Quiz 3

Question 1

Under which directory would you expect to find nonessential program files?

Answer 1

/usr

Question 2

Under which directory would you expect to find log files?

Answer 2

/var

Question 3

Which of the following directories would typically not be mounted on its own dedicated device?

Answer 3

/etc

Question 4

Which of the following commands would give the most accurate overview of mounted disk devices (without showing much information about mounted system devices as well)?

Answer 4

df -hT

Question 5

Which command enables you to show all files in the current directory so that the newest files are listed last?

Answer 5

ls -alrt

Question 6

Which command enables you to copy hidden files as well as regular files from /home/$USER to the current directory?

Answer 6

cp -a /home/$USER/. .

Question 7

Which command enables you to rename the file myfile to mynewfile?

Answer 7

mv myfile mynewfile

Question 8

Which statement about hard links is not true?
a. Hard links cannot be created to directories.
b. Hard links cannot refer to files on other devices.
c. The inode keeps a hard link counter.
d. If the original hard link is removed, all other hard links become invalid

Answer 8

d. If the original hard link is removed, all other hard links become invalid.

Question 9

Which command creates a symbolic link to the directory /home in the directory /tmp?

Answer 9

ln -s /home /tmp

Question 10

Which tar option enables you to add one single file to a tar archive?

Answer 10

-r