Chapter 1: Hardware and System Configuration

1. A. The modprobe command loads the module and its dependencies, if applicable. The lsmod command is used to list currently loaded modules, making answer B incorrect. The insmod command will load a given module but not its dependencies. Answer D, rmmod, is used to remove a module from memory.
2. C. The keyword single given on the Linux kernel command line will boot the system into single-user mode. The other options are not valid.
3. A. The Shift key, if pressed when control has first been handed to GRUB, will cause the GRUB menu to be displayed.
4. D. The dmesg command displays the contents of the kernel ring buffer. On many Linux distributions, this log is also saved to /var/log/dmesg. The other options shown for this question are not valid commands.
5. D. The lsmod command is used to list currently loaded kernel modules, thereby making answer D correct for this question. The insmod command (answer A) is used to load modules. Answer C is a valid command...