Selecting the IPv6 loopback address | LPIC-1 102-500 Exam original practice question

109.1Standard

Choose the IPv6 address that refers to the local host itself.

Which address 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.

Detailed explanation

Correct::1

Correct. ::1 is the IPv6 loopback address.

Incorrect::

Incorrect. :: is the unspecified address.

Incorrectfe80::1

Incorrect. fe80 is link-local unicast.

Incorrectff02::1

Incorrect. ff02::1 is all-nodes multicast.

An example you can run in a temporary verification environment.

python3 -c "import ipaddress; print(ipaddress.ip_address('::1').is_loopback)"

True

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-109-777

EnvironmentPython 3 ipaddress

Last technical review2026-08-13