A user wants to extract only the files file1.txt and file2.txt from a gzip-compressed archive named data.tar.gz. Which command accomplishes this?

tar -tzf data.tar.gz file1.txt file2.txt

tar -xzf data.tar.gz file1.txt file2.txt

tar -czf data.tar.gz file1.txt file2.txt

tar -xzf file1.txt file2.txt data.tar.gz

A system administrator needs to send a complete directory tree to a colleague for review. The colleague should be able to see the file list before extracting anything, and the transfer must minimize bandwidth. Which command should the administrator use to create the archive?

tar -xf project.tar.gz project/

tar -czf project.tar.gz project/

A user wants to create a backup of the /home/user/documents directory, including all subdirectories, into a single uncompressed archive file. Which command should the user run?

tar -cf documents.tar /home/user/documents

tar -xf documents.tar /home/user/documents

cp -r /home/user/documents documents.tar

tar -tf documents.tar /home/user/documents

A user has a compressed archive backup.tar.bz2 and needs to extract only the file docs/manual.pdf to the current directory. Which command should be used?

tar -tjf backup.tar.bz2 docs/manual.pdf

tar -xjf backup.tar.bz2 docs/manual.pdf

bzip2 -d backup.tar.bz2 docs/manual.pdf

tar -cjf backup.tar.bz2 docs/manual.pdf

LPI Linux Essentials (010-160)

Domain 3Objective 1

3.1 Archiving Files on the Command Line (weight: 2) LINUX-ESSENTIALS Practice Questions (Page 1)

Part of the Topic 3: The Power of the Command Line domain, which makes up ~16% of our current practice bank. Linux Professional Institute does not publish an official question count, but from its 60-minute exam (~25–40 total, ~4–6 in this domain), expect 1–2 from this objective — we provide 28 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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1foundation · easy
A user wants to extract only the files file1.txt and file2.txt from a gzip-compressed archive named data.tar.gz. Which command accomplishes this?
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2application · medium
A system administrator needs to send a complete directory tree to a colleague for review. The colleague should be able to see the file list before extracting anything, and the transfer must minimize bandwidth. Which command should the administrator use to create the archive?
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3application · easy
A user wants to create a backup of the /home/user/documents directory, including all subdirectories, into a single uncompressed archive file. Which command should the user run?
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4application · medium
A user has a compressed archive backup.tar.bz2 and needs to extract only the file docs/manual.pdf to the current directory. Which command should be used?
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5expert · hard
A user has a directory of text files that needs to be archived and compressed. The user wants to minimize the time spent on compression, but the archive will be stored on a slow network drive, so a smaller file size is also important. Which command should the user choose?
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