Question 1

Which of the following fields are available in both the global /etc/crontab file as well as in userspecific crontab files? (Select TWO correct answers)

Options :

A : Year

B : Minute

C : Username

D : Command

Answer: B,D

Question 2

What entry can you add to syslog.conf file to have all syslog messages generated by your system go to virtual console 12?

Options :

A : *.* /dev/tty12

B : /var/log/messages | /dev/tty12

C : | /dev/tty12

D : syslog tty12

E : mail.* /dev/tty12

Answer: A

Question 3

Which of the following tasks can the date command accomplish? (Choose two.)

Options :

A : Set the system’s date and time.

B : Set the system’s date but not the time.

C : Calculate the time span between two dates.

D : Print a calendar for a month or a year.

E : Display time in a specific format.

Answer: A,E

Question 4

What is true about the ntpdate command?

Options :

A : It is the primary management command for the NTP time server.

B :

It updates the local system-s date (i.e. day, month and year) but not the time (i.e. hours, minutes,

seconds).

C : It queries one or more NTP time servers and adjusts the system time accordingly

D : It sends the local system time to one or many remote NTP time servers for redistribution.

E : It can be used by any user to set the user clock independently of the system clock.

Answer: C

Question 5

Which option in the chrony configuration file changes the initial interval of polls to a NTP server in order to speed up the initial synchronization?

Options :

A : iburst

B : quickstart

C : fast

D : fsync

E : flood

Answer: A