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Scenario guide

How to approach drag and drop matching questions

Matching questions give you two columns — concepts, commands, or protocols on the left, and their definitions or use-cases on the right. You drag each left item to its correct match. These appear on most certification exams and punish superficial memorisation.

Quick answer

Drag and Drop Matching Questions questions test whether you can apply the concept in context, not just recognise a definition.

How the topic appears in realistic exam-style scenarios.

Which detail in the question changes the correct answer.

How to eliminate plausible but wrong options.

How to connect the question back to the wider exam objective.

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Practice set

Practice scenarios

Question 1mediummatching
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Match each LVM term to its definition.

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

Concepts
Matches

A storage device or partition used by LVM

A pool of physical volumes that can be allocated to logical volumes

A virtual block device created from a volume group

The smallest allocatable unit in a physical volume

Maps to a physical extent in a logical volume

Question 2mediummatching
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Match each NFS version to its feature.

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

Concepts
Matches

Stateless protocol with 64-bit file handles

Stateful protocol with integrated locking and security

Adds parallel NFS (pNFS) for scalability

Adds server-side copy and sparse file support

Uses Remote Direct Memory Access for low latency

Question 3mediummatching
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Match each kernel parameter to its effect.

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

Concepts
Matches

Enables IP forwarding between interfaces

Sets the system's hostname

Controls tendency to swap memory pages

Maximum receive socket buffer size

Maximum number of open file descriptors

Question 4mediummatching
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Match each security tool to its function.

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

Concepts
Matches

Packet filtering firewall using netfilter

Successor to iptables with improved syntax

Mandatory access control (MAC) system

Mandatory access control using profiles

Intrusion prevention by banning IPs based on logs

Question 5mediummatching
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Match each network service to its purpose.

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

Concepts
Matches

Assigns IP addresses and network configuration automatically

Resolves hostnames to IP addresses

Synchronizes system time over a network

Provides directory services for authentication and authorization

Caching proxy for HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP

Question 6mediummatching
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Match each Linux boot component to its role.

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

Concepts
Matches

Bootloader that loads the kernel and initramfs

Temporary root filesystem for early boot drivers

Init system that starts services and manages targets

Compressed Linux kernel image

Older initial ramdisk for booting

Question 7mediummatching
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Match each Linux filesystem feature to its description.

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

Concepts
Matches

Journaling filesystem with extents and delayed allocation

High-performance 64-bit journaling filesystem

Copy-on-write filesystem with snapshots and compression

Advanced filesystem with volume management and checksumming

Network filesystem for sharing directories over a network

Question 8mediummatching
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Match each systemd unit type to its function.

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

Concepts
Matches

Manages a daemon or process

Manages IPC or network socket

Triggers activation based on time events

Controls filesystem mount points

Groups units to define system states

Question 9mediummatching
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Match each RAID level to its description.

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

Concepts
Matches

Striping without redundancy

Mirroring for redundancy

Striping with distributed parity

Striping with double distributed parity

Mirrored stripes combining RAID 1 and RAID 0

Question 10mediummatching
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Match each system log to its typical content.

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

Concepts
Matches

General system messages (legacy)

System log on Debian-based systems

Authentication and security events

Kernel messages

Mail server logs

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