Practice Quiz #4

Question 1

To access the third virtual console, you would press which hot keys.

Answer 1

ctrl+alt+F3

Question 2

Which wildcard character is used to represent only one character?
A. Asterisk (*)
B. Exclamation point (!)
C. Question mark (?)
D. Tilde (~)

Answer 2

C. Question mark (?)

Question 3

True or False: Once you know the shell, you will always be able to work on any Linux or UNIX-like system.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Which command illustrates how to obtain helpful documentation for the ls command?
A. man ls
B. help ls
C. doc ls
D. find ls

Answer 4

A. man ls

Question 5

The ______ is an extra piece of information that tells the command what to work on.

Answer 5

argument

Question 6

True or False: Virtual consoles are an easy way to have multiple shells open and active at once.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

True or False: Many administrative tools require root permission.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

True or False: You can change the prompt to display any characters or information you want.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

The bash shell can auto-complete filenames. Just enter the first characters of a filename and press the ____ key.

Answer 9

tab

Question 10

The default number of commands history remembers is ____.

Answer 10

1,000

Question 11

True or False: Linux distros are restricted to a single shell installed.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

Although the shell is less intuitive than GUI, most Linux experts consider the shell to be _______.

Answer 12

more powerful than GUIs.

Question 13

Which of the following displays kernel information? 
A. uname -a
B. top --show-kernel 
C. kernel
D. None of the above

Answer 13

A. uname -a

Question 14

The ______ pages provide description, syntax, and options for commands.

Answer 14

man

Question 15

The ____ symbol is the prompt for the root user.

Answer 15

#

Question 16

No matter what Linux distribution you use, you always have the _______ program available.

Answer 16

shell

Question 17

Which executable filename is used for the Bourne shell?
A. bash
B. ksh
C. csh
D. sh

Answer 17

D. sh

Question 18

True or False: All Linux distros have a graphical user interface installed by default

Answer 18

False

Question 19

The ____ symbol is the prompt for regular users.

Answer 19

$

Question 20

What is the command syntax that all Linux commands follow?

Answer 20

command -options arguments

Question 21

True or False: To save typing, you can edit and repeat commands from your shell history.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

To use the Bash shell command completion feature, press the ____ key.

Answer 22

tab

Question 23

All commands are

A. UPPERCASE ONLY
B. it doesn’t matter the case as long as you spell it correctly
C. lowercase only
D. mixture of Uppercase and lowercase

Answer 23

C. lowercase only

Question 24

If you use the su command without an argument, it defaults to the root user, which changes the prompt to a ____ symbol.

Answer 24

#

Question 25

True or False: The command-line prompt varies depending on the shell.

Answer 25

True

Question 26

Is considered the standard shell for Linux

Answer 26

bash

Question 27

original shell created by Bourne

Answer 27

sh

Question 28

default shell for Ubuntu users

Answer 28

dash