Testing whether an integer exceeds a threshold | LPIC-1 102-500 Exam original practice question

105.2Standard

Use test to determine whether integer $COUNT is greater than 10.

Which condition is appropriate?

Hint 1: Focus on the requirement

Identify what must change and what must remain unchanged. Then choose the command whose scope matches that requirement.

Hint 2: Check each command's role

Separate commands that display information, change state, remove data, or affect a child process.

[ "$COUNT" = 10 ]: Incorrect. = compares the value as a string.
[ "$COUNT" -lt 10 ]: Incorrect. -lt tests whether COUNT is less than 10.
[ "$COUNT" -gt 10 ]: Correct. -gt tests whether COUNT is greater than 10.
[ "$COUNT" -ge 10 ]: Incorrect. -ge also accepts exactly 10, which is not required here.

Detailed explanation

Incorrect[ "$COUNT" = 10 ]

Incorrect. = compares the value as a string.

Incorrect[ "$COUNT" -lt 10 ]

Incorrect. -lt tests whether COUNT is less than 10.

Correct[ "$COUNT" -gt 10 ]

Correct. -gt tests whether COUNT is greater than 10.

Incorrect[ "$COUNT" -ge 10 ]

Incorrect. -ge also accepts exactly 10, which is not required here.

An example you can run in a temporary verification environment.

COUNT=11; if [ "$COUNT" -gt 10 ]; then printf greater; fi

greater

Foundation review

Check whether the command acts on the current shell, a new process, an existing process, or a file.

Use the supplied command and compare the output with the expected result.

Question IDKP-105-628

EnvironmentPOSIX互換test / GNU Bash 5.2

Last technical review2026-08-13