Linux Professional Institute LPIC-1 (101-500) Simulator #1

You’re the system administrator of a Linux workstation. One of your tasks is to disable an integrated onboard sound card to prevent it from being used, as the workstation will be used in a sound-sensitive environment. How would you typically approach this task?

A user reports that the integrated webcam on their laptop isn’t working in Linux, even though it works in a dual-booted Windows system. What’s a likely reason and solution for this?

A company wants to deploy a storage solution with a high level of redundancy and is willing to invest in a technology that uses multiple disks to mirror and stripe data. They also want improved performance and redundancy. Which type of mass storage device configuration best fits these requirements?

A graphic designer complains about slow file access times when working with large files. The system administrator decides to install a new type of mass storage device to improve access times for these large files. Which storage device would offer the fastest access times?

You are a system administrator troubleshooting a Linux server that is not recognizing a newly installed network card. You want to list all PCI buses in the system along with all devices connected to them to determine the hardware resources allocated to this new device. Which command should you use?

Your server has been experiencing sporadic crashes, and you suspect a potential hardware issue. You decide to check the IRQs to ensure there’s no conflict between devices. Which file should you examine to determine the hardware interrupts used by devices?

Your organization has just received a batch of donated computers, and you are tasked with auditing their hardware components before integrating them into the existing infrastructure. You want to retrieve detailed information about the USB buses and connected USB devices on these Linux machines. Which command will you primarily use?

You’re a sysadmin for a company that uses Linux workstations. An employee has reported an issue with her graphics card, and you need to verify the vendor and model of the card. Which command would be most appropriate to gather this specific information?

After setting up a Linux workstation for a new employee, you need to ensure that a specific USB device is recognized and ready for use every time it’s plugged in. Which command-line utility allows you to bind or unbind drivers from devices, making it useful in manipulating USB device behavior?

An external USB hard drive connected to your Linux workstation has been acting inconsistently. You wish to reset its connection without unplugging and plugging it back physically. Which tool or utility can you use to achieve this?

You’ve recently taken over administration of a Linux server and need to gather information about the system’s hardware devices. You recall that there’s a filesystem that presents devices and their attributes to userspace. Which of the following represents this filesystem?

A user connects a USB mouse to a Linux workstation. Which of the following is responsible for dynamically creating and managing the device nodes in /dev based on the devices detected?

After adding a new PCI-based network card to your Linux server, you want to verify its detection by the Linux kernel. Which directory within /sys/ should you check to gather more details about all PCI devices on the system?

You are troubleshooting a device issue on a Linux workstation. To better understand the relationship between devices and their drivers, you decide to inspect the /sys/ filesystem. Which directory within /sys/ can help you determine which driver is associated with a specific device?

You have been experiencing issues with your Linux server and suspect it might be related to memory. You decide to consult the /proc/ filesystem to get more details on the system’s memory usage. Which file within /proc/ should you check to understand the memory statistics?

A system administrator wants to investigate the current kernel command line parameters that were passed during boot. Which file within the /proc/ directory should be checked to view these parameters?

You are a system administrator working on a Linux server. You want to gather information about the first partition on the primary hard drive. Which path in the /dev/ directory would you check to access this partition?

An administrator wants to connect a new serial device to a Linux machine. Upon connecting, which directory would most likely have the device file for the first serial port?

You’ve installed a new Ethernet card in your Linux system that uses the “my_eth” kernel module. You want to load the module into the kernel without rebooting. Which command would you use to achieve this?

You’re troubleshooting a system and suspect that a problematic module, named “bad_mod”, is causing system instability. You wish to unload this module from the kernel. Which command would correctly achieve this?

Carlos is setting up a new Linux server that will host a database. He has two physical disks available: one 1TB SSD and one 4TB HDD. Carlos wants to optimize performance and data durability. How should he allocate the filesystems and swap space?

Emma is configuring a workstation for graphic design. She has two disks available: a 256GB NVMe SSD and a 2TB HDD. She wants to achieve a balance between performance and storage space. How should she design her disk layout?

Liam is setting up a Linux server specifically for streaming media content. The server has one 500GB SSD and two 4TB HDDs. To achieve optimal performance and storage for his intended use, how should Liam design the hard disk layout?

Sophia is configuring a Linux workstation for software development. The system has a 1TB NVMe SSD and a 2TB SATA SSD. Given the nature of development work, which involves frequent read/write cycles and the need for quick access to multiple files, how should she design her disk layout?

Emily is setting up a Linux server on a machine that uses UEFI for booting. She has a 512GB NVMe SSD. Which partitioning approach should she adopt for the /boot partition to ensure compatibility with the UEFI hardware architecture?

Lucas is installing Linux on a legacy system that uses BIOS for booting. He is considering using a GPT partition table. To ensure the system boots correctly, what must Lucas ensure regarding the /boot partition?

Josh is tasked with setting up a database server. He’s considering using LVM to manage the storage for flexibility. Which advantage does LVM provide that would be especially useful for ensuring easy storage expansion in the future?

Anna is a system administrator who wants to set up a Linux workstation with storage that can be easily backed up and restored. She knows that LVM has a feature that can assist with this. What is the LVM feature that can aid in creating quick backups of a logical volume?

During the Linux installation process, Paul was unsure of the significance of the / (root) filesystem. Which of the following statements best describes the role of the / (root) filesystem in a Linux system?

Linda is setting up a new Linux server. She’s deciding on the size to allocate to the / (root) filesystem. Which of the following reasons justifies allocating a reasonable size to the root filesystem?

While setting up a Linux web server, Sarah is trying to decide the appropriate size for the /var filesystem. Why is it recommended to allocate a substantial amount of space to the /var directory in this context?

John noticed that his Linux server started to exhibit sluggish performance. After some investigation, he found that the /var filesystem is almost full. Which of the following activities is most likely the culprit?

As a system administrator, Emily is troubleshooting a network issue and wants to test network connectivity to a server with the IP address 192.168.1.10. She decides to send 5 ICMP echo requests to test the connection. Which command should she use?

Alex is working on a script where he needs to define an environment variable named PROJECT_DIR with the value /home/alex/project. He also wants to make sure that this variable is available to child processes. Which of the following commands should Alex use?

Sarah wants to review the last 5 commands she executed in her terminal. Which command would allow her to do this?

Alex has developed a new utility called sysreport and placed it in the /opt/utils/ directory. When he tries to run it just by typing sysreport in the terminal, it doesn’t work. What should Alex do to run sysreport from anywhere without adding it to the PATH?

Sarah is troubleshooting a script for her team. She wants to start a new Bash shell session and needs to know the version of Bash she’s running. Which command should she use to find the version of the Bash shell?

In a training session, an instructor demonstrates the use of the echo command to display a message. She wants to include both single and double quotes in the output. Which command will correctly output the message: She said, “It’s amazing!”

Maria is working on a Linux server and wants to run a Python script named script.py using a specific Python version different from the system’s default. She decides to use the env command to set the PATH variable temporarily to a directory containing her desired Python version. Which of the following commands will correctly achieve this?

While working on a Linux terminal, Michael needs to ensure that any scripts or commands he runs from his current shell can access the variable DB_HOST. He decides to set this variable to the value localhost. Which command should he use to ensure this variable is available for all child processes of his current shell?

Emily, a junior system administrator, was asked to confirm her current directory while troubleshooting an application. She was specifically instructed to get the absolute pathname of the current directory. Which command should Emily use?

James is a new system administrator and is learning about shell environments. He wants to display all shell variables and functions for his current session. Which command should James use?

John has a new 6TB hard drive and wants to utilize all of the space with a single partition. He’s debating between MBR and GPT partition tables. Which partitioning scheme should he use to achieve this?

Sophia wants to format her USB flash drive with the ext4 filesystem. She’s connected it and it is recognized as /dev/sdb1. Which command should she use to format the drive with ext4?

John wants to create a Btrfs filesystem that uses two devices, /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc. Which command should he use to accomplish this?

Sarah wants to create a new partition on her /dev/sda drive without deleting any existing data or partitions. She starts the fdisk utility and selects /dev/sda. Which command should she enter within fdisk to create a new partition?

David wants to use the gdisk tool to convert an MBR partition table to GPT on his /dev/sdc disk without losing data. After selecting the /dev/sdc device in gdisk, which command should he use?

Alice wants to check the partition layout of her /dev/sda disk using the parted utility. She wants the output to show sizes in human-readable format. Which command should she execute?

Jenny has just created a new partition /dev/sdc1 and she wants to format it with the ext4 filesystem. Which command should she use to accomplish this?

Peter recently added a new hard disk to his Linux system. He dedicated one of the partitions, /dev/sdb1, as a swap partition. Which command should he use to prepare this partition for swapping?