101-500 LPI Exam Questions and Free Practice Test

- (Exam Topic 1)
Which of the following kernel parameters instructs the kernel to suppress most boot messages?

A. silent

B. verbose=0

C. nomesg

D. quiet

Correct Answer:D

- (Exam Topic 4)
In compliance with the FHS, in which of the following directories are documentation files found?

A. /usr/share/documentation

B. /usr/local/share/documentation

C. /var/share/doc

D. /usr/share/doc

E. /etc/share/doc

Correct Answer:C

- (Exam Topic 4)
Which command is used to query information about the available packages on a Debian system?

A. apt-cache

B. apt-get

C. apt-search

D. dpkg

E. dpkg-search

Correct Answer:A

- (Exam Topic 4)
Which of the following commands can be used to display the inode number of a given file?

A. inode

B. ls

C. ln

D. cp

Correct Answer:B

- (Exam Topic 3)
What is the difference between the i and a commands of the vi editor?

A. i (interactive) requires the user to explicitly switch between vi modes whereas a (automatic) switches modesautomatically.

B. i (insert) inserts text before the current cursor position whereas a (append) inserts text after the cursor.

C. i (independent rows) starts every new line at the first character whereas a (aligned rows) keeps the indentation of the previous line.

D. i (interrupt) temporarily suspends editing of a file to the background whereas a (abort) terminates editing.

Correct Answer:B

- (Exam Topic 3)
Which of the following explanations are valid reasons to run a command in the background of your shell?

A. The command does not need to execute immediately.

B. The command has to run immediately but the user needs to log out.

C. The system is being shut down and the command needs to restart execution immediately after the reboot.

D. The command can run at a lower priority than normal commands run on the command line.

Correct Answer:B

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