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1.

Which of the following syslog identifiers represents the highest priority?
- A.
  
  Notice
- B.
  
  Warning
- C.
  
  Error
- D.
  
  Critical
Correct Answer
D. Critical

Explanation
critical represents the highest priority of any facility.
mail.info : Lowest priority
mail.critical : Highest priority of facilitiy.

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2.

Which of the following syslog identifiers represents the highest priority?
- A.
  
  Alert
- B.
  
  Error
- C.
  
  Critical
- D.
  
  Emerg
Correct Answer
D. Emerg

Explanation
critical represents the highest priority of any facility.
mail.info : Lowest priority
mail.critical : Highest priority of facilitiy.

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3.

Which of the following syslog identifiers represents the highest priority?
- A.
  
  Info
- B.
  
  Warning
- C.
  
  Notice
Correct Answer
B. Warning

Explanation
the standard syslog levels are (in descending order of priority): emerg,
alert, crit, err, warning, notice, info, debug

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4.

Which of the following syslog identifiers represents the highest priority?
- A.
  
  Alert
- B.
  
  Error
- C.
  
  Critical
- D.
  
  Emerg
Correct Answer
D. Emerg

Explanation
the standard syslog levels are (in descending order of priority): emerg,
alert, crit, err, warning, notice, info, debug

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5.

You run the following commands: [user@prompt]$ nice -n 1 program1 [user@prompt]$ nice -n 5 program2 [user@prompt]$ nice -n 10 program3 Which of the program started will have the highest priority?
- A.
  
  Program1
- B.
  
  Program2
- C.
  
  Program3
Correct Answer
A. Program1

Explanation
When process start, it start with default priority value of 0, Priority
value can be -20 (which is highest ) to 19 (which is lowest). So Answer A is correct.

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6.

You run following commands: [user@prompt]$ nice -n 1 program1 [user@prompt]$ nice -n 5 program2 [user@prompt]$ nice -n 10 program3 Which of the program started will have the highest priority?
- A.
  
  Program 1
- B.
  
  Program 2
- C.
  
  Program 3
Correct Answer
A. Program 1

Explanation
hen process start, it start with default priority value of 0, Priority
value can be -20 (which is highest ) to 19 (which is lowest). So Answer A is correct.

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7.

Which two programs will allow you to change the priority of a program already running?(Choose two)
- A.
  
  Top
- B.
  
  Nice
- C.
  
  Niceit
- D.
  
  Renice
- E.
  
  Chnice
Correct Answer(s)
A. Top
D. Renice

Explanation
Renice alters the scheduling priority of one or more running
processes.
Example: # renice -20 -p 3042 : Which sets the -20 priority to process having 3042 PID.

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8.

Which command would you use to change the priority of a running process?
- A.
  
  Renice
- B.
  
  Nice
- C.
  
  Kill
- D.
  
  Pstree
- E.
  
  Killall
Correct Answer
A. Renice

Explanation
Renice alters the scheduling priority of one or more running
processes.
Example: # renice -20 -p 3042 : Which sets the -20 priority to process having 3042 PID.

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9.

To change the priority of a running process, you use the _____ command. (Specifycommand only with no options)

Correct Answer
renice

Explanation
Renice alters the scheduling priority of one or more running
processes.
Example: # renice -20 -p 3042 : Which sets the -20 priority to process having 3042 PID.

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10.

What program would you use to increase or decrease the priority of a commandbefore it is executed?

Correct Answer
nice

Explanation
nice command helps to run the command by setting different priority.
#nice -n -20 find / -size +1024k
Which runs the find command by setting priority value -20.

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11.

What command could be used to get a hierarchical view of all the processes runningon the system without requiring your to provide any switches or options?

Correct Answer
top

Explanation
The top programs provides a dynamic real-time view of running
system. It can display system summary information as well as a list of tasks
currently being managed by the linux kernel.

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12.

You have created a really long letter and after you are done you notice that youused the name "Bob" many times but you forgot to capitalize it in many instances.Which command would replace "bob" with "Bob" in all instances and generate anew letter for printing?
- A.
  
  Sed '/bob/Bob' letter > newletter
- B.
  
  Sed s/bob/Bob/ leter < newletter
- C.
  
  Sed 's/bob/Bob/' letter> newletter
- D.
  
  Sed 's/bob, Bob/' letter > newletter
Correct Answer
C. Sed 's/bob/Bob/' letter> newletter

Explanation
sed is called the stream editor command, which is used to find and
replace the string pattern.
Example:
#sed 's/cat/dog/' testfile >testfile1 : Which replace the cat to dog from testfile and redirect
the output into testfile1 file.
Similaly Answer C is correct.

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13.

A user needs to search a file for lines that contain the asterisk (*) character. Whichgrep search command will accomplish this? Choose all that apply.
- A.
  
  Grep \* textfile
- B.
  
  Grep '*' textfile
- C.
  
  Grep "*" textfile
- D.
  
  Grep \ textfile
- E.
  
  Grep "'*'" textfile
Correct Answer(s)
A. Grep \* textfile
B. Grep '*' textfile
C. Grep "*" textfile

Explanation
grep, sed, tail, head, less, sort, cut etc are string processing tools,
which uses different symbls to match the pattern.
Whildcard Charaacter:
. àAny Single Character
* àzero or more character
[abc] àAny Single Character from the range
[^abc] àAny Single Character except from the range
Similarly Anchors
^ àLine beigns with
$ àLine ends with
\< àWord beigns with
\> àWord ends with
So grep search the pattern and displays all lines matching the pattern. But * is the
meaningfull character so to kill the meaning of meaningfull characters should use \.

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14.

You want to search the file myfile for all occurances of string containing at least fivecharacters, where character number 2 and 5 are 'a' and character number 3 is NOT'b'. Which command would you use?
- A.
  
  Grep a*^b*a myfile
- B.
  
  Grep .a[^b].a myfile
- C.
  
  Grep .[a].*.[a] myfile
- D.
  
  Grep .a*^b..a myfile
Correct Answer
B. Grep .a[^b].a myfile

Explanation
grep, sed, tail, head, less, sort, cut etc are string processing tools,
which uses different symbls to match the pattern.
Whildcard Charaacter:
. àAny Single Character
* àzero or more character
[abc] àAny Single Character from the range
[^abc] àAny Single Character except from the range
Similarly Anchors
^ àLine beigns with
$ àLine ends with
\< àWord beigns with
\> àWord ends with

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15.

Which of the following commands would display the lines containing capital lettersform the file "turkey.txt"?
- A.
  
  Cat turkey.txt|wc -|
- B.
  
  Grep -n [A-Z] turkey.txt
- C.
  
  Cat turkey.txt|wc -w [A-Z]
- D.
  
  Grep -v [A-Z] < turkey.txt
- E.
  
  For [A-Z] in turkey.txt | count
Correct Answer
B. Grep -n [A-Z] turkey.txt

Explanation
grep, sed, tail, head, less, sort, cut etc are string processing tools,
which uses different symbls to match the pattern.
Whildcard Charaacter:
. àAny Single Character
* àzero or more character
[abc] àAny Single Character from the range
[^abc] àAny Single Character except from the range
Similarly Anchors
^ àLine beigns with
$ àLine ends with
\< àWord beigns with
\> àWord ends with

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16.

You wish to list all files within your current working directory that are of the typeASCII, showing just a single line for each of those files. Type in the command stringthat would accomplish this.

Correct Answer
file * | grep ASCII
file * | grep -i ascii

Explanation
file command determines the type of file,
#file filename
File type can be ASCI, directory, HTML file etc.
# file * | grep ASCII : Displays the all ASCII files

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17.

You are writing text in vi. Now you want to save your changes and exit.Which two sequence of inputs will accomplish this? Select two.
- A.
  
  Esc XX
- B.
  
  Ctrl :w!
- C.
  
  Esc zz
- D.
  
  Esc :wq!
- E.
  
  Esc ZZ
Correct Answer(s)
D. Esc :wq!
E. Esc ZZ

Explanation
Shortcuts Description
:wq or ZZ Save and Exit
:w Write into Disk
:q! Quit without Save

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You want to save vi changes to the file myfile with :w!, but vi complains it can notwrite to the file. Therefore, you want to check the write permissions on the file. Todo this without leaving vi, you type:
- A.
  
  :!ls -l myfile
- B.
  
  :\ls -l myfile
- C.
  
  Esc :ls -l myfile
- D.
  
  :?ls -l myfile
Correct Answer
A. :!ls -l myfile

Explanation
You can execute the external commands in vi editor using :! command
Example: :!ls -l à displays all contents of current directory.

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19.

You wish to match instances of the word 'Many' that are at the begining of a line inthe vi editor. What is the key combination to do this? Include the character toindicate a search in VI, and type the command as if you were in Command Mode inVI.

Correct Answer
/^Many

Explanation
In vi Editory we can search any pattern in forward directory using /
and backward direction using ?. As well as can use different string processing
symbols.
Whildcard Charaacter:
. àAny Single Character
* àzero or more character
[abc] àAny Single Character from the range
[^abc] àAny Single Character except from the range
Similarly Anchors
^ àLine beigns with
$ àLine ends with
\< àWord beigns with
\> àWord ends with
So /^Many search all lines beginning by Many word.

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20.

You wish to match the character string v2.1 v2.2 v2.3 through to v2.9 within VI.Type the search string to achieve this.

Correct Answer
/v2\.[1-9]

Explanation
In vi Editory we can search any pattern in forward directory using /
and backward direction using ?. As well as can use different string processing
symbols.
Whildcard Charaacter:
. àAny Single Character
* àzero or more character
[abc] àAny Single Character from the range
[^abc] àAny Single Character except from the range
Similarly Anchors
^ àLine beigns with
$ àLine ends with
\< àWord beigns with
\> àWord ends with

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21.

How can you print an entire file to standard output?
- A.
  
  Printfile
- B.
  
  Cat
- C.
  
  Ls
- D.
  
  Pr2stdout
Correct Answer
B. Cat

Explanation
Cat allows you to look, modify or combine a file. The ls command will
list the files and directories within the current working directory (the directory you
are currently in). Pr2stdout does not exist.

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22.

Select all the ways of exiting and saving a vi session.
- A.
  
  :wq
- B.
  
  :w
- C.
  
  :ZZ
- D.
  
  Shift ZZ
- E.
  
  :x
Correct Answer(s)
A. :wq
D. Shift ZZ
E. :x

Explanation
The given options are different commands used in the vi editor to exit and save a session. The command ":wq" is used to write the changes and exit the session, while "Shift ZZ" is a shortcut for the same command. The command ":x" is also used to save and exit the session. Therefore, the correct answer is ":wq, Shift ZZ, :x" as these are the valid ways to exit and save a vi session.

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23.

After starting vi to edit an existing text file, you press 'A' (shift +a). This will let you:
- A.
  
  Insert text at the end of the current file.
- B.
  
  Insert text at the end of the current sentence.
- C.
  
  Insert text after your current cursor position.
- D.
  
  Insert text at the end of the file.
- E.
  
  Insert text at the end of your current paragraph.
Correct Answer
B. Insert text at the end of the current sentence.

Explanation
Pressing 'A' in vi (text editor) after starting to edit an existing text file will let you insert text at the end of the current sentence.

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24.

Type in the VI command line that would open the file mytestfile.txt and line numberit?

Correct Answer
vi +"set number" mytestfile.txt
-vi mytestfile.txt +"set number"
--vi mytestfile.txt "+set number"
--vi "+set number" mytestfile.txt

Explanation
set number option set the line number in vi editor. If you want to open
the file in vi editor, you can use one of above command.

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25.

You wish to edit the file 'mytextfile' with the VI editor and search for the string' Certkiller '. Type in the command line to open the file and highlight the first instanceof Certkiller , (and any others).

Correct Answer
vi +/Certkiller mytextfile
vi mytextfile +/ Certkiller

Explanation
To search in vi editor:
/ à Search in Forward Directtion
? à Search in Backward Direction
n à find Next in forward Direction
Nà Find Next in previous Direction
So vi +/ Certkiller mytextfile will search the Certkiller in mytextfile.

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26.

Using the VI editor you wish to paste the contents of the b buffer to the position ofthe cursor. What key combination would you type.

Correct Answer
bp
Bp

Explanation
"bp paste the contents of the b buffer to the postion of the cursor.

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27.

You wish to search for lines in VI that end with the string ' Certkiller ' Input thekeystrokes to achive this, including the vi search character.

Correct Answer
/Certkiller$

Explanation
In vi Editory we can search any pattern in forward directory using /
and backward direction using ?. As well as can use different string processing
symbols.
Wildcard Character:
. àAny Single Character
* àzero or more character
[abc] àAny Single Character from the range
[^abc] àAny Single Character except from the range
Similarly Anchors
^ àLine beigns with
$ àLine ends with
\< àWord beigns with
\> àWord ends with
$ symbol is used to search the pattern ended the lines with.

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28.

In the vi editor, which of the following commands will delete thecurrent line at the cursor and the 16 lines following it (17 lines total)?
- A.
  
  17d
- B.
  
  17dd
- C.
  
  17x
- D.
  
  D17d
- E.
  
  16d
Correct Answer
B. 17dd

Explanation
dd option is used to delete the current line. To delete more than one
line, we should pass the number of lines from current line.

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29.

While using the vi editor, you wish to move ahead one page. You should press thecontrol key and
- A.
  
  A
- B.
  
  D
- C.
  
  F
- D.
  
  U
Correct Answer
C. F

Explanation
To move screen in vi Editor,
F à go forward one full screen
B à go back one full screen
D à go down half screen
U à go up half screen

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30.

Using vi, you want to save changes to the file myfile with :w!, but vi complains itcannot write to the file. Therefore, you want to check the write permissions on thefile. To do this without leaving vi, you type:
- A.
  
  :!ls -l myfile
- B.
  
  :\ls -l myfile
- C.
  
  Esc :ls -l myfile
- D.
  
  :?ls -l myfile
Correct Answer
A. :!ls -l myfile

Explanation
A is correct because if you want to execute the bash commands on vi
editor, use :!command . If you want to list the details of specified files, use :!ls -l
filename. Similarly to display the date use :!date. To write the output of command
in opened file in vi editor use !!date, !!ls -l etc.

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31.

What is the most popular file system choice?
- A.
  
  Ext2
- B.
  
  Bsdf
- C.
  
  Jfs
- D.
  
  Ext3
Correct Answer
A. Ext2

Explanation
Ext3 is the newer filesystem in linux having more advantages the older
ext2 filesystem.
What are the advantages of ext3?Why do you want to migrate from ext2 to ext3? Four
main reasons: availability, data integrity, speed, and easy transition.
Availability
After an unclean system shutdown (unexpected power failure, system crash), each ext2
file system cannot be mounted until its consistency has been checked by the e2fsck
program. The amount of time that the e2fsck program takes is determined primarily by
the size of the file system, and for today's relatively large (many tens of gigabytes) file
systems, this takes a long time. Also, the more files you have on the file system, the
longer the consistency check takes. File systems that are several hundreds of gigabytes in
size may take an hour or more to check. This severely limits availability.
By contrast, ext3 does not require a file system check, even after an unclean system
shutdown, except for certain rare hardware failure cases (e.g. hard drive failures). This is
because the data is written to disk in such a way that the file system is always consistent.
The time to recover an ext3 file system after an unclean system shutdown does not
depend on the size of the file system or the number of files; rather, it depends on the size
of the "journal" used to maintain consistency. The default journal size takes about a
second to recover (depending on the speed of the hardware).
Data Integrity
Using the ext3 file system can provide stronger guarantees about data integrity in case of
an unclean system shutdown. You choose the type and level of protection that your data
receives. You can choose to keep the file system consistent, but allow for damage to data
on the file system in the case of unclean system shutdown; this can give a modest speed
up under some but not all circumstances. Alternatively, you can choose to ensure that the
data is consistent with the state of the file system; this means that you will never see
garbage data in recently-written files after a crash. The safe choice, keeping the data
consistent with the state of the file system, is the default.
Speed
Despite writing some data more than once, ext3 is often faster (higher throughput) than
ext2 because ext3's journaling optimizes hard drive head motion. You can choose from
three journaling modes to optimize speed, optionally choosing to trade off some data
integrity.
1. One mode, data=writeback, limits the data integrity guarantees, allowing old data to
show up in files after a crash, for a potential increase in speed under some circumstances.
(This mode, which is the default journaling mode for most journaling file systems,
essentially provides the more limited data integrity guarantees of the ext2 file system and
merely avoids the long file system check at boot time.)
2. The second mode, data=ordered (the default mode), guarantees that the data is
consistent with the file system; recently-written files will never show up with garbage
contents after a crash.
3. The last mode, data=journal, requires a larger journal for reasonable speed in most
cases and therefore takes longer to recover in case of unclean shutdown, but is sometimes
faster for certain database operations.
The default mode is recommended for general-purpose computing needs. To change the
mode, add the data=something option to the mount options for that file system in the
/etc/fstab file, as documented in the mount man page (man mount).
Easy Transition
It is easy to change from ext2 to ext3 and gain the benefits of a robust journaling file
system, without reformatting. That's right, there is no need to do a long, tedious, and
error-prone backup-reformat-restore operation in order to experience the advantages of
ext3. There are two ways to perform the transition:
1. The Red Hat Linux installation program offers to transition your file systems when
you upgrade your system. All you have to do is select one checkbox per file system.
2. The tune2fs program can add a journal to an existing ext2 file system. If the file
system is already mounted while it is being transitioned, the journal will be visible as the
file .journal in the root directory of the file system. If the file system is not mounted,
the journal will be hidden and will not appear in the file system. Just run tune2fs -j
/dev/hda1 (or whatever device holds the file system you are transitioning) and change
ext2 to ext3 on the matching lines in /etc/fstab. If you are transitioning your root file
system, you will have to use an initrd to boot. Run the mkinitrd program as described
in the manual and make sure that your LILO or GRUB configuration loads the initrd. (If
you fail to make that change, the system will still boot, but the root file system will be
mounted as ext2 instead of ext3 - you can tell this by looking at the output of the
command cat /proc/mounts.) More information on tune2fs can be found in the
tune2fs man page (man tune2fs).

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32.

What steps need to be performed, to make a new disk accessible to users? Select three.
- A.
  
  Fdisk
- B.
  
  Mkfs
- C.
  
  Mount
- D.
  
  Stat
- E.
  
  Quotaon
Correct Answer(s)
A. Fdisk
B. Mkfs
C. Mount

Explanation
One large disks convert into multiple small paritions using fdisk,
sfdisk, GNU parted etc tools. After creating the small partitions needs to create the
filesystem into the partitions. After creating the filesystem needs to mount on
directory only after user can use the partition.

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33.

Which THREE of the following commands are used when setting up and accessing anew filesystem on the hard drive?
- A.
  
  Fsck
- B.
  
  Mkfs
- C.
  
  Mount
- D.
  
  Fdisk
- E.
  
  Format
Correct Answer(s)
B. Mkfs
C. Mount
D. Fdisk

Explanation
One large disks convert into multiple small paritions using fdisk,
sfdisk, GNU parted etc tools. After creating the small partitions needs to create the
filesystem into the partitions. After creating the filesystem needs to mount on
directory only after user can use the partition.
Create the partitionàCreate the filesystemà Mount the filesystem

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34.

Type in the command line that will display the partitions on just the SecondarySlave drive in your system.

Correct Answer(s)
fdisk -l /dev/hdd

Explanation
fdisk is the partition management tool use to create, format, delete the
partitions. fdisk -l /dev/hda displays the all partitions created in /dev/hda

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35.

Type the full command line to begin partitioning the second SCSI drive on yoursystem using the most common disk partitioning tool.

Correct Answer(s)
fdisk /dev/sdb

Explanation
Device Name Convention
IDE Disk:
Primary Master: /dev/had
Primary Slave: /dev/hdb
Secondary Master: /dev/hdc
Secondary Slave: /dev/hdd
SCSI Disk:
/dev/sda
/dev/sdb
fdisk is the disk management tool use to create, delete the partitions.
#fdisk -l : Displays all partitions
#fdisk -l /dev/hda : Displays all partitions created in /dev/had
#fdisk /dev/hda : fdisk mode can create partition on hda
#fdisk /dev/sdb : fdisk mode can create partition on /dev/sdb

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36.

According to version 2.2 of the Fliesystem Hierarchy Standard, which of thefollowing is an optional directory in / (the root file system)? Select all that apply
- A.
  
  /boot
- B.
  
  /tmp
- C.
  
  /mnt
- D.
  
  /home
- E.
  
  /var
Correct Answer(s)
A. /boot
B. /tmp
D. /home
E. /var

Explanation
When you try to install the linux into your system, you need to create
at least / and swap (Virtual Memory) filesystems. As well as some important
directories which can't separate from / like dev, lib, bin, sbin, etc. Other are called
the Optional filesystem.

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37.

You have written a custom tool on your local system. Following the File HierarchyStandard (FHS), where should you install the binaries to be available to all users onyour system?

Correct Answer(s)
/bin

Explanation
The Linux File system Hierarchy

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38.

According to the Linux File System Hierarchy Standard, which one of the followingdirectories is shareable and for static application files?
- A.
  
  /opt
- B.
  
  /var
- C.
  
  /var/log
- D.
  
  /etc
- E.
  
  /usr
Correct Answer
E. /usr

Explanation
The Linux File system Hierarchy

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39.

If you want your system to be FHS-compliant, you must ensure that the /usr/localdirectory contain (choose all that apply):
- A.
  
  Bin
- B.
  
  Lib
- C.
  
  Man
- D.
  
  Sbin
Correct Answer(s)
A. Bin
B. Lib
C. Man
D. Sbin

Explanation
/usr/local directory contains bin, etc, info, man, lib, sbin, share, src
directories.

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40.

Which of the following Linux filesysterns pre-allocates a fixednumber of inodes at filesysterns make/creation time, and does NOTgenerate them as needed?
- A.
  
  Ext3
- B.
  
  Jfs
- C.
  
  Reiserfs
- D.
  
  Xfs
Correct Answer
A. Ext3

Explanation
What are the advantages of ext3?Why do you want to migrate from ext2 to ext3? Four
main reasons: availability, data integrity, speed, and easy transition.
Availability
After an unclean system shutdown (unexpected power failure, system crash), each ext2
file system cannot be mounted until its consistency has been checked by the e2fsck
program. The amount of time that the e2fsck program takes is determined primarily by
the size of the file system, and for today's relatively large (many tens of gigabytes) file
systems, this takes a long time. Also, the more files you have on the file system, the
longer the consistency check takes. File systems that are several hundreds of gigabytes in
size may take an hour or more to check. This severely limits availability.
By contrast, ext3 does not require a file system check, even after an unclean system
shutdown, except for certain rare hardware failure cases (e.g. hard drive failures). This is
because the data is written to disk in such a way that the file system is always consistent.
The time to recover an ext3 file system after an unclean system shutdown does not
depend on the size of the file system or the number of files; rather, it depends on the size
of the "journal" used to maintain consistency. The default journal size takes about a
second to recover (depending on the speed of the hardware).
Data Integrity
Using the ext3 file system can provide stronger guarantees about data integrity in case of
an unclean system shutdown. You choose the type and level of protection that your data
receives. You can choose to keep the file system consistent, but allow for damage to data
on the file system in the case of unclean system shutdown; this can give a modest speed
up under some but not all circumstances. Alternatively, you can choose to ensure that the
data is consistent with the state of the file system; this means that you will never see
garbage data in recently-written files after a crash. The safe choice, keeping the data
consistent with the state of the file system, is the default.
Speed
Despite writing some data more than once, ext3 is often faster (higher throughput) than
ext2 because ext3's journaling optimizes hard drive head motion. You can choose from
three journaling modes to optimize speed, optionally choosing to trade off some data
integrity.
1. One mode, data=writeback, limits the data integrity guarantees, allowing old data to
show up in files after a crash, for a potential increase in speed under some circumstances.
(This mode, which is the default journaling mode for most journaling file systems,
essentially provides the more limited data integrity guarantees of the ext2 file system and
merely avoids the long file system check at boot time.)
2. The second mode, data=ordered (the default mode), guarantees that the data is
consistent with the file system; recently-written files will never show up with garbage
contents after a crash.

3. The last mode, data=journal, requires a larger journal for reasonable speed in most
cases and therefore takes longer to recover in case of unclean shutdown, but is sometimes
faster for certain database operations.
The default mode is recommended for general-purpose computing needs. To change the
mode, add the data=something option to the mount options for that file system in the
/etc/fstab file, as documented in the mount man page (man mount).
Easy Transition
It is easy to change from ext2 to ext3 and gain the benefits of a robust journaling file
system, without reformatting. That's right, there is no need to do a long, tedious, and
error-prone backup-reformat-restore operation in order to experience the advantages of
ext3. There are two ways to perform the transition:
1. The Red Hat Linux installation program offers to transition your file systems when
you upgrade your system. All you have to do is select one checkbox per file system.
The tune2fs program can add a journal to an existing ext2 file system. If the file system is
already mounted while it is being transitioned, the journal will be visible as the file
.journal in the root directory of the file system. If the file system is not mounted, the
journal will be hidden and will not appear in the file system. Just run tune2fs -j /dev/hda1
(or whatever device holds the file system you are transitioning) and change ext2 to ext3
on the matching lines in /etc/fstab. If you are transitioning your root file system, you will
have to use an initrd to boot. Run the
mkinitrd program as described in the manual and make sure that your LILO or GRUB
configuration loads the initrd. (If you fail to make that change, the system will still boot,
but the root file system will be mounted as ext2 instead of ext3 - you can tell this by
looking at the output of the command cat

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41.

The command mkfs -t ext3 /dev/hdb1 -T largefile creates what size of inode?
- A.
  
  4 kilobyte
- B.
  
  1 megabyte
- C.
  
  2 megabyte
- D.
  
  4 megabyte
Correct Answer
B. 1 megabyte

Explanation
-T fs-type : Specify how the filesystem is going to be used, so that
mke2fs can choose optimal filesystem parameters for that use. Some Filesystem type
are:
news : One inode per 4kb block
largerfile : one inode per megabyte
largerfile4 : one inode per 4 megabytes

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42.

Which command (without options) would you use to display how much space isavailable on all partitions?

Correct Answer
df

Explanation
df displays the amount of disk space available on the filesystem
containing each file name argument. If no file name is given, the space available on
all currently mounted filesystems is shown.
# df -h : Disk free space in human readable format.

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43.

Which command will show the number of free and used inodes for your system'smounted file systems?
- A.
  
  Du -i
- B.
  
  Df -i
- C.
  
  Ls -iR /
- D.
  
  Freeinodes
Correct Answer
B. Df -i

Explanation
df - report file system disk space usage
-i, --inodes, list inode information instead of block usage

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44.

What command with switches will display the disk utilization for all mounted file systems?
- A.
  
  Df
- B.
  
  Vmstat
- C.
  
  Du
- D.
  
  Top
- E.
  
  Free
Correct Answer
A. Df

Explanation
df displays the amount of disk space available on the filesystem containing each file name argument. If no file name is given, the space available on all currently mounted filesystems is shown.
# df -h : Disk free space in human readable format.

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45.

What command with options will show the currently mounted filesystems usage inkilobytes?
- A.
  
  Df -k
- B.
  
  Df -h
- C.
  
  Du -k
- D.
  
  Du -h
- E.
  
  Du -s
Correct Answer
A. Df -k

Explanation
df displays the amount of disk space available on the filesystem
containing each file name argument. If no file name is given, the space available

on
all currently mounted filesystems is shown.
# df -k : Disk free space in kilobytes.

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46.

Which utility on a system will report any excessive file system space remaining with very few inodes still available?
- A.
  
  Fsck
- B.
  
  Debugfs
- C.
  
  Sync
- D.
  
  Showfiles
- E.
  
  Softlinks
Correct Answer
A. Fsck

Explanation
fsck checks and repair the Linux File system. While checking the
filesystem it returns the error code
0 : No Errors
1 : File System Errors corrected
2 : System should be rebooted
4 : File system errors left uncorrected
8 : Operational error
16 : Usage or Syntax error
32 : Fsck canceled by user request
# fsck /dev/hda1 : It will check the filesystem error of /dev/hda1

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47.

You are preparing to mount a new ext3 partition.What command would you use to check the filesystem for errors before mounting it?(Include only the command without path, options, or arguments)

Correct Answer
e2fsck

Explanation
e2fsck is used to check alinux second extended file system as well

as
third extended file jystem (containing journal in ext2 filesystem). After the

journal
has been applied a filesystem will normally be marked as clean. Hence, for ext3

filesystems, e2fsck will normally run the journal and exit, unless its superblock
indicates that further checking is required.

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48.

What utility is used to verify the integrity of a filesystem? (Do not specify path or parameters)

Correct Answer
fsck

Explanation
fsck checks and repair the Linux File system. While checking the
filesystem it returns the error code
0 : No Errors
1 : File System Errors corrected
2 : System should be rebooted
4 : File system errors left uncorrected
8 : Operational error
16 : Usage or Syntax error
32 : Fsck canceled by user request
# fsck /dev/hda1 : It will check the filesystem error of /dev/hda1

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49.

What is the simplest and most direct command to check the integrity of an Ext2 file system?
- A.
  
  Fsck.ext2
- B.
  
  Fsck -t ext2
- C.
  
  E2fsck
- D.
  
  Ext2fsck
- E.
  
  None of the above
Correct Answer
C. E2fsck

Explanation
e2fsck is used to check alinux second extended file system as well

as
third extended file jystem (containing journal in ext2 filesystem). After the

journal
has been applied a filesystem will normally be marked as clean. Hence, for ext3
filesystems, e2fsck will normally run the journal and exit, unless its superblock
indicates that further checking is required.

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50.

You are preparing to mount a new ext3 partition that is the second partition onyour first IDE drive. How can you check the integrity of the filesystem first without having to answer "y" to a bunch of Questions?
- A.
  
  E3fsck -y /dev/hda2
- B.
  
  E2fsck -y /dev/hda2
- C.
  
  E3fsck -r /dev/hda2
- D.
  
  E2fsck -r /dev/hda2
Correct Answer
B. E2fsck -y /dev/hda2

Explanation
e2fsck is used to check alinux second extended file system as well as third

extended
file jystem (containing journal in ext2 filesystem). After the journal has been
applied a filesystem will normally be marked as clean. Hence, for ext3

filesystems,
e2fsck will normally run the journal and exit, unless its superblock indicates

that
further checking is required.
Where -y means assumes an answer of 'yes' to all #######*******QUESTIONs; allows

e2fsck to be used
non-interactively.

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