Linux Test1

Question 1

Open Source Software (OSS) is freely developed and continuously improved by a large community of software developers.

Answer 1

t

Question 2

Linux is merely one product of open source development.

Answer 2

t

Question 3

The term hacker refers to someone who illegally uses computers for personal benefit or to cause damage.

Answer 3

f

Question 4

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

Answer 4

t

Question 5

It is difficult to port software designed for UNIX to Linux.

Answer 5

f

Question 6

Software that consists of a series of software components used to control the hardware of your computer is known as application software.

Answer 6

f

Question 7

Linux is based on the Windows operating system.

Answer 7

f

Question 8

Services that are used on the local computer are referred to as server services.

Answer 8

f

Question 9

Companies that use services on a computer to serve client computers are said to have a(n) Internet server.

Answer 9

t

Question 10

A(n) application server is one running a program that acts as an intermediary between a client computer and information.

Answer 10

t

Question 11

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

Answer 11

device driver

Question 12

The ____ indicates the stability of a Linux kernel.

Answer 12

minor number

Question 13

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 13

Open source Software

Question 14

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

Answer 14

GNU General Public License

Question 15

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

Answer 15

freeware

Question 16

Consider the phrase “collaboration between several developers with a common need speeds up software creation, and when bugs in the software are found by these users, bug fixes are created very quickly” from the chapter. This statement describes which advantage of the Linux operating system?

Answer 16

stability and security

Question 17

HOWTO documents are centrally collected by the ____.

Answer 17

Linux cocumentation Project

Question 18

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

Answer 18

hiring people to maintain the Linux system

Question 19

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

Answer 19

flavors

Question 20

The source code for Linux was released in ____.

Answer 20

1991

Question 21

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

Answer 21

X Windows

Question 22

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 22

tarball

Question 23

____ Linux is the most common Linux distribution used today.

Answer 23

Red Hat

Question 24

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

Answer 24

FTP

Question 25

A(n) ____ service allows users to post messages in forums.

Answer 25

News

Question 26

Companies and institutions using computers to perform extraordinarily large calculations that would be unsuitable for most computers would employ a(n) ____.

Answer 26

supercomputer

Question 27

Does Linux allow only a single user to access the system simultaneously?

Answer 27

no

Question 28

Is Linux referred to as a multioperational operating system?

Answer 28

no

Question 29

Is Linux less expensive than other operating systems such as Windows?

Answer 29

yes

Question 30

Did the GNU Public License legalize free distribution of source code?

Answer 30

yes

Question 31

Is Samba the most common service used to allow clients to connect to shared information and printers on a Linux server?

Answer 31

yes

Question 32

____________________ consists of the physical components inside a computer that are electrical in nature.

Answer 32

hardware

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Linux Kernel

Question 34

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

Answer 34

developmental

Question 35

A(n) ____________________ is a computer or special hardware device that provides interconnection between company networks, home networks, and institutional networks.

Answer 35

router

Question 36

The ability for a computer to increase workload as the number of processors increases is known as ____________________.

Answer 36

scalability

Question 37

Combining several smaller computers.

Answer 37

clustering

Question 38

The sets of instructions or programs that allow the various hardware components on a computer to manipulate data (or files)

Answer 38

software

Question 39

A service that requests outside Internet resources on behalf of a computer inside of a company.

Answer 39

proxy server

Question 40

A GUI Environment for Linux written in the C programming language.

Answer 40

GNOME

Question 41

A user-friendly name that is associated with an IP address.

Answer 41

fully qualified domain name

Question 42

The list of instructions that a software developer writes to make up a program

Answer 42

source code

Question 43

An organized collection of data that is arranged into tables of related information.

Answer 43

database

Question 44

A service that protects companies from outside intruders on the Internet.

Answer 44

firewall

Question 45

A software system that installs and maintains software.

Answer 45

package manager

Question 46

List and describe the different types of programs that are executed on a computer

Answer 46

applications: designed for a specific use and for the user to interact-word processors and games. operating systems: series of software components used to control the hardware of the computer.

Question 47

What are the seven advantages of using Linux that were discussed in this chapter?

Answer 47

``` risk reduction meeting business needs stability and security flexibility for different hardware platforms ease of customization ease of obtaining support cost reduction ```

Question 48

What is scalability? How does it relate to clustering?

Answer 48

the ability for a computer to increase workload as the number of processors increase. Most computers do not scale well when there are more than 32 processors. As a result, many people will cluster several smaller computers together to work as one large computer.

Question 49

What are the four implications of using Open Source Software that were discussed in this chapter?

Answer 49

Software is developed very rapidly through widespread collaboration. Software bugs are noted and promptly fixed. Software features evolve very quickly based on user's needs. The perceived value of the software increases because it is based on usefulness and not price.

Question 50

Describe the possible methods for obtaining Linux support discussed in this chapter.

Answer 50

FAQs and HOWTO documents are available online and can be found throught the LPD, google search, or tldp.org. There are also Linux newsgroups and local LUGs. There is also an Appendix C in the book that can help.

Question 51

It is important to ensure that a computer meets the maximum hardware requirements before performing an installation.

Answer 51

f. minimum

Question 52

System Rescue can be used to repair a Linux system that cannot be started.

Answer 52

t

Question 53

A swap partition contains a filesystem

Answer 53

f

Question 54

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

Answer 54

f

Question 55

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

Answer 55

t

Question 56

In Linux, the administrator account is called top

Answer 56

f. root

Question 57

Linux requires a minimum of three partitions to be created.

Answer 57

f

Question 58

The swap partition for Linux 2.4 kernels should be at least half the size of the physical RAM.

Answer 58

f

Question 59

The program that is started by the BIOS at system startup, and that loads the Linux kernel into memory from a hard disk partition inside the computer is called the boot loader.

Answer 59

t

Question 60

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

Answer 60

t

Question 61

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 61

preinstallation checklist

Question 62

____ is the most common method of installing Linux

Answer 62

from a DVD

Question 63

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

Answer 63

2

Question 64

Hard disks can contain a maximum of ____ major partitions

Answer 64

4

Question 65

The recommended size for the /home directory is ____ per user.

Answer 65

200 MB

Question 66

The ____ filesystem is compatible with the Windows FAT filesystem.

Answer 66

VFAT

Question 67

The ____ directory contains system commands and utilities.

Answer 67

/user

Question 68

In Linux, a(n) ____ is used to accept input from the user and pass the input to the kernel for processing.

Answer 68

shell

Question 69

The shell that is used by default in Linux is the ____ shell.

Answer 69

BASH

Question 70

____ are specific letters that start with a dash (“-“).

Answer 70

options

Question 71

Which Linux command displays your login name?

Answer 71

whoami

Question 72

Which Linux command gets you out of your current shell?

Answer 72

exit

Question 73

The command that displays the calendar for the current month is ____.

Answer 73

cal

Question 74

The ____ metacharacter indicates background command execution.

Answer 74

&

Question 75

____ is the metacharacter for command termination.

Answer 75

;

Question 76

To find all of the commands that have the word “list” in their name or description, you would type ____.

Answer 76

man -k list

Question 77

Does SYSLINUX, the Linux installation program, have a full range of hardware support?

Answer 77

no

Question 78

Is checking the media for errors an optional step in a DVD Linux installation?

Answer 78

yes

Question 79

Can you have more than four SCSI hard disks within a system?

Answer 79

yes

Question 80

Is the password database used for authentication always located on the local computer?

Answer 80

no

Question 81

Do all commands have either man pages or info pages?

Answer 81

no

Question 82

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

Answer 82

pwd

Question 83

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

Answer 83

~

Question 84

To move from the /home/joe/test/data to the /home/joe directory, use the ____ command.

Answer 84

cd ../..

Question 85

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 85

tab

Question 86

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

Answer 86

text

Question 87

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

Answer 87

-F

Question 88

The ____ symbol indicates a linked file.

Answer 88

@

Question 89

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

Answer 89

ls -l

Question 90

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

Answer 90

[1-4]

Question 91

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

Answer 91

cat data

Question 92

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

Answer 92

tail -5

Question 93

Which is an extended regular expression metacharacter?

Answer 93

{}

Question 94

The ____ regular expression metacharacter matches 0 or more occurrences of the previous character.

Answer 94

*

Question 95

Which of the following key combinations, commonly used in the vi editor command mode, displays current line statistics?

Answer 95

Ctrl+g

Question 96

The ____ can be used with LISP artificial intelligence programming language and supports hundreds of keyboard functions like the vi editor.

Answer 96

Emacs editor

Question 97

The ____ editor is functionally analogous to the Windows Wordpad and Notepad editors.

Answer 97

gedit

Question 98

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

Answer 98

yes

Question 99

When using the less command, can you use the cursor keys on the keyboard to scroll up and down the contents of the file?

Answer 99

yes

Question 100

To perform a case-insensitive grep search, would you use the -a option to the grep command?

Answer 100

no

Question 101

Is vim the Linux equivalent of vi?

Answer 101

yes