010-160 Practice Test 1 — 10 Questions

Question 1

You need to determine the UUID of a partition to add it to /etc/fstab. Which command should you use?

Accepted Answer

blkid. The blkid command displays attributes of block devices, including UUIDs.

Answer

ls -l

Answer

find

Answer

mount

Question 2

Which command is used to view the contents of a file one screen at a time?

Accepted Answer

less. The 'less' command is a terminal pager that allows forward and backward navigation through text files.

Answer

head

Answer

more

Answer

cat

Question 3

You are copying a directory named 'source' to 'destination' and want to ensure all subdirectories and file attributes are preserved. Which flag is essential?

Accepted Answer

cp -a. The -a (archive) flag is the most efficient way to preserve attributes, permissions, and handle recursive copies.

Answer

cp -p

Answer

cp -v

Answer

cp -r

Question 4

You are logged into a terminal and want to identify your current working directory. Which command should you execute?

Accepted Answer

pwd. The pwd command displays the absolute path of the directory you are currently in.

Answer

whoami

Answer

ls

Answer

cd

Question 5

Which command would you use to list files in long format, sorted by modification time, with the newest files appearing first?

Accepted Answer

ls -ltr. The -l (long), -t (time), and -r (reverse) flags together achieve this.

Answer

ls -lt

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ls -lr

Answer

ls -Rlt

Question 6

When using 'man', what does the section number '5' refer to?

Accepted Answer

File formats. Section 5 of the manual pages is reserved for file formats and conventions.

Answer

User commands

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System calls

Answer

Kernel routines

Question 7

Which TWO of the following flags can be used with 'ls' to modify its output?

Accepted Answer

-a. -l and -a are very common flags for ls.

Answer

-o

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-z

Answer

-x

Question 8

Which command provides a brief summary of what a specific command does without opening the entire man page?

Accepted Answer

whatis. The whatis command provides a one-line description for a command name.

Answer

info

Answer

man -d

Answer

apropos

Question 9

You are trying to find the location of a binary file, specifically the 'ls' command. Which command is best suited for this?

Accepted Answer

which. The 'which' command finds the location of an executable in the user's PATH.

Answer

find

Answer

locate

Answer

whereis

Question 10

You are using the 'less' command to view a large log file. Which key do you press to search forward for a specific string?

Accepted Answer

/. The forward slash (/) character is the standard key to initiate a forward search in less.

Answer

?

Answer

q

Answer

n