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Exam 303: Sample Questions

To pass the LPIC-3 LPI-303 exam, a candidate should be able to:

  • Design and implement solutions to complex automation problems, such as multi-site enterprises, heavy-duty Internet sites, and customize solutions requiring XXX knowledge.
  • Initiate projects and work against a budget.
  • Supervise assistants and help trouble shoot problems.
  • Serve as a consultant to higher management.

The following are sample questions relating to LPI Exam 303. None of these items actually appear on the real exam, but are representative of the types of questions and the content covered by the exam and are presented only as an illustration.

Objective

322.4 - FTP

Question

vsftpd is reporting the error message: str_getpwnam. This is most likely because the _____ user account does not exist on the system.

Answers

FITB
   

Objective

322.7 - Syslog

Question

When running syslogd in a chroot jail, what option is needed in order to have syslogd listen to a socket file other than /dev/log?

Answers

A) -s socket_path
B) -l socket_path
C) --chroot socket_path
D) -a socket_path
   

Objective

324.5 - OpenVPN

Question

Why is client-side server certificate verification recommended when configuring an OpenVPN client?

Answers

A) To prevent Man-in-the-Middle attacks
B) To suppress TLS handshake errors
C) To allow the server to verify that the clients connecting are legitimate
D) Once the server's certificate has been verified and cached, subsequent connections will initialize faster
   

Objective

320.2 - Advanced GPG

Question

What permissions on the ~/.gnupg directory will not cause warnings or errors when running gpg?

Answers

A) r-x------
B) rwx------
C) rwxrwx---
D) rwxrwxrwx
   

Objective

321.3 - SELinux

Questions

What command line tool can be used to obtain SELinux related information on a system such as whether SELinux is enabled or not? (Please provide the command without path information)

Answers

FITB
   

Objective

323.1 - 323.1 Host Configuration Management

Questions

What is the name of the central Puppet server daemon?

Answers

A) puppet
B) puppetd
C) puppetmasterd
D) pptd