A Linux administrator is setting up a new service that must start automatically at boot and restart if it crashes. The administrator wants to use the standard system mechanism. Which file should the administrator create or modify?

A systemd unit file in /etc/systemd/system/

A Linux server is running a database that suddenly became unresponsive. The analyst checks 'dmesg' and sees 'Out of memory: Kill process' messages. The analyst also checks 'free -h' and sees that swap is unused. Which conclusion is most accurate?

The database crashed due to a segmentation fault in its code

The database was killed by the systemd service manager due to a timeout

The database was stopped by the administrator using 'kill -9'

The kernel's OOM killer terminated the database because the system ran out of available memory

A Windows system is running low on memory. The administrator suspects that a specific process is leaking memory. Which tool should the administrator use to monitor the process's memory usage over time?

Performance Monitor with a counter for the process's Working Set

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3.2 Identify Components of an Operating System (such as Windows and Linux) in a Given Scenario 200-201 Practice Questions (Page 4)

Part of the 3.0 Host-Based Analysis domain, which accounts for 20% of the 200-201 exam. Cisco does not publish an official question count, but from its 120-minute exam (~50–80 total, ~10–16 in this domain), expect 1–2 from this objective — we provide 49 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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Questions 16–20

16application · easy
A Windows administrator needs to allow a user to read a file but not modify it. The file is on an NTFS volume. Which permission should be assigned?
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17foundation · easy
In Linux, which command is used to change file permissions?
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18application · medium
A Linux administrator is setting up a new service that must start automatically at boot and restart if it crashes. The administrator wants to use the standard system mechanism. Which file should the administrator create or modify?
Select an answer first
19expert · hard
A Linux server is running a database that suddenly became unresponsive. The analyst checks 'dmesg' and sees 'Out of memory: Kill process' messages. The analyst also checks 'free -h' and sees that swap is unused. Which conclusion is most accurate?
Select an answer first
20expert · hard
A Windows system is running low on memory. The administrator suspects that a specific process is leaking memory. Which tool should the administrator use to monitor the process's memory usage over time?
Select an answer first

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Questions 16–20

A Windows administrator needs to allow a user to read a file but not modify it. The file is on an NTFS volume. Which permission should be assigned?

In Linux, which command is used to change file permissions?

A Linux administrator is setting up a new service that must start automatically at boot and restart if it crashes. The administrator wants to use the standard system mechanism. Which file should the administrator create or modify?

A Linux server is running a database that suddenly became unresponsive. The analyst checks 'dmesg' and sees 'Out of memory: Kill process' messages. The analyst also checks 'free -h' and sees that swap is unused. Which conclusion is most accurate?

A Windows system is running low on memory. The administrator suspects that a specific process is leaking memory. Which tool should the administrator use to monitor the process's memory usage over time?

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