An administrator is partitioning a disk using MBR. The disk already has three primary partitions. The administrator needs to create two more partitions for /home and /var. What is the correct approach?

Create one primary partition for /home and use a swap file for /var.

Convert the disk to GPT and create two new primary partitions.

Create an extended partition in the remaining space, then create logical partitions for /home and /var inside it.

Delete one of the existing primary partitions and create two new primary partitions.

A company is deploying a Linux server for a small office. The server will host user home directories and a shared file repository. The administrator wants to ensure that user data is preserved during an OS reinstall and that the system remains responsive if the disk fills up. Which disk layout is the most appropriate?

A single / partition for everything.

Separate / and /var partitions, with /home under /var.

Separate /, /home, and swap partitions.

Separate / and /home partitions, with swap as a file.

An administrator is installing Linux on a new server that uses UEFI firmware and has a 2 TB disk. The administrator needs to create a /boot/efi partition and a root filesystem. Which partitioning scheme and partition table type should be used?

GPT with an EFI System Partition mounted at /boot/efi and a root partition.

GPT with a primary /boot partition and a logical root partition.

MBR with an extended partition for /boot/efi and a primary root partition.

MBR with a primary /boot/efi partition and a logical root partition.

A Linux server hosts a web application that writes temporary files to /tmp and logs to /var/log. The administrator wants to ensure that a full /tmp does not prevent the system from writing logs. Which disk layout achieves this?

Separate /tmp and /var partitions.

Separate /home and /var partitions.

A single / partition for everything.

A single / partition with /tmp as a tmpfs.

LPI LPIC-1:Linux Administrator (101-500)

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11foundation · easy
Which directory is often placed on a separate partition to prevent log files from filling up the root filesystem?
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12expert · medium
An administrator is partitioning a disk using MBR. The disk already has three primary partitions. The administrator needs to create two more partitions for /home and /var. What is the correct approach?
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13application · medium
A company is deploying a Linux server for a small office. The server will host user home directories and a shared file repository. The administrator wants to ensure that user data is preserved during an OS reinstall and that the system remains responsive if the disk fills up. Which disk layout is the most appropriate?
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14application · medium
An administrator is installing Linux on a new server that uses UEFI firmware and has a 2 TB disk. The administrator needs to create a /boot/efi partition and a root filesystem. Which partitioning scheme and partition table type should be used?
Select an answer first
15application · medium
A Linux server hosts a web application that writes temporary files to /tmp and logs to /var/log. The administrator wants to ensure that a full /tmp does not prevent the system from writing logs. Which disk layout achieves this?
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Which directory is often placed on a separate partition to prevent log files from filling up the root filesystem?

An administrator is partitioning a disk using MBR. The disk already has three primary partitions. The administrator needs to create two more partitions for /home and /var. What is the correct approach?

An administrator is installing Linux on a new server that uses UEFI firmware and has a 2 TB disk. The administrator needs to create a /boot/efi partition and a root filesystem. Which partitioning scheme and partition table type should be used?

A Linux server hosts a web application that writes temporary files to /tmp and logs to /var/log. The administrator wants to ensure that a full /tmp does not prevent the system from writing logs. Which disk layout achieves this?

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