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Oracle Upgrade to Oracle Solaris 11 System Administrator Exam Practice Test

The Oracle Upgrade to Oracle Solaris 11 System Administrator Exam practice page focuses on administering Solaris 11 systems and recognizing the tools used for storage, software, services, security, and system configuration. The available questions sample operational concepts such as ZFS dataset properties and snapshots, Image Packaging System publishers, non-global zones, and Solaris-specific administration utilities.

Exam overview

Exam providerOracle
Exam code1Z0-820
CategoryIT Certifications

About the Oracle Upgrade to Oracle Solaris 11 System Administrator Exam

Effective Solaris administration requires choosing commands that reveal system state and making controlled changes to its configuration. ZFS work includes inspecting dataset properties and understanding snapshots as read-only recovery points. IPS tasks involve checking configured publishers when software cannot be located. Administrators also need to interpret zone states, identify hardware and memory through device information, and troubleshoot resolver configuration. Security and operations vocabulary includes delegated privileges, auditing policy, encrypted remote access through OpenSSH, and recurring tasks managed with Solaris service-management facilities. These concepts connect command recognition to practical decisions: where to inspect a setting, which subsystem owns a task, and how to narrow down a failure without confusing Solaris tools with traditional Unix approaches.

Sample Practice Questions

Review a selection from this exam's published US Practice Tests practice bank.

Question 1

Which ZFS operation creates a point-in-time, read-only record of a dataset that can be used for later rollback or recovery?

  1. AClone
  2. BSnapshot
  3. CScrub
  4. DResilver
Show answerCorrect answer: B

A ZFS snapshot captures a point-in-time state of a dataset and is itself read-only. Clones are writable datasets derived from snapshots; scrubs and resilvers are pool data-integrity operations.

Question 2

Which Solaris security mechanism allows an administrator to delegate specific administrative tasks without sharing the root password?

  1. ARole-Based Access Control (RBAC)
  2. BNetwork Time Protocol (NTP)
  3. CZFS delegation only
  4. DKernel zone branding
Show answerCorrect answer: A

RBAC supports assigning rights profiles and roles so users can perform authorized administrative tasks without unrestricted root access or shared root credentials.

Question 3

An administrator wants to schedule a recurring system task using Solaris's service-management scheduling facility rather than traditional cron configuration. Which facility is intended for this purpose?

  1. Aat
  2. BPeriodic Service Management (PSM)
  3. CResource Configuration System (RCS)
  4. DService Management Facility (SMF) timed events
Show answerCorrect answer: D

Solaris SMF supports timed events for scheduling recurring tasks as managed services. The other choices are not the Solaris SMF scheduling feature described.

Question 4

Which Solaris command displays the properties of a ZFS dataset, such as its mountpoint or compression setting?

  1. Azfs get
  2. Bzpool list
  3. Cbootadm update-archive
  4. Droleadm list
Show answerCorrect answer: A

The zfs get command retrieves ZFS dataset properties. zpool list summarizes storage pools, while the remaining commands are unrelated to querying dataset properties.

Question 5

A Solaris system is configured to use a particular DNS server, but name lookups are failing. Which file is commonly used to configure the system's DNS client resolver settings?

  1. A/etc/resolv.conf
  2. B/etc/shadow
  3. C/etc/vfstab
  4. D/etc/hosts.allow
Show answerCorrect answer: A

The resolver configuration file /etc/resolv.conf commonly specifies DNS name servers and related resolver settings. /etc/shadow contains password data, /etc/vfstab describes filesystems, and /etc/hosts.allow is not the standard Solaris DNS resolver configuration file.

Question 6

On a system using Solaris auditing, which command is used to configure audit policy and audit-related settings?

  1. Aauditconfig
  2. Bauditreduce
  3. Cpraudit
  4. Dlogadm
Show answerCorrect answer: A

auditconfig configures and queries aspects of the Solaris auditing subsystem, including audit policies. auditreduce selects or combines audit records, while praudit formats records for reading; logadm manages log rotation.

Question 7

A remote administrator needs to securely log in to a Solaris host over an encrypted connection. Which service is associated with the OpenSSH server daemon?

  1. Asvc:/network/ssh
  2. Bsvc:/network/dns/client
  3. Csvc:/system/cron
  4. Dsvc:/network/nfs/client
Show answerCorrect answer: A

The Solaris OpenSSH server is managed through the svc:/network/ssh service. The other service identifiers are associated with DNS client configuration, scheduled jobs, and NFS client functionality.

How to use this practice test

The free practice bank contains 50 questions, with each session presenting up to 20 random questions. Complete a session to see your results, then use missed or uncertain items to identify concepts to revisit, such as IPS publisher configuration, ZFS operations, zones, auditing, or service management.

Preparation tips

  • Practice reading ZFS dataset properties and distinguish snapshot creation from ordinary property inspection or dataset changes.
  • For IPS troubleshooting, know how to inspect configured publishers and relate publisher configuration to package discovery.
  • Compare Solaris service-management scheduling with traditional cron, and identify which facility manages recurring tasks in a given scenario.
  • Review how Solaris tools expose zone states, hardware and memory information, audit settings, and DNS resolver configuration.
  • Connect security tasks to their mechanisms: delegated administrative rights, Solaris auditing, and encrypted remote access through OpenSSH.
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