Linux Professional Institute LPIC-1 (101-500) Simulator #2

You are working on a Linux system and suspect that certain kernel modules are being loaded, possibly slowing down the boot process. Which command can provide you a list of all currently loaded modules?

You want to determine how many instances of a particular module, named “eth_module”, are currently being used. Which command can provide this information?

You’re a system administrator tasked with determining the type and vendor of the Ethernet card on a new Linux server without physically opening the machine. Which command can provide this information?

You have just installed a new graphics card in your Linux workstation and need to know its kernel driver’s name to ensure the correct driver is loaded. Which command will provide the kernel driver’s name associated with the graphics card?

While working as a systems administrator, you’re asked to determine if a USB 3.0 device is connected to a server without physically checking the server’s ports. Which command would be the most effective to check for USB 3.0 devices?

A colleague mentions that a particular USB device is not working as expected on a Linux workstation. To gather more information about this device, you decide to check its vendor and product IDs. Which command would provide this specific information?

Your company’s Linux server is experiencing boot issues related to the graphics driver. To diagnose the problem without the interference of the graphical environment, you decide to boot into a multi-user target without a graphical interface. Which of the following kernel boot parameters should you use?

Your Linux workstation fails to boot properly due to a recently installed faulty device driver. During the boot process, you want to temporarily disable the loading of this driver to successfully boot the system. Which boot parameter should you use?

As a Linux administrator, you are tasked with troubleshooting a server that doesn’t complete the boot process. You need to identify at which stage of the boot sequence the issue occurs. What is the correct order of the boot sequence from the moment the machine is powered on?

You’re examining a Linux machine that fails to boot. After power-on, you see the manufacturer’s logo, but the system never progresses to the OS selection screen. Given this information, which component of the boot process is most likely not functioning correctly?

After a recent OS upgrade on a server, you notice that some of the legacy init scripts aren’t starting services as expected. You suspect the system might have transitioned from SysVinit to systemd. Which command can you use to check the status of a service in systemd?

A colleague asks you about the differences between SysVinit and systemd. Which of the following statements accurately represents a difference between the two?

You’ve been asked to troubleshoot a server that was originally configured using Upstart as its init system. You want to view a list of all jobs and their current states. Which command should you use?

A colleague from another department is migrating an old system from Upstart to systemd. They ask you how to identify which version of Upstart is currently installed. Which command will provide this information?

You’ve just booted a Linux system using systemd as its init system. You need to verify if all services started successfully during the boot process. Which command would provide you with the most detailed information regarding the boot process?

After booting up a new Linux server, you want to specifically check for any warnings or errors that might have occurred during the boot process. Which command would directly filter out these messages from the boot logs?

You’ve just installed a new piece of hardware on your Linux server. To ensure the kernel detected it during the boot process, you want to check kernel messages related to hardware initialization. Which command will give you the latest kernel messages related to hardware detection?

After booting up your Linux machine, you notice a performance issue and suspect it’s related to a disk drive. To investigate, you want to retrieve all kernel messages related to disk drives. Which command would be the most effective?

A Linux administrator notices some anomalies on a server and suspects they might have occurred after the last reboot. Which command can be used with journalctl to view system logs starting from the last boot?

An administrator wants to view all log messages from the sshd service from the systemd journal. Which journalctl command would be the most appropriate to retrieve these specific logs?

In a Linux-based shared computing environment at a university, administrators decide to provide each student with their directory to store personal files, assignments, and settings. Which of the following filesystems should be adequately sized and dedicated for this purpose?

Alex is setting up a new Linux server for his organization, where each employee will have remote access. Alex wants to make sure that if a user’s personal files are compromised, it does not affect the system’s primary functions. To achieve this, which directory should be on a separate partition or disk?

Sophia is in the process of installing a new Linux system and wants to ensure that she can recover from booting issues easily. To facilitate this, which filesystem should be kept small and placed on a separate partition for storing boot-related files?

Martin notices that his Linux machine fails to boot properly and displays a bootloader error. To troubleshoot and possibly fix the issue, which filesystem should he primarily focus on?

Michael is installing Linux on a UEFI-based system. He realizes that to boot the system in UEFI mode, he needs a specific partition. What is the purpose of the EFI System Partition (ESP)?

Rebecca is partitioning her new system’s hard drive, intending to install Linux in UEFI mode. She knows that she has to create an EFI System Partition (ESP). Which filesystem should she use for the ESP?

Sarah is setting up a new Linux server that will host a database application. Considering performance implications, she’s deciding on how much swap space to allocate. What general rule of thumb is often suggested regarding the size of the swap space in relation to RAM?

Robert, a system administrator, notices that one of the Linux servers is frequently running out of RAM and heavily utilizing swap space. Which of the following consequences of heavy swap usage is Robert most concerned about?

You are designing a hard disk layout for a new Linux server. You want to ensure that if the /var directory fills up, it won’t affect the root filesystem. What would be the best design choice regarding mount points?

You are setting up a workstation for graphic design tasks, which will handle large files. You decide to create a separate partition for the users’ home directories to store these files. Which mount point should you choose for this partition?

During a Linux installation, you need to create a partition that will be used exclusively for paging out of physical memory. Which type of partition should you create?

You’re setting up a dual-boot system with Linux and another operating system. You want to share files between the two OSes using a common partition. Which filesystem type would be most universally accessible?

Jane, a system administrator, notices that the environment variable DB_USER is set to an incorrect value. She needs to ensure that this variable is completely removed from her session. Which command should she use?

Richard, a junior system administrator, wants to determine if the ls command on his system is a built-in shell command, an alias, or an external program. Which command should he use?

Emily is writing a script and wants to make sure she’s using the system’s default grep binary, not a local or aliased version. Which command can she use to find the path of the executable that would be run if she types the grep command?

Thomas is trying to learn how to use the tar command. He knows that man command can be used to access the manual pages of Linux commands. How should he use the man command to view the manual page for tar command?

Lisa wants to display the current version of her Linux kernel. She knows that the uname command can help her with this. Which of the following options should she use with the uname command to achieve her goal?

Thomas is working on a Linux server and wants to recall the last 5 commands he executed on the terminal. Which of the following commands should he use to achieve this?

Jessica is a system administrator and wants to check the commands her colleague, John, executed during his last SSH session. John uses the default Bash shell. Where should she look to find the command history of John’s previous session?

Simon wants to echo the string $USER is logged in. without expanding the variable $USER. Which of the following commands should he use?

Katherine has a file named employees.txt which contains a list of employee names. She wants to count the total number of employees. Which command would correctly give her the number of lines, and thus, the number of employees?

Max has multiple compressed files with a .bz2 extension in a directory. He wants to search for the word “Report” within these files without decompressing them. Which command should he use?

After a sudden power outage, Lee wants to ensure the integrity of his ext4 filesystem on /dev/sda2. Which command should he run to check and repair any potential filesystem issues?

Jane, a system administrator, received an alert that one of the servers might be running low on available inodes. Which command can Jane use to check the inode usage for all mounted filesystems?

While conducting a routine check, Liam found that there was an unexpected system reboot due to a power outage. He now wants to check and potentially repair any filesystem inconsistencies on his ext4 root filesystem. Which command should he use for this?

Zoe, a system administrator, needs to find the total disk usage of a specific directory /data and its subdirectories. However, she only wants to see the grand total and not the individual disk usage of every subdirectory. Which command should she use?

Karen, a Linux system administrator, wants to quickly view the amount of free disk space on her system, but she prefers the results in a more human-readable format. Which command will achieve this?

Alice noticed that her computer had a sudden power loss. Upon booting, she wants to check and possibly repair the integrity of her /dev/sda2 filesystem without any manual intervention. Which command should she use?

After a power outage, Emily wants to check her ext4 formatted /dev/sdb1 partition for errors. Before starting the check, she wishes to know how many passes e2fsck will perform during its operation. How many passes does e2fsck use to check and repair ext2, ext3, and ext4 filesystems?

Jennifer is about to create an ext3 filesystem on a device but she wants to make sure the filesystem can be resized to a larger size in the future without much hassle. Which option in the mke2fs command ensures the filesystem is ready for easy resizing?