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Question 1easymultiple choice
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A system administrator needs to create a new ext4 filesystem on /dev/sdb1 and mount it persistently at /data. Which set of commands should be used?

Question 2mediummultiple choice
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A file server is experiencing slow write performance. The admin suspects the filesystem is nearly full. Which command should be used to check disk usage per partition?

Question 3hardmultiple choice
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A technician attempts to mount an XFS filesystem from /dev/sdc1 to /mnt/backup but receives: 'mount: /mnt/backup: mount point does not exist.' The directory /mnt/backup does exist. What is the most likely cause?

Question 4easymultiple choice
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An administrator needs to add a 1GB swap partition on /dev/sdd1. Which series of commands accomplishes this?

Question 5mediummultiple choice
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A filesystem is reported as 'read-only' after a system crash. The admin runs fsck and sees 'clean' status. What is the most likely reason it remains read-only?

Question 6hardmultiple choice
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A system has two 500GB disks in a RAID1 (mirror) using mdadm. One disk fails. After replacement, what is the correct procedure to restore redundancy?

Question 7mediummultiple choice
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An admin needs to mount an NFS export from server nfs.example.com:/exports/app to /mnt/app with options for read-only and no root squash. Which command is correct?

Question 8easymultiple choice
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Which command creates an XFS filesystem on /dev/nvme0n1p1 and sets the label to 'data'?

Question 9mediummulti select
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Which TWO commands can be used to check the UUID of a filesystem on /dev/sda1?

Question 10hardmulti select
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Which THREE of the following are valid options for mounting an ext4 filesystem with specific mount options in /etc/fstab?

Question 11easymulti select
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Which TWO commands can be used to create a new directory that will serve as a mount point?

Question 12mediummultiple choice
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After extending the logical volume to 500G, why does df still show 250G?

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lv_backup vg_data -wi-ao250.00gn- <500g <250gRefer to the exhibit.# df -h# lsblk /dev/sdb# vgs# lvs# lvextend -L +250G /dev/vg_data/lv_backupLogical volume vg_data/lv_backup successfully resized.# df -h /backup
Question 13hardmultiple choice
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What is the most likely cause of the mount error?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.

# cat /etc/fstab
UUID=1234-5678 /boot xfs defaults 0 0
UUID=abcd-ef01 / ext4 defaults 1 1
UUID=9876-5432 /var ext4 defaults 1 2
192.168.1.100:/exports/data /mnt/data nfs4 defaults,_netdev 0 0

# mount -a
mount: /mnt/data: can't find in /etc/fstab.

# ls -la /mnt/data
total 0
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 Jan  1 00:00 .
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 0 Jan  1 00:00 ..
Question 14hardmultiple choice
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You are managing a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 server that hosts a critical database application. The database stores its data on an XFS filesystem mounted on /data, backed by a logical volume in a volume group named vg_db. Recently, the database team reported that write operations are failing with 'Disk quota exceeded' errors, but the filesystem still shows 40% free space. You check the filesystem quota configuration and find that no user or group quotas are set on /data. The database runs as user 'dbadmin' with group 'dba'. Which of the following is the most likely cause of the 'Disk quota exceeded' error?

Question 15mediummultiple choice
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A system administrator needs to create a file system on /dev/sdb1 with a size of 10 GB and mount it persistently at /data. The file system should support extended attributes and be suitable for large files. Which command sequence achieves this?

Question 16hardmulti select
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Which TWO commands are valid for resizing an XFS file system? (Choose exactly two.)

Question 17easymultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. The administrator wants to create a single file system that spans the entire 20 GB disk /dev/sdb. All data on the disk can be discarded. Which steps are required to create an XFS file system on the whole disk?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.

# lsblk /dev/sdb
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sdb 8:16 0 20G 0 disk
├─sdb1 8:17 0 2G 0 part
├─sdb2 8:18 0 2G 0 part
└─sdb3 8:19 0 16G 0 part

# blkid /dev/sdb1
/dev/sdb1: UUID="abc123" TYPE="xfs"
# blkid /dev/sdb2
/dev/sdb2: UUID="def456" TYPE="ext4"
# blkid /dev/sdb3
/dev/sdb3: UUID="ghi789" TYPE="swap"
Question 18mediumdrag order
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Put the steps to configure a cron job that runs a script every day at 2:30 AM in the correct order.

Drag steps to the numbered slots on the right, or tap a step then tap a slot.

Steps
Order
1Step 1
2Step 2
3Step 3
4Step 4
5Step 5
Question 19mediummatching
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Match each command to its function in managing storage.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

Partition table manipulator for MBR and GPT

Create a volume group in LVM

Create an ext4 file system on a partition

Attach a file system to a directory

Question 20easymultiple choice
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A junior administrator needs to create a new Ext4 file system on the device /dev/sdb1. Which command should be used?

Question 21mediummultiple choice
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A system administrator needs to extend an existing logical volume 'lv_data' in volume group 'vg_data'. The administrator has already added a new physical volume /dev/sdd1 to the volume group. Which sequence of commands should be used to complete the extension and ensure the filesystem is usable?

Question 22hardmultiple choice
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A logical volume 'lv_share' in volume group 'vg_share' has no free extents. The administrator needs to increase the size of '/dev/vg_share/lv_share' by 5 GB. There is another logical volume 'lv_archive' in the same volume group that has 10 GB free space within its filesystem. What must the administrator do to allocate space from 'lv_archive' to 'lv_share'?

Question 23easymultiple choice
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During boot, a custom application fails because the /data file system is not mounted. Upon investigation, the administrator sees an error 'UUID=abc123 not found' in the logs. Which command should the administrator use to correct the /etc/fstab entry?

Question 24easymultiple choice
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An administrator needs to enable swap on a newly created partition /dev/sdc1. Which two commands should be executed in order?

Question 25hardmultiple choice
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A company policy requires that all new logical volumes be created with a physical extent size of 16 MiB to optimize performance for large sequential I/O. During the creation of a new volume group, what parameter should be used?

Question 26easymultiple choice
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An administrator is configuring an NFS mount in /etc/fstab to mount from server:/export to /mnt/data. The mount must use the 'hard' and 'nosuid' options. Which line is correct?

Question 27easymultiple choice
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Which command can be used to display a list of all currently mounted filesystems on a Linux system?

Question 28hardmultiple choice
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A system has two logical volumes in the same volume group: 'lv_prod' (100% used) and 'lv_backup' (20% used). The administrator wants to allocate 5 GiB from 'lv_backup' to 'lv_prod' without unmounting any filesystems. Is this possible and why?

Question 29easymulti select
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Which TWO of the following commands can be used to create an XFS filesystem on a block device?

Question 30hardmulti select
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Which TWO LVM commands can be used to reduce the size of a logical volume?

Question 31hardmulti select
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Which THREE of the following mount options are commonly used to enhance security on a filesystem?

Question 32mediummultiple choice
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Based on the exhibit, which mount point is mounted with the 'noexec' option?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.

Output of 'df -hT':

Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1      xfs       2.0G  1.2G  800M  60% /boot
/dev/mapper/vg00-root
               ext4       20G   15G  5.0G  75% /
/dev/mapper/vg00-var
               ext4       30G   25G  5.0G  83% /var
/dev/mapper/vg00-tmp
               ext4,noexec 5.0G  2.0G  3.0G  40% /tmp
/dev/sdb1      ext4      500G  200G  300G  40% /data
Question 33mediummultiple choice
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Based on the exhibit, how much free space is available in the volume group vg00?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.

Output of 'pvscan' and 'vgdisplay':

  PV /dev/sda2   VG vg00   lvm2 [19.99 GiB / 0    free]
  PV /dev/sdb1   VG vg00   lvm2 [19.99 GiB / 19.99 GiB free]
  Total: 2 [39.98 GiB] / in use: 2 [39.98 GiB] / in no VG: 0 [0   ]

  --- Volume group ---
  VG Name               vg00
  System ID             
  Format                lvm2
  Metadata Areas        2
  Metadata Sequence No  6
  VG Access             read/write
  VG Status             resizable
  MAX LV                0
  Cur LV                3
  Open LV               3
  Max PV                0
  Cur PV                2
  Act PV                2
  VG Size               39.98 GiB
  PE Size               4.00 MiB
  Total PE              10235
  Alloc PE / Size       5120 / 20.00 GiB
  Free  PE / Size       5115 / 19.98 GiB
  VG UUID               abcd1234
Question 34mediummultiple choice
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Based on the exhibit, which device is used for swap?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.

Contents of /etc/fstab:

# /etc/fstab
# Created by anaconda on Tue Feb 13 10:30:06 2024
#
UUID=12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789abc /                       ext4    defaults        1 1
UUID=deadbeef-cafe-babe-0000-000000000000 none                    swap    defaults        0 0
UUID=abcdef01-2345-6789-abcd-ef0123456789 /boot                   ext4    defaults        1 2
/dev/mapper/vg00-home /home                   ext4    defaults        1 2
Question 35easymultiple choice
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A system administrator needs to create a file system on a new 10GB partition /dev/sdb1 for use with a database that requires high reliability and supports snapshots. Which file system type should be chosen?

Question 36mediummultiple choice
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A technician runs 'mkfs.xfs /dev/sdb1' and later mounts it. The file system is reported as having a block size of 1024 bytes. What is the most likely reason?

Question 37hardmultiple choice
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A server running RHEL 9 has an LVM logical volume /dev/vg00/lvol0 formatted with XFS, mounted at /data. The administrator needs to increase the file system size from 100GB to 150GB. Which command sequence should be used?

Question 38easymultiple choice
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Which command displays the UUID of all file systems on the system?

Question 39mediummultiple choice
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To enable per-user quotas on an XFS file system, which mount option should be used?

Question 40easymultiple choice
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An administrator wants to ensure that a file system is automatically mounted at boot. Which file should be edited?

Question 41mediummultiple choice
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A partition /dev/sdc1 is formatted as ext4. The administrator needs to check the file system for errors without making any repairs. Which command should be used?

Question 42hardmultiple choice
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A server has an LVM volume group vg01 with a physical volume /dev/sdb. The administrator wants to move all physical extents from /dev/sdb to /dev/sdd which is also in the same volume group. Which command sequence is correct?

Question 43easymultiple choice
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In /etc/fstab, which values in the dump and pass fields enable automatic file system checking at boot?

Question 44mediummulti select
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Which TWO of the following are required to create an XFS file system on LVM?

Question 45mediummulti select
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Which THREE of the following commands can be used to display information about file systems?

Question 46hardmulti select
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Which TWO of the following are valid mount options for enabling quotas on an ext4 file system?

Question 47hardmultiple choice
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The administrator attempts to run 'xfs_growfs /dev/vg00/lvol1' but receives an error. What is the most likely cause?

Network Topology
lvol0 vg00 -wi-ao20.00glvol1 vg00 -wi-a10.00gRefer to the exhibit.# lvs
Question 48hardmultiple choice
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The administrator wants to reduce the file system size to 40GB. Which command sequence should be used?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.

# df -hT /mnt/data
Filesystem     Type  Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/vg00-lvol0 xfs   50G   30G   20G  60% /mnt/data
Question 49easymultiple choice
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The administrator wants to create a new ext4 file system on /dev/sdb1 with a block size of 1024 bytes. Which command should be used?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.

# tune2fs -l /dev/sda1 | grep -i block
Block size:               4096
Question 50easymultiple choice
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A system administrator needs to create an XFS filesystem on /dev/sdb1 with the label 'data'. Which command should be used?

Question 51mediummultiple choice
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After adding a new disk /dev/sdc, a system administrator wants to mount it persistently at /mnt/backup. Which entry in /etc/fstab is most reliable?

Question 52hardmultiple choice
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A server has an LVM volume group 'vg_data' with a logical volume 'lv_data' formatted as ext4. The administrator needs to increase the filesystem size by 2 GB without unmounting. Which set of commands should be used?

Question 53easymultiple choice
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Which command displays the UUID of a filesystem on /dev/sda1?

Question 54easymulti select
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Which TWO commands are needed to set up a swap partition on /dev/sdd1 for immediate use?

Question 55hardmultiple choice
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The root filesystem is at 90% capacity. Which command increases available space without unmounting?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.

$ df -hT
Filesystem                      Type  Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/vg_root-lv_root    xfs   20G   18G   2G  90% /
/dev/sda1                      xfs 1014M  173M  842M  17% /boot
Question 56mediummultiple choice
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The administrator wants to remount /mnt/data with the noexec option. Which command is correct?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.

$ mount | grep /mnt/data
/dev/sdb1 on /mnt/data type xfs (rw,relatime,seclabel,attr2,inode64,noquota)
Question 57hardmultiple choice
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A Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 server is used as a file server. It has a 1 TB disk /dev/sdc formatted as XFS and mounted at /srv/files. The /etc/fstab entry uses the device name /dev/sdc. After a hardware replacement, the new disk is detected as /dev/sdd, and the server fails to boot because /srv/files cannot be mounted. The administrator used 'blkid' and found the new disk's filesystem UUID is 'abc-123'. What is the best course of action to ensure reliable mounting after future reboots?

Question 58hardmulti select
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Which THREE commands are required to create a logical volume named lv_data of size 10G in volume group vg_data, format it as XFS, and mount it at /mnt/data?

Question 59easymulti select
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Which TWO commands can mount an ISO file /tmp/rhel.iso to /mnt/iso?

Question 60mediummultiple choice
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A system administrator runs 'mount -a' and receives an error: 'mount: /mnt/nfs: mount point does not exist'. The /etc/fstab entry is: server:/export /mnt/nfs nfs defaults 0 0. What is the most likely cause?

Question 61hardmultiple choice
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An administrator wants to enable user disk quotas on an XFS filesystem mounted at /home. Which steps are required?

Question 62easymultiple choice
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What is the default filesystem type in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8?

Question 63mediummultiple choice
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The administrator wants to mount a new filesystem on /dev/sdb1 with the label 'backup' and mount it at /mnt/backup. Which commands achieve this?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.

$ lsblk -f
NAME   FSTYPE LABEL UUID                                 MOUNTPOINT
sda
├─sda1 xfs          abcdef12-3456-7890-abcd-ef1234567890 /boot
├─sda2 swap         12345678-...                        [SWAP]
└─sda3 LVM2_member  ...                                /
sdb
└─sdb1
Question 64mediummultiple choice
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A logical volume /dev/vg_data/lv_data formatted as XFS is full. The administrator extends the LV by 1 GB using 'lvextend -L +1G /dev/vg_data/lv_data'. Which additional command is required to use the new space?

Question 65easymultiple choice
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A system administrator needs to verify that the filesystem on /dev/sdb1 is ext4 before adding it to /etc/fstab. Which command provides this information?

Question 66mediummultiple choice
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An administrator has an XFS filesystem on a logical volume /dev/vg_data/lv_data mounted at /data. To extend the filesystem by 10GB, which sequence of commands is correct?

Question 67mediummulti select
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An administrator is configuring a new filesystem for a database server that requires high performance and reliability. Which two features should be considered when choosing between ext4 and XFS? (Choose two.)

Question 68hardmulti select
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Which three of the following actions are required when adding a new swap device to the system? (Choose three.)

Question 69hardmultiple choice
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A system administrator at a company is configuring a new storage array for a file server. The server uses LVM on top of a hardware RAID5 array. The administrator has created a volume group "vg_data" and a logical volume "lv_docs" intended for an XFS filesystem. After formatting with mkfs.xfs and mounting to /docs, the system works. However, after a reboot, the mount point is empty and the logical volume is not mounted. The administrator checks /etc/fstab and finds an entry using the device path /dev/vg_data/lv_docs. What is the most likely cause?

Question 70mediummultiple choice
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An IT department runs a web server that stores user uploads on an ext4 filesystem on /dev/sdb1 mounted at /uploads. Recently, the partition has run out of space. The administrator checks with df -h and sees 100% usage. However, du -sh /uploads shows only 2GB used. The administrator suspects deleted files still held open by processes. Which command should be used to identify and resolve the issue?

Question 71mediummultiple choice
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An administrator needs to create a new 500MB swap partition on a disk that already has an extended partition. The disk /dev/sda has partitions: /dev/sda1 (primary, /boot), /dev/sda2 (extended), /dev/sda5 (logical, swap, 2GB). The administrator wants to add another swap partition, but fdisk shows no free space. Which approach should be used?

Question 72easymultiple choice
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A Red Hat Enterprise Linux system has a second disk /dev/sdb with a single partition /dev/sdb1 that was formatted as XFS and mounted at /mnt/backup. The administrator wants to change the filesystem on /dev/sdb1 to ext4 without losing existing data. Which steps should be taken in order?

Question 73mediummulti select
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A system administrator has added a new disk /dev/sdb to a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 server. The directory /data already exists. Which two steps must be performed to prepare the disk for mounting as an XFS file system at /data?

Question 74hardmultiple choice
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After adding the last line to /etc/fstab, the system fails to boot with an error. What is the most likely cause?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.
```
$ cat /etc/fstab
/dev/mapper/rhel-root     /                       xfs     defaults        0 0
UUID=1234-5678            /boot                   xfs     defaults        0 0
/dev/sdb1                 /mydata                 ext4    defaults        0 0
```
The /mydata directory does not exist on the system.
Question 75easymultiple choice
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A system administrator receives alerts that the /var/log partition is 100% full. The partition is on /dev/mapper/vg_log-lv_var_log, formatted with XFS, and is mounted at /var/log. The volume group vg_log has 10GB of free space available. The administrator runs the command `lvextend -L +10G /dev/mapper/vg_log-lv_var_log` successfully, but then `df -h` still shows 100% full. What is the next step the administrator should take to use the newly added space?

Question 76hardmultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. A storage administrator needs to create a new filesystem of size 1.5 GiB on the available free space in volume group vg_data. Which command should be used?

Exhibit

# lsblk /dev/sdb
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sdb    8:16   0  10G  0 disk
├─sdb1 8:17   0   2G  0 part
├─sdb2 8:18   0   2G  0 part
└─sdb3 8:19   0   6G  0 part
# vgdisplay
  --- Volume group ---
  VG Name               vg_data
  System ID
  Format                lvm2
  Metadata Areas        1
  Metadata Sequence No  2
  VG Access             read/write
  VG Status             resizable
  MAX LV                0
  Cur LV                1
  Open LV               1
  Max PV                0
  Cur PV                1
  Act PV                1
  VG Size               5.99 GiB
  PE Size               4.00 MiB
  Total PE              1534
  Alloc PE / Size       1024 / 4.00 GiB
  Free  PE / Size       510 / 1.99 GiB
  VG UUID               abc123-def456-ghi789
# lvdisplay
  --- Logical volume ---
  LV Path                /dev/vg_data/lv_data
  LV Name                lv_data
  VG Name                vg_data
  LV UUID                lmn456-opq789-rst012
  LV Write Access        read/write
  LV Creation host, time server1, 2023-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
  LV Status              available
  # open                 1
  LV Size                4.00 GiB
  Current LE             1024
  Segments               1
  Allocation             inherit
  Read ahead sectors     auto
  - currently set to     256
  Block device           253:0
Question 77hardmultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. A system administrator wants to add an additional mount option 'noexec' to the /boot filesystem permanently. Which step is necessary before remounting?

Exhibit

# mount | grep sda1
/dev/sda1 on /boot type xfs (rw,relatime,seclabel,attr2,inode64,noquota)
# cat /etc/fstab
/dev/mapper/rhel-root /                       xfs     defaults        0 0
UUID=12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789abc /boot                   xfs     defaults        0 0
/dev/mapper/rhel-swap swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
# blkid /dev/sda1
/dev/sda1: UUID="12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789abc" TYPE="xfs"
Question 78mediummultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. An administrator runs xfs_growfs on /dev/sdc1. What is the most likely reason the command succeeded without prior partition resizing?

Exhibit

# df -h /data
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdc1       9.8G  5.0G  4.8G  51% /data
# xfs_info /dev/sdc1
meta-data=/dev/sdc1              isize=512    agcount=4, agsize=655360 blk
         =                       sectsz=512   attr=2, projid32bit=1
         =                       crc=1        finobt=1, sparse=1, rmapbt=0
         =                       reflink=1
    data     =                       bsize=4096   blocks=2621440, imaxpct=25
         =                       sunit=0      swidth=0 blks
    naming   =version 2          bsize=4096   ascii-ci=0, ftype=1
    log      =internal           bsize=4096   blocks=2560, version=2
         =                       sectsz=512   sunit=0 blks, lazy-count=1
    reflink  =                    noalign
# xfs_growfs /dev/sdc1
meta-data=/dev/sdc1              isize=512    agcount=4, agsize=655360 blk
         =                       sectsz=512   attr=2, projid32bit=1
         =                       crc=1        finobt=1, sparse=1, rmapbt=0
         =                       reflink=1
    data     =                       bsize=4096   blocks=2621440, imaxpct=25
         =                       sunit=0      swidth=0 blks
    naming   =version 2          bsize=4096   ascii-ci=0, ftype=1
    log      =internal           bsize=4096   blocks=2560, version=2
         =                       sectsz=512   sunit=0 blks, lazy-count=1
    reflink  =                    noalign
data blocks changed from 2621440 to 5242880
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Refer to the exhibit. An administrator extends an XFS filesystem on /data. Which prerequisite step is missing from the output?

Exhibit

# ls -l /dev/mapper/
total 0
crw-------. 1 root root 10, 236 Jan  1 00:00 control
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root       7 Jan  1 00:00 vg_data-lv_data -> ../dm-0
# vgextend vg_data /dev/sdb3
  Volume group "vg_data" successfully extended
# lvextend -L +2G /dev/vg_data/lv_data
  Size of logical volume vg_data/lv_data changed from 4.00 GiB (1024 extents) to 6.00 GiB (1536 extents).
  Logical volume vg_data/lv_data successfully resized.
# xfs_growfs /data
meta-data=/dev/mapper/vg_data-lv_data isize=512    agcount=4, agsize=262144 blk
         =                       sectsz=512   attr=2, projid32bit=1
         =                       crc=1        finobt=1, sparse=1, rmapbt=0
         =                       reflink=1
    data     =                       bsize=4096   blocks=1048576, imaxpct=25
         =                       sunit=0      swidth=0 blks
    naming   =version 2          bsize=4096   ascii-ci=0, ftype=1
    log      =internal           bsize=4096   blocks=2560, version=2
         =                       sectsz=512   sunit=0 blks, lazy-count=1
    reflink  =                    noalign
data blocks changed from 1048576 to 1572864
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Refer to the exhibit. The filesystem /var/www/html is mounted, but after a reboot, the directory is empty. What is the most likely cause?

Exhibit

# mkfs.ext4 /dev/vg_data/lv_web
mke2fs 1.45.6 (20-Mar-2020)
Creating filesystem with 1048576 4k blocks and 262144 inodes
Filesystem UUID: a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
	32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736

Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (16384 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

# mount /dev/vg_data/lv_web /var/www/html
# df -h /var/www/html
Filesystem                  Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/vg_data-lv_web  3.9G   16M  3.7G   1% /var/www/html
# cat /etc/fstab | grep lv_web
/dev/vg_data/lv_web /var/www/html ext4 defaults 0 0

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