Question 1

In a terminal window, which command can you enter to change to your home directory (/home/geeko)? (Choose 2.)
A) cd
B) cd ~
C) cd -h
D) cd home
E) cd --homedir

Accepted Answer

cd and cd ~ are both valid commands to change to the home directory.

Question 2

You have a test directory with the following permissions: rwx------ You want to change the permissions to the following values: r-xr-xr-x. Which command accomplishes this?
A) chmod 777 test
B) chmod u=rx,a-rx test
C) chmod u-w,g+rx,o+rx test
D) chmod u+w,g+rx,o+rx test

Accepted Answer

The command `chmod u-w,g+rx,o+rx test` removes write permission for the user and adds read and execute permissions for the group and others, resulting in r-xr-xr-x.

Question 3

What is the key characteristic of the root account?
A) The user name root
B) The User ID (UID) 0
C) The Security Identifier (SID)
D) The Universally Unique Identifier (UUID)

Accepted Answer

The root account is characterized by having the User ID (UID) 0, which grants it full administrative privileges on Unix and Linux systems.

Question 4

You have a file named file1 and you want to create a symbolic link named link-to-file1 to the file. In a terminal window, which command accomplishes what you want? (Choose 2.)
A) ln file link-to-file1
B) ln link-to-file1 file1
C) ln -s file1 link-to-file1
D) ln -s link-to-file1 file1
E) cp -s file1 link-to-file1
F) mv -s file1 link-to-file1

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

Which are configuration files of syslog-ng? (Choose 3.)
A) /etc/logging
B) /etc/sysconfig/log
C) /etc/log/syslog-ng
D) /etc/sysconfig/syslog
E) /etc/log/syslog-ng.conf
F) /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
G) /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf.in

Accepted Answer

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Question 6

Which command can you use to create a Reiser file system on the sda6 partition? (Choose 2.)
A) mkreiserfs /dev/sda6
B) fdisk.reiserfs /dev/sda6
C) make.reiserfs /dev/sda6
D) fdisk -t reiserfs /dev/sda6
E) mkfs -t reiserfs /dev/sda6

Accepted Answer

The `mkreiserfs` command and `mkfs -t reiserfs` are both used to create a Reiser file system on a specified partition.

Question 7

Which command shows you the default shell of a user?
A) w user
B) id user
C) who user
D) finger user

Accepted Answer

The `finger` command provides detailed information about a user, including their default shell.

Question 8

What is the result of the following command? (Choose 2.) dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdd bs=512 count=1
A) Overwrites an existing partition table
B) Creates a LVM partition of 512 blocks
C) Backs up the /dev/zero and /dev/hdd files
D) Writes zeros in the first 512 bytes of the first hard disk block
E) Assigns the physical volume zero to the logical volume hdd

Accepted Answer

The command writes zeros to the first 512 bytes of /dev/hdd, which typically overwrites the partition table.

Question 9

As a normal user, such as geeko, you use the lpoptions command to change printer options, such as the page size. To which file are these options saved?
A) ~/.bashrc
B) ~/.lpoptions
C) /etc/cups/lpoptions
D) /etc/sysconfig/cups

Accepted Answer

The lpoptions command saves printer options to the ~/.lpoptions file for the current user.

Question 10

What does the following command do? tar -tzvf /tmp/backup.tgz etc/HOSTNAME
A) It extracts the etc/HOSTNAME file from the /tmp/backup.tgz archive.
B) It includes the etc/HOSTNAME file in the /tmp/backup.tgz archive.
C) It produces an error message because the options are in the wrong sequence.
D) It displays a line similar to the following, but otherwise does nothing: -rw-r--r-- root/root 23 2005-03-11 14:20 etc/HOSTNAME

Accepted Answer

The command lists the contents of the specified file in the archive without extracting it, showing details like permissions, owner, size, and modification date.

Question 11

The useradd command is used to create new users. Which file contains information on the primary group, shell, and other parameters to be used by useradd when not specified on the command line?
A) /etc/profile
B) /etc/passwd
C) /etc/shadow
D) /etc/default/ useradd

Accepted Answer

The /etc/default/useradd file contains default values for user creation, such as primary group, shell, and other parameters used by the useradd command when not specified on the command line.

Question 12

You need to find the files in the /etc directory that contain the word DocumentRoot. In a terminal window, which command will help you find it?
A) discover DocumentRoot /etc
B) grep -r DocumentRoot /etc/*
C) search -r DocumentRoot /etc/*
D) find /etc -content DocumentRoot

Accepted Answer

The `grep -r DocumentRoot /etc/*` command searches recursively for the word "DocumentRoot" in all files within the /etc directory.

Question 13

As root, you entered the runlevel command. What does the following output indicate? N5
A) You are in runlevel 5. A previous runlevel is not available.
B) You are in runlevel 5. A previous runlevel was 3 (network).
C) You are in runlevel 3 (network). The system is changing now to runlevel 5.
D) You are currently in no runlevel. The system is changing now to runlevel 5.

Accepted Answer

The output "N5" indicates that the system is currently in runlevel 5, and there is no previous runlevel available.

Question 14

Which options are PAM module types that can be used in a PAM configuration file? (Choose 4.)
A) key
B) auth
C) card
D) account
E) session
F) password

Accepted Answer

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Question 15

Which command displays cpu and input/output statistics for devices and partitions?
A) siga
B) sitar
C) fdisk
D) lspci
E) iostat
F) hwinfo
G) hdparm

Accepted Answer

The `iostat` command is used to display CPU and input/output statistics for devices and partitions.

Question 16

How do you activate an ACL when mounting a file system manually?
A) mount --acl /dev/hda5 /data
B) mount -f acl /dev/hda5 /data
C) mount -o acl /dev/hda5 /data
D) mount --use-acl /dev/hda5 /data

Accepted Answer

The correct option to activate ACLs when mounting a file system is to use the "-o" option followed by "acl", as in "mount -o acl /dev/hda5 /data".

Question 17

Using the nice command, what is the highest priority a normal user can assign to a process?
A) -20
B) -19
C) 0
D) 19
E) 20
F) 99

Accepted Answer

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Question 18

Which statement about an incremental backup is correct?
A) The use of incremental backups is limited to backups on tapes.
B) To restore an incremental backup, you need the last incremental backup only.
C) To restore an incremental backup, you need the last full backup and the last incremental backup that was made since the last full backup.
D) The amount of data that needs to be backed up with each incremental backup depends only on the amount of data changed the last incremental backup.

Accepted Answer

Incremental backups only back up data that has changed since the last backup, whether it was a full or incremental backup, minimizing the amount of data that needs to be backed up each time.

Question 19

Suppose you change from your current runlevel 5 to the new runlevel 3. Which statement is correct?
A) Nothing will happen at all.
B) If there is a K* link for a certain service in /etc/init.d/rc5.d/ but no corresponding S* link I /etc/init.d/rc3.d/, nothing will happen.
C) If there is no K* link for a certain service in /etc/init.d/rc5.d/ but there is an S* link in /etc/init.d/rc3.d/, the service is started.
D) If there is a K* link for a certain service in /etc/init.d/rc5.d/ and there is an S* link in /etc/init.d/rc3.d/, the service is stopped and started again.

Accepted Answer

When changing runlevels, services with S* links in the target runlevel directory are started if they are not already running.

Question 20

You can schedule jobs to be executed by cron in several ways. Which directories are used for scripts that are to be executed at regular intervals? (Choose 2.)
A) /etc/cron.d/
B) /etc/crontabs/
C) /etc/cron.daily/
D) /var/spool/cron/tabs/

Accepted Answer

/etc/cron.d/ is used for system-wide cron jobs, and /etc/cron.daily/ is used for scripts that need to be executed daily.

Exam 1: SUSE Certified Linux Administrator 11

In a terminal window, which command can you enter to change to your home directory (/home/geeko) ? (Choose 2.)

You have a test directory with the following permissions: rwx------ You want to change the permissions to the following values: r-xr-xr-x. Which command accomplishes this?

What is the key characteristic of the root account?

You have a file named file1 and you want to create a symbolic link named link-to-file1 to the file. In a terminal window, which command accomplishes what you want? (Choose 2.)

Which are configuration files of syslog-ng? (Choose 3.)

Which command can you use to create a Reiser file system on the sda6 partition? (Choose 2.)

Which command shows you the default shell of a user?

What is the result of the following command? (Choose 2.) dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdd bs=512 count=1

As a normal user, such as geeko, you use the lpoptions command to change printer options, such as the page size. To which file are these options saved?

What does the following command do? tar -tzvf /tmp/backup.tgz etc/HOSTNAME

The useradd command is used to create new users. Which file contains information on the primary group, shell, and other parameters to be used by useradd when not specified on the command line?

You need to find the files in the /etc directory that contain the word DocumentRoot. In a terminal window, which command will help you find it?

As root, you entered the runlevel command. What does the following output indicate? N5

Which options are PAM module types that can be used in a PAM configuration file? (Choose 4.)

Which command displays cpu and input/output statistics for devices and partitions?

How do you activate an ACL when mounting a file system manually?

Using the nice command, what is the highest priority a normal user can assign to a process?

Which statement about an incremental backup is correct?

Suppose you change from your current runlevel 5 to the new runlevel 3. Which statement is correct?

You can schedule jobs to be executed by cron in several ways. Which directories are used for scripts that are to be executed at regular intervals? (Choose 2.)