010-160 Exam Information and Guideline
Linux Professional Institute Linux Essentials
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Exam Title :
LPI Linux Essentials
Exam ID :
010-160
Exam Duration :
60 mins
Questions in Exam :
40
Passing Score :
500 / 800
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Real Questions :
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Topic 1: The Linux Community and a Career in Open Source
1.1 Linux Evolution and Popular Operating Systems
Description: Knowledge of Linux development and major distributions.
Key Knowledge Areas:
Distributions
Embedded Systems
Linux in the Cloud
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
Debian, Ubuntu (LTS)
CentOS, openSUSE, Red Hat, SUSE
Linux Mint, Scientific Linux
Raspberry Pi, Raspbian
Android
1.2 Major Open Source Applications
Description: Awareness of major applications as well as their uses and development.
Key Knowledge Areas:
Desktop applications
Server applications
Development languages
Package management tools and repositories
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
OpenOffice.org, LibreOffice, Thunderbird, Firefox, GIMP
Nextcloud, ownCloud
Apache HTTPD, NGINX, MariaDB, MySQL, NFS, Samba
C, Java, JavaScript, Perl, shell, Python, PHP
dpkg, apt-get, rpm, yum
1.3 Open Source Software and Licensing
Description: Open communities and licensing Open Source Software for business.
Key Knowledge Areas:
Open source philosophy
Open source licensing
Free Software Foundation (FSF), Open Source Initiative (OSI)
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
Copyleft, Permissive
GPL, BSD, Creative Commons
Free Software, Open Source Software, FOSS, FLOSS
Open source business models
1.4 ICT Skills and Working in Linux
Description: Basic Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills and working in Linux.
Key Knowledge Areas:
Desktop skills
Getting to the command line
Industry uses of Linux, cloud computing and virtualization
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
Using a browser, privacy concerns, configuration options, searching the web and saving content
Terminal and console
Password issues
Privacy issues and tools
Use of common open source applications in presentations and projects
Topic 2: Finding Your Way on a Linux System
2.1 Command Line Basics
Description: Basics of using the Linux command line.
Key Knowledge Areas:
Basic shell
Command line syntax
Variables
Quoting
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
Bash
echo
history
PATH environment variable
export
type
2.2 Using the Command Line to Get Help
Description: Running help commands and navigation of the various help systems.
Key Knowledge Areas:
Man pages
Info pages
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
man
info
/usr/share/doc/
locate
2.3 Using Directories and Listing Files
Description: Navigation of home and system directories and listing files in various locations.
Key Knowledge Areas:
Files, directories
Hidden files and directories
Home directories
Absolute and relative paths
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
Common options for ls
Recursive listings
cd
. and ..
home and ~
2.4 Creating, Moving and Deleting Files
Description: Create, move and delete files and directories under the home directory.
Key Knowledge Areas:
Files and directories
Case sensitivity
Simple globbing
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
mv, cp, rm, touch
mkdir, rmdir
Topic 3: The Power of the Command Line
3.1 Archiving Files on the Command Line
Description: Archiving files in the user home directory.
Key Knowledge Areas:
Files, directories
Archives, compression
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
tar
Common tar options
gzip, bzip2, xz
zip, unzip
3.2 Searching and Extracting Data from Files
Description: Search and extract data from files in the home directory.
Key Knowledge Areas:
Command line pipes
I/O redirection
Basic Regular Expressions using ., [ ], *, and ?
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
grep
less
cat, head, tail
sort
cut
wc
3.3 Turning Commands into a Script
Weight: 4
Description: Turning repetitive commands into simple scripts.
Key Knowledge Areas:
Basic shell scripting
Awareness of common text editors (vi and nano)
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
#! (shebang)
/bin/bash
Variables
Arguments
for loops
echo
Exit status
Topic 4: The Linux Operating System
4.1 Choosing an Operating System
Weight: 1
Description: Knowledge of major operating systems and Linux distributions.
Key Knowledge Areas:
Differences between Windows, OS X and Linux
Distribution life cycle management
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
GUI versus command line, desktop configuration
Maintenance cycles, beta and stable
4.2 Understanding Computer Hardware
Weight: 2
Description: Familiarity with the components that go into building desktop and server computers.
Key Knowledge Areas:
Hardware
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
Motherboards, processors, power supplies, optical drives, peripherals
Hard drives, solid state disks and partitions, /dev/sd*
Drivers
4.3 Where Data is Stored
Weight: 3
Description: Where various types of information are stored on a Linux system.
Key Knowledge Areas:
Programs and configuration
Processes
Memory addresses
System messaging
Logging
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
ps, top, free
syslog, dmesg
/etc/, /var/log/
/boot/, /proc/, /dev/, /sys/
4.4 Your Computer on the Network
Weight: 2
Description: Querying vital networking configuration and determining the basic requirements for a computer on a Local Area Network (LAN).
Key Knowledge Areas:
Internet, network, routers
Querying DNS client configuration
Querying network configuration
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
route, ip route show
ifconfig, ip addr show
netstat, ss
/etc/resolv.conf, /etc/hosts
IPv4, IPv6
ping
host
Topic 5: Security and File Permissions
5.1 Basic Security and Identifying User Types
Weight: 2
Description: Various types of users on a Linux system.
Key Knowledge Areas:
Root and standard users
System users
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
/etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group
id, last, who, w
sudo, su
5.2 Creating Users and Groups
Weight: 2
Description: Creating users and groups on a Linux system.
Key Knowledge Areas:
User and group commands
User IDs
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
/etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group, /etc/skel/
useradd, groupadd
passwd
5.3 Managing File Permissions and Ownership
Weight: 2
Description: Understanding and manipulating file permissions and ownership settings.
Key Knowledge Areas:
File and directory permissions and ownership
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
ls -l, ls -a
chmod, chown
5.4 Special Directories and Files
Weight: 1
Description: Special directories and files on a Linux system including special permissions.
Key Knowledge Areas:
Using temporary files and directories
Symbolic links
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
/tmp/, /var/tmp/ and Sticky Bit
ls -d
ln -s