Lpi 101-500 Practice Exams
Last updated on Oct 22,2026- Exam Code: 101-500
- Exam Name: LPI Linux Administrator - 101 (LPIC-1 101)
- Certification Provider: Lpi
- Latest update: Oct 22,2026
Which of the following commands shows the definition of a given shell command?
- A . where
- B . stat
- C . type
- D . case
You are having some trouble with a disk partition and you need to do maintenance on this partition but your users home directories are on it and several are logged in.
Which command would disconnect the users and allow you to safely execute maintenance tasks?
- A . telinit 1
- B . shutdown -r now
- C . killall -9 inetd
- D . /bin/netstop –maint
- E . /etc/rc.d/init.d/network stop
You are having some trouble with a disk partition and you need to do maintenance on this partition but your users home directories are on it and several are logged in.
Which command would disconnect the users and allow you to safely execute maintenance tasks?
- A . telinit 1
- B . shutdown -r now
- C . killall -9 inetd
- D . /bin/netstop –maint
- E . /etc/rc.d/init.d/network stop
What is the default action of the split command on an input file?
- A . It will break the file into new files of 1,024 byte pieces each.
- B . It will break the file into new files of 1,000 line pieces each.
- C . It will break the file into new files of 1,024 kilobyte pieces each.
- D . It will break the file into new files that are no morethan 5% of the size of the original file.
Which of the following commands is used to modify quota settings? (Choose two.)
- A . editquota
- B . setquota
- C . edquota
- D . quotaedit
- E . quotaset
Which run levels should never be declared as the default run level when using SysV init? (Choose TWO Answer s.)
- A . 0
- B . 1
- C . 3
- D . 5
- E . 6
In order to display all currently mounted filesystems, which of the following commands could be used? (Choose TWO Answer s.)
- A . cat /proc/self/mounts
- B . free
- C . mount
- D . lsmounts
- E . cat /proc/filesystems
In order to display all currently mounted filesystems, which of the following commands could be used? (Choose TWO Answer s.)
- A . cat /proc/self/mounts
- B . free
- C . mount
- D . lsmounts
- E . cat /proc/filesystems
When is the content of the kernel ring buffer reset? (Choose two.)
- A . When the ring buffer is explicitly reset using the command dmesg –clear
- B . When the ring buffer is read using dmesg without any additional parameters
- C . When a configurable amount of time, 15 minutes by default, has passed
- D . When the kernel loads a previously unloaded kernel module
- E . When the system is shut down or rebooted
What is the purpose of the Bash built-in export command?
- A . It allows disks to be mounted remotely.
- B . It runs a command as a process in a subshell.
- C . It makes the command history available to subshells.
- D . It sets up environment variables for applications.
- E . It shares NFS partitions for use by other systems on the network.