原來 LPI 的後台亦不弱，有 IBM，HP 和 SGI 等大哥大在幕後支持，而支援的 Linux 平台有SuSE, Caldera 和 TurboLinux 等，範圍之廣泛，實在不可輕視。

LPI 的考試共分三級，由 Level 1 至 Level 3，但現階段只有 Level 1 之證書提供，原因是較高層次的 Level 2 和 3 仍在設計及發展階段，考取Level 1證書需要通過 2 個考試，分別是 Exam 101 General Linux I 和 Exam 102 General Linux II。

LPI 考試內容非常廣泛，由最基本的 Linux 指令，以至 Web Server，Mail Sever，DNS Server 的安裝和設定，備份與回復功能當然不可缺少，網絡設定及 Shell Script 的編寫等也是必考。由於考試範圍及支援的 Linux 平台頗多，建議大家需要有清淅的概念和足夠的實戰經過才可參加考試，否則都會有一定的難度。幸好 LPI 考試要求的合格分數不算太高，Exam 101 是 490 分，而 Exam 102 是 460 分，大家可到任何一間 Prometric 或 VUE 的認可考試中心應考，考試費為港幣 $780。以下是一些 LPI 的模擬試是題，看看自己有沒有足夠知識來回答它吧！ 


1. What is the most common type of filesystem found on systems that run only Linux?

1. NFS
2. FAT32
3. NTFS
4. EXT2FS
5. LINUXFS2

2. If you set the umask to 022, by default what permissions will your files have?

1. 0220
2. 0888
3. 0644
4. 0755

3. Which command line will mount all available file systems which are listed in /etc/fstab?

1. mount -a
2. mount /mnt/*
3. /etc/fstab <mount
4. mount </etc/fstab
5. cat /etc/fstab | mount

4. Which command will give you the total amount of free kilobytes on all disk partitions?

1. du
2. df
3. df -k
4. du -k
5. free -a

5. What command will display some information about the permissions of files in the current directory?

1. ls
2. pdir
3. ls -l
4. permdir
5. chmod -l

6. Which file is responsible for keeping track of all UID’s on the system? (state full path)

Answer: _________________________

7. On a system using shadowed passwords, the correct permissions for /etc/passwd are __________ and the correct permissions for /etc/shadow are _______________.

1. - r w - r - - - - -, - r - - - - - - - -
2. - r w – r - - r - - , - r - - r - - r - -
3. - r w - r - - r - -, - r - - - - - - - -
4. - r w – r - - r w - , - r - - - - - r - -
5. - r w - - - - - - - , - r - - - - - - - -

8. How many corn fields are there for specifying the time to execute a cron job?

1. 1
2. 3
3. 4
4. 5
5. 6

Answer:

1. d
2. d
3. a
4. c
5. c
6. /etc/passwd
7. c
8. d