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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 systemd unit type to its purpose.

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

Concepts
Matches

Manages a daemon or service process

Groups units to define system states (runlevels)

Enables socket-based activation for services

Triggers activation of other units on a schedule

Question 2mediummatching
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Match each SELinux mode to its behavior.

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

Concepts
Matches

SELinux policy is enforced and denials are logged

Policy is not enforced but denials are logged

SELinux is turned off completely

Question 3mediummatching
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Match each package management command to its action.

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

Concepts
Matches

Install a package with dependencies

Uninstall a package

Update all packages to latest versions

Show all installed packages

Question 4mediummatching
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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 5mediummatching
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Match each firewall zone to its default trust level.

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

Concepts
Matches

Low trust; only allow selected incoming connections

Moderate trust; for private networks

High trust; accept all connections

For publicly accessible systems isolated from internal network

Question 6mediummatching
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Match each user/group management command to its function.

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

Concepts
Matches

Create a new user account

Modify an existing user account

Create a new group

Set or change a user's password

Question 7mediummatching
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Match each log file to its typical content.

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

Concepts
Matches

General system log (most non-critical messages)

Authentication and security events

Audit records from auditd

Cron job execution logs

Question 8mediummatching
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Match each file system type to its description.

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

Concepts
Matches

Default file system for RHEL 8/9 with journaling and support for large files

High-performance 64-bit journaling file system, default for /boot in RHEL 7

Copy-on-write file system with snapshots and compression (available in RHEL 8/9)

Used for virtual memory, typically as a partition or file

Question 9mediummatching
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Match each networking term to its definition.

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

Concepts
Matches

Automatically assigns IP addresses to hosts

Resolves hostnames to IP addresses

Translates private IPs to public IPs

Combines multiple network interfaces for redundancy or throughput

Question 10mediummatching
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Match each cron syntax field to its meaning.

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

Concepts
Matches

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1-12 or Jan-Dec

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