101.2 Boot the System LPIC-1 Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6foundation · easy

   Which statement correctly contrasts BIOS and UEFI?

   • AUEFI reads boot code from an EFI System Partition (ESP), while BIOS reads boot code from the first sector of the disk.
   • BBIOS can boot from disks larger than 2 TB, while UEFI cannot.
   • CUEFI uses a Master Boot Record (MBR) to store boot code, while BIOS uses a GUID Partition Table (GPT).
   • DBIOS and UEFI both use the same method to locate the boot loader.
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2. 7application · medium

   A company is deploying Linux workstations with UEFI firmware. The security team requires that the boot process verify the integrity of the boot loader and kernel. Which technology should the administrator enable in the firmware to meet this requirement?

   • ASecure Boot
   • BBIOS
   • CUEFI Boot Manager
   • DTPM (Trusted Platform Module)
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4. 8application · medium

   A technician is installing a new Linux server on hardware that uses UEFI firmware with Secure Boot enabled. The installation completes successfully, but after a reboot the system skips the boot loader and drops directly into the UEFI firmware setup utility. Which action is most likely to resolve the issue?

   • AChange the firmware boot mode from UEFI to Legacy BIOS in the firmware setup utility.
   • BReinstall GRUB using the --target=x86_64-efi option and ensure the shim signed bootloader is installed.
   • CUse the grub-install command with the --target=i386-pc option to write GRUB to the Master Boot Record.
   • DAdd the 'nomodeset' kernel parameter to the GRUB configuration and regenerate the grub.cfg file.
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5. 9foundation · easy

   Which of the following is a characteristic of systemd as the first process (PID 1)?

   • AIt can start services in parallel and manage dependencies between them.
   • BIt only supports runlevel-based startup.
   • CIt starts services sequentially in a fixed order.
   • DIt uses shell scripts located in /etc/rc.d/ to start services.
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6. 10foundation · easy

   What is the main purpose of a boot loader such as GRUB?

   • ATo provide a graphical login interface
   • BTo mount the root filesystem and start systemd
   • CTo initialize hardware and run the Power-On Self-Test (POST)
   • DTo load the operating system kernel into memory and start it
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