03 Linux Applications

Question 1

What are the reasons for using text editors in Linux?

Answer 1

Scripts are written in texts editors.
Many Linux programs use text-based data files for input.
Many of Linux-operating system services use configuration files that are text-based.

Question 2

What are the common text based editors used in Linux? (4)

Answer 2

emacs
nano
gedit
vi

Question 3

It ca be customized and extended with different modes, enabling it to be used like IDE for programming languages such as Java or C.

Answer 3

emacs

Question 4

It is a text editor designed for beginners.

Answer 4

nano

Question 5

It comes with the Gnome desktop. It only runs in the GUI environment.

Answer 5

gedit

Question 6

It is a native editor found in all Linux and Unix systems.

Answer 6

vi

Question 7

What are the three (3) modes of vi editor?

Answer 7

command
insert
replace

Question 8

Mode of vi editor that operate as a command rather than characters entered into the document.

Answer 8

command

Question 9

Mode that any character entered is placed at the current cursor position.

Answer 9

insert

Question 10

Mode that any character entered replaces the character at the current cursor posiion.

Answer 10

replace

Question 11

Cursor movement command that moves one character to the right.

Answer 11

l or Right arrow

Question 12

Cursor movement command that moves one character to the left.

Answer 12

h or Left arrow

Question 13

Cursor movement command that moves one line down.

Answer 13

j or Down arrow

Question 14

Cursor movement command that moves one line up.

Answer 14

k or Up arrow

Question 15

Cursor movement command that moves to the beginning of the current line.

Answer 15

0

Question 16

Cursor movement command that moves to the first non-whitespace character on the current line.

Question 17

Cursor movement command that moves to the end of the current line.

Answer 17

&

Question 18

Cursor movement command that moves to the beginning of the next word or punctuation character.

Answer 18

w

Question 19

Cursor movement command that moves to the beginning of the word, ignoring the punctuation character.

Answer 19

W

Question 20

Cursor movement command that moves one page down.

Answer 20

Ctrl+f or Page Down

Question 21

Cursor movement command that moves one page up.

Answer 21

Ctrl+b or Page Up

Question 22

Cursor movement command that moves to the line number.

Answer 22

numberG

Question 23

Cursor movement command that moves to the last line of the file.

Answer 23

G

Question 24

Command that appends text to an existing file.

Answer 24

A

Question 25

Command that inserts the line below the current line.

Answer 25

o

Question 26

Command that inserts the line above the current line.

Answer 26

O

Question 27

Text deletion command that deletes the current character.

Answer 27

x

Question 28

Text deletion command that deletes the current character and the next two (2) characters.

Answer 28

3x

Question 29

Text deletion command that deletes the current line.

Answer 29

dd

Question 30

Text deletion command that deletes the current line and the next four lines.

Answer 30

5dd

Question 31

Text deletion command that deletes from current cursor position to the beginning of the next word.

Answer 31

dW

Question 32

Text deletion command that deletes from current cursor location to the end of the current line.

Answer 32

d$

Question 33

Text deletion command that deletes from current cursor location to the beginning of the line.

Answer 33

d0

Question 34

Text deletion command that deletes from current cursor location to the first non-whitespace character in the line.

Answer 34

d^

Question 35

Text deletion command that deletes from current line to the end of the file.

Answer 35

dG

Question 36

Text deletion command that deletes from current line to the twentieth line of the file.

Answer 36

d20G

Question 37

Text yanking/pasting commands that copies the current line.

Answer 37

yy

Question 38

Text yanking/pasting commands that copies the current line and the next four lines.

Answer 38

5yy

Question 39

Text yanking/pasting commands that copies from the current cursor position to the beginning of the next word.

Answer 39

yW

Question 40

Text yanking/pasting commands that copies from the current cursor location to the end of the current line.

Answer 40

y$

Question 41

Text yanking/pasting commands that copies from the current cursor location to the beginning of the line.

Answer 41

y0

Question 42

Text yanking/pasting commands that copies from the current cursor location to the first non-whitespace character in the line.

Answer 42

y^

Question 43

Text yanking/pasting commands that copies from the current line to the end of the file.

Answer 43

yG

Question 44

Text yanking/pasting commands that copies from the current line to the twentieth line of the file.

Answer 44

y20G

Question 45

It enables users to work with documents and files.

Answer 45

Productivity software

Question 46

What are the examples of productivity softwares? (5)

Answer 46

Word-processed documents Spreadsheets Presentation graphics documents Database relations Graphic images

Question 47

It is the office suite for Linux.

Answer 47

LibreOffice

Question 48

It is a word processing software that has AutoComplete feature.

Answer 48

Writer

Question 49

It is a spreadsheet software that has Advanced DataPilot technology.

Answer 49

Calc

Question 50

It is a presentation software that has the Fontworks tool.

Answer 50

Impress

Question 51

It is an excellent package for producing technical drawings, brochures, posters, and may other documents.

Answer 51

Draw

Question 52

It is a database that provides native-support drivers from some of the most widely employed multi-user database engines.

Answer 52

Base

Question 53

It is a formula editing software that enables you to inserts perfectly formatted mathematical and scientific formulas in your text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and drawings.

Answer 53

Math

Question 54

It is the recommended image editor for the Linux platform.

Answer 54

GIMP

Question 55

What are the features of GIMP? (4)

Answer 55

Customizable Interface Photo Enhancement Digital Retouching Hardware Support