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Free Linux LPIC-1 Quiz

Test your Linux LPIC-1 / CompTIA Linux+ knowledge with this free practice quiz. Questions cover system architecture, Linux installation and package management, GNU/Linux commands, file systems, shells and scripting, user administration, networking fundamentals, and system security.

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01Which runlevel in a traditional SysVinit system corresponds to multi-user mode with networking but without a graphical interface?
02Which systemd target is equivalent to SysVinit runlevel 3?
03What is the first process started by the Linux kernel during boot, which has PID 1?
04Which directory in the Linux filesystem contains essential command binaries needed for system boot and repair?
05What is the purpose of the /proc filesystem in Linux?
06What does the command 'uname -r' display?
07Which command displays detailed hardware information about the CPU?
08Which package manager is used by default on Debian and Ubuntu-based Linux distributions?
09Which command installs a package named 'nginx' on a Red Hat/CentOS system using YUM?
10What does the command 'dpkg -l' do?
11Which command removes a package AND its configuration files on a Debian system?
12What is the purpose of the /etc/apt/sources.list file?
13Which RPM command queries the RPM database to list all installed packages?
14What does 'yum update' do differently from 'yum upgrade'?
15What does the 'ls -la' command do?
16Which command finds all files named 'config.txt' under the /etc directory?
17What does 'grep -r "error" /var/log/' do?
18Which command shows disk usage of the current directory and its subdirectories in human-readable format?
19What is the function of the 'chmod 755 script.sh' command?
20What does the 'chown alice:developers file.txt' command do?
21Which command displays the last 20 lines of a file and continues to output new lines as they are appended?
22What does the pipe operator '|' do in a Linux command?
23Which command shows the manual page for the 'ls' command?
24What does 'wc -l file.txt' output?
25What filesystem type is the default for most modern Linux installations?
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