LPIC Certification Exam Questions Range(English) - 102

LPIC Exam Level-1(102):Detailed Objectives Kernel

• Manage/Query kernel and kernel modules at runtime(Weight: 4)
• Use command-line utilities to get information about the currently running kernel and kernel modules.
• Manually load and unload kernel modules.
• Determine when modules can be unloaded.
• Determine what parameters a module accepts.
• Configure the system to load modules by names other than their file name.
• Reconfigure, build and install a custom kernel and kernel modules(Weight: 3)
• Customize the current kernel configuration.
• Build a new kernel and appropriate kernel modules.
• Install a new kernel and any modules.
• Ensure that the boot manager can locate the new kernel and associated files.

Boot, Initialization, Shutdown and Runlevels

• Boot the system(Weight: 3)
• Give commands to the boot loader and options to the kernel at boot time.
• Check boot events in the log files.
• Change runlevels and shutdown or reboot system(Weight: 3)
• Set the default runlevel.
• Change between run levels including single user mode.
• Shutdown and reboot from the command line.
• Alert users before switching runlevels or other major system event.
• Properly terminate processes.

Printing

• Manage printers and print queues(Weight: 1)
• Configure and monitor a print server.
• Manage user print queues.
• Troubleshoot general printing problems.
• Print files(Weight: 1)
• Add and remove jobs from configured printer queues.
• Convert text files to postscript for printing.
• Install and configure local and remote printers(Weight: 1)
• Install a printer daemon.
• Install and configure a print filter.
• Make local and remote printers accessible for a Linux system, including postscript, non-postscript and Samba printers.

Documentation

• Use and manage local system documentation(Weight: 4)
• Find relevant man pages.
• Search man page sections.
• Find commands and man pages related to them.
• Configure access to man sources and the man system.
• Prepare man pages for printouts.
• Use the system documentation stored in /usr/share/doc/ and determine what documentation to keep in /usr/share/doc/.
• Find Linux documentation on the Internet(Weight: 3)
• This objective includes using Linux documentation at sources such as the Linux Documentation Project (LDP), vendor and third-party websites, newsgroups, newsgroup archives and mailing lists.
• Notify users on system-related issues(Weight: 1)
• Automate communication with users through logon messages.

Shells, Scripting, Programming and Compiling

• Customize and use the shell environment(Weight: 5)
• Set environment variables (e.g. PATH) at login or when spawning a new shell.
• Write BASH functions for frequently used sequences of commands.
• Customize or write simple scripts(Weight: 3)
• Use standard sh syntax (loops, tests).
• Use command substitution.
• Test return values for success or failure or other information provided by a command.
• Perform conditional mailing to the superuser.
• Correctly select the script interpreter through the shebang (#!) line.
• Manage the location, ownership, execution and suid-rights of scripts.

Administrative Tasks

• Manage users and group accounts and related system files(Weight: 4 )
• Add, modify and remove users and groups.
• Manage user/group info in password/group databases.
• Correctly manage shadow password/group databases using the appropriate tools.
• Create and manage special purpose and limited accounts.
• Tune the user environment and system environment variables(Weight: 3)
• Set environment variables.
• Maintain skeleton directories for new user accounts.
• Set command search path with the proper directory.
• Configure and use system log files to meet administrative and security needs(Weight: 3)
• Manage the type and level of information logged.
• Manually scan log files for notable activity.
• Monitor log files.
• Automatically rotate and archive log files.
• Track down problems noted in log files.
• Automate system administration tasks by scheduling jobs to run in the future(Weight: 4)
• Manage cron and at jobs.
• Configure user access to cron and at services.
• Maintain an effective data backup strategy(Weight: 3)
• Dump a raw device to a file or vice versa.
• Perform partial and manual backups.
• Verify the integrity of backup files.
• Partially or fully restore backups.
• Maintain system time(Weight: 4)
• Set the system date and time.
• Set the BIOS clock to the correct time in UTC.
• Configure the correct timezone.
• Configure NTP including correcting for clock drift.

Networking Fundamentals

• Fundamentals of TCP/IP(Weight: 4)
• Demonstrate an understanding of IP-addresses including but not limited to:
• Network masks, for example: determine the network part and the broadcast address for a host based on its address and subnet mask in "dotted quad" or abbreviated notation or determine the network address, broadcast address and netmask when given an IP-address and number of bits in the address that are used to identify the host.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the network classes and classless subnets (CIDR) and the reserved addresses for private network use.
• Understand the function and application of a default route.
• Understand basic internet protocols (IP, ICMP, TCP, UDP) and the more common TCP and UDP ports (20, 21, 23, 25, 53, 80, 110, 119, 139, 143, 161).
• Basic knowledge about the differences between IPV4 and IPV6.
• TCP/IP configuration and troubleshooting(Weight: 7)
• Manually and automatically configure network interfaces and routing tables to include adding, starting, stopping, restarting, deleting or reconfiguring network interfaces.
• Change, view, or configure the routing table and correct an improperly set default route manually.
• Configure a DHCP client.
• Basic TCP/IP host configuration.
• Debug problems associated with the network configuration.
• Configure Linux as a PPP client(Weight: 3)
• Define the chat sequence to connect (given a login example) and the setup commands to be run automatically when a PPP connection is made.
• Initialize and terminate a PPP connection, with a modem, ISDN or ADSL with the appropriate scripts.
• Set PPP to automatically reconnect if disconnected.

Networking Services

• Configure and manage xinetd, inetd and related services(Weight: 4)
• Configure which services are available through (x)inetd.
• Manually start, stop and restart internet services.
• Configure basic network services including ssh and ftp.
• Set a service to run as another user instead of the default in (x)inetd configuration.
• Basic knowledge of tcpwrappers to allow or deny services on a host-by-host basis.
• Operate and perform basic configuration of Mail Tranfer Agent (MTA)(Weight: 4)
• Modify simple parameters in MTA configuration files.
• Create e-mail aliases.
• Manage the e-mail queue.
• Start and stop MTA.
• Configure e-mail forwarding.
• Check for and close an open relay on the mailserver.
• Perform basic troubleshooting of MTA.
• Operate and perform basic configuration of Apache(Weight: 4)
• Modify simple parameters in Apache configuration files.
• Start and stop httpd and restart after modification to configuration.
• Arrange for automatic starting of httpd upon boot.
• Properly manage the NFS and SAMBA daemons(Weight: 4)
• Mount remote filesystems using NFS.
• Configure NFS for exporting local filesystems.
• Start, stop and restart the NFS server.
• Install and configure Samba using the included GUI tools (swat) or direct edit of the /etc/smb.conf file (Note: this deliberately excludes advanced NT domain issues but includes simple sharing of home directories and printers, as well as correctly setting the nmbd as a WINS client).
• Setup and configure basic DNS services(Weight: 4)
• Configure hostname lookups and troubleshoot problems with local caching-only name server.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the domain registration and DNS translation process.
• Understanding configuration files for BIND8 and BIND9.
• Set up secure shell (OpenSSH)(Weight: 4)
• Perform basic OpenSSH installation and troubleshooting.
• Configure sshd to start at system boot.

Security

• Perform security administration tasks(Weight: 4)
• Configure tcpwrappers.
• Audit a system to find files with the suid/sgid bit set.
• Verify packages.
• Set or change user passwords and password aging information.
• Update binaries as recommended by CERT, BUGTRAQ and/or distribution's security alerts.
• Demonstrate basic knowledge of iptables.
• Being able to use nmap and netstat to discover open ports on a system.
• Setup host security(Weight: 3)
• Configure syslog with an eye to security.
• Set up and manage shadow passwords.
• Set up a e-mail alias for root's e-mail.
• Turn off network services not in use.
• Setup user level security(Weight: 1)
• Set up limits on user logins, processes and memory usage.

Last modified: Thursday 10 May 2007