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- 1.To go to the end of an info page, press:
- A.
END
- B.
N
- C.
N
- D.
]
- 2.To go to the next match of a search on a man page, press:
- A.
]
- B.
(n)
- C.
N
- D.
}
- 3.When interpreting the SYNOPSIS of a command found on a man page, the “|” means:
- A.
The items it separates can be used together
- B.
The items it separates cannot be used together
- 4.After performing a search, you can use the ____ key to return to a previously found match:
- A.
(n)
- B.
N
- C.
D
- D.
U
- 5.To move a page forward one at a time while viewing a man page, press the following:
- A.
Spacebar
- B.
M
- C.
A
- D.
Enter
- 6.The ls command without options or arguments…
- A.
…lists the contents of the current directory.
- B.
…prompts for a directory to list.
- C.
…lists the contents of a user’s home directory.
- D.
…generates an error as this command requires arguments.
- 7.Which option can be used with the rm command to prompt before deleting?
- I
- A.
-P
- B.
A
- C.
I
- D.
-i
- 8.Which of the following commands can be used to rename a file?
- A.
Name
- B.
Rn
- C.
Mv
- D.
Cp
- 9.The touch command can be used to:(choose two)
- A.
Update the time stamp of existing files
- B.
Create new files
- C.
Change a file’s name
- D.
Change ownership of a file
- 10.You try to compress a file that is already compressed. Which of the following statements is true?
- A.
The file will not be compressed any further than it already was
- B.
The file changed while you were compressing it
- C.
The file will actually be uncompressed
- D.
The compression algorithm needs to be set to the “currently compressed” mode for it to be compressed further
- E.
The file will be deleted
- 11.Which of the following commands can be used to compress a file?(choose three)
- A.
Bunzip2
- B.
Zip
- C.
Bzip2
- D.
Cat
- E.
Gzip
- 12.The three main modes of tar are:(choose three)
- A.
Extract
- B.
Copy
- C.
Compress
- D.
List
- E.
Create
- 13.In the command tar –czf foo.tar.gz bar, what is the purpose of the f flag?
- A.
Tells tar to copy only files, and not directories
- B.
Tells tar to read from the file that follows the flag
- C.
Tells tar to print the name of each file as it is processed
- D.
Specifies extra compression is to be used
- E.
Tells tar to write to the file that follows the flag
- 14.Which two commands do the same thing?(choose two)
- A.
Tar –xzf foo.tar.gz
- B.
Tar –x foo | gzip
- C.
Tar –c foo | gzip > foo.tar.gz
- D.
Tar –tzf foo.tar.gz
- E.
Tar –czf foo.tar.gz foo
- 15.Which option for the wc command will print the total number of words in a file?
- A.
-l
- B.
-L
- C.
-w
- D.
-c
- 16.Which command can be used to print line numbers?
- A.
Num
- B.
Ln
- C.
Nl
- D.
Sort
- 17.The command echo “text” > file.txt will create file.txt if it does not already exist.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.The command echo “text” > file.txt will not overwrite file.txt if it already exists.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 19.The command echo “text” >> file.txt will not overwrite file.txt if it already exists.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.Software is backward compatible if:
- A.
It still supports old file formats or applications
- B.
If the next version still works the same way
- C.
People still use old versions
- D.
It works across Linux/Mac/Windows
- E.
It can be upgraded without downtime
- 21.Apple’s OS X is:(choose three)
- A.
Derived from Linux
- B.
Only compatible with Apple hardware
- C.
Able to natively run Windows binaries
- D.
Derived from FreeBSD
- E.
Certified as UNIX compatible
- F.
Primarily used to manage network services
- 22.Microsoft Windows:(choose three)
- A.
Has a short maintenance cycle
- B.
Comes in desktop and server variants
- C.
Has built in virtualization
- D.
Has a new desktop version every year.
- E.
Has a Linux compatibility mode
- F.
Has powerful scripting capabilities
- 23.Other commercial Unixes:(choose two)
- A.
Are almost obsolete
- B.
Are tied to their vendor’s hardware
- C.
Use completely different commands than Linux
- D.
Are UNIX certified
- E.
Do not run the GNU tools
- 24.When choosing a distribution of Linux, you should consider:(choose five)
- A.
Which management tools are provided by the distribution
- B.
Which distributions are supported by the software you need to run
- C.
Popularity on social media.
- D.
The maintenance cycle of the distribution
- E.
If you need support on the distribution itself
- F.
Whether or not the distribution is under active development
- 25.The difference between the GPL and LGPL licenses are:
- A.
LGPL allows you to distribute the software in binary-only form
- B.
LGPL is shorter than GPL
- C.
LGPL allows linking to non GPLed software
- D.
LGPL applies to web service
- E.
LGPL was made by the OSI while GPL was made by the FSF
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