtual file system which stores and allows modification of system
connected devices
/proc - Answer✔✔-virtual file system with text files showing kernel and process status
/dev - Answer✔✔-contains files that represent devices (device nodes)
modprobe - Answer✔✔-program to add and remove modules from the Linux Kernel
lsmod - Answer✔✔-program to show the status of modules in the Linux Kernel
lspci - Answer✔✔-list all PCI devices
/var/log/messages - Answer✔✔-system log (On Ubuntu it's /var/log/syslog)
dmesg - Answer✔✔-print or control the kernel ring buffer
BIOS - Answer✔✔-Basic Input Output System
bootloader - Answer✔✔-a program that loads an operating system
kernel - Answer✔✔-the code between the hardware and applications
/etc/inittab - Answer✔✔-config file that controls what happens on a restart or when
the run levels are force changed
shutdown - Answer✔✔-bring the system down
init - Answer✔✔-program that spawns other processes (Replaced with upstart in
Ubuntu)
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/etc/init.d - Answer✔✔-where traditional sysvinit scripts and upstart backward
compatible scripts reside
telinit - Answer✔✔-change system runlevel
/ (root) filesystem - Answer✔✔-base level of the files system directory tree
/var filesystem - Answer✔✔-location of often changing files (such as database files)
/home filesystem - Answer✔✔-location of user home directories
swap space - Answer✔✔-drive space used as slow virtual memory
mount point - Answer✔✔-directory entry point to other mounted storage volumes
partitions - Answer✔✔-a logical storage unit
/boot/grub/menu.lst - Answer✔✔-config file that determines which kernel GRUB boots
grub-install - Answer✔✔-install GRUB to a device
MBR - Answer✔✔-Master Boot Record
superblock - Answer✔✔-file system blocks that contain info like: file system type,
status, size, and other info
/etc/lilo.conf - Answer✔✔-config file for LILO boot loader (alternative to GRUB)
lilo - Answer✔✔-LInux LOader (boot loader)
ldd - Answer✔✔-print shared library dependencies
ldconfig - Answer✔✔-configure dynamic linker run-time bindings
/etc/ld.so.conf - Answer✔✔-config file that dictates where to search for libraries
(colon, space, newline, tab, or comma-separated)
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©2024 EMILLYCHARLOTTE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
FIRST PUBLISH SEPTEMBER 2024
LPIC-1-Exam 101 - Terms and Utilities
Exam Questions and Answers
/sys - Answer✔✔-virtual file system which stores and allows modification of system
connected devices
/proc - Answer✔✔-virtual file system with text files showing kernel and process status
/dev - Answer✔✔-contains files that represent devices (device nodes)
modprobe - Answer✔✔-program to add and remove modules from the Linux Kernel
lsmod - Answer✔✔-program to show the status of modules in the Linux Kernel
lspci - Answer✔✔-list all PCI devices
/var/log/messages - Answer✔✔-system log (On Ubuntu it's /var/log/syslog)
dmesg - Answer✔✔-print or control the kernel ring buffer
BIOS - Answer✔✔-Basic Input Output System
bootloader - Answer✔✔-a program that loads an operating system
kernel - Answer✔✔-the code between the hardware and applications
/etc/inittab - Answer✔✔-config file that controls what happens on a restart or when
the run levels are force changed
shutdown - Answer✔✔-bring the system down
init - Answer✔✔-program that spawns other processes (Replaced with upstart in
Ubuntu)
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/etc/init.d - Answer✔✔-where traditional sysvinit scripts and upstart backward
compatible scripts reside
telinit - Answer✔✔-change system runlevel
/ (root) filesystem - Answer✔✔-base level of the files system directory tree
/var filesystem - Answer✔✔-location of often changing files (such as database files)
/home filesystem - Answer✔✔-location of user home directories
swap space - Answer✔✔-drive space used as slow virtual memory
mount point - Answer✔✔-directory entry point to other mounted storage volumes
partitions - Answer✔✔-a logical storage unit
/boot/grub/menu.lst - Answer✔✔-config file that determines which kernel GRUB boots
grub-install - Answer✔✔-install GRUB to a device
MBR - Answer✔✔-Master Boot Record
superblock - Answer✔✔-file system blocks that contain info like: file system type,
status, size, and other info
/etc/lilo.conf - Answer✔✔-config file for LILO boot loader (alternative to GRUB)
lilo - Answer✔✔-LInux LOader (boot loader)
ldd - Answer✔✔-print shared library dependencies
ldconfig - Answer✔✔-configure dynamic linker run-time bindings
/etc/ld.so.conf - Answer✔✔-config file that dictates where to search for libraries
(colon, space, newline, tab, or comma-separated)
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