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Free CompTIA Linux+ XK0-005 Practice Test
Prepare for the CompTIA Linux+ XK0-005 exam with this free practice test. Randomly generated and customizable, this test allows you to choose the number of questions.
- Questions: 15
- Time: 15 minutes (60 seconds per question)
- Included Objectives:System ManagementSecurityScripting, Containers, and AutomationTroubleshooting
A system administrator is working on a container deployment and requires connectivity from the containers to the external network without allocating a public IP address for each container. Which of the following solutions will BEST facilitate this requirement?
Implement network address translation at the host level.
Configure direct bridge networking for each container.
Use layer 2 bridging in conjunction with network address translation.
Apply VLAN tagging to the container network interfaces.
Answer Description
Applying NAT at the host level will allow containers to share the host's IP address to access the external network. The traffic from the containers will appear to originate from the host's IP, thus not requiring a public IP for each container. Direct bridge networking would not solve the problem of public IP allocation for each container, Layer 2 bridging with NAT is not a standard approach for container networking, and VLAN tagging is typically used to separate LAN segments and is not directly related to the NAT process.
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What is network address translation (NAT)?
How does bridge networking work with containers?
What role do VLAN tags play in networking?
As a systems administrator, you have noticed SELinux Access Vector Cache (AVC) denial messages in your system's audit logs, indicating that a legitimate application is being blocked from performing necessary actions. You want to create a custom SELinux module to adjust the policy and allow the application to function as intended. Which command should you use to generate a custom SELinux policy module based on the recorded AVC denials?
getenforce > mymodule.te
audit2why -M mymodule < /var/log/audit/audit.log
audit2allow -M mymodule < /var/log/audit/audit.log
semanage module -i mymodule.pp
Answer Description
The correct command is audit2allow -M mymodule < /var/log/audit/audit.log
. It reads the AVC denial messages from the specified log file and generates a custom SELinux policy module named 'mymodule'. The -M
option specifies the name of the module. This command is designed to interpret AVC messages and create a tentative policy that permits the denied actions, easing the process of troubleshooting and adjusting SELinux policies.
The other options, audit2why
, semanage module -i
, and getenforce
, serve different purposes. The audit2why
command is used to interpret denial messages and provide explanations, not to generate policy modules. semanage module -i
would be used to install a module, not create one. getenforce
simply reports the current SELinux enforcement mode and does nothing related to policy creation.
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What does AVC stand for in SELinux, and why is it important?
How do SELinux policies interact with applications, and what are their roles?
What steps follow after generating a custom SELinux module with audit2allow?
Alice is working on a Linux server and has navigated through several directories. She wants to confirm the absolute path of the directory she is currently working in before deploying a new application. Which command should she use to display her current directory path?
echo $PWD
pwd
cd
ls -d .
Answer Description
The correct answer is pwd
, which stands for 'print working directory'. This command is used to output the full pathname of the current working directory, providing users with their exact location in the filesystem hierarchy. This information is especially important when performing operations that are sensitive to the current directory context, such as deploying applications, running scripts, or managing files.
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What does 'pwd' stand for and how does it work?
What does the environment variable $PWD represent?
Why is confirming the current directory important before deploying applications?
A colleague informs you that a new feature has been added to a project, and it's available on the 'feature-login' branch for preview before it's merged into the main codebase. You are currently on the 'main' branch and have made some local modifications that you don't want to commit yet. How would you switch to the 'feature-login' branch to review the new additions without losing your uncommitted changes?
git checkout feature-login --force
git merge feature-login into your main branch
git commit -m 'Temp commit' and then use git checkout feature-login
git stash your changes and then use git checkout feature-login
Answer Description
The correct answer is git stash your changes and then use git checkout feature-login
. This is because you can save your uncommitted changes with git stash
, which acts like a stack where you can push changes to be temporarily stored, and later you can pop them off. After stashing your changes, you can safely change branches using git checkout
. Using the other commands might either lead to a loss of local changes or are not correct commands for handling a change in branches.
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What does 'git stash' do exactly?
What is the purpose of using 'git checkout'?
What happens if you just use 'git checkout feature-login' without stashing?
A system administrator is tasked with granting a user named 'johndoe' the ability to run a backup script located at /usr/local/bin/backup.sh without entering a password. To achieve this securely while employing syntax validation, which of the following configurations should the administrator add to the sudoers file using an appropriate command?
johndoe ALL=(ALL): NOPASSWD /usr/local/bin/backup.sh
johndoe ALL=(ALL) /usr/local/bin/backup.sh
ALL johndoe=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/backup.sh
johndoe ALL=(ALL) ALL
johndoe ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/backup.sh
johndoe /usr/local/bin/backup.sh
Answer Description
The correct answer is 'johndoe ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/backup.sh', and it should be added using the visudo
command. This command specifically allows 'johndoe' to run the backup script without a password. The visudo
command is used instead of direct file editing tools because it includes syntax checking to prevent errors that could render the sudoers file unusable or introduce security vulnerabilities. Other options listed either require a password, do not specify the script, grant broader permissions than required, or use incorrect syntax.
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What does the NOPASSWD option in the sudoers file do?
What is the `visudo` command and why is it important?
What are some common mistakes when configuring the sudoers file?
When configuring a systemd service unit file, selecting which 'Type' setting will only consider the service started once the process finishes initializing and is ready to accept connections or tasks?
notify
forking
dbus
oneshot
simple
idle
Answer Description
The 'Type=notify' setting is used when the service sends a notification message via the sd_notify() function to inform systemd that it has finished its initialization and is ready to handle requests. Other types such as 'simple' assume the service is ready as soon as the binary is executed, while 'forking' assumes readiness when the initial process exits.
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What does 'sd_notify()' do in the context of systemd services?
What are the main differences between 'Type=simple' and 'Type=notify'?
What are the other 'Type' settings available in systemd services?
After successfully compiling a program from source code using 'make', which command should be used to install the compiled software into the system-wide directories so that it becomes executable from any location?
install make
make install
make setup
make config
Answer Description
The 'make install' command is used after compiling software to copy the binaries, libraries, and any associated files to the appropriate system directories, allowing the software to be run from anywhere on the system. This step often requires administrative privileges because it modifies system-level directories.
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What does the 'make' command do in the context of compiling software?
Why would 'make install' require administrative privileges?
What are the differences between 'make setup' and 'make install'?
An organization is transitioning to a microservices architecture for their cloud-based application, requiring smooth scaling, high availability, and a unified method of configuration. Which Kubernetes feature allows the organization to manage a group of identically configured containers, ensuring they can be scaled easily in response to demand?
Service
Deployment
Pod
StatefulSet
Answer Description
In Kubernetes, a Deployment manages a group of identically configured containers, providing declarative updates to the application. Deployments allow for easy scaling, self-healing, and rolling updates to the containerized applications, which is ideal for scenarios needing smooth scaling and high availability. While Pods are the smallest deployable units and can hold one or more containers, they do not by themselves provide scaling or self-healing capabilities. That is orchestrated by a Deployment. Services are used to expose an application running on a set of Pods as a network service, and while they help in communication aspects and remain constant despite changes in Pods, they aren’t the mechanism for managing container scaling. StatefulSets are similar to Deployments but are intended to manage stateful applications and provide unique identity to each pod they manage, which is not the focus of this scenario.
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What is a Deployment in Kubernetes?
What are Pods in Kubernetes and how do they relate to Deployments?
What is the difference between a Deployment and a StatefulSet in Kubernetes?
A systems administrator needs to investigate an issue in a Docker container that is failing to start correctly. The administrator wishes to view the output logs to diagnose the problem. Which command should the administrator run to display the last 50 lines of logs from the container named 'web-app'?
docker inspect --format='{{.LogPath}}' web-app
docker logs --tail 50 web-app
docker logs -f web-app | tail -50
docker container logs web-app --last 50
Answer Description
The correct answer is docker logs --tail 50 web-app
. The --tail
option with the docker logs
command allows the user to view the specified number of most recent lines from the container's logs, making it an appropriate choice for checking recent activity or errors that could lead to understanding the issue with the container.
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What is the purpose of the 'docker logs' command?
What does the '--tail' option do in the 'docker logs' command?
How does 'docker logs' differ from 'docker inspect'?
A system administrator has noticed SELinux is preventing a web application from functioning properly on a production server running the 'targeted' policy. The administrator wants to temporarily relax SELinux enforcement to diagnose the issue without entirely disabling SELinux or making permanent policy changes. Which command should the administrator use to fulfill this requirement?
setenforce enforcing
setenforce Disabled
setenforce 0
enforce 0
setsebool -P
Answer Description
The setenforce 0
command sets SELinux to 'Permissive' mode. In 'Permissive' mode, SELinux continues to evaluate rules and log violations but does not enforce the policy, allowing the administrator to see what would be blocked without impacting the application. Once the evaluation is complete, using setenforce 1
would return SELinux to 'Enforcing' mode. 'setsebool -P' is used to make persistent changes to SELinux booleans, enforce 0
is invalid syntax, and setenforce enforcing
uses incorrect terminology. The term 'Disabled' does not apply to runtime changes and is only set in SELinux config files which requires a reboot.
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What is SELinux and why is it used?
What does switching SELinux to 'Permissive' mode actually do?
How do you revert SELinux back to 'Enforcing' mode?
When working in the terminal, you need to display the absolute path of your current working directory. Which command will provide you with the most accurate and detailed result?
ls -a
cd -
dirname $(pwd)
pwd
Answer Description
The command pwd
(print working directory) is used to display the absolute pathname of the current working directory. This is the most direct and explicit command for this purpose, hence it is the correct answer. Understanding the current directory's absolute path is essential for numerous tasks, like referencing files or changing directories. The other options, ls
for listing directory contents, cd -
for moving to the previous directory, and dirname
for extracting a path's directory part, do not serve the purpose of displaying the current directory's path.
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What does 'absolute path' mean in regards to file systems?
What is the difference between 'pwd' and 'ls' commands?
Why is understanding the current directory important in Linux?
An administrator wants to monitor disk usage by individual users on a shared system and has decided to utilize the output from the 'du' command. The command 'du -s /home/*' produces a list of directories and their sizes within the /home directory, which is then redirected to 'awk' for further processing. The administrator is interested in directories that consume more than 1GB of disk space. Which 'awk' command should the administrator use to extract and print the usernames (the directory names within /home) and their corresponding disk space usage in gigabytes, but only for those users utilizing more than 1GB?
du -s /home/* | awk '{ print $3 ":" $1/1048576 "GB" }'
du -s /home/* | awk '{ print substr($2,7) ":" $1 "KB" }'
du -s /home/* | awk '{ if $1 > 1048576 print substr($2,7) ":" $1/1048576 "GB" }'
du -s /home/* | awk '$1 > 1048576 { print substr($2,7) ":" $1/1048576 "GB" }'
Answer Description
The correct 'awk' command filters the output of 'du' by dividing the first column (size in kilobytes) by 1048576 to convert it to gigabytes and prints the size along with the username, which is inferred from the directory name after the last slash in the second column. The 'substr($2,7)' function is utilized to remove '/home/' (the first 6 characters), leaving the username. Only records with a size greater than 1GB are output.
As for the incorrect answers:
- The second answer overlooks the requirement to convert kilobytes to gigabytes before comparing to 1GB.
- The third answer uses incorrect syntax, merging the 'if' construct improperly.
- The fourth answer is incorrect because it prints all records, and it attempts to use a field '$3' that does not exist in the 'du' output.
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What does the 'du' command do?
What is the purpose of 'awk' in this command?
Why is 1048576 used for the comparison in the 'awk' command?
A Linux administrator is deploying an application on Kubernetes and needs to ensure that two containers (a web server and a caching service) share the same network and storage resources. Which of the following is the BEST option to achieve this requirement?
Use a DaemonSet to ensure that both containers run on each node in the cluster
Create a new Kubernetes service to facilitate communication between two standalone pods
Launch separate pods for each container and use a service to link them
Deploy both containers within a single pod
Answer Description
The correct answer is 'Deploy both containers within a single pod'. In Kubernetes, a Pod represents one or more containers that should be run together. Containers within the same pod share the same IP address, network, and storage resources, which means they can communicate with each other using 'localhost' and can access shared volumes. This is the exact scenario described, making it the ideal solution. The other options do not correctly represent how containers are co-located to share resources in the Kubernetes context. Creating separate pods for each container would not allow them to share network and storage resources directly. Configuring a service or deploying a DaemonSet would not target the issue at hand, which is the shared network and storage for closely related containers.
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What is a pod in Kubernetes?
How do containers in the same pod communicate?
What are the advantages of using a pod for related containers?
You are configuring a Linux server and need to prioritize LDAP for user and group lookups but want to fall back to the local /etc/passwd
and /etc/group
files if the LDAP lookup fails. Which of the following configurations would you implement in /etc/nsswitch.conf
to achieve this requirement?
passwd: ldap files group: ldap files
passwd: files nis ldap group: files nis ldap
passwd: files ldap group: files ldap
passwd: nis files ldap group: nis files ldap
Answer Description
The /etc/nsswitch.conf
file determines the order of lookups performed when a certain type of information is requested, with the services listed from left to right in order of preference. The correct configuration is passwd: ldap files
and group: ldap files
, which first attempts to resolve password and group information using LDAP and then falls back to local files if LDAP is not available. The wrong answers suggest looking up files before LDAP, which would not meet the requirement, or including services not mentioned in the scenario, such as NIS.
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What does LDAP stand for and what is its function?
What is the purpose of the `/etc/nsswitch.conf` file?
What are `passwd` and `group` in the context of Linux?
A developer wants to deploy a web application and an accompanying database on their local development machine using Docker. Both should be deployed as separate containers but configured to communicate with each other. Which Docker feature allows the definition of this multi-container setup?
Kubernetes Pods
Docker Swarm
Cloud-init
Docker Compose
Answer Description
Docker Compose is a tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications. With a Compose file (usually docker-compose.yml
), you can define the services, networks, and volumes that need to be created and run together. Compose setups help in maintaining consistency in environments and streamlining the deployment process. The other options, such as Kubernetes and Cloud-init, are not as applicable for single-node, local development scenarios. Compose
fits perfectly here since it is designed to deal with multi-container Docker applications on a single node, as opposed to orchestrating clusters of nodes.
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What is the significance of `docker-compose.yml`?
How does Docker Compose differ from Docker Swarm?
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