104.6 Create and Change Hard and Symbolic Links LPIC-1 Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16foundation · easy

   What happens when you delete the target file of a symbolic link?

   • AThe symbolic link's data is copied to a new file.
   • BThe symbolic link is automatically deleted as well.
   • CThe symbolic link becomes a hard link to the deleted file.
   • DThe symbolic link remains but becomes broken.
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2. 17foundation · easy

   Which command creates a symbolic link named 'shortcut' that points to the directory '/var/www/html'?

   • Aln -s /var/www/html shortcut
   • Bln /var/www/html shortcut
   • Cln -d /var/www/html shortcut
   • Dln -v /var/www/html shortcut
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4. 18application · medium

   You create a hard link /data/link1 to /data/original. Later, you change the permissions of /data/link1 to 600. What are the permissions of /data/original?

   • A600, because hard links share the same inode and permissions.
   • BThe original permissions, because each link has its own permissions.
   • CThe original permissions, because changing permissions on a link only affects that link.
   • DThe permissions become 000.
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5. 19application · medium

   A file /data/report.txt has a link count of 3. An administrator runs rm /data/report.txt. What happens to the file's data?

   • AThe data is moved to a temporary location.
   • BThe data remains accessible through the other two hard links.
   • CThe data is immediately deleted from disk.
   • DThe data becomes inaccessible until the link count is checked.
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6. 20foundation · easy

   What is the key difference between a relative and an absolute symbolic link?

   • ARelative links are resolved from the link's directory, while absolute links are resolved from the root.
   • BAbsolute links become broken if the target is moved, while relative links do not.
   • CRelative links are faster to resolve than absolute links.
   • DRelative links can only point to files, while absolute links can point to directories.
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