Free LPIC-2 practice test — 355+ LPIC-2 practice questions with detailed explanations across all 7 official LPIC-2 exam domains. Every set is scored and drawn from the live question bank — so you practise exactly what the exam tests, not outdated dumps.
Courseiva includes 355+ Linux Professional Institute Certification Level 2 LPIC-2 practice questions across the official exam domains.
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This free LPIC-2 practice test mirrors the structure and difficulty of the real Linux Professional Institute Certification Level 2 LPIC-2 exam. Every question is written against the official 2026 exam blueprint published by LPI, ensuring you practise exactly what the exam tests — not last year's objectives.
The LPIC-2 blueprint is divided into 7weighted domains. Questions on this page are distributed proportionally across each domain, so the mix you see here reflects the same weighting you'll face on exam day. High-weight domains like Block Devices, Filesystems and Advanced Storage and Linux Kernel and System Startup contribute the most questions, meaning focused practice on these areas gives you the highest return on study time.
LPIC-2 Exam Blueprint — 7 Domains
Advanced Networking Configuration
Block Devices, Filesystems and Advanced Storage
Linux Kernel and System Startup
DNS, Web and Mail Services
Network Client Management
System Security
File Sharing and Samba
27 numbered sets, 7 domain question banks, and targeted sessions — every page is a unique set of questions.
Choose all correct answers
Each chapter page covers one topic in depth — theory, key concepts, and focused practice questions. Use these to close knowledge gaps before returning to full practice tests.
Getting the most from practice questions requires more than just clicking through answers. Here is the study method used by candidates who pass LPIC-2 on their first attempt:
Answer before revealing
Read each LPIC-2 question fully, eliminate obviously wrong choices, then commit to an answer before clicking to reveal. This active recall process is what builds lasting knowledge.
Read every explanation
Even when you answer correctly, read the full explanation. Knowing WHY the right answer is correct — and why the distractors are wrong — is what separates a 750 score from a 900 score.
Track weak domains
Note which LPIC-2 domains you get wrong most often. Then do a targeted 20-30 question session focused only on that domain until your accuracy improves.
Simulate exam pacing
The real LPIC-2 gives you roughly 1.5 minutes per question. Use the 60 or 120-question sessions to practise hitting that pace comfortably.
Most candidates who pass LPIC-2 on their first attempt report doing between 400 and 800 practice questions over 4–8 weeks of preparation. With 355+ questions in the Courseiva bank, you have more than enough material to build that repetition without seeing the same question twice.
Answer each question to reveal the full explanation and correct answer. This starter set is drawn from all 7 exam domains in blueprint proportion. Use the session selector to start a longer focused practice run.
A company has multiple subnets and wants to implement policy-based routing to direct traffic from a specific development subnet (192.168.10.0/24) through a specialized firewall for content filtering, while all other traffic uses the default gateway. Which of the following steps is required to achieve this using iproute2 tools?
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An administrator needs to prioritize traffic for a VoIP application over other traffic on a Linux router. Which tool should be used to implement traffic shaping and prioritization?
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The administrator wants to create a RAID 1 array using /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdc1, then create a filesystem and mount it at /mnt/raid1. Which command sequence should be used first?
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An administrator creates a new XFS filesystem on /dev/vg/data and needs to mount it at /data with noatime and a stripe unit of 1 MiB. Which /etc/fstab entry is correct?
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A filesystem created with mkfs.ext4 on /dev/sda1 has a reserved block count of 5%. How can the administrator reduce it to 1% without reformatting?
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A new network card driver module is not being loaded at boot. The administrator wants to ensure the module is loaded automatically without modifying the kernel command line. Which file should be used?
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After upgrading the kernel on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux system, the system fails to boot because the initramfs is missing. Which command can be used to regenerate the initramfs?
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An administrator wants to ensure a kernel module is loaded automatically at boot for a hardware device. Which file should be modified to add the module name?
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A company uses BIND9 as the authoritative name server for its public zone example.com. External users report that they cannot resolve the MX record for the domain, but internal users can. What is the most likely cause?
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A company runs a DNS server using BIND9 on a Linux server. The server is configured with two network interfaces: one internal (192.168.1.10) and one external (203.0.113.10). The server is configured to be authoritative for example.com. Internal clients can resolve example.com, but external clients receive "SERVFAIL" responses. The host command from an external client returns "Host not found". The administrator checks the named configuration and finds the following in /etc/bind/named.conf.options:
options { directory "/var/cache/bind"; listen-on { 127.0.0.1; 192.168.1.10; 203.0.113.10; }; allow-query { 192.168.1.0/24; }; recursion no; dnssec-validation auto;
};
The zone configuration for example.com has proper allow-transfer and allow-update settings. What change should be made to resolve external queries?
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An administrator wants to restrict access to a service using PAM. Which file order determines the authentication flow for a service?
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A company has a Linux client running Ubuntu 20.04 that is used by multiple developers. The client has two network interfaces: eth0 (connected to the corporate network with DHCP) and eth1 (connected to a test lab with static IP 192.168.100.10/24). The client needs to access both the internet (via eth0) and the lab network (192.168.100.0/24). The default gateway is 10.0.0.1 on eth0. The lab network has a server at 192.168.100.50 that provides DHCP for the lab devices, but the client's eth1 is statically configured. Recently, the client cannot reach the lab server at 192.168.100.50. The administrator checks the routing table and sees:
Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
0.0.0.0 10.0.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 100 0 0 eth0 10.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 100 0 0 eth0 192.168.100.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 100 0 0 eth1
The administrator can ping 192.168.100.50 from the client. However, the lab server cannot ping the client. What is the most likely cause?
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A company runs a critical database server on a Linux system. The server is subject to a strict compliance policy that requires all commands executed by the database administrator (user 'dbadmin') to be logged. Additionally, any attempt to change the system time must be logged regardless of the user. The administrator has configured auditd and added the following rules: -w /usr/bin -p x -k binary_exec, -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S adjtimex -F key=time_change. However, during a compliance audit, it is discovered that not all commands executed by dbadmin are being logged. Which of the following is the most likely cause?
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An AppArmor profile for a database server is too restrictive and denies legitimate queries. The administrator wants to learn the required accesses by running the application in complain mode. Which command puts the profile into complain mode?
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A Samba server is configured as above. Users alice and bob have local system accounts but neither can connect to the share. What is the most likely cause?
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A Samba server is experiencing slow authentication for domain users. The logs show repeated winbind connections to the domain controllers. The administrator suspects that winbind is not caching credentials properly. Which parameter should be checked or increased to improve caching?
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A Linux server with two NICs bonded in mode 1 (active-backup) was working correctly until a switch was replaced. Now, although both interfaces are up, the bond always shows only one active slave, and if that slave fails, traffic does not fail over. The bonding configuration uses miimon=100 and neither arp_interval nor arp_ip_target is set. You run 'cat /proc/net/bonding/bond0' and see that the MII status of both slaves is 'up' but the link failures count is 0 for the backup slave. What is the most likely cause, and which parameter should be adjusted?
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A server with multiple network cards needs a specific kernel module loaded before network configuration. Where should loading be configured for early boot?
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A system administrator is troubleshooting a hardware issue that occurs during boot. To monitor the kernel messages in real-time, which command should be run?
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After modifying /etc/samba/smb.conf, an administrator runs a command to validate the configuration. Which command is correct?
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Answer all 20 questions to see your domain score breakdown
A structured study plan dramatically increases your chances of passing LPIC-2 on the first attempt. The most effective approach combines reading the official LPI documentation or a study guide, watching video explanations for difficult concepts, and then reinforcing everything with daily practice questions.
We recommend the following weekly structure for LPIC-2 preparation:
Cover each LPIC-2 domain systematically. Read the exam objectives, watch explanatory content, and do 10–20 practice questions per domain to test understanding as you go.
Run full 50–60 question mixed sessions daily. Review every wrong answer in detail. Identify which domains are consistently scoring below 70% and revisit those study materials.
Do 100–120 question timed sessions to simulate real exam conditions. Aim for consistent scores above 80% before booking your exam date. A score above 80% in practice typically translates to a passing LPIC-2 score.
On exam day, the LPIC-2 tests your ability to apply knowledge to realistic scenarios — not just recall definitions. This is why reading explanations and understanding the reasoning behind every answer matters more than simply grinding question volume. Use the high-count sessions (100, 120) in the final weeks as your confidence benchmark.
Questions
60
On the real exam
Time limit
90 min
1.5 min per question
Passing score
500/1000
Scaled scoring
The LPIC-2 exam uses a scaled scoring system — your raw score of correct answers is converted to a score out of 1000. A passing score of 500/1000 does not mean you need 50% of questions correct; the conversion accounts for question difficulty. Consistently scoring above 75–80% on practice tests puts you in a strong position to achieve 500/1000 on the real exam.
Scenario-based questions covering exam objectives with detailed answer explanations.
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Every question is written against the official LPIC-2 exam blueprint published by LPI. Our questions follow the same wording style, scenario complexity, and answer structure as the actual exam. They are original questions — not brain dumps — so you learn the underlying concepts and reasoning, not just memorised answers. Candidates who study with brain dumps often pass but have no transferable knowledge; Courseiva questions make you genuinely competent.
Most candidates who pass LPIC-2 on their first attempt do 30–60 questions per day. Use the Quick 10 session for daily warm-ups when you are short on time. On study days, run a 50 or 60-question session to build stamina. Reserve 100 and 120-question sessions for the final two weeks when you want to simulate real exam conditions and benchmark your readiness.
The LPIC-2 covers 7 domains: Advanced Networking Configuration (14%), Block Devices, Filesystems and Advanced Storage (15%), Linux Kernel and System Startup (15%), DNS, Web and Mail Services (14%), Network Client Management (14%), System Security (14%), File Sharing and Samba (14%). Each domain carries a different weight, so allocate your study time accordingly. The highest-weighted domains — Block Devices, Filesystems and Advanced Storage and Linux Kernel and System Startup — should receive the most attention.
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