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for Exam 101
    Name
Number of objectives
Description
System Architecture
3
These Objectives cover all the
     fundamentals of configuring common types of hardware on the system,
     managing the boot process, and modifying the runlevels of the system
     and the shut down or reboot process from the command line .
Linux Installation and Package Management
5
Objectives for this Topic include the
     basics of getting any LSB-compliant Linux distribution installed and
     installing applications. Some of the basics include partitioning
     hard drives, installing your choice of boot managers, managing
     shared libraries, and using Debian’s dpkg and apt family of commands and RPM and Yellowdog
     Updater Modified (YUM) package management systems.
GNU and Unix Commands
8
This heavily weighted Topic addresses the
     most utilized command-line tools used on standard Linux systems as
     well as most commercial Unix systems. The Objectives detail working
     on a command line, processing text streams using command-line tools,
     managing files, manipulating text with pipes and redirects,
     monitoring system processes, managing task priorities, using regular
     expressions, and editing files with vi , lilo , syslog, and runlevels.
Devices, Linux Filesystems , and the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
8
Objectives for this Topic include the
     creation of partitions and filesystems, filesystem integrity,
     mounting, quotas, permissions, ownership, links, and file location tasks.
    As you can see from Table 1-1 , the
Topic numbers assigned by the LPI are not necessarily sequential. This is
due to various modifications made by the LPI to its exam program as it
developed. The Topic numbers serve only as reference and are not used on the
exam.
    Exam 101 lasts a maximum of 90 minutes and contains exactly 60
questions. The exam is administered using a custom application on a PC in a
private room with no notes or other reference material. The majority of the
exam is made up of multiple-choice single-answer questions. These questions
have only one correct answer and are answered using radio buttons. Some of
them present a scenario needing administrative action. Others seek
appropriate commands for a particular task or proof of understanding of a
particular concept. Some people may get an exam with an additional 20 items.
These items are used to test new questions and don’t count as part of the
score. An additional 30 minutes is provided in this case, and there is no
indication which items are unscored.
    About 10 percent of the exam questions are multiple-choice
multiple-answer questions, which are answered using checkboxes. These
questions specify that they have multiple correct responses, each of which
must be checked to get the item correct. There is no partial credit for
partially answered items. This is probably the most difficult question style
because the possibility of multiple answers increases the likelihood of
forgetting to include an answer, even though the candidate is told in the
question exactly how many answers to select. But they also are a good test
of your knowledge of Unix commands, since an incorrect response on any one
of the possible answers causes you to miss the entire question.
    The exam also has fill-in-the-blank questions. These questions provide
a one-line text area input box for you to fill in your answer. These
questions check your knowledge of concepts such as important files and
commands, plus common facts that you are expected to be aware of. Don’t let
this scare you, however, since most of these items accept a variety of
answers. Unless specified otherwise, they are not case-sensitive and do not
require full paths in your answers.

Chapter 2. Exam 101 Study Guide
    The first part of this book contains a section for each of the four
Topics found on LPI Exam 101. Each section details certain Objectives, which
are described here and on the LPI
website .
    Exam Preparation
    LPI Exam 101 is thorough, but