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Course Fall 2013, NETW 182.91 Linux Administration

Test Quiz 13

Started 11/18/13 11:17 AM

Submitted 11/18/13 11:29 AM

Status Completed

Attempt Score 10 out of 15 points

Time Elapsed 11 minutes.

Instructions

false

Question 1

1 out of 1 points

NetBIOS names can be up to ____ characters long.

Answer

Selected Answer:

15

Correct Answer:

15

Question 2

1 out of 1 points

Apache daemon listens for HTTP requests on port ____.

Answer

Selected Answer:

TCP 80

Correct Answer:

TCP 80

Question 3

0 out of 1 points

In NFS, one computer shares a certain directory in the directory tree by placing the name of that directory in the /etc/imports file.

Answer

Selected Answer:

True

Correct Answer: False

Question 4

0 out of 1 points

Databases store information in the form of ____, each of which contains ____.

Answer

Selected Answer:

records; tables

Correct Answer:

tables; records

Question 5

1 out of 1 points

By default, the smb.conf file shares all printers and home directories for recognized Windows users.

Answer

Selected Answer:

True

Correct Answer: True

Question 6

1 out of 1 points

NTP uses port ____.

Answer

Selected Answer:

UDP 123

Correct Answer:

UDP 123

Question 7

1 out of 1 points

The ____ command can be used in the BASH prompt to obtain a Web page from the Apache server.

Answer

Selected Answer:

curl

Correct Answer:

curl

Question 8

0 out of 1 points

In the DHCP lease process, halfway through the time period specified by its lease the DHCP client will send a(n) DHCPDISCOVER packet to its DHCP server to renew its IP configuration.

Answer

Selected Answer:

True


Question 9

1 out of 1 points

To share information to Windows client computers, you can use the ____________________ daemon, which emulates the SMB protocol.

Answer

Selected Answer:

Samba

Correct Answer:

Evaluation Method Correct Answer Case Sensitivity

Exact Match Samba

Question 10

1 out of 1 points

You can use the ____________________ command to connect to both Samba and Windows servers.

Answer

Selected Answer: smbclient

Correct Answer:


Exact Match smbclient

Question 11

1 out of 1 points

The ____ ftp utility command uploads the filename from the current directory on the local computer to the current directory on the remote computer, and allows the use of wildcard metacharacters to specify the filename.

Answer

Selected Answer:

mput filename

Correct Answer:

mput filename

Question 12

1 out of 1 points

Is Apache is the world’s most common Web server?

Answer

Selected Answer:

True


Question 13

0 out of 1 points

The first DNS server in a zone is called the ____________________ DNS server.

Answer

Selected Answer:

master or primary

Correct Answer:


Exact Match master

Exact Match primary

Question 14

0 out of 1 points

Client computers can retrieve e-mail from e-mail servers via ____ or ____.

Answer

Selected Answer:

POP; FTP

Correct Answer:

POP; IMAP

Question 15

1 out of 1 points

The ____ zone configuration file contains a PTR record used to identify the loopback adapter.

Answer

Selected Answer:

/var/named/named.local

Correct Answer:

/var/named/named.local

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Test Quiz 12

Started 11/18/13 10:45 AM

Submitted 11/18/13 11:17 AM

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Question 1

1 out of 1 points

Computer names are called ____.

Answer

Selected Answer:

host names

Correct Answer:

host names

Question 2

1 out of 1 points

false

IPv6 IP addresses are delimited by the ____ character.

Answer

Selected Answer:

:

Correct Answer:

:

Question 3

1 out of 1 points

In an IP address, the host ID represents the network on which the computer is located.

Answer

Selected Answer:

False


Question 4

1 out of 1 points

The IP addresses ____ and ____ are not allowed to be assigned to a host computer because they refer to all networks and all computers on all networks, respectively.

Answer

Selected Answer:

0.0.0.0; 255.255.255.255

Correct Answer:

0.0.0.0; 255.255.255.255

Question 5

1 out of 1 points

Passwords used by the PPP daemon are stored in two files: /etc/ppp/pap-secrets and /etc/ppp/chap-secrets.

Answer

Selected Answer:

True


Question 6

1 out of 1 points

A common utility used to troubleshoot routing is the ____ command.

Answer

Selected Answer:

traceroute

Correct Answer:

traceroute

Question 7

1 out of 1 points

One method of setting up trusted access is to add the host names of computers to the ____ file on the remote computer.

Answer

Selected Answer:

/etc/hosts.equiv

Correct Answer:

/etc/hosts.equiv

Question 8

1 out of 1 points

Can TCP/IP use host names to identify computers?

Answer

Selected Answer:

False


Question 9

1 out of 1 points

You can view or set the host name for a Linux computer using the ____________________ command.

Answer

Selected Answer: hostname

Correct Answer:


Exact Match hostname

Question 10

1 out of 1 points

The IP address of the network interface on the router to which you send packets is called the ____________________.

Answer

Selected Answer: default gateway

Correct Answer:


Exact Match default gateway

Question 11

1 out of 1 points

IPv6 IP addresses are written using eight 16-bit ____ numbers.

Answer

Selected Answer:

hexadecimal

Correct Answer:

hexadecimal

Question 12

1 out of 1 points

The ssh command has traditionally been used to obtain a command-line shell on remote Linux servers.

Answer

Selected Answer:

False


Question 13

1 out of 1 points

The ____ command can be used to assign a TCP/IP configuration to a NIC as well as view the configuration of all network interfaces in the computer.

Answer

Selected Answer:

ifconfig

Correct Answer:

ifconfig

Question 14

1 out of 1 points

A route table is a list of TCP/IP networks that is stored in system memory.

Answer

Selected Answer:

True


Question 15

1 out of 1 points

Remote computers can connect to a configured VNC server using the ____ command.

Answer

Selected Answer:

vncviewer

Correct Answer:

vncviewer


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Test Quiz 10

Started 10/21/13 1:28 PM

Submitted 11/2/13 3:50 PM

Status Completed


Time Elapsed 290 hours, 22 minutes.

Instructions

Question 1

false

1 out of 1 points

In the CUPS printing system, the lpr command is used to print documents to the print queue.

Answer

Selected Answer:

False


Question 2

1 out of 1 points

By default, all print jobs have a priority of ____.

Answer

Selected Answer:

50

Correct Answer:

50

Question 3

1 out of 1 points

A user can only be a member of one group.

Answer

Selected Answer:

False


Question 4

1 out of 1 points

The ____ option to the lpstat command causes a list of printers that are enabled to be displayed.

Answer

Selected Answer:

-p

Correct Answer:

-p

Question 5

1 out of 1 points

Any line that starts with a(n) ____ character is a comment in the /etc/rsyslog.conf file.

Answer

Selected Answer:

#

Correct Answer:

#

Question 6

1 out of 1 points

You can create user accounts on the Linux system by using the ____ command.

Answer

Selected Answer:

useradd

Correct Answer:

useradd

Question 7

1 out of 1 points

CUPS contains versions of the lpr, lpc, lpq, and lprm commands.

Answer

Selected Answer:

True


Question 8

1 out of 1 points

The ____________________ facility used by the System Log Daemon specifies messages from the Linux kernel.

Answer

Selected Answer:

Kern

Correct Answer:


Exact Match kern

Question 9

1 out of 1 points

A set of information that is sent to a printer at the same time is called a(n) ____________________.

Answer

Selected Answer: print job

Correct Answer:


Exact Match print job

Question 10

0 out of 1 points

If you want to enable a printer, you must specify the printer name to the cupsenable command.

Answer

Selected Answer:

False


Question 11

0 out of 1 points

The file that contains the configuration information for each printer installed on the system is /etc/cups/cupsd.conf.

Answer

Selected Answer:

True


Question 12

1 out of 1 points

Log files are typically stored in the ____ directory.

Answer

Selected Answer:

/var/log

Correct Answer:

/var/log

Question 13

1 out of 1 points

To lock an account, you can use the usermod command with the ____ option.

Answer

Selected Answer:

-L

Correct Answer:

-L

Question 14

1 out of 1 points

Sending print jobs from a print queue to a printer is commonly called printing.

Answer

Selected Answer:

True


Question 15

1 out of 1 points

To convert a system so that it uses an /etc/shadow file to store the encrypted password after installation, you can run the ____ command.

Answer

Selected Answer:

pwconv

Correct Answer:

pwconv


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Test Quiz 11

Started 11/1/13 9:58 PM



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Question 1

1 out of 1 points

The average compression ratio for gzip is ____%.

Answer

Selected Answer:

60–70

Correct Answer:

60–70

Question 2

1 out of 1 points

If no level of compression is specified, the gzip command assumes the number ____.

Answer

Selected Answer:

6

Correct Answer:

6

Question 3

false

1 out of 1 points

When using the cpio utility, the ____ option causes a new archive to be created.

Answer

Selected Answer:

-o

Correct Answer:

-o

Question 4

1 out of 1 points

When using the compress utility, each file is renamed with a(n) ____ filename extension to indicate that it is compressed.

Answer

Selected Answer:

.Z

Correct Answer:

.Z

Question 5

1 out of 1 points

A(n) ____________________ backup backs up only the data that has been changed since the last backup.

Answer

Selected Answer:

incremental

Correct Answer:


Exact Match incremental

Question 6

1 out of 1 points

When used with the tar utility, the ____ option causes filenames to be stored in an archive using absolute pathnames.

Answer

Selected Answer:

-p

Correct Answer:

-p

Question 7

1 out of 1 points

Because its primary use is to back up files in case of system failure, cpio uses absolute pathnames by default when archiving.

Answer

Selected Answer:

True


Question 8

1 out of 1 points

When creating a system backup, temporary files in the /tmp and /var/tmp directories should be included.

Answer

Selected Answer:

False


Question 9

1 out of 1 points

The filename extension given to files compressed with bzip2 is ____.

Answer

Selected Answer:

.bz2

Correct Answer:

.bz2

Question 10

1 out of 1 points

To remove a package from the system, you can use the ____ option to the rpm command.

Answer

Selected Answer:

-e

Correct Answer:

-e

Question 11

1 out of 1 points

The ____________________ utility uses the Burrows-Wheeler Block Sorting Huffman Coding algorithm when compressing files.

Answer

Selected Answer:

bzip2

Correct Answer:


Exact Match bzip2

Question 12

1 out of 1 points

The ____ option, when used with the gzip command, causes the compression ratio for files that have been compressed to be listed.

Answer

Selected Answer:

-l

Correct Answer:

-l

Question 13

1 out of 1 points

The ____ command can be used to display the contents of a compressed file.

Answer

Selected Answer:

zcat

Correct Answer:

zcat

Question 14

1 out of 1 points

____________________ is used to reduce the size of a file or set of files.

Answer

Selected Answer: Compression

Correct Answer:


Exact Match Compression

Question 15

1 out of 1 points

Most Linux distributions today use ____ as their package manager.

Answer

Selected Answer:

RPM

Correct Answer:

RPM


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Test Quiz 11

Started 11/1/13 9:58 PM


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Instructions

Question 1

false

1 out of 1 points

The average compression ratio for gzip is ____%.

Answer

Selected Answer:

60–70

Correct Answer:

60–70

Question 2

1 out of 1 points

If no level of compression is specified, the gzip command assumes the number ____.

Answer

Selected Answer:

6

Correct Answer:

6

Question 3

1 out of 1 points

When using the cpio utility, the ____ option causes a new archive to be created.

Answer

Selected Answer:

-o

Correct Answer:

-o

Question 4

1 out of 1 points

When using the compress utility, each file is renamed with a(n) ____ filename extension to indicate that it is compressed.

Answer

Selected Answer:

.Z

Correct Answer:

.Z

Question 5

1 out of 1 points

A(n) ____________________ backup backs up only the data that has been changed since the last backup.

Answer

Selected Answer:

incremental

Correct Answer:


Exact Match incremental

Question 6

1 out of 1 points

When used with the tar utility, the ____ option causes filenames to be stored in an archive using absolute pathnames.

Answer

Selected Answer:

-p

Correct Answer:

-p

Question 7

1 out of 1 points

Because its primary use is to back up files in case of system failure, cpio uses absolute pathnames by default when archiving.

Answer

Selected Answer:

True


Question 8

1 out of 1 points

When creating a system backup, temporary files in the /tmp and /var/tmp directories should be included.

Answer

Selected Answer:

False


Question 9

1 out of 1 points

The filename extension given to files compressed with bzip2 is ____.

Answer

Selected Answer:

.bz2

Correct Answer:

.bz2

Question 10

1 out of 1 points

To remove a package from the system, you can use the ____ option to the rpm command.

Answer

Selected Answer:

-e

Correct Answer:

-e

Question 11

1 out of 1 points

The ____________________ utility uses the Burrows-Wheeler Block Sorting Huffman Coding algorithm when compressing files.

Answer

Selected Answer:

bzip2

Correct Answer:


Exact Match bzip2

Question 12

1 out of 1 points

The ____ option, when used with the gzip command, causes the compression ratio for files that have been compressed to be listed.

Answer

Selected Answer:

-l

Correct Answer:

-l

Question 13

1 out of 1 points

The ____ command can be used to display the contents of a compressed file.

Answer

Selected Answer:

zcat

Correct Answer:

zcat

Question 14

1 out of 1 points

____________________ is used to reduce the size of a file or set of files.

Answer

Selected Answer: Compression

Correct Answer:


Exact Match Compression

Question 15

1 out of 1 points

Most Linux distributions today use ____ as their package manager.

Answer

Selected Answer:

RPM

Correct Answer:

RPM


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Test Quiz 8

Started 10/9/13 11:42 AM


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Question 1

1 out of 1 points

The Linux kernel is stored in the ____ directory.

Answer

Selected Answer:

/boot

false

Correct Answer:

/boot

Question 2

1 out of 1 points

After the entries in /etc/inittab have been executed, the ____ file is executed to perform tasks that must occur after system startup.

Answer

Selected Answer:

/etc/rc.d/rc.local

Correct Answer:

/etc/rc.d/rc.local

Question 3

1 out of 1 points

If you are using a Linux boot loader to dual boot another operating system in addition to Linux, it is easiest if Linux is installed after the other operating system has been installed.

Answer

Selected Answer:

True


Question 4

1 out of 1 points

In Linux, runlevel ____ is also known as multiuser mode.

Answer

Selected Answer:

2

Correct Answer:

2

Question 5

0 out of 1 points

To see the current runlevel of the system and the previous runlevel (if runlevels have been changed since system startup), you can use the runlevel command.

Answer

Selected Answer:

False


Question 6

1 out of 1 points

The first daemon process on a system is called the ____________________ daemon.

Answer

Selected Answer: initialize

Correct Answer:


Exact Match initialize (init)

Exact Match initialize

Exact Match init

Question 7

1 out of 1 points

In the /etc/lilo.conf file, the ____ keyword specifies the absolute pathname to the Linux kernel.

Answer

Selected Answer:

image=

Correct Answer:

image=

Question 8

1 out of 1 points

After configuring X Windows, you can fine-tune the vsync and hsync of the video card using the ____ utility within the desktop environment.

Answer

Selected Answer:

xvidtune

Correct Answer:

xvidtune

Question 9

1 out of 1 points

GRUB must be reinstalled after editing its configuration file.

Answer

Selected Answer:

False


Question 10

1 out of 1 points

A(n) ____________________ defines the number and type of daemons that are loaded into memory and executed by the kernel on a particular system.

Answer

Selected Answer: runlevel

Correct Answer:


Exact Match runlevel

Question 11

1 out of 1 points

A Linux system in runlevel ____ is a system that has no daemons active in memory and is ready to be powered off.

Answer

Selected Answer:

0

Correct Answer:

0

Question 12

1 out of 1 points

LILO is the most common boot loader used on modern Linux systems and the only boot loader supported by Fedora 13.

Answer

Selected Answer:

False


Question 13

1 out of 1 points

When a computer first initializes, the system BIOS performs a(n) _________________________.

Answer

Selected Answer:

POST

Correct Answer:


Exact MatchPower On Self Test (POST)

Exact Match Power On Self Test

Exact Match POST

Question 14

1 out of 1 points

The ____ window manager is used for the GNOME desktop in Red Hat Fedora Core 2.

Answer

Selected Answer:

metacity

Correct Answer:

metacity

Question 15

1 out of 1 points

____ is a freely available version of X Windows used in many Linux distributions.

Answer

Selected Answer:

XFree86

Correct Answer:

XFree86

Question 16

1 out of 1 points

The two most common desktop environments that are used on Linux are ____ and ____.

Answer

Selected Answer:

KDE; GNOME

Correct Answer:

KDE; GNOME


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Test Quiz 7

Started 9/24/13 3:09 PM


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Question 1

1 out of 1 points

The test statement ____ would be used to determine if A is numerically greater than B.

Answer

false

Selected Answer:

[ A –gt B ]

Correct Answer:

[ A –gt B ]

Question 2

1 out of 1 points

To see a list of the environment variables and their current values on a system, you can use the ____ command.

Answer

Selected Answer:

set

Correct Answer:

set

Question 3

1 out of 1 points

Aliases are shortcuts to commands stored in special variables that can be created and viewed using the alias command.

Answer

Selected Answer:

True


Question 4

1 out of 1 points

If you have ____ permission to a shell script, you can execute the shell script like any other executable program on the system.

Answer

Selected Answer:

read and execute

Correct Answer:

read and execute

Question 5

0 out of 1 points

The ____________________ command takes user input from stdin and places it in a variable specified by an argument.

Answer

Selected Answer: echo -e"What is your name? -->\c"

Correct Answer:


Exact Match read

Question 6

1 out of 1 points

Most commands that are run by the shell are run in a separate ____________________, which is created by the current shell.

Answer

Selected Answer:

subshell

Correct Answer:


Exact Match subshell

Question 7

1 out of 1 points

The file descriptor stdin is represented by the number ____.

Answer

Selected Answer:

0

Correct Answer:

0

Question 8

1 out of 1 points

Any command that can take standard input and transform it into standard output is called a(n) ____________________ command.

Answer

Selected Answer: Filter

Correct Answer:


Exact Match filter

Question 9

1 out of 1 points

The file descriptor stderr is represented by the number ____.

Answer

Selected Answer:

2

Correct Answer:

2

Question 10

1 out of 1 points

You can redirect a file to the standard input of a command using the ____ metacharacter.

Answer

Selected Answer:

<

Correct Answer:

<

Question 11

1 out of 1 points

The ____ command counts the number of lines, words, and characters in a file.

Answer

Selected Answer:

wc

Correct Answer:

wc

Question 12

1 out of 1 points

The ____ command could be used to view the contents of the environment variable that represents the BASH shell prompt.

Answer

Selected Answer:

echo $PS1

Correct Answer:

echo $PS1

Question 13

1 out of 1 points

A case construct must be ended by ____________________.

Answer

Selected Answer: esac

Correct Answer:


Exact Match esac

Question 14

0 out of 1 points

To prevent a file from being cleared by the BASH shell and append output to the existing output, you can specify three > metacharacters alongside the file descriptor.

Answer

Selected Answer:

True


Question 15

1 out of 1 points

To see a list of all exported environment and user-defined variables in the shell, you can use the ____ command.

Answer

Selected Answer:

env

Correct Answer:

env


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Test Quiz 6

Started 9/5/13 4:25 PM


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Question 1

1 out of 1 points

A(n) ____________________ CPU is a CPU that has a speed greater than the speed that was originally intended for the processor.

Answer

Selected Answer: overclocked

Correct Answer:

false


Exact Match overclocked

Question 2

1 out of 1 points

To ensure that Linux has detected the correct amount of RAM in the system after installation, you can view the contents of the ____ file.

Answer

Selected Answer:

/proc/meminfo

Correct Answer:

/proc/meminfo

Question 3

1 out of 1 points

RAID level 4 configurations are not fault tolerant.

Answer

Selected Answer:

False


Question 4

1 out of 1 points

Each SCSI device is assigned a unique ID number known as a(n) ____.

Answer

Selected Answer:

target ID

Correct Answer:

target ID

Question 5

1 out of 1 points

RAID level ____ is often referred to as disk mirroring.

Answer

Selected Answer:

1

Correct Answer:

1

Question 6

1 out of 1 points

In Fedora Linux, a ____ file is a script file that specifies the choices that you would normally choose when you install the operating system.

Answer

Selected Answer:

kickstart

Correct Answer:

kickstart

Question 7

1 out of 1 points

If a Linux installation ends abnormally and the screen displays a “fatal signal ____” error message, it indicates an error known as a segmentation fault.

Answer

Selected Answer:

11

Correct Answer:

11

Question 8

1 out of 1 points

The ____ file in the /proc directory contains a list of memory address ranges reserved for device use.

Answer

Selected Answer:

ioports

Correct Answer:

ioports

Question 9

1 out of 1 points

RAID level ____ is commonly referred to as disk striping with parity.

Answer

Selected Answer:

5

Correct Answer:

5

Question 10

1 out of 1 points

Some installations fail to place a boot loader on the hard disk properly; this is often the case with large hard disk drives that have over ____ cylinders.

Answer

Selected Answer:

1024

Correct Answer:

1024

Question 11

1 out of 1 points

If you have an installed Linux system, you can use the ____________________ command to write an ISO image to a USB flash memory drive.

Answer

Selected Answer:

dd

Correct Answer:


Exact Match dd

Question 12

1 out of 1 points

Any line in a kickstart file that starts with a(n) ____ symbol is a comment line and is ignored by the installation program.

Answer

Selected Answer:

#

Correct Answer:

#

Question 13

1 out of 1 points

To verify hardware settings, you can examine the contents of the ____ directory.

Answer

Selected Answer:

/proc

Correct Answer:

/proc

Question 14

1 out of 1 points

The ____ file in the /proc directory contains statistics on the performance of the processor.

Answer

Selected Answer:

loadavg

Correct Answer:

loadavg

Question 15

1 out of 1 points

RAID level 3 requires a minimum of three hard disk drives to function.

Answer

Selected Answer:

True



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Question 1

1 out of 1 points

CD-ROMs typically use the ____ filesystem type.

Answer

Selected Answer:

iso9660

Correct Answer:

iso9660

Question 2

1 out of 1 points

The easiest method for monitoring free space by mounted filesystems is to use the ____ command.

Answer

Selected Answer:

df

Correct Answer:

false

df

Question 3

1 out of 1 points

An extended partition can contain many subpartitions called ____________________.

Answer

Selected Answer: logical drives

Correct Answer:


Exact Match logical drives

Question 4

1 out of 1 points

At installation, Fedora Linux creates a symbolic link called ____________________ to the correct device file for your first CD-ROM drive.

Answer

Selected Answer: /dev/cdrom

Correct Answer:


Exact Match /dev/cdrom

Question 5

1 out of 1 points

The ____ filesystem is used by software programs that write to a CD-RW or DVD-RW drive.

Answer

Selected Answer:

udf

Correct Answer:

udf

Question 6

1 out of 1 points

In Linux, you must use only one type of filesystem on a system.

Answer

Selected Answer:

False


Question 7

1 out of 1 points

The ____ filesystem contains most of the operating system files.

Answer

Selected Answer:

root

Correct Answer:

root

Question 8

1 out of 1 points

If you do not know the type, major, or minor number of a device, you can use the ____ command to re-create the device based on the common name.

Answer

Selected Answer:

/dev/MAKEDEV

Correct Answer:

/dev/MAKEDEV

Question 9

1 out of 1 points

If you find a corrupted device file, or accidentally delete a device file, the ____________________ command can be used to re-create the device file if you know the type, major, and minor numbers.

Answer

Selected Answer:

mknod

Correct Answer:


Exact Match mknod

Question 10

1 out of 1 points

Each track on a hard disk is divided into ____________________ of information.

Answer

Selected sector

Answer:

Correct Answer:


Exact Match sectors

Question 11

1 out of 1 points

Data is read off of hard disks in concentric circles called ____.

Answer

Selected Answer:

tracks

Correct Answer:

tracks

Question 12

1 out of 1 points

After a typical Fedora Linux installation, over 700 different device files are in the /dev directory.

Answer

Selected Answer:

True


Question 13

1 out of 1 points

Creating a filesystem on a device is commonly referred to as ____________________.

Answer

Selected Answer: formatting

Correct Answer:


Exact Match formatting

Question 14

1 out of 1 points

The ____ device file represents the first primary partition on the second IDE hard disk drive (primary slave).

Answer

Selected Answer:

/dev/hdb1

Correct Answer:

/dev/hdb1

Question 15

1 out of 1 points

The ____ device file represents the second serial port on the system (COM2).

Answer

Selected Answer:

/dev/ttyS1

Correct Answer:

/dev/ttyS1


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Question 1

1 out of 1 points

Most files on a Linux system that contain configuration information are ____ files.

Answer

Selected Answer:

text

Correct Answer:

text

Question 2

1 out of 1 points

When you first open the vi editor, you are placed in edit mode.

Answer

Selected Answer:

False


Question 3

1 out of 1 points

To view a list of files and their type, use the ____ switch to the ls command.

Answer

Selected Answer:

false

-F

Correct Answer:

-F

Question 4

1 out of 1 points

The ____ metacharacter can also be used to refer to the current user's home directory.

Answer

Selected Answer:

~

Correct Answer:

~

Question 5

1 out of 1 points

If you type enough unique letters of a directory and press ____ key, the BASH shell will find the intended file or directory being specified and fill in the appropriate information.

Answer

Selected Answer:

Tab

Correct Answer:

Tab

Question 6

1 out of 1 points

Using wildcard metacharacters, how can one indicate a number is either 1, 2, 3, or 4?

Answer

Selected Answer:

[1-4]

Correct Answer:

[1-4]

Question 7

1 out of 1 points

To display the contents of a file called data, use the command ____.

Answer

Selected Answer:

cat data

Correct Answer:

cat data

Question 8

1 out of 1 points

The ____ symbol indicates a linked file.

Answer

Selected Answer:

@

Correct Answer:

@

Question 9

1 out of 1 points

The ____ command displays the last five lines of a text file.

Answer

Selected Answer:

tail -5

Correct Answer:

tail -5

Question 10

1 out of 1 points

The ____ command will confirm the system directory that you are currently in.

Answer

Selected Answer:

pwd

Correct Answer:

pwd

Question 11

0 out of 1 points

In Linux, the root directory is represented by a \ character.

Answer

Selected Answer:

True


Question 12

1 out of 1 points

To display the line number of each line in a file, in addition to its contents, would you use the cat -n command?

Answer

Selected Answer:

True


Question 13

0 out of 1 points

The ____ command can be used to provide a long listing for each file in a certain directory.

Answer

Selected Answer:

ls -L

Correct Answer:

ls -l

Question 14

1 out of 1 points

In a file listing, the 9 characters following the file type (for example, -rwxr-xr-x) refer to the file's ____________________.

Answer

Selected Answer: permission

Correct Answer:


Exact Match permissions

Exact Match mode

Question 15

1 out of 1 points

Text wildcards used to ease the searching of specific text information are called ____________________.

Answer

Selected Answer: regular expressions

Correct Answer:


Exact Match regular expressions

Exact Match regexp


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Question 1

1 out of 1 points

The execute permission for a file allows a user the ability to execute the file in memory (if it is a program file or a script).

Answer

Selected Answer:

True


Question 2

1 out of 1 points

false

When working with files, the special metacharacter “..” specifies the current directory.

Answer

Selected Answer:

False


Question 3

1 out of 1 points

If a user has ____ permission for a file, they can open, read, and edit the contents of a file.

Answer

Selected Answer:

write

Correct Answer:

write

Question 4

1 out of 1 points

In the FHS, the ____ directory contains most system commands and utilities.

Answer

Selected Answer:

/usr

Correct Answer:

/usr

Question 5

1 out of 1 points

To create a subdirectory, you would use the makedir command.

Answer

Selected Answer:

False


Question 6

1 out of 1 points

In a file’s mode, if a permission is unavailable, a(n) ____ character replaces its position in the mode.

Answer

Selected Answer:

-

Correct Answer:

-

Question 7

1 out of 1 points

In the FHS, the ____ directory is the root user’s home directory.

Answer

Selected Answer:

/root

Correct Answer:

/root

Question 8

1 out of 1 points

When using the chmod command, the mode rwx can be represented by the number ____.

Answer

Selected Answer:

7

Correct Answer:

7

Question 9

1 out of 1 points

Copying a file can be accomplished using the ____ command.

Answer

Selected Answer:

cp

Correct Answer:

cp

Question 10

1 out of 1 points

The chgrp command takes ____ argument(s) at minimum.

Answer

Selected Answer:

two

Correct Answer:

two

Question 11

1 out of 1 points

To set all of the special permissions on a certain file or directory, you can use the command ____, where name is the name of the file or directory.

Answer

Selected Answer:

chmod 7777 name

Correct Answer:

chmod 7777 name

Question 12

1 out of 1 points

In the FHS, the ____ directory contains the Linux kernel and files used by the boot loader.

Answer

Selected Answer:

/boot

Correct Answer:

/boot

Question 13

1 out of 1 points

To create a hard link, you must use the ____ command.

Answer

Selected Answer:

ln

Correct Answer:

ln

Question 14

1 out of 1 points

When a user creates a file or directory, that user’s name and ____________________ becomes the owner and group owner of the file, respectively.

Answer

Selected Answer: primary group

Correct Answer:


Exact Match primary group

Question 15

1 out of 1 points

You can see the contents of a certain variable in memory by using the ____ metacharacter with the echo command.

Answer

Selected Answer:

$

Correct Answer:

$


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Started 8/26/13 11:42 AM


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Instructions

Question 1

1 out of 1 points

false

During Linux installation, you need to configure a minimum of ____ user account(s).

Answer

Selected Answer:

two

Correct Answer:

two

Question 2

1 out of 1 points

In Linux, the administrator account is called top.

Answer

Selected Answer:

False


Question 3

1 out of 1 points

The command shutdown -h +30 would halt your system in 30 minutes.

Answer

Selected Answer:

True


Question 4

1 out of 1 points

The ____ filesystem is compatible with the Windows FAT filesystem.

Answer

Selected Answer:

VFAT

Correct Answer:

VFAT

Question 5

1 out of 1 points

A swap partition contains a filesystem.

Answer

Selected Answer:

False


Question 6

1 out of 1 points

____ is the metacharacter for command termination.

Answer

Selected Answer:

;

Correct Answer:

;

Question 7

1 out of 1 points

Another name for virtual memory is ____________________ memory.

Answer

Selected Answer:

SWAP

Correct Answer:


Exact Match swap

Question 8

1 out of 1 points

Because you need to document so many pieces of hardware and software information, you should create a ____ that contains all important installation information as well as hardware information.

Answer

Selected Answer:

preinstallation checklist

Correct Answer:

preinstallation checklist

Question 9

1 out of 1 points

The ____ metacharacter indicates background command execution.

Answer

Selected Answer:

&

Correct Answer:

&

Question 10

1 out of 1 points

Which Linux command displays your login name?

Answer

Selected Answer:

whoami

Correct Answer:

whoami

Question 11

1 out of 1 points

____________________ divides a hard disk into adjacent sections, each of which can contain a separate filesystem used to store data.

Answer

Selected Answer:

Partitioning

Correct Answer:


Exact Match Partitioning

Question 12

1 out of 1 points

Commands indicate the name of a program to execute and are case sensitive.

Answer

Selected Answer:

True


Question 13

1 out of 1 points

To print the current date and time, type the command ____________________.

Answer

Selected Answer:

date

Correct Answer:


Exact Match date

Question 14

1 out of 1 points

When a user interacts with his computer, he interacts directly with the kernel of the computer’s operating system.

Answer

Selected Answer:

False


Question 15

1 out of 1 points

The ____ directory contains system commands and utilities.

Answer

Selected Answer:

/usr

Correct Answer:

/usr


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Started 8/20/13 4:56 PM


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Instructions

Question 1

1 out of 1 points

The Linux ____________________ is the core component of the Linux operating system.

Answer

Selected Answer: kernel

Correct Answer:


Exact Match kernel

Question 2

1 out of 1 points

____ is software that is distributed free of charge, but the source code is not available.

Answer

false

Selected Answer:

Freeware

Correct Answer:

Freeware

Question 3

1 out of 1 points

The ____ indicates the stability of a Linux kernel.

Answer

Selected Answer:

minor number

Correct Answer:

minor number

Question 4

1 out of 1 points

Which of the following is the greatest expense for companies using Linux?

Answer

Selected Answer:

Hiring people to maintain the Linux system

Correct Answer:

Hiring people to maintain the Linux system

Question 5

1 out of 1 points

A(n) ____ is a piece of software that tells the operating system how to use a specific hardware device.

Answer

Selected Answer:

device driver

Correct Answer:

device driver

Question 6

1 out of 1 points

HOWTO documents are centrally collected by the ____.

Answer

Selected Answer:

Linux Documentation Project

Correct Answer:

Linux Documentation Project

Question 7

1 out of 1 points

Linux is based on the Windows operating system.

Answer

Selected Answer:

False


Question 8

1 out of 1 points

The core component of the GUI in Linux is referred to as ____.

Answer

Selected Answer:

X Windows

Correct Answer:

X Windows

Question 9

1 out of 1 points

A ____ is merely a compressed archive of files that usually contain scripts that install the software contents to the correct location on the system.

Answer

Selected Answer:

tarball

Correct Answer:

tarball

Question 10

1 out of 1 points

The ____ stipulates that the source code of any software published under its license must be freely available.

Answer

Selected Answer:

GNU General Public License

Correct Answer:

GNU General Public License

Question 11

1 out of 1 points

The concept of ____ enables software developers to read other developers’ source code, modify that source code to make the software better, and redistribute that source code to other developers who might improve it further.

Answer

Selected Answer:

Open Source Software

Correct Answer:

Open Source Software

Question 12

1 out of 1 points

Solaris, HP-UX and AIX are all ____ of Unix.

Answer

Selected Answer:

flavors

Correct Answer:

flavors

Question 13

1 out of 1 points

A(n) ____ service provides an efficient method for transferring files over the Internet.

Answer

Selected Answer:

FTP

Correct Answer:

FTP

Question 14

1 out of 1 points

Linux kernel version 2.5.9 is a(n) ____________________ kernel.

Answer

Selected Answer: developmental

Correct Answer:


Exact Match developmental

Question 15

1 out of 1 points

Each computer participating on the Internet must have an IP address.

Answer

Selected Answer:

True



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