101-500: LPIC-1 Exam 101 Practice Exam

About the Exam

101-500 is the first of the two required exams for LPIC-1 certification. It covers foundational Linux skills common across distributions, including system architecture, installation and package management, GNU and Unix commands, and filesystems. It is intended for candidates pursuing LPI's Linux administrator certification, and passing demonstrates competence with the LPIC-1 Exam 101 objectives as part of the full LPIC-1 track.

Exam Topics

System Architecture10%
Linux Installation and Package Management13%
GNU and Unix Commands26%
Devices, Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard19%
Shells and Shell Scripting17%
User Interfaces and Desktops6%
Administrative Tasks9%
Essential System Services8%
Networking Fundamentals14%
Security7%

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QuestionQ1

GNU and Unix Commands

Which of these commands can be used to show the inode number for a specified file?

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Explanation

ls -i displays each file’s inode number, while stat reports file metadata that includes the inode number.

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QuestionQ2

GNU and Unix Commands

Which of the following signals is delivered to a process when the Ctrl+Z key combination is pressed on the keyboard?

Explanation

Ctrl+Z conventionally suspends the foreground process. The precise POSIX signal is SIGTSTP; however, because it is absent from the choices, SIGSTOP is the intended stop-signal answer.

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QuestionQ3

GNU and Unix Commands

What is the purpose of the ldd command?

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The ldd command lists the shared libraries required by a dynamically linked binary to run.

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QuestionQ4

Devices, Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

According to the FHS, in which directory are man pages located?

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The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard specifies /usr/share/man as the primary system directory for manual pages.

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Filesystem Hierarchy Standard 3.0 — /usr/share/man: Manual pages

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QuestionQ5

GNU and Unix Commands

Which of these commands displays the current working directory in a Bash shell?

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Explanation

PWD is the Bash variable containing the current working directory, so expanding it with echo displays that directory. The pwd builtin prints the absolute pathname of the current working directory.

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QuestionQ6

System Architecture

What is the process ID of the init process on a System V init-based system?

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The init program is the first user-space process started by the kernel on a System V init-based system, so it is assigned process ID 1.

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