IBM S2000-025 Practice Exams
Last updated on Oct 21,2026- Exam Code: S2000-025
- Exam Name: IBM AIX v7.3 Administrator Specialty
- Certification Provider: IBM
- Latest update: Oct 21,2026
Which of the following are essential tools for network management in AIX? (Choose two)
- A . netstat
- B . entstat
- C . ifconfig
- D . ipconfig
Which two commands can the AIX administrator run to make the newly connected hard disk ready for use?
- A . cfgdev
- B . cfgmgr
- C . mkcfg
- D . mkdev
- E . mkpv
A security audit needs to confirm that there are no duplicate UIDs on an AIX system. The system has only local user accounts.
Where should the audit look for duplicate UIDs on the system?
- A . /etc/passwd
- B . /etc/security/passwd
- C . /etc/security/user
- D . /etc/shadow
Which command is used in AIX to update the system date and time?
- A . date
- B . ntpdate
- C . chrony
- D . timedatectl
What are valid methods to boot an AIX system from an external source for recovery or maintenance? (Choose two)
- A . NIM server
- B . Bootable CD/DVD
- C . Network boot using DHCP
- D . USB flash drive
Which statement best applies to physical CPUs?
- A . Physical CPUs can only support logical CPUs when its virtual CPU is folded down.
- B . Physical CPUs convert to virtual CPUs whenever logical CPUs have no workload to execute.
- C . Virtual CPUs are the SMT manifestation of logical CPUs whenever physical CPUs are offline.
- D . Multiple virtual CPUs can be time-sliced across multiple physical CPUs to process workloads.
Which of the following scenarios typically indicates a CPU bottleneck in a system?
- A . High run queue length
- B . Low disk utilization
- C . High network throughput
- D . Frequent paging
When configuring a NIM client, which of the following is essential to ensure the client can access resources provided by the NIM master?
- A . Correct routing information
- B . A dedicated Ethernet adapter
- C . NFS services running
- D . A valid /etc/hosts entry for the NIM master
A SAN administrator cloned a LUN device (hdisk) connected to an AIX system.
In order to avoid misleading configurations in ODM, what is the correct action to be performed on the cloned hdisk?
- A . Remove the PVID from the ODM.
- B . Clear the PVID on the physical volume.
- C . Change the UUID on the underlying hdisk.
- D . Remove the hdisk definition and rerun cfgmgr.
In the context of RPM package management in AIX, what does the command ‘rpm -Uhv’ do?
- A . Unpacks a package without installing it
- B . Updates a package and shows verbose output
- C . Downgrades to a previous version of the package
- D . Verifies the integrity of a package