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In order to comply with new security policies, an administrator needs to prevent the SSH server from using insecure algorithms.
Which of the following files should be edited to accomplish this?
- A. /etc/ssh/sshd_config
- B. /etc/ssh/ssh_config
- C. ~/.ssh/ssh_config
- D. /etc/ssh/known_hosts
Answer : A
Which of the following configuration files should be modified to disable Ctrl+Alt+Del in Linux?
- A. /etc/inittab
- B. ~/.bash_profile
- C. /etc/securetty
- D. /etc/security/limits.conf
Answer : A
Reference:
https://www.linuxtechi.com/disable-reboot-using-ctrl-alt-del-keys/
Joe, a user, is unable to log in to the server and contracts the systems administrator to look into the issue. The administrator examines the /etc/passwd file and discovers the following entry: joe:x:505:505::/home/joe:/bin/false
Which of the following commands should the administrator execute to resolve the problem?
- A. usermod ג€"s /bin/bash joe
- B. passwd ג€"u joe
- C. useradd ג€"s /bin/bash joe
- D. chage ג€"E -l joe
Answer : A
A server is almost out of free memory and is becoming unresponsive. Which of the following sets of commands will BEST mitigate the issue?
- A. free, fack, partprobe
- B. lsof, lvcreate, mdadm
- C. df, du, rmmod
- D. fdisk, mkswap, swapon -a
Answer : D
A Linux administrator is using a public cloud provider to host servers for a companyג€™s website. Using the providerג€™s tools, the administrator wrote a JSON file to define how to deploy the servers. Which of the following techniques did the administrator use?
- A. Infrastructure as code
- B. Build automation
- C. Platform as a service
- D. Automated configuration
Answer : B
Reference:
https://cloud.google.com/cloud-build/docs/build-config
A Linux system is running normally when the systems administrator receives an alert that one application spawned many processes. The application is consuming a lot of memory, and it will soon cause the machine to become unresponsive. Which of the following commands will stop each application process?
- A. kill `pidof application`
- B. killall application
- C. kill -9 `ps ג€"aux | grep application`
- D. pkill -9 application
Answer : B
Reference:
https://www.tecmint.com/how-to-kill-a-process-in-linux/
A systems administrator configured a new kernel module, but it stopped working after reboot. Which of the following will allow the systems administrator to check for module problems during server startup?
- A. lsmod
- B. modprobe
- C. modinfo
- D. dmesg
Answer : C
Reference:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6/html/deployment_guide/sec-displaying_information_about_a_module
A junior Linux administrator is installing patches using YUM. The administrator issues the following command: yum list installed
The output of the command is as follows:
Given this scenario and the output, which of the following should the administrator do to address this issue?
- A. renice ג€"n 9 ג€"p 5180
- B. killall yum
- C. ps ג€"ef | grep yum
- D. top | grep yum
Answer : C
Reference:
https://www.thegeekdiary.com/yum-command-fails-with-another-app-is-currently-holding-the-yum-lock-in-centos-rhel-7/
A systems administrator needs to retrieve specific fields from a CSV file. Which of the following tools would accomplish this task?
- A. awk
- B. sort
- C. print
- D. echo
Answer : A
Reference:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19602181/how-to-extract-one-column-of-a-csv-file
Two specific users need access to a directory owned by root where backups are located. Which of the following commands would BEST ensure the specified users can access the backup files?
- A. umask
- B. chcon
- C. chmod
- D. setfacl
Answer : D
Which of the following is the purpose of the monitoring server role?
- A. To aggregate web traffic to watch which websites employees are visiting
- B. To collect status and performance information about the servers in an environment
- C. To provide user authentication services to a network
- D. To provide real-time analysis of potential threats to the organization
Answer : B
A junior administrator is migrating a virtual machine from a Type 1 hypervisor to a Type 2 hypervisor. To ensure portability, which of the following formats should the administrator export from the Type 1 hypervisor to ensure compatibility?
- A. OWASP
- B. VDI
- C. VMDK
- D. OVA
Answer : D
Reference:
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Fusion/11/com.vmware.fusion.using.doc/GUID-16E390B1-829D-4289-8442-270A474C106A.html
A junior systems administrator is upgrading a package that was installed on a Red Hat-based system. The administrator is tasked with the following:
✑ Update and install the new package.
✑ Verify the new package version is installed.
Which of the following should be done to BEST accomplish these task? (Choose two.)
- A. yum install <package name>
- B. yum upgrade
- C. rpm ג€"e <package name>
- D. rpm ג€"qa
- E. apt-get <package name>
- F. apt-get upgrade
Answer : AD
Reference:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6/html/deployment_guide/ch-yum
Which of the following is the template for the grub.cfg file?
- A. /etc/default/grub
- B. /etc/grub2.cfg
- C. /etc/sysctl.conf
- D. /boot/efi
Answer : A
Reference:
https://geek-university.com/linux/grub-version-2/
A Linux administrator implemented a new HTTP server using the default configuration. None of the users on the network can access the server. If there is no problem on the network or with the usersג€™ workstations, which of the following steps will BEST analyze and resolve the issue?
- A. Run netstat to ensure the port is correctly bound, and configure the firewall to allow access on ports 80 and 443
- B. Run route to ensure the port is correctly bound, and configure the firewall to allow access on ports 80 and 443
- C. Run netcat to ensure the port is correctly bound, and configure a static route to the web to allow access on ports 80 and 443
- D. Run route to ensure the port is correctly bound, and configure SELinux to allow access on ports 80 and 443
Answer : C
Reference:
https://www.varonis.com/blog/netcat-commands/
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