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1. What port does the rndc utility listen on by default?






2. What option needs to be used with the mount command to mount an NFS resource?






3. What is the name of the section used to run scripts after a kickstart installation?






4. What happens if a host changes its IP address and the keys don't match?

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5. How would you install a group of packages all at a single time?






6. What benefit does a web proxy provide to your network?






7. Which remote management service is installed by default?Can you name the port that it uses?






8. What port does the Apache web server run on - What about HTTPS?






9. Should you allow remote root access - Why or why not?

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10. What does virsh reboot Client04 do?






11. Before you work with ACLs - what do you need to do to the file system?






12. What is the top command used for?






13. What is the superblock used for?






14. The firewall service is...






15. What command can you use to monitor and troubleshoot network connections?






16. FTP is one of three protocols ______________. The other two protocols are NFS and HTTP.






17. What is the difference between an ext2 and ext3 file system?

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18. What three commands can you use to help verify that the DNS server is functioning properly?






19. Does a DHCP server allow reserved IP addresses - If so - how?






20. How can you check the currently mounted file systems?






21. Do you need to write changes to the disk when using the parted command? What about fdisk?






22. What is the xinetd service used for?






23. GRUB has three stages. Can you name them?






24. How do you run a command with elevated privileges?






25. Place all files you want added to a _______________ during creation.

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26. The at command is used to ____________. The cron service handles reoccurring system jobs.






27. How would you view all Boolean options for the HTTP service?






28. What command can you use to view system processes and their CPU usage?






29. What is the benefit to using centralized authentication?

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30. What three protocols can you use to perform network installations?






31. What command can you use to validate the syntax of the Apache config file?






32. What port on the firewall needs to be open for the TFTP server to work?






33. What happens to jobs that are scheduled to run while the system is off?






34. What command can you use to view NFS statistics?






35. What command is used to create a user for Samba?






36. How can you display all virtual guests after they're connected to a hypervisor?






37. Before you work with quotas - what do you need to do to the file system?






38. What command do you use to report information on quota usage?






39. It is possible to run scripts before a kickstart installation. This is done by...






40. The ____________ is available for each share.






41. How would you go about creating a static route?






42. What are the three items that make up LVM?






43. Most boot issues can be resolved by...






44. What option would you use to query an installed package using the rpm command?






45. Which file shows you all the client IP addresses?






46. A PXE server eases the automation process but isn't required for...






47. What is a swap? Is it created as a partition or device file?






48. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is the only version that officially supports _______






49. What command can you use to manage system services?






50. What command would you use to create a group - to add the user George to the group?