Linux+ Practice Quiz: XK0-005 Quiz 7

1. You are at a terminal command prompt in a Linux GUI interface that someone else has been using and want to find out which shell type is currently being used by the terminal.

What command can you enter to find out the current shell type?

• echo $UID
• echo $SHELL
• echo $PATH
• echo $0

2. In which of the following files is the user's preferred shell normally set?

• /etc/passwd
• /etc/group
• /etc/profile
• /etc/shadow

3. Which of the following commands lists the node numbers for the files in your Linux file system?

• ls -l
• ls -t
• ls -i
• ls -a

4. You have just plugged a USB hard drive into your Linux server. Where does Linux mount this temporary storage device?

• /sys
• /boot
• /mnt
• /media

5. According to the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), which of the following directories contains information about the system state and processes?

• /tmp
• /bin
• /root
• /proc

6. Which of the following DNF options will display whether updates are available for RPM packages?

• update
• list
• install
• list updates

7. You need to remove an RPM package from your system. Which of the following commands could you use?

• dnf search
• dnf provides
• dnf delete
• dnf remove

8. Which of the following Debian package management utilities provides the front end for APT?

• apt-cache
• apt-get
• dpkg
• aptitude

9. Which of the following Debian commands will reconfigure an already installed package?

• apt-get -f
• dpkg --configure
• dpkg-reconfigure
• apt-get -clean

10. You are experiencing some slowness and want to view an interactive listing of running processes to see if there is a process that is causing the problem.

Which of the following commands displays an interactive listing of running processes as illustrated below?

• top
• free
• pstree
• uptime