LCP-001 Online Practice Questions and Answers

If Linux detects an ACPI BIOS on bootup, what does it automatically deactivate?

A. PnP

B. PCI

C. ATA

D. APM

Which command will allow you to find a specific installed package?

A. rpm -- list rpmname

B. rpm -qvl rpmname

C. rpm rpmname

D. rpm -qv rpmname

E. rpm -f rpmname

You just started X for the first time and noticed that the display does not use the entire screen. What program can you use to fix this?

A. xvidtune

B. xf86config

C. XF86Setup

D. tweakscreen

What would the following line accomplish if run as root? chown -R bert /home/bert/*

A. Nothing, this command is invalid.

B. It would revoke bert's ownership of all files in /home/bert to bert.

C. It would change user ownership of all files in /home/bert to bert.

D. It would set the group ownership of the directory /home/bert to bert

E. It would set ownership of all files and subdirectories in /home/bert to bert

You are having problems with a particular font and you want to see if its directory is included in XF86Config. Which section contains this information?

A. Paths

B. Fonts

C. Files

D. Graphics

You are the system administrator for a consulting firm where several people use Linux as their desktop operating system. One of your users has installed a commercial publishing program that works under X on a variety of UNIX and Linux platforms. The user made a series of configuration changes regarding the initial window size, location and color. Now, he is having difficulty undoing these changes and is asking for your help. In which file would you think you would most likely find the configuration settings you are seeking to change?

A. ~/.xinitrc

B. ~/.xconfig

C. ~/.Xdefaults

D. ~/.XF86Config

E. /etc/X11/XF86Config

Which option must be listed in /etc/fstab to activate user quotas automatically?

A. quota

B. user

C. quotaon

D. usrquota

Users may create and edit a configuration file in their home directory that can tell the X window system what window manager they wish it to start when they log in. What file is that?

A. $HOME/.wmrc

B. $HOME/.startx

C. $HOME/.Xdefaults

D. $HOME/.xserverrc

E. $HOME/.xinitrc

How do you get a list of files that have been installed from a dpkg package?

A. dpkg -l pkgname

B. dpkg -C pkgname

C. dpkg -s pkgname

D. dpkg -S pkgname

E. dpkg -L pkgname

When you start XWindows, which series of programs and/or scripts would most closely describe the startup process?

A. xdm --> xinit --> xinitrc --> Xclients

B. kde --> xinitrc --> xinit --> Xclients

C. startx --> xinitrc --> Xclients --> kde

D. startx --> xinit --> xinitrc --> Xclients

E. startx-->xinit-->Xclients-->xinitrc

What does the command mount -a do?

A. It mounts the floppy disk for all users

B. It shows all mounted file systems

C. It opens /etc/fstab to edit

D. It mounts all file systems listed in /etc/fstab

Which of the following commands will print the first few lines of a text file to the shell?

A. cat -n 10 filename

B. dump -n 10 filename

C. head -n 10 filename

D. print -n 10 filename

The GRUB_TIMEOUT parameter specifies a timeout period when booting in what unit of time?

A. milliseconds

B. tenths of seconds

C. seconds

D. minutes

Which of the following commands will write a message to the terminals of all logged in users?

A. bcast

B. mesg

C. print

D. wall

E. yell

During a system boot cycle, what is the program that is run after the BIOS completes its tasks?

A. The bootloader

B. The inetd program

C. The init program

D. The kernel