ACE-P-ALE1.04 Online Practice Questions and Answers

What term is used for the beginning of time for UNIX?

A. Epoch

B. Zero-hour

C. Birth

D. Dawn

E. Awakening

Who invented NFS?

A. Linus Torvalds

B. IBM

C. DEC

D. Sun Microsystems

Which of the following is true when using the mv command to move a file to a new location on the same filesystem?

A. It is not recommended because the filesystem could be corrupted

B. It is slow because the data has to be read and written

C. It is not recommended, and the cp command should be used instead

D. It is very fast because only the directory entry needs updating

Which utility can be used to compare the content of two files?

A. sort

B. cut

C. paste

D. diff

E. grep

The three classes in the file mode are

A. owner/group/world

B. read/write/execute

C. user/group/other

D. setuid/setgid and sticky

When configuring SSH, which file is needed for key-based authentication?

A. known_hosts

B. /etc/shadow

C. /etc/passwd

D. authorized_keys

Which of the following filesystems are you most likely to see on a Linux system?

A. XFS

B. ext2fs

C. NTFS

D. exFAT

Given the following directory structure, which commands would successfully remove the fubar directory?

A. rm

Why shouldn't you use standard package and dependency management on an Arista switch?

A. Arista switches can't run package managers

B. Arista modifies the kernel to disallow it

C. Running an install could update dependencies required for the base EOS install

D. There is no reason not to use them on an Arista switch

The fstab file contains what information?

A. The runlevel of the system

B. Currently mounted filesystems

C. Filesystems to mount at boot

D. NFS file systems mounted by users