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Linux Professional Institute010-160FoundationalLinux · Essentials · version 1.6Available
LPI Linux Essentials
The Linux command line, files and permissions, open source and the basics of how Linux runs — the first step to LPIC-1.
Independent practice — not affiliated with or endorsed by Linux Professional Institute. 010-160 is used only to identify the exam. Trademark notices
LPI lists 010-160 as the previous version, available until April 2027; the current version is 010-200.
Domain weights
Share of questions per topic, from the official objective weights (40 points in total). Every sitting draws questions by these weights.
- D1The Linux Community and a Career in Open Source18 %12 concepts
- D2Finding Your Way on a Linux System23 %15 concepts
- D3The Power of the Command Line23 %16 concepts
- D4The Linux Operating System20 %15 concepts
- D5Security and File Permissions18 %15 concepts
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Domain 1: The Linux Community and a Career in Open Source
18 %Linux distributions and their history, major open source applications, open source licensing (GPL, BSD, Creative Commons) and everyday ICT skills on Linux.
Practice domain 1 →Domain 2: Finding Your Way on a Linux System
23 %Command line basics (syntax, variables, quoting), getting help with man and info, navigating directories, and creating, moving and deleting files.
Practice domain 2 →Domain 3: The Power of the Command Line
23 %Archiving and compression with tar, gzip and zip, searching and extracting data with grep, pipes and redirection, and turning commands into simple scripts.
Practice domain 3 →Domain 4: The Linux Operating System
20 %Choosing an operating system, computer hardware, where data is stored (FHS, processes, logs) and basic network configuration of a Linux computer.
Practice domain 4 →Domain 5: Security and File Permissions
18 %User types and basic security, creating users and groups, file permissions and ownership, and special directories and files (sticky bit, links).
Practice domain 5 →
Domain names and weights come from the official 010-160 exam objectives (checked 2026-10-26). Always check it for the authoritative scope.
Includes 12 performance-style items (put in order, match, read an exhibit) — practice them with the “Order / match” filter.
The real exam's full fill-in-the-blank simulations (labs in a live interface) are not reproduced.
Sources · checked 2026-10-26
Sample questions
Two of this exam's original questions, with the explanation you get after every answer.
Sample 1Select one
A team standardises on Ubuntu LTS for its laptops. Ubuntu is derived from which distribution, whose package format (.deb) it shares?
- ADebian
- BFedora Linux
- CopenSUSE
- DSlackware
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Correct: A. Ubuntu is built on Debian and uses Debian's .deb packages and APT tools. Fedora is the community base of the Red Hat family, openSUSE belongs to the SUSE family, and Slackware is an independent early distribution.
Sample 2Select 2
A small company wants to host its website on Linux using open source software. Which TWO programs are web servers? (Select TWO.)
- AMariaDB
- BApache HTTPD
- CSamba
- DNGINX
- ENFS
Show answer & explanation
Correct: B, D. Apache HTTPD and NGINX are open source web servers. MariaDB is a relational database, Samba provides Windows-compatible file and print sharing, and NFS shares file systems between Unix-like hosts.