A service is failing intermittently. The admin wants to see the last 50 log entries for the service to identify a pattern. Which command shows the last 50 lines of the service's journal?

journalctl -u service --since today

An administrator runs systemctl status sshd and sees the output contains 'Active: failed'. What does this indicate about the SSH service?

The service is running normally.

The service is not running and has encountered an error.

The service is inactive but will start on the next boot.

The service is running but with warnings.

An admin wants a custom service to start automatically at boot and to start only after the network is up. Which two settings must be in the service unit file?

WantedBy=network.target and After=multi-user.target

WantedBy=multi-user.target and After=network.target

Requires=network.target and Before=multi-user.target

Also=network.target and Wants=multi-user.target

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Systems Management XK0-006 Practice Questions (Page 4)

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Questions 16–20

16application · easy
A service is failing intermittently. The admin wants to see the last 50 log entries for the service to identify a pattern. Which command shows the last 50 lines of the service's journal?
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17foundation · easy
An administrator runs systemctl status sshd and sees the output contains 'Active: failed'. What does this indicate about the SSH service?
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18application · easy
An admin needs to review the logs from the last boot to troubleshoot a service that failed during startup. Which journalctl command shows only the logs from the current boot?
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19foundation · easy
Which command configures the nginx service to start automatically at system boot?
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20application · medium
An admin wants a custom service to start automatically at boot and to start only after the network is up. Which two settings must be in the service unit file?
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Systems Management XK0-006 Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

A service is failing intermittently. The admin wants to see the last 50 log entries for the service to identify a pattern. Which command shows the last 50 lines of the service's journal?

An administrator runs systemctl status sshd and sees the output contains 'Active: failed'. What does this indicate about the SSH service?

An admin needs to review the logs from the last boot to troubleshoot a service that failed during startup. Which journalctl command shows only the logs from the current boot?

Which command configures the nginx service to start automatically at system boot?

An admin wants a custom service to start automatically at boot and to start only after the network is up. Which two settings must be in the service unit file?

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