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Question 1hardmultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. A system administrator checks the integrity of the passwd package on a CentOS 7 system using rpm -V. Based on the output, what is the most likely cause of the 'missing' line?

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```
$ rpm -qf /usr/bin/passwd
passwd-0.79-5.el7.x86_64
$ rpm -V passwd
S.5....T.  c /etc/pam.d/passwd
missing   c /etc/security/passwd
```
Question 2hardmultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. An administrator runs 'ntpq -p' and sees the output shown. What is the most likely cause of the '16' stratum and '0.000' delay/offset?

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# cat /etc/ntp.conf
server 0.pool.ntp.org iburst
server 1.pool.ntp.org iburst
# driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
restrict default kod nomodify notrap nopeer noquery
restrict -6 default kod nomodify notrap nopeer noquery
restrict 127.0.0.1
restrict -6 ::1
# ntpq -p
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
==============================================================================
*0.pool.ntp.org   .POOL.          16 p    -   64    0    0.000   0.000   0.000
 1.pool.ntp.org   .POOL.          16 p    -   64    0    0.000   0.000   0.000
Question 3mediummultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. The system has a single disk with three partitions. Which partition contains the root filesystem?

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$ lsblk
NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda      8:0    0 223.6G  0 disk
├─sda1   8:1    0   512M  0 part /boot
├─sda2   8:2    0    16G  0 part [SWAP]
└─sda3   8:3    0 207.1G  0 part /
Question 4hardmultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. Why does the cron job fail?

Network Topology
-rw-rrRefer to the exhibit.$ cat /etc/cron.d/backup$ ls -l /usr/local/bin/backup.sh$ su -c '/usr/local/bin/backup.sh' --bash: /usr/local/bin/backup.sh: Permission denied
Question 5mediummultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. The system has two network interfaces: eth0 and eth1. Which interface will be used to reach a host at IP address 10.10.10.10?

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Output of 'ip route show':

default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth0 proto static metric 100
192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.10 metric 100
10.0.0.0/8 via 10.0.0.1 dev eth1 proto static metric 200
Question 6hardmultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. A Linux system fails to boot with a kernel panic. The dmesg output shows the disk is detected and partitions are recognized. Which of the following is the most likely cause of the kernel panic?

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# dmesg | grep -i 'ata\|sda'
[    0.000000] ACPI: IRQ9 used by override.
[    0.000000] ACPI: IRQ9 used by override.
[    2.345678] ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[    2.345679] ata1.00: ATA-8: ST31000524AS, JC45, max UDMA/133
[    2.345680] ata1.00: 1953525168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)
[    2.345681] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
[    2.345682] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      ST31000524AS     JC45 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    2.345683] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 1953525168 512-byte logical blocks: (1.00 TB/931 GiB)
[    2.345684] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[    2.345685] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[    2.345686] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[    2.345687] sda: sda1 sda2
[    2.345688] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
Question 7easymultiple choice
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A user reports that running '/usr/local/bin/myapp' from the command line results in 'bash: /usr/local/bin/myapp: No such file or directory'. The exhibit shows the file exists and is a valid executable. What is the most likely cause of the error?

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$ ls -l /usr/local/bin/myapp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12345 Jan 1 12:00 /usr/local/bin/myapp
$ file /usr/local/bin/myapp
/usr/local/bin/myapp: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.6.32, stripped
$ ldd /usr/local/bin/myapp
	linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffe5a3b0000)
	libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00007f9a8b200000)
	/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f9a8b600000)
Question 8hardmultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. An administrator needs to edit /etc/example.conf to change setting1 to 'production' and add a new line 'setting2=value' after the include line. The file must be edited in place without creating a backup. Which command sequence achieves this?

Network Topology
-rw-rrRefer to the exhibit.# ls -l# cat /etc/example.conf# Configuration filesetting1=default# Include other configinclude /etc/example.d/*.conf
Question 9hardmultiple choice
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An administrator reviews the above DHCP server logs. Based on the output, which statement is correct about the DHCP transaction?

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$ cat /var/log/messages | grep -i "dhcp" | tail -5
Nov 12 08:22:15 server dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:1a:2b:3c:4d:5e via eth0
Nov 12 08:22:15 server dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.1.100 to 00:1a:2b:3c:4d:5e via eth0
Nov 12 08:22:18 server dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.100 (192.168.1.1) from 00:1a:2b:3c:4d:5e via eth0
Nov 12 08:22:18 server dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.1.100 to 00:1a:2b:3c:4d:5e via eth0
Nov 12 08:22:20 server dhcpd: DHCPINFORM from 192.168.1.100 via eth0
Question 10hardmultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. After adding a new disk to the system, the device /dev/sdb appears. However, the administrator cannot create partitions on /dev/sdb using fdisk. What is the most likely reason?

Network Topology
brw-rw1 root disk 8# ls -l /dev/sda# ls -l /dev/sda1# ls -l /dev/sda2# ls -l /dev/sdb
Question 11hardmultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. How many SATA controllers are detected, and what is the connection speed of the SSD?

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$ dmesg | grep -i "ata"
[    1.234567] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfebf8000 port 0xfebf8100 irq 24
[    1.234568] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfebf8000 port 0xfebf8180 irq 24
[    1.345678] ata1: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[    1.345679] ata2: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[    1.567890] ata1.00: ATA-11: Samsung SSD 860 EVO, MZ-76E250, max UDMA/133
[    1.567891] ata1.00: 488397168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 32)
[    1.567892] ata2.00: ATA-9: WDC WD10EZEX-00WN4A0, 01.01A01, max UDMA/133
[    1.567893] ata2.00: 1953525168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 32)
Question 12mediummultiple choice
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Based on the exhibit, what does the 'rc' status for the package 'apache2-bin' indicate?

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```
$ dpkg -l | grep apache
ii  apache2         2.4.41-1       amd64        Apache HTTP Server
rc  apache2-bin     2.4.41-1       amd64        Apache HTTP Server (binary files)
```
Question 13hardmultiple choice
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Based on the exhibit, the 'custom' repository shows 0 packages. What is the most likely cause?

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```
$ cat /etc/yum.repos.d/custom.repo
[custom]
name=Custom Repository
baseurl=http://repo.example.com/centos/$releasever/$basearch/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://repo.example.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-custom
```

$ yum repolist
repo id              repo name                status
custom               Custom Repository         0
Question 14hardmultiple choice
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Based on the exhibit, what will happen if the syslog service is stopped?

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$ systemctl status apache2
● apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Mon 2023-08-14 10:30:45 UTC; 2h 15min ago
     Docs: man:apache2(8)
 Main PID: 1234 (apache2)
    Tasks: 55 (limit: 4915)
   Memory: 24.5M
   CGroup: /system.slice/apache2.service
           ├─1234 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
           ├─1235 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
           └─1236 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start

$ systemctl list-dependencies apache2
apache2.service
● └─network.target
● └─syslog.service
Question 15mediummultiple choice
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Based on the exhibit, which of the following is true about the cleanup.sh job?

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$ crontab -l
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
MAILTO=admin@example.com
0 2 * * * /usr/local/bin/backup.sh
30 4 * * 1-5 /usr/local/bin/cleanup.sh
0 0 1 * * /usr/local/bin/monthly_report.sh

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