Module 3 Quiz

Question 1

is a file format that describes containers for virtual hard disk drives to be used in virtual machines like VMware Workstation or VirtualBox.

Oracle VM VirtualBox uses its own container format for guest hard disks. This is called a ..

Answer 1

• VMDK (Virtual Machine Disk)
• VDI (Virtual Disk Image )

Question 2

In terms of operating systems DOS means:

Answer 2

DOS = Disk Operating System

Question 3

This command can be used to change the permissions on a file or group of files in Linux

Answer 3

chmod

In Unix and Unix-like operating systems, chmod is the command and system call which is used to change the access permissions of file system objects.

Question 4

What is Bash?

Answer 4

Bourne-Again SHell

Question 5

The Linux GUI is separate from the Kernel.

Answer 5

True

In Linux the graphical user interface is not a part of the operating system. The graphical user interface found on most Linux desktops is provided by software called the X Window System, which defines a device independent way of dealing with screens, keyboards and pointer devices.

Question 6

Ubuntu is the only distribution of Linux.

Answer 6

False

Almost six hundred Linux distributions exist, with close to five hundred out of those in active development.

Question 7

Windows 2000 is more modern than Windows 10.

Answer 7

False

Windows 2000 was released in 2000. Windows 10 was first released in 2015.

Question 8

What does “BSOD” mean?

Answer 8

Blue Screen Of Death

A stop error or exception error commonly called the blue screen of death (BSoD) or blue screen, is an error screen displayed on Windows computers following a fatal system error. It indicates a system crash, in which the operating system has reached a condition where it can no longer operate safely.

Question 9

A hypervisor is a piece of software that enables a user to create and run one or more virtual machines simultaneously.

Answer 9

True

A hypervisor (or virtual machine monitor, VMM) is computer software, firmware or hardware that creates and runs virtual machines. A computer on which a hypervisor runs one or more virtual machines is called a host machine, and each virtual machine is called a guest machine.

Question 10

Type 1 Hypervisors are also known as:

Points will be deducted if you choose an incorrect answer(s).

Answer 10

• Native hypervisor
• Bare-metal hypervisor

Question 11

Without using a calculator, what is the correct decimal equivalent of the following binary value?

11000001

Answer 11

193

Question 12

Without using a calculator, what is the correct binary equivalent of the following decimal value? 74

Answer 12

1001010

The Apple II is an 8-bit home computer and one of the world’s first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products, designed primarily by Steve Wozniak

Question 13

The Apple II is a?

Answer 13

8 Bit Computer

Question 14

How do you summon the help screen in PowerShell?

Answer 14

Get-Help

The Get-Help cmdlet displays information about PowerShell concepts and commands, including cmdlets, functions, Common Information Model (CIM) commands, workflows, providers, aliases, and scripts. To get help for a PowerShell cmdlet, type Get-Help followed by the cmdlet name, such as Get-Help Get-Process .

Question 15

Match the correct commands with the correct explanation.

Answer 15

This command can create folders → mkdir,

This command can be used to create a file → touch,

This command clears your screen of all previous commands and outputs. → clear,

This command can delete a file → rm

This command can be used to navigate between directories → cd

This command shows the current working directory → pwd

Question 16

Linux is an open-source operating system.

Answer 16

True

Linux is a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991

Question 17

Which of the following commands can be used to edit the content of a file in Linux?

Points will be deducted if you choose an incorrect answer(s).

Answer 17

• nano
• vi

nano and vi (or the updated vim) are text editors found on Linux systems

Question 18

Match

Answer 18

Type 2 Hypervisor for macOS → VMWare Fusion

Type 2 Hypervisor for x86 Processors → Virtualbox

Type 2 Hypervisor for Linux → VMWare Workstation

Type 2 Hypervisor for Windows → VMWare Workstation

Question 19

This command can be used to search a file for a given string or expression in Linux

Answer 19

grep

grep is a command-line utility for searching plain-text data sets for lines that match a regular expression

Question 20

In terms of computing, what is GNU?

Select all that apply.

Points will be deducted if you choose an incorrect answer(s).

Answer 20

• The operating system: “GNU’s Not Unix!”
• An operating system
• A UNIX-like operating system.

Question 21

What cmdlet in PowerShell will show you all the commands that are available to you in your current session?

Answer 21

get-command

Get-Command is an easy-to-use reference cmdlet that brings up all the commands available for use in your current session.

Question 22

This command is used to quit the shell in Linux

Answer 22

exit

exit command in linux is used to exit the shell where it is currently running.

Question 23

The latest Windows desktop version is?

Answer 23

Windows 11

Windows 11 was announced in 2021

Question 24

Which one of the following statements are true (Select two):

Points will be deducted if you choose an incorrect answer(s).

Answer 24

• You can install a hypervisor directly on hardware without requiring an OS to be installed on it
• You can install a hypervisor on an OS