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RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer

  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.

1. This line placed in /etc/hosts.deny will mean that only computer allowed to access our Telnet server has an IP address of


3. What parts of rhel6 should be installed to separate volumes?



6. What service is allowed through the default firewall?

7. The most straightforward way to make sure Apache starts in bootlevels 3 and 5

8. ____ prints superblock and block group information.


10. Some computers built before 1998 may have a BIOS that limits access to hard disks beyond the 1024th cylinder. Some older BIOSs report only 1024 cylinders on a hard drive no matter how many actual cylinders are present. Computers that are subject to t

11. Where is the main apache data directory?

12. Where is vsftpd.conf?




16. Create a disk label for the partition table called k

17. How to start apache service?



20. It's much more difficult and much more time-consuming to revise partitions with utilities such as ____ or parted after RHEL is installed.

21. Are SELinux and iptables-based firewalls are enabled by default?

22. You can check the status of your share. If it's working - you should see the contents of the /etc/exports directory when you run the following command:

23. Virtual Host Configuration: Names the URL for the virtual host.

24. What is the standard directory for file sharing with vsFTP?

25. Perform a simple check of the file system. minor-num is x.


27. Virtual Host Configuration: Creates an custom log; the location is based on the DocumentRoot. (from http://www.books24x7.com/book/id_18196/viewer.asp?bookid=18196&chunkid=218985502)

28. What is the first post installation step?

29. How to install apache?

30. What command starts the same menu as the text-mode First Boot process?

31. Logical partitions on a hard drive always start with number ____; on the first PATA/IDE hard drive on a PC - that is hda____.

32. The rpm ____ option installs the package - if it isn't already installed.

33. Create a usb boot disk if the usb stick is /dev/sdc and the file you need is in your present directory

34. what utility can be used to open port 80?

35. If you configure other directories for Web services - you'll need to change their ACL settings. For example - if you create and then use the /www directory - run the following commands:


37. The RPM database also maintains an MD5 checksum of each file. With the checksum - you can use the ____ package command to determine whether any file from that RPM package has changed.

38. The simplest way to install Apache

39. httpd ___ shows me what config files were installed when the httpd package was installed

40. Where to find the main apache config file?

41. rpm ____ to import the rpm key for integrity checking

42. Virtual Host Configuration: Specifies an IP address for multiple virtual hosts.

43. To update a kernel - 1) ____ 2) boot new kernel to test 3) revert to old kernel if problems 4) yum remove kernel-oldversion if no problems


45. For http - if you implement 'UserDir public_html' - you need to also ____ /home/michael if you want /home/michael/public_html accessible

46. _____ will change the size of /dev/rootvg/tmplv to 4 gig


48. OS from http.conf - this line looks deceptively simple; it limits what readers see about your Web server when you browse to a nonexistent page. If you don't use this command - outsiders can see whether you've loaded modules such as Perl - Python - an


50. rpm ____ to install kernel updates