CompTIA Linux+ XK0-006 (V8) Practice Question

The dpkg utility provides the -V/--verify action, which compares each file that belongs to a named package with the metadata (MD5 digest, permissions, etc.) stored when the package was first unpacked. Running dpkg -V linux-image-\((uname -r) therefore checks the integrity of the current kernel image and its modules and lists any mismatches, confirming or ruling out on-disk corruption. debsums can compare only files that have checksums listed and is not installed by default; dpkg --audit merely looks for missing metadata, not changed files; rpm -V is the equivalent tool on RPM-based distributions and is not present on Debian systems. Thus dpkg -V linux-image-\)(uname -r) is the appropriate diagnostic step.