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90 Questions | By Cmdpike | Updated: Mar 21, 2022 | Attempts: 572

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1.

Which of the following is a text-mode command that is helpful in identifying CPU information?
- A.
  
  Cat /proc/cpuinfo
- B.
  
  Lscpu
- C.
  
  Lspci
- D.
  
  Cfdis
- E.
  
  Uname -a
2.

What program can you use to manually bring up a network interface in Linux?
- A.
  
  Iwlist
- B.
  
  Route
- C.
  
  Telnet
- D.
  
  Ifconfig
- E.
  
  Traceroute
3.
In what file are you likely to find the following lines?
- domain google.com
- nameserver 8.8.8.8
- nameserver 10.10.10.1
- A.
  
  /etc/resolv.conf
- B.
  
  /etc/fstab
- C.
  
  /etc/hosts
- D.
  
  /etc/services
- E.
  
  /etc/group
4.

What type of information can netstat provide? (choose all that apply.)
- A.
  
  Network interface information
- B.
  
  Routing table data
- C.
  
  A list of open ports
- D.
  
  Round-trip network travel time
- E.
  
  The identities of broken routers
5.

You can configure your power supply by accessing the /dev/power device file.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
6.

Partitioning a disk can enable you to install multiple OSs on one computer.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
7.

The _____ filesystem is very old but is supported by almost every OS, making it a good choice for interoperability. (one word)
8.

The main filesystem in Linux is referred to as the _____ and is represented with the / symbol.
9.

Your network’s hardware interface is called eth0. You want to bring up this interface via DHCP, so you type dhclient eth0 as root.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
10.

You want to test connectivity to google.com by sending 11 packets to see how many return. To do this, you can type __________ google.com
11.

What symbol do you place after a command to run the program in the background?
- A.
  
  &
- B.
  
  +
- C.
  
  >
- D.
  
  |
- E.
  
  #
12.

To allow the man pages to be viewed a page at a time, which pager program is used for displaying man pages?
- A.
  
  Apropos
- B.
  
  Grep
- C.
  
  Locate
- D.
  
  Whatis
- E.
  
  Less
13.

How many man page sections are there total?
- A.
  
  5
- B.
  
  6
- C.
  
  7
- D.
  
  8
- E.
  
  9
14.

To run a GUI program in Linux, you must launch it from a desktop environment’s menus.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
15.

Pressing the up arrow key in Bash reveals commands you’ve recently typed.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
16.

To view all your recent commands in the command history, type in the command __________.
17.

Which of the following basic commands will change the directory or take the user back to /home?
- A.
  
  Rm
- B.
  
  Cp
- C.
  
  Cd
- D.
  
  Head
- E.
  
  Tail
18.

Which basic command will create a symbolic link (shortcut) to a file?
- A.
  
  Cp
- B.
  
  Touch
- C.
  
  Echo
- D.
  
  Ln
- E.
  
  Cat
19.

The tail basic command will output the last _____ lines of a file.
- A.
  
  5
- B.
  
  10
- C.
  
  15
- D.
  
  20
- E.
  
  25
20.

It is possible to see a list of all the directory paths in your Linux operating system by typing echo $PATH.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
21.

Which key would you press if you wanted to do a command completion of a longer filename or command?
- A.
  
  Tab
- B.
  
  Spacebar
- C.
  
  Enter
- D.
  
  Shift
- E.
  
  Ctrl
22.

Which of the following commands displays the name of the directory in which you're working?
- A.
  
  Wc
- B.
  
  Cat
- C.
  
  Echo
- D.
  
  Cd
- E.
  
  Pwd
23.

You type touch afile.txt in a directory that contains no files. What will be the effect?
- A.
  
  The afile.txt file from your home directory will be copied to the current directory.
- B.
  
  The afile.txt file in your home directory will have its time stamps updated.
- C.
  
  Nothing; the command will return without doing anything.
- D.
  
  A new empty file called afile.txt will be created in the current directory.
- E.
  
  The touch command will return a file not found error.
24.

You want to copy the contents of the ~/important directory, including all its subdirectories, to /media/usb. What command can you type to accomplish this goal?
- A.
  
  Cp ~/important /media/usb
- B.
  
  Cp -R ~/important /media/usb
- C.
  
  Cp -u ~/important /media/usb
- D.
  
  Cp -i ~/important /media/usb
- E.
  
  Cp -f ~/important /media/usb
25.

You want to create a directory called ~/Documents/papers, but you’re not sure that the ~/Documents directory exists. What command can you type to create the desired directory and its parent directory if it doesn’t already exist?
- A.
  
  Mkdir -a ~/Documents/papers
- B.
  
  Mkdir --recursive ~/Documents/papers
- C.
  
  Mkdir -R ~/Documents/papers
- D.
  
  Mkdir -r ~/Documents/papers
- E.
  
  Mkdir -p ~/Documents/papers