Free 201-450: LPIC-2 Exam 201 Part 1 of 2 version 4.5 Exam Questions and Answers

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1. Question #1

   In capacity planning exercises, which tools assist in listing and identifying processes of interest? (Choose TWO correct answers.)

   Select 2 answers.

   • A. acpid
   • B. lsof
   • C. pstree
   • D. telinit
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2. Question #2

   Which archive format is used to create an initramfs image?

   • A. gzip
   • B. tar
   • C. RARE. cpio
   • D. bzip2
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3. Question #3

   Which option to the update-rc.d command will cause the removal of all symlinks to /etc/rcX.d/*test2 even when the script /etc/init.d/test2 still exists?

   • A. -d
   • B. -f
   • C. -n
   • D. -r
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4. Question #4

   A server requires a GRUB2 boot option which will always boot to runlevel 1. Which line of a GRUB2 configuration file starts the beginning of the settings needed to make this new choice available?

   • A. initrd
   • B. linux
   • C. menuentry
   • D. runlevel
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5. Question #5

   What is the functionality that PXE provides?

   • A. The ability to boot a computer using its network interface.
   • B. The ability to launch an remote X11 desktop on a computer.
   • C. The ability to verify a system's configuration after completing the boot process.
   • D. The ability to verify a system's configuration before completing the boot process.
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6. Question #6

   Which of the following best describes the format of the /etc/fstab file?

   • A. device name; filesystem type; mount point; mount options; dump filesystem; fsck order
   • B. device name; mount point; filesystem type; mount options; dump filesystem; fsck order
   • C. device name; mount point; mount options; filesystem type; dump filesystem; fsck order
   • D. mount point; filesystem type; device name; mount options; dump filesystem; fsck order
   • E. mount point; device name; filesystem type; mount options; dump filesystem; fsck order
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7. Question #7

   What component of a system does smartd monitor?

   • A. CPU
   • B. RAM
   • C. Hard drives
   • D. Ethernet traffic
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8. Question #8

   The correct command sequence to create and mount logical volumes on a Linux system is:

   • A. lvcreate, pvcreate, vgcreate, mkfs, mount
   • B. pvcreate, vgcreate, lvcreate, mkfs, mount
   • C. vgcreate, lvcreate, pvcreate, mount, mkfs
   • D. mkfs, pvcreate, vgcreate, lvcreate, mount
   • E. pvcreate, lvcreate, vgcreate, mkfs, mount
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9. Question #9

   Due to extreme system use, a Linux system requires some additional swap space. To initialize 5GB of additional swap space, which combination of commands should be used?

   • A. dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/swapfile bs=1024 count=5120000; mkswap /tmp/swapfile; mount /tmp/swapfile
   • B. dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/swapfile bs=1024 count=5120000; swapon /tmp/swapfile
   • C. dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/swapfile bs=1024 count=5120000; mkswap /tmp/swapfile; swapon/tmp/swapfile
   • D. touch -5G /tmp/swapfile; swapon /tmp/swapfile
   • E. mkswap /tmp/swapfile 512000; swapon /tmp/swapfile
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10. Question #10

    What are the options to node.startup in the iscsid.conf file? (Choose TWO correct answers.)

    Select 2 answers.

    • A. login
    • B. initiate
    • C. manual
    • D. discover
    • E. automatic
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