Linux+ CompTIA Linux+ Linux Installation and Package Management 3

Question 1

Which partitioning scheme supports more than four primary partitions and disks larger than 2TB?

Accepted Answer

GPT (GUID Partition Table)

Answer

GPT supports up to 128 partitions by default and disks larger than 2TB, overcoming the limitations of the older MBR scheme.

Question 2

Which dnf command downloads a package's RPM file to the current directory WITHOUT installing it?

Accepted Answer

dnf download <package>

Answer

`dnf download` retrieves the RPM file from the configured repositories without performing installation.

Question 3

A Linux system using UEFI firmware requires a special partition. Which filesystem type must this partition use?

Accepted Answer

FAT32 (vfat)

Answer

The EFI System Partition (ESP) must be formatted as FAT32 (vfat) because UEFI firmware can only read this filesystem natively.

Question 4

Which file contains the list of trusted GPG keys used by RPM to verify package signatures?

Accepted Answer

/etc/pki/rpm-gpg/

Answer

RPM GPG keys are stored in /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/ and imported into the RPM database using `rpm --import`.

Question 5

Which apt-cache command shows reverse dependencies — packages that depend on a given package?

Accepted Answer

apt-cache rdepends <package>

Answer

`apt-cache rdepends` lists all packages that declare a dependency on the specified package.

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