LPI - Linux Essentials Exam Questions and Answers | 100% Pass

LPI - Linux Essentials Exam Questions and Answers | 100% Pass Red Hat-based systems use what package file format and what management tools? - Answer-The package file format is rpm. The package management tool is yum (or dnf, in the case of Fedora). What command could you use to create a new empty directory named "Test" in your current working directory? - Answer-mkdir Test The CentOS Linux distribution is based on what other distribution? - Answer-Red Hat NGINX and Apache are two common open-source ___ _______. - Answer-Web servers What is the difference between permissive and copyleft? - Answer-Copyleft is more restrictive in terms of licensing derivative works. Would you use a standard release or a rolling release distribution for an enterprise Linux server installation? - Answer-Standard What would the following line do if placed in a shell script? # rm -rf * - Answer-Nothing — it's a comment ;-) What does FLOSS stand for? - Answer-Free Libre Open-Source Software EMILLYCHARLOTTE 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YAER ©2024 EMILLYCHARLOTTE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH SEPTEMBER 2024 2/10 What does 'cloud_user@ip-10-0-1-10 $' in the console mean? - Answer-The user cloud_user is logged into the host ip-10-0-1-10, and the shell is running with normal user privileges ($) and ready for commands. What command could you use to reference the documentation of a CLI utility? - Answer-man or info, followed by the utility name To what variable would you add the path to a shell script so you could execute it without referencing the path? - Answer-$PATH What source does a Linux distribution typically use for installations? - Answer-The distribution's software repository. Does the useradd command create the home directory by default? - Answer- useradd merely sets the home directory in /etc/passwd; it doesn't create it by default. What command could you use to display command history? - Answer-history What provides the basic utilities expected to exist on an operating system? - Answer-The GNU Core utilities What can dpkg-based systems use for package management? - Answer-apt What is the basic format of a for loop? - Answer-for VARIABLE in SOMETHING do COMMANDS done Which utility can be used to search for a pattern or string? - Answer-grep Which utility can be used to count the number of words in a file? - Answer-wc What is the basic format of an if statement? - Answer-if [ SOME_TEST ] EMILLYCHARLOTTE 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YAER ©2024 EMILLYCHARLOTTE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH SEPTEMBER 2024 3/10 then SOME_COMMANDS fi How is Linux provisioned in the cloud? - Answer-Through the Linux images supplied by the cloud provider. What command would you use to open the info page for ls? - Answer-info ls What command would you use to see all of the contents (but not ownership, permissions, ., or ..) of /tmp? - Answer-ls -A /tmp How can a regular user elevate permissions for a particular command (if granted the ability in the /etc/sudoers file)? - Answer-sudo What do we call the collection of data centers that provide compute, application, and storage services over the internet? - Answer-The cloud! GPL is an example of what type of license? - Answer-Copyleft How could you hide the file "file" from being shown in a directory listing? - Answer-Change it to .file Which utilities can be used to print the contents of a file to the screen? - Answer- cat less more What method/protocol do we use to securely connect to a remote Linux server? - Answer-SSH (Secure Shell) EMILLYCHARLOTTE 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YAER ©2024 EMILLYCHARLOTTE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH SEPTEMBER 2024 4/10 Would you use Samba or NFS to share files with Windows users? - Answer- Samba. (Samba is a file sharing service that uses CIFS for compatibility with Windows devices.) What command could you use to create a new empty file named "file1" in your current working directory? - Answer-touch file1 What happens to a symbolic link if the target file is moved or deleted? - Answer- Nothing; the link persists but the old destination is no longer reachable. What command(s) could you use to view all running processes? - Answer-ps aux ps -eF (lots of other options) What command could you use to create a new directory called "Test" in t