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Deploy, configure, and maintain systems
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- ▸Missing a constraint such as cost, availability, security, scope or command context.
- ▸Choosing a broad answer when the question asks for the most specific fix.
- ▸Ignoring why the wrong options are tempting.
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A system administrator needs to ensure that a web server running Apache httpd starts automatically after a system reboot. Which command should the administrator use to enable the httpd service?
Medium2A RHEL 9 system has a second disk /dev/sdb that needs to be partitioned with a single partition using all space, formatted with XFS, and mounted persistently at /data. The administrator uses fdisk to create the partition /dev/sdb1. Which filesystem creation command should be used?
Hard3A junior system administrator configures rsyslog on a RHEL 9 server to forward logs to a remote centralized log server. They add the line *.* @192.168.1.100:514 to /etc/rsyslog.conf and restart rsyslog with systemctl restart rsyslog. Local logging works fine, but the remote server does not receive any logs. The administrator checks the local firewall and confirms that UDP port 514 is open outbound. They also verify network connectivity using nc. What is the most likely cause?
Medium4Refer to the exhibit. Which command will ensure cron jobs run automatically at system boot?
Easy5An administrator needs to configure a service to start automatically at boot and also start it immediately without rebooting. Which single command accomplishes both tasks?
Easy6Refer to the exhibit. Which entry is most likely to cause the system to fail to boot if the NFS server is unavailable?
Medium7Refer to the exhibit. A user 'alice' is unable to write to /data directory. What is the most likely reason?
Hard8Refer to the exhibit. An administrator sees that a user from 192.168.1.101 cannot connect to the SSH server. Based on the log, what is the most probable cause?
Hard9A cron job fails to run. Which command should the administrator use to verify the cron daemon is active?
Medium10A systems administrator installs a custom hardware device driver kernel module named 'mydevice' on a RHEL 9 system. The module is built and placed in /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/extra/. The administrator loads it manually with modprobe mydevice and it works. However, after a system reboot, the module is not loaded. The administrator checks that the device is present at boot time. Which step should be taken to ensure the module loads automatically at boot?
Hard11A system administrator needs to restore the default SELinux security context on all files under /var/www/html after a misconfiguration. Which command should be used?
Medium12An administrator wants to change the default systemd target to multi-user.target. Which three steps are part of a correct procedure? (Choose three.)
Hard13A system fails to boot because of a corrupted fstab file. The administrator boots into rescue mode from a RHEL installation ISO. Which command should be run first to mount the root filesystem read-write?
Hard14A system fails to boot and drops into an emergency shell. The administrator suspects a misconfigured /etc/fstab. Which command should be used to determine which filesystem is causing the boot issue?
Hard15A system administrator is troubleshooting a RHEL 9 server that fails to boot and drops into emergency mode. The system console shows an error about mounting /dev/sdb1 on /data. The administrator enters emergency mode, checks /etc/fstab, and sees the line: /dev/sdb1 /data ext4 defaults 0 0. The /data directory exists but /dev/sdb1 is a partition on an external USB drive that was removed. The administrator needs the system to boot normally without the USB drive and plans to fix the mount configuration later. Which course of action should the administrator take?
Easy16An administrator needs to create a network bond interface 'bond0' with two slave interfaces 'eth0' and 'eth1' using active-backup mode. Which set of commands is correct?
Hard17A user reports that they cannot create files in their home directory. The administrator checks permissions and sees drwxr-xr-x. What is the likely cause?
Easy18A Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 system was recently updated via 'yum update'. After reboot, the systemd-logind service fails to start with the error 'Failed to start Login Service' and 'Permission denied' messages in the journal. The administrator checks the SELinux status with 'getenforce' and it returns 'Enforcing'. The administrator also notices that the '/var/run' directory is now a symlink to '/run'. There are no firewall issues. The service works if SELinux is set to permissive. Which single action should the administrator take to resolve this issue permanently?
Medium19Which TWO commands can be used to display available disk space on mounted filesystems in a human-readable format?
Easy20Refer to the exhibit. The administrator wants to add an additional 5GB to the /mnt/data filesystem. There is no unpartitioned space on /dev/sdb. Which is the correct procedure?
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