010-160 Practice Test 8 — 10 Questions

Question 1

A system administrator wants to check the partition table of a specific disk. Which tool is used for this?

Accepted Answer

fdisk. fdisk is a common command-line utility used to view and manipulate partition tables.

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fsck

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df

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mkfs

Question 2

Which TWO of the following commands can be used to display the contents of a text file?

Accepted Answer

cat. cat and less are both common tools for reading file contents.

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cd

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mkdir

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mv

Question 3

You need to create a new group named 'audit'. Which command should you execute?

Accepted Answer

groupadd audit. The 'groupadd' command is the standard utility for creating a new group in Linux.

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newgroup audit

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useradd -g audit

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addgroup audit

Question 4

Which THREE of the following are special permission bits in Linux?

Accepted Answer

Sticky bit. Setuid, setgid, and the sticky bit are the three special permission bits.

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Immutable bit

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Append-only bit

Question 5

What is the primary role of the 'Free Software Foundation' (FSF)?

Accepted Answer

Advocating for computer user freedom and maintaining the GNU project.. The FSF promotes software freedom and maintains the GNU project, including licenses like the GPL.

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Manufacturing servers and hardware for Linux.

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Providing commercial support for Linux users globally.

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Developing Linux distribution patches for security.

Question 6

Which TWO of the following are common benefits of using open source software in an enterprise environment?

Accepted Answer

Reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) compared to proprietary alternatives. Open source provides cost-effectiveness through lower licensing and the ability to avoid vendor lock-in.

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The inability to modify software

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Mandatory inclusion of proprietary drivers

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Guaranteed 100% bug-free performance

Question 7

You are setting up a local network and need to verify the path traffic takes to reach a remote host. Which command should you use?

Accepted Answer

traceroute. The traceroute command displays the path and latency of each hop to a destination.

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nmap

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ping

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dig

Question 8

An open source developer wants to choose a license that allows their code to be included in proprietary software without requiring the proprietary software to open its source. Which license should they choose?

Accepted Answer

MIT. Permissive licenses like the MIT or BSD license allow for linking with proprietary code without 'copyleft' obligations.

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AGPL

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GPLv3

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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike

Question 9

A user's account has been compromised. Which command is the most effective way to lock the user account immediately while preserving their files?

Accepted Answer

usermod -L jdoe. The usermod -L command locks the password, preventing the user from logging in, while keeping the user's home directory and files intact.

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userdel jdoe

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killall -u jdoe

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chsh -s /bin/false jdoe

Question 10

Your company is considering moving from proprietary software to open source solutions. Which aspect of the GPL license is most restrictive regarding the distribution of modified code?

Accepted Answer

You must release the source code of any derivative works if you distribute the binaries.. The GPL 'copyleft' clause requires that modified versions of the software must also be distributed under the same license terms.

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You must contribute all modifications back to the original project maintainer.

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You are not allowed to modify the source code for internal business use.

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You are forbidden from selling any software that uses GPL code.