Question 1

How can you list the ACLs (if there are any) of a file test?

Accepted Answer

A)   ls -l test
B)   lsacl test
C)   getfacl test
D)   ls -l --acl test C

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

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. C

Question 3

You want to find out which jobs are currently queued in the laser print queue on your CUPS print server. Which command displays the information you need?

Accepted Answer

A)   lpstat -t
B)   lp -P laser
C)   lpq -P laser
D)   lpadmin -P laser C

Question 4

Within less, how do you search for a string downwards from where the cursor is positioned?

Accepted Answer

A)   \string
B)   ?string
C)   /string
D)   =string

Question 5

Which command displays the value stored in the $MYVAR variable?

Accepted Answer

A)   less MYVAR
B)   cat $MYVAR
C)   echo MYVAR
D)   echo $MYVAR

Question 6

To preserve the command history even when the shell is closed, the history is written to a file in the user's home directory. Which file holds the history information of the bash shell?

Accepted Answer

A)   bash_history
B)   .bash_history
C)   ?bash_history
D)   $bash_history

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A)   siga
B)   sitar
C)   fdisk
D)   lspci
E)   iostatF)  hwinfoG)  hdparm

Question 8

As system administrator root, you use the lpoptions command to change printer options, such as the page size. To which file are these options saved?

Accepted Answer

A)   ~/.bashrc
B)   ~/.lpoptions
C)   /etc/cups/lpoptions
D)   /etc/sysconfig/cups

Question 9

In a terminal window, which command displays the name of the directory you are currently in?

Accepted Answer

A)   dir
B)   pwd
C)   where
D)   current-dir

Question 10

You want to view the status (locked, valid password, etc.) of the account tux. Which command displays the desired information?

Accepted Answer

A)   passwd -L tux
B)   passwd -v tux
C)   passwd -p tux
D)   passwd -S tux

Question 11

In the bash shell, which command can be used to create a MY_NAME variable containing the value Joe?

Accepted Answer

A)   MY_NAME=Joe
B)   MY_NAME = Joe
C)   echo Joe > MY_NAME
D)   export MY_NAME = Joe

Question 12

Which command can be used to view the inode assigned to a filename?

Accepted Answer

A)   ls -i
B)   fsck -h -i
C)   inode --list
D)   cat /proc/inodes

Question 13

You want to delete all data on the second hard drive (/dev/hdb). Which command accomplishes this?

Accepted Answer

A)   rm /dev/hdb
B)   dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdb bs=100k
C)   dd of=/dev/zero if=/dev/hdb bs=100k
D)   dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdb count=1 bs=1024

Question 14

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?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

Which file contains information about which user was last logged in, where the user logged in, and how long the user was logged in?

Accepted Answer

A)   /var/log/login
B)   /var/log/lastlog
C)   /var/log/access
D)   /var/log/messages
E)   There is no log file containing this information

Question 17

You created a script (/root/bin/backup.sh) that backs up your files when executed. Using cron, you want to execute this script once every Saturday at 3:00 pm. Which line would you have to enter after invoking crontab - e in a terminal window?

Accepted Answer

A)   15 0 * * 6 /root/bin/backup.sh
B)   0 15 * * 6 /root/bin/backup.sh
C)   0 15 * 6 * /root/bin/backup.sh
D)   15 0 * * 6 root /root/bin/backup.sh

Question 18

Which are journaling file systems? (Choose 3.)

Accepted Answer

A)   XFS
B)   ext2
C)   ext3
D)   VFAT
E)   minixF)  VFAT32G)  ReiserFS

Question 19

You have a text file that contains empty lines. Using grep and regular expressions, which command displays the file without the empty lines?

Accepted Answer

A)   grep ^$ file
B)   grep [\ ] file
C)   grep -v ^$ file
D)   grep -v #$ file

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A)   -20
B)   -19
C)   0
D)   19
E)   20F)  99

Exam 1: SUSE Certified Linux Administrator 11