SUN CERTIFIED SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR FOR SOLARIS 9 PART II

1.In which situation will Solaris Volume Manager volumes continue to function normally in the event of the corruption of one copy of its state database?
A.Solaris Volume Manager volumes will function normally if the master copy of the state database is not corrupted.
B.Solaris Volume Manager volumes will function normally if the copy of the state database on the boot disk is available.
C.Solaris Volume Manager volumes will function normally if no more than a single copy of the state database is corrupted.
D.Solaris Volume Manager volumes will function normally if more than half of the copies of the state database are available.
Correct:D
2.You have Solaris Volume Manager installed on your system and want to create your first metadevice. What initial action must you take?
A.run a command to create the first state database
B.run a utility to add a license to enable SVM for Solaris 9
C.run a command to initialize the configuration metadevice
D.run the vxinstall utility to initialize the volume manager software for use
E.create a soft partition using the -s initialize option with the appropriate command
Correct:A
3.You have two 50-MByte UFS file systems, one located on a single disk, and the other located on a RAID 1 mirror. Both file systems are full. The RAID 1 mirror uses a round-robin read policy. Statistically, which is true of the RAID 1 mirror when reading data?
A.The mirror is faster.
B.The mirror is slower.
C.Round-robin read policies are not allowed.
D.The mirror and single disk exhibit the same performance.
Correct:A
4.Which command should be used to create a file system on a virtual volume (d0) under Solaris Volume Manager control?
A.newfs /dev/rdsk/d0
B.newfs /dev/rdsk/md/d0
C.newfs /dev/md/rdsk/d0
D.newfs -F sds /dev/rdsk/d0
Correct:C
5.Interlace size is a tunable parameter associated with which three levels of RAID? (Choose three.)
A.RAID 0
B.RAID 1
C.RAID 5
D.RAID 0+1
Correct:A C D
6.Solaris Volume Manager offers advantages over storing data in traditional disk slices. What are two of these advantages? (Choose two.)
A.It facilitates the rotational interleaving of data.
B.It enables the definition of disk usage patterns.
C.It offers the possibility of significant performance improvement.
D.It manages the data to ensure that disk failure does not automatically lead to data loss.
Correct:C D
7.What is the absolute path name of the configuration file from which the system reads its crash dump generation behavior at boot time? Answer:
A./ETC/DUMPADM.CONF
Correct:A
8.You are working on a system connected to the network. You are attempting to access a currently mounted NFS directory. Your system displays the message: nfs mount: host1: : NFS: Service not responding nfs mount: retrying: /usr/share/man What can you do to solve this problem?
A.ensure that nfsd is running on the NFS server
B.ensure that mountd is running on the NFS server
C.send a HUP signal to inetd process on the NFS server
D.send a HUP signal to the rpcbind process on the NFS server
Correct:A
9.Which two are functions of an NFS client? (Choose two.)
A.runs the nfsd daemon
B.makes resources available over the network
C.mounts remote resources across the network
D.is configured using the /etc/dfs/dfstab file
E.mounts a remote resource and uses it as though it were local
Correct:C E
10.You are working on a system connected to the network. You attempt to access a directory which you know is provided to your system using NFS, and which you have not accessed for some time. Your system displays the message: stale NFS file handle What is a possible cause of this problem?
A.The lockd daemon on the local system is no longer running.
B.The mountd daemon on the local system has out of date configuration information.
C.The automountd daemon has not been informed of changes to the automount maps.
D.The file or directory has been removed on the NFS server without the client's knowledge.
Correct:D
11.You want to automatically mount an NFS resource. You also want to mount the NFS resource so that if the server becomes unavailable, and the client reboots, system initialization will continue without waiting for the resource to mount. Which mount option can be added to the client's /etc/vfstab file to achieve this?
A.fg
B.ro
C.bg
D.intr
E.soft
F.hard
Correct:C
12.You are receiving error messages that the /lard file system is full. You check and see that it has a large file called swapfile. Your system has more than enough swap space. You suspect that the file is in use as swap space. Which sequence of commands confirms that the file was in use as swap space, and helps correct the file system problem?
A.swap -r /lard/swapfile ; rm /lard/swapfile
B.swap -l ; swap -d /lard/swapfile ; rm /lard/swapfile
C.swap -l ; rm /lard/swapfile ; swap -d /lard/swapfile
D.swap -l ; swap -r /lard/swapfile ; rm /lard/swapfile
Correct:B
13.You have a system used for application development. The process app-rev23 owned by user epiphylla terminates abnormally. Which two effects can the root user configure? (Choose two.)
A.The process app-rev23 produces no core file at all.
B.The process app-rev23 produces a core file without the string "core" appearing anywhere within the file name.
C.The process app-rev23 produces a global core file readable by any user in a global /var/corefiles directory.
D.The process app-rev23 produces a total of three core files, one in the current directory of the process, one in epiphylla's home directory, and one in a global /var/corefiles directory.
Correct:A B
14.The default run level is 3 and the host is configured as an NFS server with valid entries in /etc/dfs/dfstab. Which two command strings restart NFS services? (Choose two.)
A.init 6
B.pkill -HUP inetd
C./etc/init.d/nfs.server restart
D./etc/init.d/nfs.server stop;/etc/init.d/nfs.server start
Correct:A D
15.The auto_home automount map is an example of which type of map?
A.xfn
B.direct
C.master
D.generic
E.indirect
Correct:E
16.The /etc/dfs/dfstab file on your Solaris system contains the entries: share -o log=global /export/home share -o ro /opt/NSCPcom What is the purpose of the entry global?
A.It specifies that all NFS transactions are logged in the /var/adm/global file.
B.It specifies the tag to send to the syslogd daemon when logging the NFS share.
C.It specifies the logging configuration to use from the NFS logging configuration file.
D.It specifies the file in the /export/home directory in which to record NFS mount requests.
Correct:C
17.After creating and adding additional swap space, what should you do to ensure that the swap space is available following subsequent reboots?
A.You add it as a line entry to the /etc/vfstab file.
B.You modify the startup scripts to include a swap add command.
C.The additional swap space cannot be made available following subsequent reboots.
D.No additional steps are required because the necessary changes are made to the startup file when the swap space is added.
Correct:A
18.Under which two conditions will the automounter automatically mount resources listed in an AutoFS direct map? (Choose two.)
A.only if the mount point has first been created
B.only if the resources are to be mounted read-only
C.only if the reference used in the direct map uses relative path names
D.only if an entry for the direct map has been added to the master map
E.only if the reference used in the direct map uses absolute path names
Correct:D E
19.What can be added to the /etc/vfstab file to automatically mount the /var directory from the NFS server saturn onto the mount point /test during boot?
A./var - /test nfs - yes -
B.saturn:/var - /test - yes -
C.saturn:/var - /test nfs - yes
D.saturn:/var /test nfs yes
E.saturn:/var - /test nfs - yes -
Correct:E
20.An inexperienced administrator reports to you that they would like to see if a system is a functioning native LDAP client. You suggest that they run a command to verify that the system is configured as a native LDAP client. Which command should you suggest?
A.ldaplist
B.ldapclient -v
C.ldapadd client
D.ldapsearch client
Correct:A
21.While configuring NIS on a system, you execute the command string: # domainname testlab.Region.Org.COM Which two statements about this command are true? (Choose two.)
A.The server's name is testlab, and it resides in the region.org.com domain.
B.Executing this command populates the /etc/defaultdomain file with the domain name.
C.The domain name is case sensitive, and must be configured exactly as specified on this command-line.
D.The domain name is the entire character string testlab.Region.Org.COM, and no DNS domain is specified.
Correct:C D
22.You are configuring a DNS client on your organization's network. Which is the maximum number of DNS servers that can be specified in a client's DNS configuration file?
A.2
B.3
C.4
D.5
Correct:B
23.Why should you copy the NIS source files to an alternate directory prior to building the NIS maps?
A.It is required that all NIS source files exist within the /var/yp directory tree.
B.It prevents overwriting the original source files during the build of the NIS maps.
C.NIS is restricted from accessing source files that are located in the /etc directory.
D.It provides a location to modify the passwd and shadow files to avoid propagating the root password throughout the NIS domain.
Correct:D
24.You have configured an NIS domain within your organization which includes 1 master server, 3 slave servers, and 30 client systems. Which two are daemons which run only on the master server? (Choose two.)
A.ypserv
B.rpc.ypupdated
C.rpc.yppasswdd
D.ypxfr_1perday
Correct:B C
25.Which service is provided by a naming service?
A.labeling tape volumes for backup
B.reporting file name to inode relationships
C.uniquely naming file system mount points
D.uniquely naming network shared resources
E.providing a shared repository for administrative data
Correct:E
26.Given the line from a name service configuration file: ethers: nis [UNAVAIL=return] files Which two statements correctly describe the behavior of the name service switch? (Choose two.)
A.If NIS does NOT find the appropriate entry in its ethers map, the search will end without looking in the local file.
B.If the NIS server does NOT respond, the search for the ethers entry will end without looking in the local file.
C.If NIS does NOT find the appropriate entry in its ethers map, the search will continue by looking for it in the local file.
D.If the NIS server does NOT respond, the search for the ethers entry will continue by looking for it in the local file.
Correct:B C
27.For each LDAP client, an LDAP server will refer to a profile which defines attributes to be associated with that client. Which statement is true about attributes within the profile?
A.It contains a list of users allowed to access the LDAP service.
B.It contains a list of directory indices that the client is allowed to use.
C.It defines the maximum number of entries a client may search through in a single query.
D.It contains credential information which allows a client to authenticate itself with the server.
Correct:D
28.Which two are scripts provided on the system and can be executed by cron to update specified NIS maps? (Choose two.)
A.rpc.ypupdated
B.ypxfr_2perday
C.ypxfr_1perhour
D.ypbind_update1dy
E.ypbind_update2dy
Correct:B C
29.A user on an NIS client is trying to search for a specific host in the NIS database. The user sees the following error message when running the ypmatch command: $ ypmatch 194.168.85.121 hosts Can't match key 194.168.85.121 in map hosts.byname. Reason: no such key in map. The ypcat hosts command on the client reveals the entry 194.168.85.121 hostA. What is the reason the user can NOT search and find the host 194.168.85.121?
A.The ypbind daemon was NOT running on the client.
B.The /etc/nsswitch.conf file was NOT configured to search NIS.
C.The ypmatch command should have used host.byaddr as its argument.
D.The ypmatch command searches the /etc/inet/hosts file, because the argument hosts was used instead of the more specific hosts.byname.
Correct:C
30.Which three name services use a hierarchical name space? (Choose three.)
A.NIS
B.NFS
C.DNS
D.UNS
E.NIS+
F.LDAP
Correct:C E F