Free 010-160 Sample Questions — Linux Essentials Certificate Exam, version 1.6

What information is stored in /etc/passwd? (Choose three.)

• A. The user's storage space limit
• B. The numerical user ID
• C. The username
• D. The encrypted password
• E. The user's default shell

What is true about the owner of a file?

• A. Each file is owned by exactly one user and one group
• B. The owner of a file always has full permissions when accessing the file
• C. The user owning a file must be a member of the file's group
• D. When a user is deleted, all files owned by the user disappear
• E. The owner of a file cannot be changed once it is assigned to an owner

Most commands on Linux can display information on their usage. How can this information typically be displayed?

• A. By running the command with the option /? or /??
• B. By running the command with the option ?! or ?=!
• C. By running the command with the option /doc or /documentation
• D. By running the command with the option -h or --help
• E. By running the command with the option -m or --manpage

Which of the following commands sorts the output of the command export-logs?

• A. export-logs < sort
• B. export-logs > sort
• C. export-logs & sort
• D. export-logs | sort
• E. export-logs <> sort

Which of the following commands can be used to resolve a DNS name to an IP address?

• A. dnsname
• B. dns
• C. query
• D. host
• E. iplookup

What is true about a recursive directory listing?

• A. It includes the content of sub-directories
• B. It includes the permissions of the directory listed
• C. It includes details of file system internals, such as inodes
• D. It includes ownership information for the files
• E. It includes a preview of content for each file in the directory

Which of the following outputs could stem from the command last?

• A. 1 ls 2 cat text.txt 3 logout
• B. Password for user last changed at Sat Mar 31 16:38:57 EST 2018
• C. Last login: Fri Mar 23 10:56:39 2018 from server.example.com
• D. EXT4-fs (dm-7): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
• E. root tty2 Wed May 17 21:11 - 21:11 (00:00)

Which of the following commands will search for the file foo.txt under the directory /home?

• A. search /home -file foo.txt
• B. search /home foo. txt
• C. find /home - file foo.txt
• D. find /home -name foo.txt
• E. find /home foo.txt

What is defined by a Free Software license?

• A. Details of the technical documentation each contributor has to provide
• B. The programming languages which may be used to extend the licensed program
• C. complete list of libraries required to compile the licensed software
• D. Limits on the purposes for which the licensed software may be used
• E. Conditions for modifying and distributing the licensed software

Which of the following commands output the content of the file Texts 2.txt? (Choose two.)

• A. cat 'Texts 2.txt'
• B. cat -- Texts 2.txt
• C. cat |Texts 2.txt|
• D. cat 'Texts\ 2.txt'
• E. cat Texts\ 2.txt

Running the command rm Downloads leads to the following error: rm: cannot remove 'Downloads/': Is a directory Which of the following commands can be used instead to remove Downloads, assuming Downloads is empty? (Choose two.)

• A. undir Downloads
• B. rmdir Downloads
• C. dir -r Downloads
• D. rem Downloads
• E. rm -r Downloads

Which of the following keys can be pressed to exit less?

• A. l
• B. x
• C. e
• D. q
• E. !

Which command copies the contents of the directory /etc/, including all sub-directories, to /root/?

• A. copy /etc /root
• B. cp -r /etc/* /root
• C. cp -v /etc/* /root
• D. rcp /etc/* /root
• E. cp -R /etc/*.* /root

Where is the operating system of a Raspberry Pi stored?

• A. On the master device attached to the Raspberry Pi's IDE bus
• B. On a read only partition on the Raspberry Pi's firmware, next to the BIOS
• C. On a removable SD card which is put into the Raspberry Pi
• D. On a Linux extension module connected to the Raspberry Pi's GPIO pins
• E. On rewritable flash storage which is built into the Raspberry Pi

Which of the following permissions are set on the /tmp/ directory?

• A. rwxrwxrwt
• B. ------rwX
• C. rwSrw-rw-
• D. rwxrwS---
• E. r-xr-X--t