Linux+ Practice Quiz: XK0-005 Quiz 3

1. Tim, a system administrator, wants to simplify the provisioning and disabling of user accounts. Which of the following server roles should Tim install and configure?

• Load balancer
• Authentication server
• Containers
• Proxy

2. Your company recently set up a VPN and wants to use a digital certificate for authentication instead of a pre-shared key. Which of the following server roles would allow the company to provide this functionality internally instead of using an external provider?

• Name server
• SSH
• SNMP
• Certificate Authority

3. A user starts a bash session and the script in /etc/profile. If all of the following files exist, which will be run next?

• ~/.profile
• ~/.bash_logout
• ~/.bash_login
• ~/.bash_profile

4. All users at your site are using the bash shell. You want to set a variable that will apply to every user and always have the same value.

Which of the following shell configuration files should you place this variable in?

• /etc/profile
• .bash_profile
• .bashrc
• .bash_login

5. Which of the following nano editor keyboard shortcuts displays help text, including a list of all keyboard shortcuts?

• M-A (Alt+A or Esc+A)
• M-Space (Alt+Space or Esc+Space)
• ^O (Ctrl+O)
• ^G (Ctrl+G)

6. Which of the following vi key combinations should you press while in Insert Mode to save the file you are working on and exit the editor?

• s
• :wq
• S
• :q

7. Which of the following describe file globbing in Linux?

• Combining two text files into one using append (>>) redirection.
• Using wildcards (e.g., * , *.* , *.txt) to match specific files.
• Allocating large amounts of disk space for use by a database.
• Copying a large number of files from one mount point to another.

8. Which of the following utilities would you use to search a path for files that match a given name?

• type
• cat
• locate
• tail

9. Which of the following is a free, open-source scriptable screen reader that works with the GNOME desktop?

• Emacspeak
• Orca
• GOK
• Gedit

10. You obtain your applications and updates in RPM format. Which of the following distributions is your Linux system based on?

• Red Hat
• Debian
• Slackware
• Xandros