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Which is the Bourne Shell?
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/bin/bash
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What's the standard Linux shell?
sh
bash
ksh
csh |
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What is a system-wide configuration file read by all shells that sets global configuration options?
~/.profile
/etc/profile
~/.bashrc
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The first user-level configuration file that bash tries to find.
~/.bash_profile
~/.profile
~/.bashrc
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Which of these files is the only one read when a non-login shell is started?
~/.profile
/etc/profile
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how to get bash shell to complete commands and filenames... Just enter first characters of command and press the what key?
Enter
Alt
Tab
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If your in a shell, you can become root by entering __ - and the root passwd
cu
profile
su
root |
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How do you turn a shell variable into an environment variable? You can use the __ command.
env
export
set
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which number is assigned stdout?
2
3
1
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How many KB of unprocessed data can exist in a pipe?
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4
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To copy into buffer, and delete a line the cursor is on in vi you press ___
D
c
dd
Delete |
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How would you replace the first colon in each line with a space?
sed 's/:/ /0' /etc/passwd
sed 's/:/ /f' /etc/passwd
sed 's/:/ /g' /etc/passwd
sed 's/:/ /' /etc/passwd |
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Ans: sed 's/:/ /' /etc/passwd
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What's the max length of characters a path can hold, including slashes?
1024
4096
4024
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This directory doesn't necesarily have to be on the same partition as the root.
/dev/
/etc/
/usr/
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What if you want to copy files byte-wise
/bin/cp
/bin/dd
/bin/vi
/bin/cat |
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What file are user passwords contained in.
/etc/profile
/etc/shadow
/etc/hosts
/etc/passwd |
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To modify the partitions?
/sbin/fsck
/sbin/fdisk
/sbin/mkfs
/sbin/yast |
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How do we search for files that contain certain patterns?
locate
search
find
grep |
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Which is the user's private login script
.bash_history
init.d
.profile
.bashrc |
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Shortcut to get to the home directory of a user?
@
~
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What dir is standard for integrating a file system?
/dev/
/mnt/
/proc/
/sys/ |
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data all in one piece addressed by one name.
Directories
Device Files
Normal Files
Sockets |
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~/.xinitrc has a template named .xinitrc.template. Which user account directory is it located in?
config
root
home
usr |
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X-server login screen can be relayed to a ____.
Remote Server
Remote Host
terminal
Window Manager |
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What is it that allows Linux to act as if you had several terminals available at the same time?
virtual frames
vertual windows
virtual desktops
virtual terminals |
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utility used to configure the screen dimension Width, height.
xvidtune
xf86config
XFree86
XF86Config |
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X-server config utility (text based)
XFree86
XF86Config
xf86config
xvidtune |
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Environmental variable that stores display name for your system
NAME
DEFAULT
DISPLAY
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Authentication method, where user account data is managed centrally by a NIS server...
NIS
LDAP
Local /etc/passwd
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Examples of command line utilities that you can use to analyze system performance are: top, free, and ____.
a. vmstat b. cat c. vi d. pine |
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| The X-Window System is simply called X or ____. a. X3 b. X5 c. X9 d. X11 |
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| ____ is an abbreviation for teletype, which is another word for terminal. a. tty b. ter c. ttq d. qt |
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| ____ lets you select a graphical display mode (such as 640x480 or 1024x768) for the installation. a. F1 b. F2 c. F3 d. F4 |
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By default, diagnostic messages of the Linux kernel are not displayed during system startup. To display maximum information, select ____.
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| In SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), the manual pages are located in the directory ____. a. /share/usr/man/ b. /usr/share/man/ c. /usr/man/ d. /etc/man/pages |
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| The ____ command is used to search the manual pages by keyword. a. cat b. vi c. apropos d. top |
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| To quit GNOME, select ____ in the GNOME panel. a. GNOME > Log Out b. Actions > Log Out c. Session > Log Out d. Terminal > Log Out |
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| The ____ Installation Settings section lists details about your hardware. a. System b. Mode c. Keyboard Input d. Partitioning |
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Manual page section that contains problems with the command
DIAGNOSTICS
COMMANDS
SEE ALSO
BUGS |
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Specialized Client applications...
virtual clients
da5's
window frames
window managers |
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How does Linux provide clients with a unified look and feel?
Virtual Desktops
Window Frames
Desktop Environments
Window Managers |
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Which of these desktops is the standard for SLES 9?
twm
GNOME
KDE
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Linus Torvalds took the Linux Kernel source code and made it available through ___
DNS License
payware license
GPL
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The functions of the Kernel can include:
I/O Control
Device Control
Process Mgmt
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One goal of UNIX was enabling many users at once which is known as
multitasking
multiprocessing
Multiuser
multiservice |
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| Where in Linux do you go to install software and also for administration tools Apache YaST XFree X11 KDE Desktop Environment |
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what other source of information on Linux can you use?
Hotmail.com
Newegg.com
Google.com
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To remove a program from control panel, you right-click the icon in the CP and then select _____
Erase program name
Delete program name
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What was the language UNIX was rewritten in?
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C
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What part of a manual page has the description of the command syntax?
OPTION
DESCRIPTION
SYNOPSIS
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What program displays one screen of information at a time?
top
next
less
grep |
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| The ____ Installation Settings section identifies the layout of your keyboard. a. System b. Mode c. Keyboard Layout d. Partitioning |
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The directory ____ provides information in the form of a tree structure on various hardware buses, hardware devices, active devices, and their drivers.
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____ represent links between the hardware components or the device drivers in the kernel and the applications.
a. Normal files b. Directories c. Device files d. Sockets |
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| ____ can be used to move one directory level higher. a. cd b. cd c. cd ../.. d. cd .. |
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| ____ is the default login manager in SLES. a. dm b. kdm c. gdm d. xdm |
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| ____ is a graphical utility that can be used to dial your modem to establish an Internet connection. a. cinternet b. Kdial c. Kinternet d. Konnect |
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| The ____ command is used to copy files from one machine to another. a. rput b. rupload c. rcopy d. rcp |
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| To securely log in to a remote machine, enter ____. a. telnet host b. rlogin host c. ssh host d. rsh host |
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| In Linux, the separation character between individual directory names is the ____ character. a. / b. \ c. d. _ |
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| ____ is the device file of the first serial port. a. /dev/tty1 b. /dev/ttyS0 c. /dev/lp0 d. /dev/scd0 |
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| By default, the head and tail commands only show ____ lines. a. 5 b. 10 c. 15 d. 20 |
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| PAM stands for ____. a. Personal Area Monitor b. Personal Assistant Module c. Pluggable Authentication Modules d. Priority Application Menu |
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| You can use the command ____ to add or remove permissions. a. usermod b. chp c. chperm d. chmod |
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| Permission ____ is equivalent to rwx. a. 5 b. 6 c. 7 d. 8 |
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| Runlevel ____ is the multiuser mode with network and display manager. a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 5 |
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| If you want to run a job one time only you can use the command ____. a. start b. init c. at d. cron |
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| In a class C address, the first byte is in the ____ range. a. 0 to 127 b. 128 to 191 c. 192 to 223 d. 224 to 239 |
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You can use the command ____ to help you follow the route taken by an IP datagram to the given target host.
a. traceroute b. route c. netstat d. ping |
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| For a simple port scan, the program ____ is more suitable than netcat. a. route b. nmap c. traceroute d. ping |
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The command ____ is a diagnosis tool that lets you analyze data packets through a network interface connected to the network.
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To mount directories automatically when booting (such as the home directories of a server), you need to make corresponding entries in the file ____.
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| After modifying the file /etc/fstab, you can have the system read the changes by entering ____. a. remount b. mount -a c. nfs d. rcnfsserver restart |
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| To unmount file systems that the kernel thinks are busy, enter: ____. a. umount b. umount -a c. umount -f d. umount -t |
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| ____ is an implementation of SMB over native TCP/IP that does not require NetBIOS. a. SAMBA b. CIFS c. NFS d. DNS |
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| You can use the ____ command to start a printer queue. a. enable b. accept c. lpadmin d. lpd |
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| The Berkeley3 command to submit a print job is ____. a. lp b. lpr c. lpd d. prn |
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| You can check to make sure you are root by entering id or ____. a. whois b. who c. which d. whoami |
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| ____ variables control the behavior of the shell itself and are only relevant locally. a. Environment b. Shell c. Control d. User |
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| To refer to an existing value, the shell variable must be prefixed with the ____ sign. a. | b. # c. ยด d. $ |
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| ____ ends vi without saving changes in the file. a. :q b. :q! c. :wq d. :x |
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| stderr is assigned the number ____. a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3 |
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