LPI LPIC-1:Linux Administrator (101-500)
Domain 9Objective 4
109.4 Configure Client Side DNS LPIC-1 Practice Questions (Page 3)
Part of the Topic 109: Networking Fundamentals domain, which makes up ~11% of our current practice bank. Linux Professional Institute does not publish an official question count, but from its 90-minute exam (~35–60 total, ~4–7 in this domain), expect 1–2 from this objective — we provide 16 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Questions 11–15
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Which of the following is a common cause of DNS resolution failure on a client?
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Which file on a Linux system is used to map hostnames to IP addresses locally, without querying a DNS server?
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A developer reports that the hostname 'db1' resolves to 10.0.0.5 when using ping, but the DNS server for the company domain returns 10.0.0.6 for the same name. The /etc/nsswitch.conf file contains 'hosts: files dns'. Which file is most likely causing the discrepancy?
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A Linux client needs to resolve hostnames in the 'example.com' domain without fully qualified names. Which line in /etc/resolv.conf enables this?
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Given the following line in /etc/nsswitch.conf: 'hosts: dns files', what is the order of resolution for a hostname lookup?
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