S2000-025 Exam Training Practice Tests (IBM AIX v7.3 Administrator Specialty)]

Question 1

To disable a service managed by inetd in AIX, what action must be taken?

A. Delete the service entry from /etc/inetd.conf. B. Use the chinet command to disable the service. C. Comment out the service in /etc/services. D. Comment out the service in /etc/inetd.conf and refresh inetd.

Correct Answer: B,D

Question 2

A security auditor needs to determine which accounts used the su command to change to the root user. By default, which log file will provide the required information?

A. /var/log/messages B. /var/adm/wtmp C. /var/adm/security D. /var/adm/sulog

Correct Answer: D

Question 3

A system administrator needs to change the default name resolution order, to first search the
/etc/hosts file and then the DNS servers.
Which option should be present in which file?

A. options = local, bind in the /etc/resolv.conf file B. hosts = file, bind in the /etc/hosts file C. hosts = local, bind in the /etc/netsvc.conf file D. NSORDER = local, bind in the /etc/nslookup.conf file

Correct Answer: C

Question 4

How does AIX treat a physical volume that has been cloned?

A. AIX imports the second volume as a new volume group B. AIX marks the second volume as Defined until it is ready for use C. AIX marks the original physical volume as Removed D. AIX sees a 2nd volume with the same PV identifier but otherwise takes no action

Correct Answer: D

Question 5

Which is a true statement regarding a disk in the Defined state?

A. This disk type is supported, but there is no information about the disk in the customized database. B. The disk is operational and ready for use. C. Information about this disk is recorded in the customized database, but it is not ready to use. D. To make this disk available, it should be included in the volume group first.

Correct Answer: C

Question 6

A system administrator is responsible for managing a network of AIX systems using NFS v3 for file sharing. A client reports that accessing files on the NFS-mounted directory is significantly slower than expected.
Upon investigation, they realize that the network traffic shows high latency and packet loss. They need to decide on an approach to optimize NFS performance given the observed network conditions. Which step would they take to improve NFS v3 performance?

A. Adjust the RPC protocol settings to reduce data conversion overhead B. Ensure that both client and server use the same XDR data type representation C. Use a different file system instead of NFS for network file sharing D. Switch from UDP to TCP for NFS traffic

Correct Answer: D

Question 7

When configuring an IP alias on an AIX system, which of the following statements are correct?
(Choose two)

A. ifconfig is used to add an alias with the alias parameter. B. IP aliases require separate network interfaces for each alias. C. IP aliases can be used for network interface backup purposes. D. An IP alias allows multiple IP addresses on a single network interface.

Correct Answer: A,D

Question 8

A previous AIX administrator applied an AIX security expert profile to the system. Unfortunately, the applied profile was not documented.
Which command would display the applied profile?

A. secpert -c B. aixpert -t C. lsattr -El sec0 -a profile D. getconf SECPROFILE

Correct Answer: B

IBM AIX v7.3 Administrator Specialty - S2000-025 Exam Practice Test