010-160 Linux System Architecture & Installation 3

Question 1

Which runlevel in traditional SysV init corresponds to multi-user mode with networking but without a graphical interface?

Accepted Answer

3

Answer

Runlevel 3 is the standard multi-user networked text mode; runlevel 5 adds the graphical display manager.

Question 2

What systemd target is roughly equivalent to SysV runlevel 5 (graphical multi-user)?

Accepted Answer

graphical.target

Answer

graphical.target starts a full graphical environment and is the systemd equivalent of runlevel 5.

Question 3

Which command lists all PCI devices recognized by the Linux kernel?

Accepted Answer

lspci

Answer

lspci enumerates all PCI and PCI-Express devices visible to the kernel.

Question 4

What is the role of udev in a Linux system?

Accepted Answer

Dynamically manage device nodes in /dev based on kernel events

Answer

udev listens for kernel uevent notifications and creates, removes, or renames device nodes in /dev accordingly.

Question 5

During installation, which tool is commonly used to partition disks in a text-based Linux environment?

Accepted Answer

fdisk

Answer

fdisk is the classic text-based disk partitioning tool widely available in Linux installation environments.

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