Linux OS File System Structure GLIR Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–25

1. 21application · medium

   A Linux server's /tmp directory is filling up, causing applications to fail. You need to identify which files are consuming the most space in /tmp. Which command would you use?

   • Adu -sh /tmp/* | sort -hr
   • Bls -la /tmp
   • Cfind /tmp -type f -exec ls -s {} \;
   • Ddf -h /tmp
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2. 22application · medium

   A security policy requires that only the root user and members of the 'audit' group can read a sensitive log file. The file is currently owned by root:root with permissions 640. Which command changes the group ownership to 'audit' without altering other permissions?

   • Ausermod -a -G audit root
   • Bchmod g+rw /var/log/sensitive.log
   • Cchown :audit /var/log/sensitive.log
   • Dchgrp audit /var/log/sensitive.log
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4. 23application · medium

   You need to determine which filesystem type is mounted at /var and whether it is mounted read-only. Which command provides this information in a single output?

   • Adf -T /var
   • Bcat /proc/mounts | grep /var
   • Cmount | grep ' /var '
   • Dlsblk -f /var
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5. 24foundation · easy

   Which directory in the Linux file system hierarchy is the standard location for system configuration files?

   • A/tmp
   • B/home
   • C/etc
   • D/var
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6. 25foundation · easy

   Which command creates a symbolic link named 'link.txt' pointing to 'original.txt'?

   • Aln original.txt link.txt
   • Bln -v original.txt link.txt
   • Cln -s original.txt link.txt
   • Dln -f original.txt link.txt
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