LPI LPIC-2:Linux Engineer (201-450)
Domain 6Objective 1
205.1 Basic Networking Configuration (weight: 3) LPIC-2 Practice Questions (Page 3)
Part of the Topic 205: Networking Configuration domain, which makes up ~10% of our current practice bank. Linux Professional Institute does not publish an official question count, but from its 90-minute exam (~35–60 total, ~4–6 in this domain), expect 1–2 from this objective — we provide 22 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Questions 11–15
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A technician is configuring a wireless interface on a laptop. The network uses WPA2-Enterprise with PEAP and MSCHAPv2. The technician has created a `wpa_supplicant.conf` file with the correct SSID and credentials. However, the connection fails with an authentication error. What is the most likely cause?
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Which file typically contains the static hostname on a systemd-based Linux distribution?
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On a system using systemd-networkd, which file is used to define a static IP address for an interface?
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Which configuration file is commonly used by wpa_supplicant to store WPA network credentials?
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A server has a default route via 192.168.1.1. The administrator adds a static route to reach the 10.0.0.0/8 network via 192.168.2.1. The route is added with `ip route add 10.0.0.0/8 via 192.168.2.1`. However, traffic to 10.1.1.1 is still sent via the default gateway. What is the most likely reason?
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