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Q. You are told by a co-worker that information pertaining to the syslog command can be found in man page 3. How would you view this information?

  • (A) man 3 syslog
  • (B) man -3 syslog
  • (C) man syslog -3
  • (D) man syslog 3

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Q. Which command is not used to view the contents of a file?

  • (A) expand
  • (B) less
  • (C) more
  • (D) cat

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Q. What type of information might you find using www.deja.com?

  • (A) kernel updates
  • (B) software patches
  • (C) Usenet postings
  • (D) man pages

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Q. Which directory utilizes no disk space?

  • (A) /local
  • (B) /root
  • (C) /boot
  • (D) /proc

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Q. Which command would create a file called mydirlisting that includes a detailed listing of all the files and directories located within your home directory?

  • (A) ls -al | mydirlisting
  • (B) mydirlisting < ls -al $HOME
  • (C) ls -d > mydirlisting
  • (D) ls -alR $HOME > mydirlisting

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Q. You’re repairing the master boot record on a system. You have booted the system via a boot disk and currently have the root volume mounted to /recover. How would you reinstall LILO?

  • (A) lilo -r /recover -b /recover/boot
  • (B) lilo -r /recover
  • (C) lilo -f /recover
  • (D) lilo -r /recover/boot

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Q. Which command removes a package named editor-2.0.i386.rpm?

  • (A) apt-get install editor-2.0.i386.rpm
  • (B) dpkg -install editor-2.0.i386.rpm
  • (C) rpm -e editor-2.0.i386.rpm
  • (D) rpm -i editor-2.0.i386.rpm

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Q. To make a single change to the kernel configuration before compiling, you would edit which file?

  • (A) /usr/src/linux/configure
  • (B) /usr/src/linux/config
  • (C) /usr/src/linux/.config
  • (D) /usr/src/linux/Makefile

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Q. Which command will tell you which package owns the file /etc/printcap?

  • (A) rpm -qf /etc/printcap
  • (B) who /etc/printcap
  • (C) rpm -f /etc/printcap
  • (D) dpkg -F /etc/printcap

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Q. Which command shows the route between your host and the remote host www.somedomain.org?

  • (A) route -n www.somedomain.org
  • (B) ping -r www.somedomain.org
  • (C) route www.somedomain.org
  • (D) traceroute -n www.somedomain.org

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