GIAC Linux Incident Responder
Domain 1Objective 2
Linux OS File System Structure GLIR Practice Questions (Page 7)
Part of the Linux Fundamentals and File System Analysis domain, which makes up ~35% of our current practice bank. GIAC (SANS) does not publish an official question count, but from its 180-minute exam (~70–120 total, ~25–42 in this domain), expect 6–11 from this objective — we provide 43 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Questions 31–35
- 31
During incident response, which directory is the primary location for system log files?
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Which of the following is a special file type in Linux used to provide access to hardware devices?
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An administrator creates a hard link to a file, then later deletes the original file. What happens to the data and the hard link?
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You need to verify whether a USB drive is mounted and identify its filesystem type. Which command would you use?
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Which command prints the current working directory?
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