Free Practice Questions for Arista ACE-P-ALE1.04 Exam

Question 1

Which of the following filesystems are you most likely to see on a Linux system?

AXFS

Bext2fs

CNTFS

DexFAT

Correct Answer: B. ext2fs

Question 2

To negate a set in a regular expression pattern, which character is used?

A!

B^

C?

D-

Correct Answer: B. ^

Question 3

What is the name of the Linux mascot?

ALinus

BBell

CTux

DDennis Ritchie

Correct Answer: C. Tux

Question 4

Why is it recommended for root's homedir to be in a separate location from other users' homedirs?

ABecause root doesn't want to hang out with pesky users

BBecause users are annoying

CBecause root's homedir permissions prevent user access

DBecause user homedirs are sometimes a separate filesystem that may not be mounted in single user mode

Correct Answer: C. Because root's homedir permissions prevent user access

Question 5

Which of the following performance information is considered the most important information provided by the vmstat command?

Ait reports total memory on the system

Bit reports buffer activity

Cit reports disk I/O

Dit reports memory swapping

Correct Answer: D. it reports memory swapping

Question 6

Which commands can be used to copy a file to or from remote host?

Ascp only

Brsync only

Cscp and rsync

Dboth cp and scp

Ecp, scp and rsync

Correct Answer: C. scp and rsync

Question 7

What does the ctime of a file indicate?

ACreation time

BChange time

CContent time

DCharacter time

Correct Answer: B. Change time

Question 8

What is the standard sequence for booting a standard PC?

APOST->BIOS->Kernel

BBIOS->Kernel->POST->OS

CBIOS->MBR->POST->Kernel

DPOST->BIOS->Boot Loader->Kernel

Correct Answer: C. BIOS->MBR->POST->Kernel

Question 9

When using the sudo command to run something as root, which password is required?

AThe user's password

BThe enable password

CThe shadow password

DThe root password

Correct Answer: D. The root password

Question 10

The fstab file contains what information?

AThe runlevel of the system

BCurrently mounted filesystems

CFilesystems to mount at boot

DNFS file systems mounted by users

Correct Answer: B. Currently mounted filesystems