1

Send a packet to all computers on the same part of the network network address

network mask

broadcast address

gateway address

Which option for rpm is used to display detailed messages on the screen? -d

-n

-v

-x

Subdirectory through which a set of data is accessed. compiler

interpreter

IDE

RAD

An IP address is represented as a series of four numbers each from_____. 0 to 10

0 to 100

0 to 255

1 to 500

Comp TIA offers a ______ certification program Linux Certified Administrator

Linux+

LPIC1

Certified Linux Engineer program

How are processes started? by the kernel

from a command line

from a graphical desktop

All of the above

2

How can you locate a previously used command from the history list? Use the beginning of a command

Use the history number

Search the history list

All of the above

How do you copy text into x’s internal clipboard? click and drag to select text

double-click text

select and press F4

select and press Ctrl+c

Watch for an “entering setup" message in the first few seconds after turning on your computer. This message varies greatly from computer to computer and also includes the key or keys you need to press to enter BIOS. press F1 key during startup

press Ctrl+F key during startup

hold both mouse buttons during startup

it depends on the system, there is no standard

How is the top command normally started? Top

top -f

top -o ps

top z

How would you execute a script named testscript from the command line? testscript

run testscript

./testscript

exec testscript

How would you refer to the first Ethernet card on a Linux system? /dev/eth0

/etc/eth1

/net/eth0

/dev/eth

3

In VI, the __ command is used to move forward one screen. for

fff

Ctrl+F

>

In vi, anytime you place the cursor on a parenthesis, bracket, or curly brace, (opening or closing), you can press____to jump to the matching item. {

%

[

)

On Linux you must press____to see ping statistics Ctrl+c

Ctrl+s

Ctrl+x

Ctrl+z

OpenOffice.org began as _ , an application suite developed by a German

company RedHatOffice

StarOffice

Officesuite

DirectOffice

Programming tools are collected in a(n) ____. Integrated Development Environment

Rapid Application Development Environment

Toolkit

Shell Script

Which of the following scripts is executed first? /etc/profile

.profile

/etc/bashrc

.bashrc

4

Tabs and spaces included in a program are called ____. punctuation

white space

comments

ignored words

The Linux kernel, system utilities, installation programs and personal productivity application, all make up an ______. release

version

distribution

operating system

The __ command shows you the entire path and file name for anything

containing the text string you indicate. touch

find

slocate

dlocate

The ____is the number of routers that a ping packet can pass through before being discarded. hop count

router number

sequence number

time to live

The ___option causes wget to pause for a random amount of time

between 0 and about 2 seconds between each page so that a statistical

analysis of a server’s web page logs won’t indicate that someone is using

a program like wget to mirror the site. -r

--random-wait

-wait

-w

5

The __ symbol is used to refer to the root directory. .

..

/

\

The _____utility is useful for situation where you have a collection of files such as software development files or documentation that you want to keep updated on two or more systems. mirror

update

sync

rsync

Which option field setting for the mount command permits programs stored on the file system to be executed? HOME

BIN

PATH

EXE

In the Network Configuration window of system-config-network, you can use the New button while viewing the ____ tab to help you locate and configure the correct kernel module for any networking hardware you have added since you installed Linux kernel

binary code

hardware

source code

The ____ command causes the shell to pause for a user to enter

information at the keyboard. next

readLine

get

read

6

You can use the __ command to start a program with an environment

variable setting that is not part of your current environment. export

set

use

env

List of recently entered commands showhistory

list

listhist

history

In the LILO configuration file, the ____ setting specifies how long LILO waits until it starts an operating system.

The ____ command takes a parameter that indicates how long to wait before shutting down the system and a parameter to indicate whether the system should be restarted or halted. delay

shutdown

stop

quit

A while loop uses the same tests as a(n) _________________________ statement. if-then-else

if-then

case

switch

The kernel is normally a file named ____. linux

vlinux

vmlinuz

ker

7

Contains all user accounts on the system /etc/passwd

/etc/users

/etc/group

/etc/shadow

The output of the dill command is used by many programming

commands to automatically make changes to source code files using the

__ command. change

update

patch

uniq

The simplest utilrty for viewing file content is the __ command, which

displays the contents of a file to the screen. file

less

more

cat

The root user always has an ID of 0 Root UID

Which run level is used for system maintenance, does not require logging in with a user name and password and does not provide networking capabilities? 1 Run Level

Using the nice command without any options gives the process a nice level of: 10

20

8

To create a symbolic link, use the_____ ln command

ln command with the -s option

link command

symlink command

In Linux the operations of moving and renaming a file are combined in

one command, the ____________ command. ls

cp

mv

rm

To search in VI, the ____ is followed by the search text. !

/ Search in vi

#

^

To view the files in a directory, you must have______permission for that directory read

write

execute

view

Boot Manager - A program that lets you start one or more operating systems each time you start a computer. (Examples include GRUB and LILO.) GRUB and LILO

GRUB and Live Linux

USB and LILO

DHCP and IP

What command marks the end of an if-then statement? end

end if

fi

then

9

What is the IP address of the local network interface, also called the loopback interface? 0.0.0.1

127.0.0.0

127.0.0.1

255.255.255.255

What information is needed to establish a telnet session? remote host

port number

user name and password

All of the above

What is the name for the SSH client utility? ssh

sshd

sshclient

sshlogin

What is the oldest routing protocol still in common use? OSPF

ARP

RIP

DNS

What is the pipe symbol? | Pipe

Within ispell, the ________ command means ignore this and all future occuences of the word in the document.

<

What symbol does the output of the diff command use to indicate that

the line is found in file 2 but not file 1.

> Output

<>

10

What matches the regular expression [Rr]eunion[01][0-9]? reunion0

Reunion01

Rreunion01

union01

What must the first line of a shell script contain? name of the programmer

name of the shell

date the program was compiled

first statement of the script

When one directory contains another directory, that relationship is

expressed by calling the first a __ and the second a subdirectory. path directory

parent directory

superdirectory

root directory

When used in a loop, the ____ command causes the script to perform the

next iteration of the loop immediately. next

skip

loop

continue

When using anonymous FTP, what should be used as your password? guest

anonymous

your email address

password

When you use a(n) ____ symbol at the beginning of a variable name, the

shell retrieves the value of that variable. :

#

&

$

11

Which command adds the write permission for other users to the file report.doc? chmod g+w report.doc

chmod g=rw report.doc

chmod o+w report.doc

chmod 0=w report.doc

Which boot loader is the default on most Linux systems? MBR

GRUB

LILO

Linux

Which command is used to search the contents of a file? Grep

find

locate

slocate

Which command is used to start the Ethernet interface? ipconfig start eth0

start interface eth0

ipup eth0

./ifup eth0

Which command sorts the file report.doc? sort report.doc

sortfile report.doc

grep report.doc

diff report.doc

Which command temporarily changes you access rights to those of another user? switch

use

user

su

12

The members of each defined group are listed in the_____file. /etc/passwd

/etc/password

/etc/group

/etc/shadow

Which flag for the tail command is often used to view log files? -a

-f

-l

-z

Which information is provided by the wc command? number of words

number of lines, words and characters

number of words, paragraphs, and pages

number of words and lines

Which keyboard shortcut is the emergency exit from the X window screen? Alt+Tab

Ctrl+d

Ctrl+Alt+Backspace

Ctrl+Alt+Delete

Which of the following are currently the most widely used compression utilities in Linux? zip and unzip

compress and uncompress

bzip2 and bunzip2

gzip and gunzip

13

As a simple example of the power of regular expressions, a single regular expression can describe each of the patterns in the following sentences: File names with the digits “18” followed by any other digits

Lines containing the word “President” or “president”

File names that end with TIFF,TIF,Tif,Tiff, tif, or tiff

All of the above

Which of the following commands uses command line expansion? echo Your file was processed on ‘date +%m/%d/%y’

echo Your file has been processed

echo \;

cp file /tmp

Which of the following is a standard Linux shell prompt? [nwells@inverness nwells]$

<nwells@inverness>#

[prompt]$

>

Which of the following is equivalent to :wq in VI? ZZ

:w!

:q!

:s

Which of the following is more secure telnet

SSH

rsh

rlogin

Which of the following scripts is executed first? /etc/profile

.profile

/etc/bashrc

.bashrc

14

Which of the following types of user account is able to perform any operation on a Linux system.? Root

regular

special

system

Which option for wget turns on recursive downloads? -a

-c

-r

-z

Which protocol is used to map IP addresses to MAC addresses? MACIP

DNS

DHCP

ARP

Which regular expression means “execute a, b, and c”? $abc

[^abc]

[abc]

{abc}

Which subdirectory holds executable programs, typically including

system utilities? /dev

/bin

/sbin

/var

Which vi command is used to begin inserting text at the end of the

current line? a

A

i

I

15

Which VI command means go to the end of the file? Shift+G

Shift+End

Shift+E

:end

Which vi command moves the cursor one line up? h

j

k

l

Who founded the free software foundation? Dennis Ritchie

Ken Thompson

Richard Stallman

Linus Torvalds

Who founded Linux? Dennis Ritchie

Ken Thompson

Richard Stallman

Linus Torvalds

Refers to the entire line being processed in awk $0

$1

#0

#1

You can access online manual pages for most Unux commands by using

the_ command help

show

?

man

16

You can change the user and group assigned to a file or directory by using the_____command. chuser

chown

modown

own

The ____ option for the useradd command specifies the number of days after the password expires until the account is disabled. -d

-f

-n

Which option for rpm is used to display detailed messages on the screen? -v

You can use the __ Key combination to suspend a job that the shell is busy

running. Alt+S

Ctrl+A

Ctrl+z

Shift+C

__ permissions apply to all users on the Linux system who are not the

owner of the file or directory in question and are not members of the

group assigned to the file or directory. User

Other

Group

Standard

____ is the process of converting a domain name to an IP address, or vice versa. Unmapping

Hashing

Resolving

Mapping