Set of flashcards LINUX EXAM

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If you wanted to create and print an invoice, which software could you use?

GNOME

Compiz

Firefox

LibreOffice

Evolution

GNOME

Compiz

Firefox

LibreOffice

Evolution

A server is likely to be running in graphical mode.

True or False?

True

False

True

False

Select all the applications that provide access to the Command Line Interface (CLI)?

(choose two)

Virtual Terminal

firefox

opera

Terminal window

Virtual Terminal

firefox

opera

Terminal window

Which environment variable contains a list of directories that is searched for commands to execute?

PATH

EXEC

PS1

PS2

PATH

EXEC

PS1

PS2

Select the command that can report the location of a command:

where

what

which

where

what

which

A pair of single quotes ( ‘ ) will prevent the shell from interpreting any metacharacter.

True or False?

True

False

True

False

The /tmp directory is a temporary directory and will not exist on a system at all times.

True or False?

True

False

True

False

The /var directory has files that change over time.

True or False?

True

False

True

False

The “sticky bit” permission…

…prevents others from removing files they don’t own from a common directory.

…changes the group ownership of existing files in a directory.

…prevents others from overwriting files they don’t own in common directories.

…sets the group ownership of any new file created in a directory.

…prevents others from removing files they don’t own from a common directory.

…changes the group ownership of existing files in a directory.

…prevents others from overwriting files they don’t own in common directories.

…sets the group ownership of any new file created in a directory.

Which of the following commands will set the “sticky bit” on /shared ?

chmod 4777 /shared

chmod 2777 /shared

chmod 7777 /shared

chmod 1777 /shared

chmod 4777 /shared

chmod 2777 /shared

chmod 7777 /shared

chmod 1777 /shared

The “setuid” permission…

…allows a command to be run as the file owner.

…allows files in a directory to be manipulated as by the directory owner.

…prevents the owner of a file from being changed.

…reports the output of a script to the owner.

…allows a command to be run as the file owner.

…allows files in a directory to be manipulated as by the directory owner.

…prevents the owner of a file from being changed.

…reports the output of a script to the owner.

One of the jobs of the kernel is to:

Manage the system’s resources

Turn source code into machine code

Load the operating system after the computer is turned on

Transfer mail from one machine to another

Keyboard commands:

= turn,

= for-/backward,

= scroll

Manage the system’s resources

Turn source code into machine code

Load the operating system after the computer is turned on

Transfer mail from one machine to another

Source code refers to:

The version of a program that the computer runs on the CPU

The license that dictates how you may use and share the software

The interface that software uses to talk to the kernel

A human readable version of computer software

Keyboard commands:

= turn,

= for-/backward,

= scroll

The version of a program that the computer runs on the CPU

The license that dictates how you may use and share the software

The interface that software uses to talk to the kernel

A human readable version of computer software

What is the standard option to provide a command line program to view its documentation?

–info

–doc

–help

-h

Keyboard commands:

= turn,

= for-/backward,

= scroll

–info

–doc

–help

-h

The command man -k is the same as the command apropos.

True or False?

True

False

Keyboard commands:

= turn,

= for-/backward,

= scroll

True

False

The whatis command is the same as man -w.

True

False

Keyboard commands:

= turn,

= for-/backward,

= scroll

True

False

The directory where additional documentation for software packages most likely can be found is:

/var/lib/doc

/usr/software/doc

/usr/share/doc

/var/share/doc

Keyboard commands:

= turn,

= for-/backward,

= scroll

/var/lib/doc

/usr/software/doc

/usr/share/doc

/var/share/doc

Hidden files are files that begin with what character?

A plus (+)

A dash (-)

A period (.)

An asterisk (*)

Keyboard commands:

= turn,

= for-/backward,

= scroll

A plus (+)

A dash (-)

A period (.)

An asterisk (*)

The top-level directory on a Linux system is represented as:

/

/root

/home

C:

Keyboard commands:

= turn,

= for-/backward,

= scroll

/

/root

/home

C:

Is the following path absolute or relative?

/etc/ppp

Relative

Absolute

Relative

Absolute

Is the following path absolute or relative?

sysadmin/Documents

Relative

Absolute

Relative

Absolute

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