THE FOLLOWING EXAM OBJECTIVES ARE COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:
Within which configuration file is the greeter configured for LightDM? Which section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf is used to describe configurations for a given graphics card and monitor pair? When you’re setting the frequency options for a given monitor, which of the following is not an available frequency unit? Which command on a systemd-based system is used to disable booting into a GUI? Assuming X forwarding has been enabled on the SSH server, which environment variable is used to set the location for newly spawned windows from within an SSH session? Within the greeter section of a display manager such as GNOME Display Manager (GDM), which option sets the welcome message for users logging in locally? Within GNOME, enabling sticky keys can be done by pressing which key five times in a row? Which option in the Module section of the xorg.conf configuration file causes a default module to be unloaded or not loaded by default? Which program is used in a GNOME environment as a screen reader? Assuming a monitor that is currently set at 1024×768, which command will change the screen resolution so that icons and other elements appear larger? LightDM typically allows guest login by default. Which configuration option within SeatDefaults changes this to disallow guests? When using XFree86 as the X server, which command will cause the X server to query for hardware and create a new configuration file? Which configuration option for X is used to configure the keyboard model? Which configuration line with a Monitor section of an X server configuration file will set the vertical refresh rate between 55 and 75 hertz? Within which file can a user place commands for executing X clients? Which AccelerationProfile for an input device such as a mouse enables linear acceleration (more speed and more acceleration)? Which of the following directories is used by an Xorg-based server for storage of fonts? Native support for a Braille display requires a minimum of which kernel version? Which configuration option in an xorg.conf file can be set to prevent a user from changing video modes using the Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Plus and Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Minus? In which location does the xauth utility look for the X authority file? Access to hosts controlled with XDMCP is configured in which file? When using KDE, which program provides magnification functionality? Which signal is used by an X server to cause a clean exit? Within GNOME, which section of GNOME Control Center is used to choose a high-contrast theme? Which of the following best describes the concept of a mouse gesture? In GNOME 3.9 or later, which keyboard shortcut activates the screen reader? Assume that the display manager has been disabled on boot. Which command can be used after login to start the X server? Which option in an xorg.conf file configures the amount of time before the screen goes into blank mode but does not go into standby and is available on non-Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS)-capable monitors? Which of the following commands helps you to determine information about a given window within an X session, including information on the window size and its position? Which option/button on the GNOME On-Screen Keyboard (GOK) is used show the keys that would be used in place of a mouse? Which of the following commands allows a host named cwa to connect to the X server? Which of the following options in the client SSH configuration file needs to be enabled so that X sessions can be sent over an SSH connection? Which configuration option in a Files section of an xorg.conf configuration file can be used to add a path in which the server will search for fonts? Which assistive technology is used to provide an input method for users who cannot type but can use a pointer, such as a mouse? Which environment variable can be used to specify the location of a user’s xauth authority file? When using LightDM, which key combination is used to revert back to a terminal? Which option in the LightDM configuration enables automatic login for a specific user? Which of the following is a legacy utility that can be used to set accessibility options on older systems? Which command, when executed on a remote host, will send the display of X programs to the local client? (Assume Bash is used as the shell.) Which option in GOK is used to display the keys that correspond to a given application’s menu? Which directory is used to store individual configuration files related to LightDM? Which environment variable is used by Xsession to specify the width of a terminal device? Which option within the Device section for a video card will set the amount of RAM available on the card? When configuring a Screen section in an X configuration file, the Display subsection can contain the color depth. What is the name of the option to set the color depth of the given display? Multiple server layouts may be created within an X configuration file. Which option is used to differentiate between the different server layout options? Which command can be used to create a fonts.scale file definition when executed against the current directory? What abbreviation used in X signifies a display that utilizes additional capabilities such as extended power-saving capabilities? What is the name of the accessibility function that provides an alternative to the Orca program to assist users who have visual impairments? Which of the following is a reference implementation of the Wayland protocol? Within an xorg configuration file, which option sets the inactivity timeout for the suspend mode of a DPMS-capable monitor? When the X server is started as a normal user, configuration files from which directory are also included? Which of the following remote desktop protocols uses no compression or transport/session encryption? Within which desktop implementation would you find the xfwm4 window manager? Which option to Spice startup disables simple authentication? Which speech recognition software is included with the KDE desktop environment? Within the GNOME 3 desktop environment, within which Settings panel are the options for slow keys found? When an X session is already running, which command can be used to enable pointer keys? Which of the following provides a server-side implementation of Remote Desktop (RDP) for Linux? You are attempting to edit the sudoers file with visudo over an SSH connection on a system that has GNOME installed and you receive an error indicating that gedit cannot run. Which of the following commands can be used to solve this issue? Which option to x11vnc sets the password to be used for clients connecting to the server? Which program is used to add entries to the X authority file? Which assistive technology will ignore keys that are pressed in succession or held down? Which environment variable is used by Xsession if the Xsession error file cannot be opened in its default location? From within an X session, which of the following commands shows information about the display, including resolution and color depth? Which of the following files is the configuration file for Weston? Which of the following remote desktop programs offers transport layer security? Which add-on to Orca enables braille display support? Which of the following is a screen magnifier program? Which GRUB variable can be used to beep when the GRUB prompt is ready to accept input? You need to remove a host from being able to connect to the X server. Which of the following will remove a host named cwa from being able to connect? The X Display Manager, xdm, runs various scripts as part of the login process. Which of the following scripts is executed as the user logging in? Which option to the X server disables listening for TCP connections? Which signal is used to close existing connections, free resources, and restore defaults for an X server? Which option in the SeatDefaults section of the lightdm.conf configuration file is used to disable the display of usernames for login? Which option to the xauth program disables hostname resolution? Which command will switch the system into an init in which the X server is not typically executed? What is the default location for the error log if the X server is run with xdm? Which script can be used for per-user initialization of xinit? Which option prevents abstract sockets from listening with X11? Which option to XDMCP enables sending of BroadcastQuery packets? When using GDM as the display manager, which GUI program can be used to set options for the login window? Within the XDMCP access configuration file, there is a line like the following:
When using xhost, what is the syntax to enable a host named san to connect using IPv6? Within which file are errors for Xsession and X client processes placed? GNOME includes native on-screen keyboard functionality. Which of the following commands starts the on-screen keyboard? Which option to the xauth program specifies the authority file to use? Which accessibility option is helpful if several keys are sometimes pressed or if there is difficulty in consistently pressing the correct key on the keyboard? On which port does RDP listen by default?