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XK0-005CompTIA Linux+

Practice Exam 1

5 of this form’s 90 questions, drawn from across its domains, free. The explanation on every one of them is free too, at every tier, and always will be.

  1. Question 1 of 5

    2-2Security

    A technician inspects a service account's line in /etc/shadow and finds the password field begins with an exclamation mark. What does that mean?

  2. Question 2 of 5

    1-4System Management

    A long-running job dies whenever the technician closes the terminal it was started from. Which signal is ending it?

  3. Question 3 of 5

    3-5Scripting, Containers, and Automation

    To handle more traffic, an administrator should scale a Kubernetes app by which action?

  4. Question 4 of 5

    1-2System Management

    What does a symbolic link actually contain?

  5. Question 5 of 5

    4-3Troubleshooting

    Which command reports the system load averages for the past 1, 5, and 15 minutes on a single line?

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The other 85 questions are the rest of this form: same 90 minute clock, same 720 cut score, and the same explanation on every question, which is never behind the wall. Practice Exam 1 of 2 on Linux+.

What this exam covers

  • System Management29 questions / 32% of the exam
  • Security19 questions / 21% of the exam
  • Scripting, Containers, and Automation17 questions / 19% of the exam
  • Troubleshooting25 questions / 28% of the exam

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