LPI 201-450 Exam
LPIC-2 Exam 201, Part 1 of 2, version 4.5 (Page 3 )

Updated On: 9-Feb-2026

In capacity planning exercises, which tools assist in listing and identifying processes of interest? (Choose TWO correct answers.)

  1. acpid
  2. lsof
  3. pstree
  4. telinit

Answer(s): B,C



In this example output, which descriptions match the purpose of the free, buff and cache columns? (Choose THREE correct answers.)

# vmstat 1 100
procs ----------- memory---------- --- swap-- -----io---- -- system-- ---- cpu---- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa
0 0 0 282120 134108 5797012 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 100 0
0 0 0 282120 134108 5797012 0 0 0 0 1007 359 0 0 100 0
0 0 0 282120 134108 5797012 0 0 0 0 1117 577 0 0 100 0
0 0 0 282120 134108 5797012 0 0 0 0 1007 366 0 0 100 0

  1. Used swap space
  2. RAM available for filesystem buffers
  3. Available free RAM
  4. RAM used for buffers
  5. RAM used for filesystem cache

Answer(s): C,D,E



In the following output, what is the 5 minute load average for the system? # uptime
12:10:05 up 18 days, 19:00, 2 users, load average: 0.47, 24.71, 35.31

  1. 0.47
  2. 24.71
  3. 35.31
  4. There is no 5 minute interval. It is some value between 0.47 and 24.71.
  5. There is no 5 minute interval. It is some value between 24.71 and 35.31.

Answer(s): B



What option in the collectd configuration file is required in order to define what to start monitoring?

  1. LoadModule
  2. Module
  3. Plugin
  4. LoadPlugin

Answer(s): D



Which of the following commands will provide the PIDs of the processes sorted by which are using the most CPU cycles on the Linux system?

  1. top
  2. uptime
  3. ps aux
  4. vmstat
  5. freemem

Answer(s): A






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