Linux Term Questions

Introduction to Linux I Midterm Exam (Modules 1 – 14)
Answer
1. Question ID 370
Which command is used in order to view the manual page for a topic?
o help
o doc
o show
o man
2. Question ID 371
The basic form of a command line is:
o command [options…] [arguments…]

o command [arguments…] options
o command arguments options
o command [options…] arguments…
3. Question ID 376
A command can be:
(choose three)
o A block
o A function
o A program built-in to the shell
o An alias
o A configuration file
o A variable
4. Question ID 389
Which of the following man page sections will provide an example of

how a command is executed?
o The DESCRIPTION section

o The NAME section
o The FILES section
o The SYNOPSIS section
5. Question ID 395
The command man 5 passwd will:
o Display the first five lines of the man page for the passwd command.
o Not work; you can’t give a numeric argument to the man command.
o Print the first five man pages that refer to the term passwd.
o Display the man page of Section 5 for passwd.
6. Question ID 402
Which character(s) cannot be placed in variable names?
o Hyphen (“-“) character

o Numeric characters
o Underscore (“_”) character
o Upper-case alpha characters
o Lower-case alpha characters
7. Question ID 403
Shell variables are used to:
o Reboot the system

o Prevent users from logging in
o Hide passwords
o Hold critical system information
8. Question ID 404
Local variables are:
o Only available to the shell they are created in

o Passed into other shells and commands
o Are not a valid type of variable
o Not used by shells at all
9. Question ID 406
Environment variables cannot be declared by which command?
o export
o declare
o set
o typeset
10. Question ID 411
The /usr/local/bin directory contains:
o Essential administrative commands

o Nothing; it is not a valid directory
o The most fundamental commands that are essential for the operating system to
function
o Commands that have been compiled from local sources
11. Question ID 428
The key press combination that will request a running process

terminate:
o CTRL+c
o CTRL+d
o CTRL+z
o CTRL+p
12. Question ID 435
A popular program for monitoring running processes in real-time is:
o watcher
o mon
o ghost
o top
13. Question ID 437
To send a signal to a set of processes with the same name, you can run:
o killall
o sigkill
o allkill
o grpkill
14. Question ID 448
Which of the following commands will stop all processes owned by the
user bob?
(choose two)
o kill -u bob
o pkill -u bob
o kill -l
o killall -u bob
15. Question ID 464
The range defined inside of square brackets is based on the:
o ASCII text table

o Invalid question as ranges are not permitted
o ANSI text table
o Standard text table
16. Question ID 467
You can combine glob characters in a single pattern, for example:

a??*[0-9].
True or False?
o True
o False
17. Question ID 477
The ls command can list the contents of only one directory at a time.
True or False?
o True
o False
18. Question ID 479
To perform a “long listing” to show file details, use which of the

following commands:
o ls -L
o ls -D
o ll
o ls -l
19. Question ID 486
The mv command can be used to move more than one file at a time.
True or False?
o True
o False
20. Question ID 489
Which option(s) for the rm command can be used to delete directories

that contain files?
(choose two)
o -r
o -R
o -D
o -A
21. Question ID 496
Which character at the beginning of a long listing indicates a regular

file?
o c
o d
o l
o –
22. Question ID 512
To decompress the archive example.gz, use the following command:

o gunzip -x example.gz
o gunzip example.gz
o gzip -x example.gz
o gzip -u example.gz
23. Question ID 522
By default, tar will attempt to extract an archive…
o to the specified directory.

o into the working directory.
o into the user’s home directory.
o into the archive’s parent directory.
24. Question ID 525
Which of the following options puts the cpio command into copy-in
mode?
o -o
o -u
o -v
o -i
25. Question ID 530
The dd command can be used to create large files the can be used as
swap files.
True or False?
o True
o False
26. Question ID 532
Which of the following is not a valid argument for the dd command?
o if
o count
o in
o bs
o of
27. Question ID 537
Which of the following are advantages of using the locate command?
o It can search by file attribute types

o It pages the results
o Its results are always the most up to date
o It is quicker than the find command
28. Question ID 546
Many commands that read text files will also read from this stream:
o redirect
o stdin
o pipe
o input
29. Question ID 547
If you want to overwrite a file by redirecting the output of a command,

you can use:
o &
o }
o >
o |
30. Question ID 548
To redirect the errors that are output by a command, you can use:
o 2@
o 2&
o 2>
o @
31. Question ID 550
Which two symbols can effectively redirect stdin to a command?
(choose two)
o <
o >
o |
o !
32. Question ID 552
To send the normal and error output of a command to a single file, you
can use:
o 2>
o >
o 1>
o &>
33. Question ID 555
The head -n -1 readme.txt command will:
o Display all but the last line of readme.txt

o Number the lines of readme.txt
o Show the first character of every line of readme.txt
o Display the first line of readme.txt
34. Question ID 556
Why would you press CTRL+C when executing tail?
o To capture the output into a file

o To stop tail from following a file
o To complete the processing of a file
o To get tail to copy the text it is outputting
35. Question ID 557
Which command merges two files like related tables in a database?
o sql
o join
o query
o paste
36. Question ID 562
Which command will remove consecutive duplicate lines from a file?
o unique
o uniq
o dup
o dedup
37. Question ID 568
The _____ command provides many options for formatting a file for
printing.
o pr
o format
o header
o print
38. Question ID 570
Which regular expression character matches zero or more of the

previous character?
o .
o +
o *
o ?
39. Question ID 572
Which of the following regular expression characters is an extended

regular expression character?
o +
o .
o *
o $
40. Question ID 575
The regular expression a* is equivalent to:
o a{0,1}
o a{1,}
o a{1}
o a{0,}
41. Question ID 578
To use regular expression characters to match themselves, you cannot:
o Use the fgrep command

o Put the character in the square brackets
o Use the slash in front of the character
o Use the backslash in front of the character
42. Question ID 579
What is NOT a purpose of using parentheses around parts of a regular

expression?
o They can be used to change the order that the pattern is evaluating
o They can be used to refer back to what was matched
o They can be used to make alternation more efficient
o They can be used to group characters for repetition
43. Question ID 587
To navigate to the end of the line in vi command mode, you can press:
o ^
o *
o $
o #
44. Question ID 593
To search forward from your cursor in your vi document in command

mode, you can type __ followed by the pattern to search for.
o
o |
o /
o ?
45. Question ID 597
If you are in vi command mode and want to begin inserting text at the
end of the line, you can type:
o I
o o
o A
o O
46. Question ID 601
If you want to move a character to the right in vi command mode, you

can press the right arrow key or:
o j
o k
o h
o l
47. Question ID 602
If you want to move up a line in vi command mode, you can press the
up arrow key or:
o l
o k
o h
o j
48. Question ID 607
Which permission is necessary on a directory in order for a user to use

the cd command to change that directory?
o Execute
o None
o Write
o Read
49. Question ID 609
The setuid permission on a file:
o Causes the file to run under the user’s identity

o Causes the file to run under the owner’s identity
o Causes the file to never run as root
o Causes the file to always run as root
50. Question ID 629
The command, chmod 1777 /data will:
o Make the /data directory a setgid directory

o Make the /data directory a sticky bit directory
o Make the /data directory a setuid directory
o Remove all special permissions
51. Question ID 632

52. Question ID 754
Which are valid link types in Linux?
(choose two)
o Soft links
o Stable links
o Hard links
o Filesystem links
53. Question ID 763
Which is true about hard links?
o They can only be created by the root user

o They share inodes
o They are created with the ln -s command
o They can be made to directories
54. Question ID 772
Which value represents the inode number in the following output of the
ls -li command: 87589 -rw-r–r–. 2 root root 83 Mar 4 22:45 myhosts
o 87589
o 22:45
o 2
o 83
55. Question ID 774
The FHS sets which standard?
o Which services should be installed

o Which partitions should be created
o Which directories should be used to hold specific files
o Which filesystem types should be used
56. Question ID 868
The location of users’ default shells is stored in the ______ file.

o /etc/group
o /etc/gshadow
o /etc/passwd
o /etc/shadow
57. Question ID 869
Long command options are preceded by which two characters?
o **
o ||
o —
o &&
58. Question ID 870
Which two characters do you use to tell the command that you are
finished providing options and that the remaining data on the command
line is arguments?
o **
o —
o ||
o &&
59. Question ID 874
To see a list of commands that are available while viewing a man page,
you can type the __ character.
o h
o g
o c
o w
60. Question ID 877
System Administration man pages are typically located in section ___.
o 6
o 9
o 8
o 7
61. Question ID 893
What option to the kill command will list the signals for the system?
o -r
o -9
o -l
o -list
62. Question ID 894
Which glob character matches “exactly one character”?
o *
o .
o [
o ?
63. Question ID 895
Which glob character matches “zero or more characters”?
o .
o ?
o [
o *
64. Question ID 896
Which two characters match “a single character from a set of specified

characters”?
o []
o ??
o ..
o **
65. Question ID 904
Which option to the find command will search by user owner?
o -person
o -user
o -owner
o -uowner
66. Question ID 974
Which type of link can be made to directories, hard or soft?
o soft
o hard
67. Question ID 975
Which type of link is easier to visually “see”, hard or soft?
o hard
o soft
68. Question ID 976
Which type of link is indistinguishable by programs from regular files,

hard or soft?
o hard
o soft
69. Question ID 982
Which directory is used to store temporary files?
o /etc
o /tmp
o /temp
o /
70. Question ID 985
Which directory is used for the home directory of the root user?
o /home/root
o /
o /var
o /root
Introduction to Linux I Final Comprehensive Exam
(Modules 1 – 27)
1. Question ID 369
The _____ command displays information about the Linux kernel:
o kern
o uname
o real
o linux
2. Question ID 376
A command can be:
(choose three)
o A program built-in to the shell
o A variable
o A block
o A configuration file
o An alias
o A function
3. Question ID 377
Which of the following are valid command lines?
(choose two)
o ls -l /etc
o ls -/etc
o -l ls /etc
o ls /etc -l
4. Question ID 390
The [ ] characters around day in the example cal [-smjy13] [[[day] month] year]
means that day is:
o An option, not an argument
o Required
o An argument that must be “day” and nothing else
o Optional
5. Question ID 391
The syntax [-u|–utc|–universal] means:
o These are required options
o These three options are different
o These three options mean the same thing
o This is invalid syntax
6. Question ID 396
If you want to delete a variable, you can run:
o delete
o unset
o clear
o wipe
7. Question ID 404
Local variables are:
o Only available to the shell they are created in
o Passed into other shells and commands
o Are not a valid type of variable
o Not used by shells at all
8. Question ID 417
Which of the following is a valid way to add the /data directory to the existing PATH
variable?
o PATH=$PATH:/data
o PATH=/data
o $PATH=/data
o $PATH=$PATH:/data
9. Question ID 432
To view all processes on the system, you can execute:
o ps -f
o ps –all
o ps -e
o ps
10. Question ID 433
In order to run a command called “tough” in the background, you would type:
o tough@
o bg tough
o tough&
o start -b tough
11. Question ID 437
To send a signal to a set of processes with the same name, you can run:
o killall
o grpkill
o allkill
o sigkill
12. Question ID 456
Which of the following is not used for globbing?
o #
o *
o ?
o [
13. Question ID 462
The command echo ???a will display:
o Only a file named ???a
o All of the files in the current directory that have four characters in the file
name with the last character being an “a” character.
o All of the files in the current directory that have four characters in the file
name.
o All of the files in the current directory that end with an “a” character.
14. Question ID 463
Which of the following characters can be used to negate (indicate NOT matching the
following characters), when placed as the first of a set of characters enclosed in
square brackets [] ?
(choose two)
o ^
o ~
o ?
o !
15. Question ID 470
Which command performs globbing?
o The display command
o The bash command
o The ls command
o The echo command
16. Question ID 489
Which option(s) for the rm command can be used to delete directories that contain
files?
(choose two)
o -R
o -D
o -r
o -A
17. Question ID 497
Which character at the beginning of a long listing indicates a symbolic link?
o d
o l
o c
o –
18. Question ID 498
The names of hidden files begin with the ___ character.
o >
o +
o .
o *
19. Question ID 499
Which option to the ls command will sort the output by size instead of alphabetically?
o -s
o -S
o -r
o -t
20. Question ID 513
gzip and bzip are aliases for the same utility.
True or False?
o True
o False
21. Question ID 515
Which option to the bzip2 command can be used to report the compression ratio of an
archive?
o -R
o -v
o -l
o -c
22. Question ID 516
Which option to the bzip2 command can be used for recursive compression?
o bzip2 doesn’t support recursive compression
o -R
o -c
o -v
23. Question ID 530
The dd command can be used to create large files the can be used as swap files.
True or False?
o True
o False
24. Question ID 531
The dd command can be used to copy entire partitions.
True or False?
o True
o False
25. Question ID 545
This stream is the output of a command operating normally:
o stdout
o stdnorm
o stderr
o stdin
26. Question ID 549
Two or more commands combined with the “|” between them form a:
o convoy
o pipeline
o command line
o caravan
27. Question ID 551
If you want to append a file with the normal output of a command, you can use:
o 2>>
o >>
o >
o 1>
28. Question ID 552
To send the normal and error output of a command to a single file, you can use:
o &>
o 1>
o 2>
o >
29. Question ID 558
Which command will merge two files together line by line?
o join
o merge
o paste
o combo
30. Question ID 559
Which of the following is a non-interactive editor?
o ed
o sed
o vi
o nano
31. Question ID 566
If you want a file to be displayed with its lines numbered, you can use:
o fmt
o cut
o nl
o number
32. Question ID 567
To put the lines of a file in alphabetical order, you can run:
o paste
o sort
o cat
o uniq
33. Question ID 568
The _____ command provides many options for formatting a file for printing.
o format
o header
o print
o pr
34. Question ID 569
Which regular expression character matches any one character?
o +
o .
o ?
o *
35. Question ID 570
Which regular expression character matches zero or more of the previous character?
o *
o +
o .
o ?
36. Question ID 572
Which of the following regular expression characters is an extended regular
expression character?
o .
o *
o $
o +
37. Question ID 574
The regular expression a? is equivalent to:
o a{0,}
o a{0,1}
o a{1,}
o a{1}
38. Question ID 578
To use regular expression characters to match themselves, you cannot:
o Put the character in the square brackets
o Use the backslash in front of the character
o Use the slash in front of the character
o Use the fgrep command
39. Question ID 587
To navigate to the end of the line in vi command mode, you can press:
o ^
o #
o *
o $
40. Question ID 588
To move backward through a vi document, word by word, you press:
o r
o w
o b
o c
41. Question ID 592
To save and then quit, you can type in command mode:
o :q
o :wq
o :WQ
o :qw
42. Question ID 600
If you want to move a character to the left in vi command mode, you can press the left
arrow key or:
o j
o h
o k
o l
43. Question ID 602
If you want to move up a line in vi command mode, you can press the up arrow key
or:
o k
o l
o h
o j
44. Question ID 606
If a file has permissions that appear as rwxr-x—, what is the octal permission mode of
the file?
o 750
o 740
o 650
o 760
45. Question ID 608
The only user with the capability to change the owner of a file is root.
True or False?
o True
o False
46. Question ID 617
Assuming everyone has access to the directory the file is in, who can view the
contents of a file with permissions of rw-r—-x?
o Only the group owners
o Both the user owner and group owners
o Only the user owner
o Everyone
o Nobody
47. Question ID 619
To switch to another group, you must:
o Log off and log back in
o Log in as the staff user
o Be logged in graphically
o Be a member of the group that you are switching to
48. Question ID 630
49. Question ID 634
Which of the following are mount options used for disk quotes?
(choose two)
o userquota
o usrquota
o grpquota
o groupquota
50. Question ID 637
Which command produces a list of users of groups and their quota statistics?
o quotarpt
o repquota
o warnquota
o quota
51. Question ID 654
Which command will remount the /data filesystem using the option from the /etc/fstab
file?
o mount -o mount /data
o mount -o remount /dev/sda1 /data
o mount -o remount /data
52. Question ID 663
If a user has exceeded the block soft quota and the grace period has expired, what
happens?
o The soft limit becomes a hard limit until the user goes below the soft limit
again
o The user will lose data, as files will be deleted automatically by the kernel.
o The question is invalid because users cannot exceed block soft quota limits
o Nothing, the user can still continue to use files as normal
53. Question ID 665
Which directories are typically writable to all users?
(choose two)
o /tmp
o /home
o /var/tmp
o /
54. Question ID 671
To activate a swap space that has been initialized, you can execute:
o swapoff
o swapon
o swapcontrol
o swapctl
55. Question ID 683
Which of the following commands will allow you to backup a partition table to a file
and restore it at a later time?
o ddisk
o edisk
o sfdisk
o pdisk
56. Question ID 688
Which of the following commands will allow you to add a physical volume to an
existing volume group?
o vgcreate
o vgextend
o vgreduce
o vgadd
57. Question ID 697
If the command you used to unmount a partition fails, which commands can you use
to check what is keeping the partition busy?
(choose two)
o lsof
o chkdsk
o partchk
o fuser
58. Question ID 698
What commands can display a list of mounted file systems?
(choose two)
o lspt
o mount
o df
o fdisk
59. Question ID 699
The first field in the /etc/fstab file is used to specify:
o The mount options
o The dump level
o The filesystem type
o The device to mount
o The mount point
o The fsck order
60. Question ID 704
The sixth field in the /etc/fstab file is used to specify:
o The filesystem type
o The device to mount
o The mount point
o The fsck order
o The mount options
o The dump level
61. Question ID 710
Which of the following will mount an ISO file named cdrom.iso?
o mount -t cdrom cdrom.iso /mntb
o mount -t ufs cdrom.iso /mnt
o mount -o loopback cdrom.iso /mnt
o mount -o loop cdrom.iso /mnt
62. Question ID 729
Which option to the du command shows a summary of the space used in a directory
structure?
o -s
o -h
o -x
o -all
63. Question ID 730
What determines how many files can be stored in a filesystem?
o The number of bytes
o The Superblock size
o The number of inodes
o The number of data blocks
64. Question ID 732
Which of the following commands will display information about the Superblock?
(choose two)
o tune2fs
o init 0
o superblk -a
o dumpe2fs
65. Question ID 743
The fsck utility uses which file to determine a filesystem type?
o /etc/system
o /etc/fsck
o /etc/fstab
o /etc/fsck.config
66. Question ID 746
Which command will allow you to determine where the backup superblock is for a
filesystem?
o dumpe2fs
o e2fsck
o fsck
o superblk
67. Question ID 755
The output of the ls -l command includes “/etc/grub.conf -> ../boot/grub/grub.conf”.
Based on this information, which is the soft link file?
o ../boot/grub/grub.conf
o /etc/grub.conf
o Neither
o Both
68. Question ID 766
If you have 5 hard linked files and you delete four of them including the original one,
then:
o You lose the data from the file
o The file still exists, but the data in the file is deleted
o The hard link count goes to 0
o The data is still available from the remaining file
69. Question ID 781
What directory is used as a temporary mount point?
o /mnt
o /tmpmnt
o /etc
o /xbin
70. Question ID 792
Which command needs to be executed after modifying the LILO configuration file?
o reload
o redo
o modconfig
o lilo
71. Question ID 796
In GRUB Legacy, which directive is not typically used after a title directive?
(choose one)
o initrd
o boot
o kernel
o root
72. Question ID 816
The third stage of the boot process is:
o The kernel phase
o The init phase
o The firmware (BIOS/UEFI) stage
o The Bootloader (LILO/GRUB) stage
73. Question ID 818
The bootloader (GRUB/LILO) loads which of the following components into
memory?
(choose two)
o The root filesystem
o The ramdisk
o The init process
o The kernel
74. Question ID 825
Which runlevel number defines multi-user with no networking services?
o 3
o 0
o 1
o 5
o 2
o 6
o 4
75. Question ID 834
Which of the following commands can be used to reboot the system?
(choose two)
o shutdown
o reboot
o halt
o shutdown -r
76. Question ID 836
What two differences are there between querying an installed RPM and an RPM
package file with the rpm command?
(choose two)
o You must use the full filename when querying the package.
o You must use the full filename when querying the installed RPM.
o To query the package file, you have to add the -p option.
o To query the installed RPM, you have to add the -i option.
77. Question ID 837
If you use the -f option when performing an rpm query:
o The command will output a list of the files in the packages.
o The command will display the full filename of the original package.
o The command output will wrap at half screen width.
o The command will show the package that owns a file.
78. Question ID 839
If you you have a RPM package file named, figlet-1.1-0.3.i686.rpm, which rpm
commands will install it?
(choose two)
o rpm -F figlet-1.1-0.3.i686.rpm
o rpm -U figlet-1.1-0.3.i686.rpm
o rpm -i figlet-1.1-0.3.i686.rpm
o rpm -e figlet-1.1-0.3.i686.rpm
79. Question ID 840
The rpm2cpio command can be used to:
(choose two)
o Extract files from a “.rpm” file
o List the content of a “.rpm” file
o Build a binary “.rpm” file from a source “.src.rpm” file
o Create a new “.rpm” file
80. Question ID 842
Which two directories are automatically searched for shared libraries?
(choose two)
o /usr/lib
o /lib
o /library
o /usr/library
81. Question ID 843
Which command will remove all files that belong to a Debian package?
o apt-get uninstall
o apt-get purge
o apt-get remove
o apt-get erase
82. Question ID 845
Which command will update the list of available packages for APT?
o apt-get upgrade
o apt-get update
o apt-cache update
o apt-cache upgrade
83. Question ID 851
How can you determine the Debian package that owns a file?
o dpkg -S
o dpkg -f
o dpkg -o
o dpkg -i
84. Question ID 856
Which command may be used to get a list of the installed Debian packages?
o apt-get list
o dpkg -L
o apt-get show
o dpkg -l
85. Question ID 860
Which two commands will show detailed information about a Debian package?
(choose two)
o apt-cache show
o dpkg -s
o apt-cache info
o dpkg -i
86. Question ID 862
Which command is used to display the shared libraries of a dynamically linked
executable?
o ldd
o ldlist
o ldconfig
o ld.so
87. Question ID 864
Which command will check the integrity of an RPM file?
o rpm -qKp
o rpm -qCp
o rpm -qcp
o rpm -qkp
88. Question ID 870
Which two characters do you use to tell the command that you are finished providing
options and that the remaining data on the command line is arguments?
o **
o &&
o —
o ||
89. Question ID 872
The _____ option to the uname command will display the kernel name.
o -s
o -x
o -n
o -k
90. Question ID 876
Special file man pages are typically located in section ____.
o 4
o 2
o 3
o 1
91. Question ID 877
System Administration man pages are typically located in section ___.
o 8
o 6
o 7
o 9
92. Question ID 878
Shell command man pages are typically located in section ___.
o 4
o 1
o 3
o 2
93. Question ID 879
An absolute path always starts with which character?
o
o ~
o /
o .
94. Question ID 884
Which file can you place in your home directory to be executed when you log off the
system?
o ~/.bashrc
o /etc/bashrc
o ~/.bash_profile
o ~/.bash_logout
95. Question ID 886
The _____ command will list the commands that are running in your terminal.
o ls
o ps
o proc
o list
96. Question ID 890
To set a priority value lower than 0, you must log in as which user?
o The root user
o Any user account
o No user can specify a priority lower than 0
o The adm user
97. Question ID 894
Which glob character matches “exactly one character”?
o [
o *
o ?
o .
98. Question ID 898
By default, using the touch command on an existing file will update the file’s _____.
o Type
o Permissions
o Timestamp
o Ownership
99. Question ID 907
Which option to the find command will execute a command on each matching file
without prompting the user?
o -ok
o -print
o -ls
o -exec
100. Question ID 909
Which option to the find command will search by name using a case-insensitive
match?
o -inum
o -insen
o -iname
o -i
Which of the following commands will take the standard output of the ls and put it
into the /tmp/output.txt file:
o ls | /tmp/output.txt
o ls 2 | /tmp/output
o ls 2> /tmp/output.txt
o ls > /tmp/output.txt
The ____ option can be used with the edquota command to copy the quota limits from
one user account to another.
o -u
o -c
o -p
o -d
A system that contains Linux as well as a Microsoft Windows operating system is
called a:
o Multi environment system
o This sort of system cannot exist
o Dual boot system
o A file base system
In what directory are you most likely to find user’s home directories?
o /home
o /usr/third
o /var/lib
o /usr/local
Virtual memory is also referred to as:
o Swap memory
o Test memory
o Hard memory
o Soft memory
Which directory structure has directories which may have heavy activity for services
like mail, ftp, httpd and printing?
o /var
o /rootfs
o /root
o /home
After running fdisk -cu /dev/sdb, what fdisk command will allow you to save changes
and quit?
o q
o w
o f
o g
Which command is used to create a logical volume?
o lvadd
o createlv
o create
o lvcreate
Which option to the tune2fs command will change the space reserved for system use?
o -M
o -r
o -R
o -m
Which option to the du command will allow you to specify a subdirectory to not
include in the results?
o –exclude
o –noinclude
o -e
o -x
Which option to the fsck command forces a system check?
o -f
o -FF
o -F
o -ff
Which option to the fsck command will allow you to specify the filesystem type?
o -T
o -f
o -F
o -t
Which option to the e2fsck command allows you to specify an alternative superblock?
o -a
o -d
o -b
o -c
Which type of link can be made to a file on another filesystem, hard or soft?
o hard
o soft
Which type of link can be made to directories, hard or soft?
o hard
o soft
When viewing a file with the ls -l command, which character represents a file type of
soft link?
o –
o l
o d
o f
Which directory is used to store the kernel?
o /kernel
o /
o /etc
o /boot
Which directory is used to store temporary files?
o /etc
o /temp
o /
o /tmp
What is the full path to the LILO configuration file?
o /boot/lilo.conf
o /etc/lilo.conf
o /var/lilo
o /etc/lilo
To use an encrypted password in the GRUB Legacy configuration file, use the _____
option to the password directive.
o –crypt
o –secure
o –encrypt
o –md5
The primary configuration file for the GRUB 2 on a Fedora system is _____.
o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
o /boot/grub2.cfg
o /boot/grub/grub2.cfg
The first process that the kernel launches is called the _____ process.
o init
o startx
o kernel
o sys
The program that first starts the boot process is called the _____.
o boot
o bootloader
o start
o exec
Which of the following are benefits of a shared library:
(choose two)
o Programs can be smaller
o Programs run faster
o Programs use a more consistent base of code
o Programs run slower
Which of the following contents is in the ldconfig configuration file by default?
o include /etc/ldconfig
o include ldconfig
o include all
o include ld.so.conf.d/*.conf
Which of the following commands would display the libraries used by the /bin/ls
command?
o ldd /bin/ls
o ls -lib /bin/ls
o ldconfig /bin/ls
o listlib /bin/ls
The same set of services are started or stopped at different runlevels.
True or False?
o True
o False
Which is the default runlevel for Debian based Linux systems?
o 3
o 2
o 5
o 4
Which of the following is not a Linux boot system?
o bootup
o init
o upstart
o systemd
Which file is overwritten at the end of each boot process with the messages that were
generated while booting?
o /var/log/dmesg
o /var/log/dmsg
o /var/msg/dmesg
o /var/tmp/dmesg
Which command is used to view the summary of the RAM and swap space?
o lsmem
o du
o iostat
o free
Coldplug devices are devices that are connected when the power is off.
True or False?
o True
o False
Which of the following commands is used to view the network interface controller
connected on the PCI bus?
o lspci
o lsmod
o lsusb
o lsnet
HALD is the abbreviation for:
o Hardware Attribute Layer Daemon
o Hardware Availability Layer Daemon
o Hardware Abstraction Layer Driver
o Hardware Abstraction Layer Daemon
What is the notification mechanism used to inform programs about a change in state
of hardware devices?
o HALD uses dbus to send notifications
o Programs query HALD directly
o DBUS forwards queries from programs to HALD
o DBUS sends notifications to HALD

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Introduction to Linux I Midterm Exam (Modules 1 – 14)

The basic form of a command line is:

o command [options…] [arguments…]

A command can be:

Which of the following man page sections will provide an example of

o The DESCRIPTION section

The command man 5 passwd will:

Which character(s) cannot be placed in variable names?

o Hyphen (“-“) character

Shell variables are used to:

o Reboot the system

Local variables are:

o Only available to the shell they are created in

Environment variables cannot be declared by which command?

The /usr/local/bin directory contains:

o Essential administrative commands

The key press combination that will request a running process

A popular program for monitoring running processes in real-time is:

The range defined inside of square brackets is based on the:

o ASCII text table

You can combine glob characters in a single pattern, for example:

To perform a “long listing” to show file details, use which of the

Which option(s) for the rm command can be used to delete directories

Which character at the beginning of a long listing indicates a regular

To decompress the archive example.gz, use the following command:

By default, tar will attempt to extract an archive…

o to the specified directory.

Which of the following is not a valid argument for the dd command?

Which of the following are advantages of using the locate command?

o It can search by file attribute types

If you want to overwrite a file by redirecting the output of a command,

Which two symbols can effectively redirect stdin to a command?

The head -n -1 readme.txt command will:

o Display all but the last line of readme.txt

Why would you press CTRL+C when executing tail?

o To capture the output into a file

Which command merges two files like related tables in a database?

Which command will remove consecutive duplicate lines from a file?

Which regular expression character matches zero or more of the

Which of the following regular expression characters is an extended

The regular expression a* is equivalent to:

To use regular expression characters to match themselves, you cannot:

o Use the fgrep command

What is NOT a purpose of using parentheses around parts of a regular

To search forward from your cursor in your vi document in command

If you want to move a character to the right in vi command mode, you

Which permission is necessary on a directory in order for a user to use

The setuid permission on a file:

o Causes the file to run under the user’s identity

The command, chmod 1777 /data will:

o Make the /data directory a setgid directory

The command, chmod 2777 /data will:

o Remove all special permissions

Which are valid link types in Linux?

Which is true about hard links?

o They can only be created by the root user

The FHS sets which standard?

o Which services should be installed

The location of users’ default shells is stored in the ______ file.

Long command options are preceded by which two characters?

System Administration man pages are typically located in section ___.

Which glob character matches “zero or more characters”?

Which two characters match “a single character from a set of specified

Which option to the find command will search by user owner?