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CompTIA XK0-005 Exam (page: 1)
CompTIA Linux+
Updated on: 07-Nov-2025

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XK0-005 PDF 477 Questions

An administrator accidentally deleted the /boot/vmlinuz file and must resolve the issue before the server is rebooted. Which of the following commands should the administrator use to identify the correct version of this file?

  1. rpm -qa | grep kernel; uname -a
  2. yum -y update; shutdown -r now
  3. cat /etc/centos-release; rpm -Uvh --nodeps
  4. telinit 1; restorecon -Rv /boot

Answer(s): A



A cloud engineer needs to change the secure remote login port from 22 to 49000. Which of the following files should the engineer modify to change the port number to the desired value?

  1. /etc/host.conf
  2. /etc/hostname
  3. /etc/services
  4. /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Answer(s): D



A new file was added to a main Git repository. An administrator wants to synchronize a local copy with the contents of the main repository. Which of the following commands should the administrator use for this task?

  1. git reflog
  2. git pull
  3. git status
  4. git push

Answer(s): B



A Linux administrator needs to redirect all HTTP traffic temporarily to the new proxy server 192.0.2.25 on port 3128. Which of the following commands will accomplish this task?

  1. iptables -t nat -D PREROUTING -p tcp --sport 80 -j DNAT - -to-destination 192.0.2.25:3128
  2. iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p top --dport 81 -j DNAT ­-to-destination 192.0.2.25:3129
  3. iptables -t nat -I PREROUTING -p top --sport 80 -j DNAT ­-to-destination 192.0.2.25:3129
  4. iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT ­-to-destination 192.0.2.25:3128

Answer(s): D



Developers have requested implementation of a persistent, static route on the application server. Packets sent over the interface eth0 to 10.0.213.5/32 should be routed via 10.0.5.1. Which of the following commands should the administrator run to achieve this goal?

  1. route -i etho -p add 10.0.213.5 10.0.5.1
  2. route modify eth0 +ipv4.routes "10.0.213.5/32 10.0.5.1"
  3. echo "10.0.213.5 10.0.5.1 eth0" > /proc/net/route
  4. ip route add 10.0.213.5/32 via 10.0.5.1 dev eth0

Answer(s): D



A user is asking the systems administrator for assistance with writing a script to verify whether a file exists.
Given the following:



Which of the following commands should replace the <CONDITIONAL> string?

  1. if [ -f "$filename" ]; then
  2. if [ -d "$filename" ]; then
  3. if [ -f "$filename" ] then
  4. if [ -f "$filename" ]; while

Answer(s): A



DRAG DROP

As a Systems Administrator, to reduce disk space, you were tasked to create a shell script that does the following:

Add relevant content to /tmp/script.sh, so that it finds and compresses related files in /var/log without recursion.

INSTRUCTIONS

Drag and drop snippets to fill the blanks to build a script that performs the actual compression of rotated log files.

If at any time you would like to bring back the initial state of the simulation, please click the Reset All button.

Select and Place:

  1. See Explanation section for answer.

Answer(s): A

Explanation:



A systems administrator is deploying three identical, cloud-based servers. The administrator is using the following code to complete the task:



Which of the following technologies is the administrator using?

  1. Ansible
  2. Puppet
  3. Chef
  4. Terraform

Answer(s): D



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soheib 7/24/2023 7:05:00 PM

question: 78 the right answer i think is d not a
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