HP-UX Advanced System Administration

1.When will the following command run if placed in a crontab? 0 0 1,15 * * /sbin/myprog
A.not enough data to determine the frequency
B.every hour on the 1st and 15th minute
C.at midnight on the 1st and 15th of each month
D.every day, every hour on the 1st and 15th second
Correct:C
2.Which command sequence searches the text document, hardware, for lines containing the word, hammer, and displays the text one page at a time?
A.cat hardware |more
B.more hammer > $HOME/hammer
C.cat hardware | grep hammer | more
D.cat hardware |grep hammer > hammer |grep hammer
Correct:C
3.Which commands create a file with paths to all files named bob and displays the files on the screen as they are identified? Select TWO.
A.find / -name bob | tee list
B.find / -name bob | tail -f >list
C.find / -name bob | tail list >list
D.find / -name bob &>list tail -f list
E.find / -name bob >list & tail -f list
Correct:A E
4.Click the Exhibit button. What happens in the script if the user clicks the key sequence while the script is running?

A.It removes the logfile and stops.
B.It stops and leaves the /tmp/logfile.
C.It removes the logfile and keeps running.
D.It doesn't affect the outcome of the script.
Correct:C
5.Which command allows a process to continue after you are logged out of a remote server?
A.nohup /home/myprog &
B.nostop /home/myprog &
C.stty 0 /home/myprog &
D.nullout /home/myprog &
Correct:A
6.The values for the login_name, login_directory, and login_shell variables are configured in which file?
A./etc/passwd
B./etc/profile
C./etc/default
D.$HOME/.profile
Correct:A
7.Which command lists all groups your current user id belongs to?
A.w
B.id
C.whoami
D.who -id
Correct:B
8.Which command finds all non-root processes?
A.ps -ef|grep root
B.ps -arf|grep root
C.ps -ef|grep -v root
D.ps -arf|grep -v root
Correct:C
9.Which key sequence suspends a process or program that was started at a command line, without killing the process or program?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Correct:C
10.In a POSIX shell, which command allows you to use for command line recall?
A.set -o vi
B.set -o edit
C.set -o emacs
D.set -o editon
Correct:A
11.What are valid statements when changing system run levels? Select TWO.
A.Default networking is started in run level 1.
B.Run level 1 is the same as single user mode.
C.Run level 5 is the default run level for newly installed servers.
D.The command shutdown places the system in single user mode.
E.The init command can be used to interactively change run levels.
Correct:D E
12.What is an indicator of a CPU bottleneck?
A.high CPU idle time
B.high paging activity
C.less than 10% utilization in system mode
D.increasing process count in the run queue
Correct:D
13.What is a requirement when using SAM with a text terminal?
A.The TEXT environment variable must be set.
B.The DISPLAY environment variable must be set.
C.The DISPLAY environment variable must NOT be set.
D.The GRAPHIC environment variable must NOT be set.
Correct:C
14.Click the Task button. Order the steps to manually generate a kernel given your current working directory is /stand/build. Two steps are already in order.

Correct:
Green choice2---->Yellow Choice4
Green choice3---->Yellow Choice2
Green choice1---->Yellow Choice3
Green choice5---->Yellow Choice1
Green choice4---->Yellow Choice5
15.Which command lists the parameters that are dynamically tunable on HP-UX?
A.kmtune
B.sysdef
C.kernel -d
D.display -parm
Correct:A
16.Which actions will deactivate a node partition? Select THREE.
A.from the HP-UX command line, run vparhalt
B.from the BCH main menu, select: RECONFIGRESET
C.from the HP-UX command line, execute shutdown -R -H now
D.from the MP prompt, execute CM>RR and select the partition from the list
E.from the MP prompt, execute CM>DEACTIVATE and select the partition from the list
Correct:B C D
17.How do you boot the HP-UX kernel on the nPar after the vPars are defined and have been booted?
A.once vPars are configured, the kernel CANNOT be booted into the nPar without reinstalling HP-UX from an Ignite server
B.from any running vPar kernel: execute shutdown -r -N -v all now
C.from each vPar kernel except one: shutdown -h now from the remaining vPar kernel: shutdown -R now from the virtual console: CM>REBOOT -v ALL -N
D.from each vPar kernel: shutdown -h now from the vPars monitor: MON>reboot from the BCH on the nPar console: bo pri to interact with the ISL from the ISL: ISL> hpux /stand/vmunix
E.from each vPar kernel: shutdown -h now from the vPars monitor: MON>reboot from the ISL: ISL> hpux /stand/vmunix; from the virtual console: CM>REBOOT -v ALL -N
Correct:D
18.An HP server has 8 cells with 4 hard partitions running 4 separate HP-UX 11i operating systems. How do you move a cell from one hard partition to another?
A.shutdown the destination partition change partition configuration restart operating system
B.no shutdown or reboot is required partition reconfiguration is performed online, dynamically
C.shutdown two operating systems change partition configuration restart affected systems
D.shutdown two operating systems to single user mode change partition reconfiguration bring up to multiuser mode
Correct:C
19.How do you monitor an HP-UX server with a suspected paging issue? Select THREE.
A.use vmstat
B.use iostat
C.check the syslog
D.use glance or gpm
E.examine the boot disk activity LEDs
F.check EMS logs for memory page faults
Correct:A B D
20.Click the Task button. Using drag and drop, order the commands to set up a mirrored boot disk.

Correct:
Green choice4---->Yellow Choice1
Green choice8---->Yellow Choice2
Green choice2---->Yellow Choice3
Green choice6---->Yellow Choice4
21.Setting the nproc tunable parameter too low could result in which message?
A.operation failed - nproc is too small
B.cannot create thread - thread table full
C.cannot fork process - process table full
D.operation failed - system resources exceeded
E.cannot fork process - insufficient memory or swap space
Correct:C
22.Which command shuts down the system after 7 minutes and then reboots?
A.shutdown -r 7
B.shutdown -r 420
C.reboot -R -H -t 7
D.reboot -R -H -t 420
Correct:B
23.What are examples of SYS-V IPC services? Select THREE
A.signals
B.threads
C.semaphores
D.sense switches
E.shared memory
F.message queues
Correct:C E F
24.What are symptoms of a CPU bottleneck? Select TWO.
A.high disk utilization
B.high CPU utilization
C.vhand process is active
D.swapper process is active
E.three or more I/O requests in one or more disk queues
F.three or more threads in the run queue per processor (on average)
Correct:B F
25.Which command causes a specified directory to become the root directory?
A.chmod
B.chroot
C.modpath
D.newroot
Correct:B
26.Click the Task button. Order the steps required to INCREASE the size of an hfs file system. Some steps will not be used.

Correct:
Green choice6---->Yellow Choice1
Green choice1---->Yellow Choice2
Green choice7---->Yellow Choice3
Green choice8---->Yellow Choice4
27.Click the Task button. Using drag and drop, match each device directory with the files it includes.

Correct:
Green choice4---->Yellow Choice1
Green choice3---->Yellow Choice2
Green choice5---->Yellow Choice3
Green choice1---->Yellow Choice4
Green choice2---->Yellow Choice5
28.On a Superdome, to boot HP-UX into all autobootable virtual partitions configured in the vPars database on the primary boot device of the nPar, you would _______.
A.from the BCH main menu: bo pri and interact with the ISL, then from the ISL: ISL> hpux /stand/vpmon -a
B.from the BCH main menu: bo pri and interact with the ISL then, from the ISL, ISL> hpux /stand/vparload -auto
C.from HP-UX booted into the nPar: execute shutdown -r -o auto now
D.from the BCH main menu: bo pri and interact with the ISL; then from the ISL, ISL> hpux /stand/vpmon; finally, from the vPars monitor:, MON>vparload -all
Correct:A
29.You have been managing the UNIX Server, usersys02, for six months and all patches and OS updates are current. After adding a new database application to the system, you get reports from the end users that periodically the system performance is so bad that it is not responding. You check into the situation and see that only the users of the new application are affected by this problem. The other applications being served are running as before. What should you check to stop this activity and also make sure it doesn't happen again?
A.data corruption within the new database
B.mirrored disk drives without cache enabled
C.indexes are not all set for the entire database
D.file locking by the database application during writes
E.memory starvation during multiple simultaneous data retrievals
Correct:D
30.From a kernel running in a vPar, executing shutdown -R now will _______.
A.reboot all vPars running in the same nPar.
B.bring down the kernel in the vPar, but not reboot until all other vPars are brought down and the nPar rebooted.
C.reboot the kernel into the vPar immediately, including necessary reconfiguration of the nPar, without disturbing other running vPars made from the same nPar.
D.reboot the kernel into the vPar, affecting all configuration changes to the vPar since it was last booted.
Correct:B