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






2. What is the xinetd service used for?






3. What command-line program can you use to check your mail?






4. What does the testparm command do?






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






6. The portmap service was replaced by the ______________ in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.






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






8. What file needs to be edited so that the system will mount a file system at boot time?






9. There are four types of DNS servers. Name them.






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






11. What are the three modes in which the rpm command can operate?






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






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






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






15. What is the difference between the update (-U) and install (-i) options when using rpm to update the kernel?






16. How can you change the security context of a directory to work with Apache?






17. The ____________ is available for each share.






18. What does the rdnc-confgen command do?






19. A slave DNS server provides...






20. What is the name of the package used to install an FTP?






21. Runlevel 0 ___________. Runlevel 6 reboots the system.






22. Are additional packages besides httpd required for a secure website - If so - what are they?






23. What command can you use to change the context of files?






24. What is the rndc utility used for?






25. What is the /etc/vsftpd/user_list file used for?






26. What is a gateway used for on a network?






27. What is the point of using SELinux?






28. What command displays your current interfaces and IP address?






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






30. What does the following firewall rule accomplish: iptables -I INPUT 5 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT?






31. By default - what is the path to a user's home directory?

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32. What port does the DHCP server listen on by default?






33. How can you list all services on the system to tell whether they will boot during startup?






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






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






36. What two ports should be opened on the firewall for the FTP server to function properly?






37. Can you put your /boot partition on a RAID 5 array?






38. Can you name the two commands that can be used to view the free space on the system?






39. What is NAT - How is it used?






40. The package selection screen allows you to install any software you want during the installation process as long as...






41. The virt-install package allows you to manage virtual machines _____________. The virt-manager package allows you to manage virtual machines via a GUI interface.






42. What is the last rule in the iptables file?

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43. What two commands are used for package management?






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






45. How can virtual hosts be used?






46. A service needs to have _______________ to be able to use it.






47. What two commands are special for dealing with user login events?






48. To create a RAID or LVM partition using kickstart






49. What is the benefit of using public/private key authentication?

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50. What does the partprobe command do?







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