Question-Handling Strategies

Based on the tests I've taken, a couple of interesting trends in the answers have become apparent. For those questions that take only a single answer, usually two or three of the answers are obviously incorrect, and two of the answers are plausible. Of course, only one can be correct. Unless the answer leaps out at you (and if it does, reread the question to look for a trick; sometimes they are the ones you're most likely to get wrong), begin the process of answering by eliminating answers that are obviously wrong.

Things to look for in the “obviously wrong” category include spurious command choices or filenames, nonexistent software or command options, and terminology you've never seen before. If you've done your ...

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