CompTIA Linux+ [Powered by LPI] Exam 1 - LX0-101 Exam Questions [2026]

QUESTION NO: 1
Which of the following is the default process priority when a process is started using the nice command?

A. 10 B. 0 C. 20 D. -10

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 2
An administrator wants to preview where the package file, apache-xml.i386.rpm, will install its files before installing it. Which of the following commands should the administrator issue?

A. rpm -qpl apache-xml.i386.rpm B. rpm -qp apache-xml.i386.rpm C. rpm -ql apache-xml.i386.rpm D. rpm -qv apache-xml.i386.rpm

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 3
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Upon booting a Linux box, an administrator notices a message scrolling by that does not look right, but it goes by so fast, the administrator does not have a chance to read it. What command could the administrator use to view that message after the boot process completes? (Please enter only a single command and do not enter duplicate answers in this field.)

Correct Answer:

/bin/dmesg,dmesg

QUESTION NO: 4
Which of the following commands will print the inode usage on each mounted filesystem?

A. lsfs -i B. du -i C. printfs -i D. df -i

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 5
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What command will print the shared libraries for the file /usr/lib/libpng12.so? (Provide the full command with library name but without any other options or parameters).

Correct Answer:

/usr/bin/ldd/usr/lib/libpng12.so,ldd/usr/lib/libpng12.so

QUESTION NO: 6
An administrator has just added a CD-ROM drive (/dev/hdd) to a system and added it to the administrator's fstab. Typically the administrator can use which of the following commands to mount media in that drive to /mnt/cdrom?

A. mount /dev/cdrom B. automount /mnt/hdd /mnt/cdrom} C. mount /mnt/cdrom D. mount -t cdrom /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom E. mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 7
Which of the following sed commands will replace all instances of the string foo with the string foobar changing the file file1.txt in place?

A. sed 's/foo/foobar/g' file1.txt B. sed 's/foo/foobar/g' file1.txt | file1.txt C. sed -i 's/foo/foobar/g' file1.txt D. sed -i 's/foo/foobar/g' file1.txt > file1.txt E. sed 's/foo/foobar/g' file1.txt > file1.txt

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 8
Which of the following is the difference between the --remove and the --purge action with the dpkg command?

A. --remove removes only the package file itself, --purge removes all files related to the package. B. --remove removes the program, --purge also removes the config files. C. --remove removes a package, --purge also removes all packages dependent on it. D. --remove only removes the program, --purge only removes the config files.

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 9
The system is having trouble and the engineer wants to bypass the usual /sbin/init start up and run /bin/sh. Which of the following is the usual way to pass this change to the kernel from the boot loader?

A. Pass /bin/sh on the kernel parameter line. B. Pass start=/bin/sh on the kernel parameter line. C. Pass init=/bin/sh on the kernel parameter line. D. Start in runlevel 1.

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 10
Which of the following is the process ID number of the init program?

A. 0 B. 1 C. It is set to the current run level. D. It is different with each reboot. E. -1

Correct Answer: B