[Lvlug] Wohoo! I passed

[Tom Walsh]

dann wrote:
> 
> I passed the LCP test, finally!


Very good!  I know how you must feel (passed my FCC Ham radio exams some
years ago), now what can you do with a "SAIR"?  BTW, what is an SAIR?

TomW

> 
> The first time I took it, I missed by one question.  Today I passed with an 88%.  It was
> good I failed the first time, made me really go back and learn the stuff.
> 
> If anyone is interested in getting certified, I am willing to pass on the SAIR manual.  I
> also have about 60 pages of notes which I can post on the web site (if you people
> think that may be valuable).
> 
> The first time I took the exam, I came home with a number of questions I recalled from
> the test.  There is nothing like a passing score to rip those questions from short term
> memory.  But I am able to recall a few which had me scratching my head.
> 
> Two questions involved the login process.  The first exam had a question like this:
> 
> After the users types there login name and then their password what happens:
> 
> 1.  The password program encrypts the password and compares it to the users
>         encrypted password
> 2.  The password program compares the password to the users decrypted
>         password.
> 3.  None of these, the login program handles password verification
> 4.  Somethine else along the lines of 1 and 2
> 
> I originally choose 3 because the password progam, which I took to mean passwd
> is used to change passwords, not verify.
> 
> A similar question was on today's test:
> 
> The question (I cannot recall verbatim) was on the lines of what progams run in
> which order for login:
> 
> 1.  Login, getty, passwd, shell
> 2.  getty, shell, login, passwd
> 3.  getty, login, passwd, shell
> 4.  shell, getty, login, passwd
> 5.  none of the above
> 
> I choose 5 because I am under the impression that passwd is not used at all in the
> login process.
> 
> There was a question about fips:
> 
> Something like:  Fips will:
> 
> 1.  Search the drive or scattered files and group them together (like defrag)
> 2.  Search the drive for empty space and offer to make the empty space into a
>         new partition.
> 3.  Both 1 and 2
> 4.  none of the above
> 
> I choose 4.  FIPS is a dos or vfat partition spitter which does not defrag the disk.
> In fact, you should defrag and scan the disk before running FIPS.  The second
> option threw me a bit because I was unsure of their definition of empty space.
> Empty as in space not in a partition, or empty in the sense that there is free space
> in the partition.  I opted for 4 because I felt that FIPS will split a dos/vfat partition
> into two partitions, but not necessarilly include non-partitioned space in the split.
> 
> A BIOS question
> 
> The bios will:
> 
> 1.  Perform all processes before the OS starts
> 2.  Perform processes on all cpu's (not exactly how it was phrased)
> 3.  Perform diagnostics on peripherals
> 4.  Perform all processes the OS cannot.
> 
> I choose 1,3, and 4.  I was pretty sure 2 was not a BIOS process (and I am pretty
> sure I do not have it phrased correctly.  4 was iffy.
> 
> IP address question:
> 
> The ip address is shows the (again, not verbatum):
> 
> 1.  Network ID, Host ID, Subnet ID
> 2.  Host ID, Network ID, Subnet ID
> 3.  Network ID, Subnet ID, Host ID
> 4.  Subnet ID, Network ID, Host ID
> 5.  None of the above
> 
> I choose 3, but was unsure.  I know the IP address shows the Network ID and the
> Host ID.  I never really read that Subnet was included, but it somewhat makes
> sense that the Subnet ID could be read from the IP address so long as you know
> what the Netmask is.
> 
> That is all I can recall right now.
> 
> Daniel S. Washko
> 
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