Free Novell 050-720 Practice Test & Real Exam Questions

Exam Code/Number: 050-720
Exam Name/Title: Certified Linux Administrator 11
Certification Provider: Novell
Corresponding Certification: CLA

Exam Questions: 134
Updated On: Nov 02, 2026

Question #1

Which command can you use to create a Reiser file system on the sda6 partition? (Choose 2.)

A. mkfs -t reiserfs /dev/sda6

B. fdisk.reiserfs /dev/sda6

C. fdisk -t reiserfs /dev/sda6

D. make.reiserfs /dev/sda6

E. mkreiserfs /dev/sda6

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: A,E Vote an answer

Question #2

You want to copy the master boot record, the partition table, and the 2 magic bytes at the beginning of /dev/had to a file so you can restore it later. Which command accomplishes this?

A. dd of=/dev/zero if=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1

B. dd if=/dev/hda of=mbr bs=512 count=1

C. dd if=mbr of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1

D. dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

Question #3

Which statements about PAM are correct? (Choose 3.)

A. After the PAM configuration has been adjusted for an application, this application can be used by SSH.

B. Each line in a PAM configuration file contains 6 columns plus optional arguments.

C. The /etc/pam.d/other file contains a default configuration if no application-specific file is found in /etc/pam.d/.

D. PAM creates a software level with defined interfaces between applications and the current authentication mechanism.

E. To enable authentication with PAM, you need a smart cart reader.

F. Configuration files of PAM modules can be found in /etc/pam.d/ and /etc/security/.

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: C,D,F Vote an answer

Question #4

Which range of User IDs is used for normal (unprivileged) users on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10?

A. 500-999

B. 0-100

C. 101-499

D. 1000 and above

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question #5

You can schedule jobs to be executed by cron in several ways. Which directories are used for scripts that are to be executed at regular intervals? (Choose 2.)

A. /etc/cron.d/

B. /etc/crontabs/

C. /var/spool/cron/tabs/

D. /etc/cron.daily/

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Correct Answer: A,D Vote an answer

Question #6

Suppose you change from your current runlevel 5 to the new runlevel 3. Which statement is correct?

A. If there is a K* link for a certain service in /etc/init.d/rc5.d/ but no corresponding S* link I /etc/init.d/rc3.d/, nothing will happen.

B. If there is no K* link for a certain service in /etc/init.d/rc5.d/ but there is an S* link in /etc/init.d/rc3.d/, the service is started.

C. Nothing will happen at all.

D. If there is a K* link for a certain service in /etc/init.d/rc5.d/ and there is an S* link in /etc/init.d/rc3.d/, the service is stopped and started again.

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

Question #7

You want to boot your system to runlevel 3. Which option do you have to enter at the GRUB boot manager dialog?

A. runlevel=3

B. 3

C. init=3

D. boot=3

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Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

Question #8

You have a /tmp/data directory containing the files .file, file1, and file2. You want to delete the directory and its content. In a terminal window, which command accomplishes this?

A. rmdir /tmp/data/

B. rm /tmp/data/

C. deldir /tmp/data/

D. rm -r /tmp/data/

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question #9

Which statement about an incremental backup is correct?

A. To restore an incremental backup, you need the last incremental backup only.

B. The amount of data that needs to be backed up with each incremental backup depends only on the amount of data changed the last incremental backup.

C. To restore an incremental backup, you need the last full backup and the last incremental backup that was made since the last full backup.

D. The use of incremental backups is limited to backups on tapes.

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

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