Test your basic knowledge |

RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. output from ____ is: Disk /dev/cciss/c0d0: 36.4 GB - 36414750720 bytes... plus listing of partitions - for each physical drive






2. Where to find the main apache config file?






3. To list under which run levels the web service will start






4. If you configure other directories for Web services - you'll need to change their ACL settings. For example - if you create and then use the /www directory - run the following commands:






5. Use grep to count how many repositories have been configured in the file server1.repo






6. How to install vsftpd?






7. ______ will show me volume info including vg - size - etc of /dev/rootvg/tmplv






8. rpm ____ to import the rpm key for integrity checking






9. The simplest way to install Apache






10. pam ___ will tell me if any files in the pam package have changed since it was first installed






11. In httpd.conf - '____ None' disables any .htaccess files. Otherwise - .htaccess can allow others to administer your server - starting from the DocumentRoot directory. If .htaccess is in a subdirectory - such as /var/www/html/data/ - the additional di






12. When an rpm install fails for xxxx because the same version is already apparently installed - run ____ to just install it all again






13. ____ is used for creating ext2 and ext3 file systems






14. I ran 'e2label /dev/sda' and got 'bad magic number' Why?






15. what port needs to be open to access ftp?






16. For linux ext2 there is an easier way than using resize2fs. LVM 1 ships with a utility called __________ which does the lvextend and resize2fs for you (it can also do file system shrinking)






17. Where is the vsftp pub dir?






18. To verify integrity of an rpm package - ____/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release






19. How to install apache?






20. Some computers built before 1998 may have a BIOS that limits access to hard disks beyond the 1024th cylinder. Some older BIOSs report only 1024 cylinders on a hard drive no matter how many actual cylinders are present. Computers that are subject to t






21. If you want to add an iptables command to forward TCP port 80 traffic to TCP port 3128 - you would use the following:






22. For http - if you implement 'UserDir public_html' - you need to also ____ /home/michael/public_html if you want /home/michael/public_html accessible






23. ____ prints superblock and block group information.






24. This line placed in /etc/hosts.deny denies all services except TFTP to computers in the example.org domain






25. Run the ____ command to find the device associated with the USB key.






26. How do you restart the apache web server?






27. ____ is used to modify file system parameters






28. OS from http.conf - this line looks deceptively simple; it limits what readers see about your Web server when you browse to a nonexistent page. If you don't use this command - outsiders can see whether you've loaded modules such as Perl - Python - an






29. Use parted to display disk geometry for /dev/hda and end up in shell






30. This line placed in /etc/hosts.deny sends a customized error message for Telnet users on the crack.org domain saying sorry [insert client info] - access denied






31. rpm ____ verifies the installed zip rpm against the rpm database






32. How to start the vsftp service automatically on boot?






33. I just ran rpm -ivh zip-2.3-8.i386.rpm .. whooops - now I don't want this on my system so to get it off via rpm I type ____






34. SELinux must be configured to Allow HTTPD To Read Home Directories. (Alternatively - activate the httpd_enable_homedirs boolean with the __ command.)






35. You can check the status of your share. If it's working - you should see the contents of the /etc/exports directory when you run the following command:






36. Virtual Host Configuration: Names the URL for the virtual host.






37. How to make sure apache starts automatically on next reboot?






38. For http - if you implement 'UserDir public_html' - you need to also ____ /home/michael if you want /home/michael/public_html accessible






39. After you edit /etc/exports - run service ___ stop...






40. Virtual Host Configuration: Creates an custom log; the location is based on the DocumentRoot. (from http://www.books24x7.com/book/id_18196/viewer.asp?bookid=18196&chunkid=218985502)






41. Virtual Host Configuration: Specifies an IP address for multiple virtual hosts.






42. Perform a simple check of the file system. minor-num is x.






43. When you configure Squid on your system - you need to allow access through appropriate ports and SELinux settings. The simplest approach with respect to Squid configuration assumes that all clients use the default Squid port 3128 - using TCP - where






44. Tthe file that might contain: oldvg - rootvg - etc.






45. What is the first post installation step?






46. The RPM database also maintains an MD5 checksum of each file. With the checksum - you can use the ____ package command to determine whether any file from that RPM package has changed.






47. The rpm ____ option installs the package - if it isn't already installed.






48. What service is allowed through the default firewall?






49. Apache supports security by specifying active ports through the Listen and ____ directives.






50. If you want to create a database file named webpass in the /etc/httpd directory - for user 'e' - you'd start with the following command: