Deck 1: Linux Command Line and System Administration

Question 1

What command is used to count the total number of lines, words, and characters contained in a file?

A)countw
B)wcount
C)wc
D)count p

Answer 1

wc

Question 2

What command is used to remove files?

A)dm
B)rm
C)delete
D)erase

Answer 2

rm

Question 3

What command is used to remove the directory?

A)rdir
B)remove
C)rd
D)rmdir

Answer 3

rmdir

Question 4

What command is used with vi editor to delete a single character?

A)x
B)y
C)a
D)z

Question 5

What hardware architectures are not supported by Red Hat?

A)SPARC
B)IBM-compatible
C)Alpha
D)Macintosh

Question 6

How can you add Amit, a new user, to your system?

A)Using useradd
B)Using adduser
C)Using linuxconf
D)All of the above

Question 7

How could you install the file ipchains-1.3.9-5.i386.rpm?

A)rpm -qip ipchains
B)rpm -Uvh ipchains
C)rpm -i ipchains* .i386.rpm
D)rpm -e ipchains-1.3.9-5.i386.rpm

Question 8

What does FSF stand for?

A)Free Software File
B)File Server First
C)First Serve First
D)Free Software Foundation

Question 9

What command do you use to create Linux file systems?

A)fdisk
B)mkfs
C)fsck
D)mount

Question 10

Which of the following command can you execute to count the number of lines in a file?

A)lc
B)wc - l
C)cl
D)count

Question 11

Which of the following is not a communication command?

A)grep
B)mail
C)mesg
D)write

Question 12

What command is used to display the characteristics of a process?

A)au
B)ps
C)du
D)pid

Question 13

What command is used to list only the files chap0l, chap02 and chap04?

A)ls chap*
B)ls chap[124]
C)ls - x chap0[124]
D)ls chap0[124]

Question 14

What command is used with vi editor to replace text from cursor to right

A)S
B)s
C)R
D)r

Question 15

What command is used to sort the lines of data in a file in alphabetical order?

A)sort - r
B)st
C)sh
D)sort

Question 16

What command is used with vi editor to save file and remain in the editing mode?

A)x
B)q!
C):w
D):q

Question 17

What command is used with vi editor to move back to the beginning of a word?

A)w
B)e
C)a
D)b

Question 18

What command is used with vi editor to search a pattern in the forward direction?

A) (??)
B) (/ /)
C)( ?)
D)( /)

Question 19

What command is used to add printing jobs to the queue?

A)Lpd
B)Lpr
C)Lpq
D)Lpc

Question 20

What protocol(s) is(are) allowed a user to retrieve her / his mail from the mail server to her / his mail reader?

A)POP3
B)FTP
C)MAP
D)All of the above

Question 21

What project is currently developing X server support?

A)XFree86 Project, Inc.
B)RHAD Labs
C)GNOME Project
D)All of the above

Question 22

What X-based tool is available for configuring the X Window system?

A)XConfigurator
B)XF86Setup
C)xf86config
D)All of the above

Question 23

Which of the following server is used with the BIND package?

A)httpd
B)shttp
C)dns
D)named

Question 24

What port does squid listen, by default?

A)4322
B)2314
C)7334
D)3128

Question 25

Which of the following is the main Apache configuration file?

A) / etc / apache.conf
B) / etc / httpd / config.ini
C) / etc / httpd / conf / httpd.conf
D) / etc / srm.conf

Question 26

Which of the following command is used to access an SMB share on a Linux system?

A)NFS
B)SMD
C)smbclient
D)smbserver

Question 27

Which of the following command is used to see the services running in NFS server?

A)rpcinfo
B)serverinfo
C)NFSinfo
D)infserv

Question 28

In which tcp_wrappers file can you specify to allow all connections from all hosts?

A) / etc / hosts.allow
B) / etc / hosts.deny
C) / etc / hosts
D) / etc / tcp.conf

Question 29

What does GNU stand for?

A)GNU's not Unix
B)Greek Needed Unix
C)General Unix
D)General Noble Unix

Question 30

What command is used to remove jobs from the print queue?

A)lpq
B)lpr
C)lprm
D)lpc

Question 31

How can you navigate around virtual consoles?

A)Alt+Function Key
B)Ctrl+Function Key
C)Ctrl+Alt+Del
D)Alt+a+w+Function Key

Question 32

Which of the following NIS clients, finds and stores information about an NIS domain and server?

A)ypwhich
B)ypbind
C)ypcat
D)yppoll

Question 33

RPM

A)stands for Red Hat Package Manager
B)is used to install, uninstall, and manage packages
C)is used to keep track of the users
D)assigns a dynamic IP address

Question 34

What command is used to query for a specific package with RPM?

A)rpm -q
B)rpm -a
C)rpm -d
D)rpm -1

Question 35

Who founded the Linux Kernel?

A)Bill Gates
B)Ben Thomas
C)Richard Stallman
D)Linus Torvalds

Question 36

_____ tool allows you to change your default X Window desktop.

A)utilinux
B)cempre
C)switchdesk
D)window

Question 37

In what file can you specify which users are not allowed to access a system via FTP?

A) / etc / ftpusers
B) / etc / hosts.deny
C) / etc / ftpaccess
D)All of the above

Question 38

Which program is used to schedule particular jobs or programs at particular times on the system?

A)vi
B)Outlook
C)Scheduler
D)cron

Question 39

The location of some system configuration and system administrator executable files, is:

A) / home
B) / proc
C) / var
D) / sbin

Question 40

The location for subdirectories for local programs and executables for user and administrative commands, is:

A) / usr
B) / tmp
C) / opt
D) / mnt

Question 41

Which of the following is not a filter command?

A)sort
B)wc
C)grep
D)cat

Question 42

What command is used to assign executable permission to all of the files named "report"?

A)chmod ugo + x report
B)chmod u + x report
C)chmod ugo + rw report
D)chmod ugo + r report

Question 43

What command is used to change the working directory?

A)cdir
B)chdir
C)changedir
D)cd

Question 44

What command is used to count just the number of characters in a file?

A)wc - r
B)wc - w
C)wc - c
D)wc - 1

Question 45

What command can be used to get information about yourself?

A)which
B)pwd
C)i / 4
D)who am i

Question 46

Which of the following subdirectory(ies) contains the device files?

A) / dev
B) / bin
C) / etc
D) / home

Question 47

Which of the following subdirectory(ies) contains the system configuration scripts.

A) / dev
B) / bin
C) / etc
D) / home

Question 48

What of the following tool is used to check and repair Linux file systems?

A)mkfs
B)fdisk
C)fsck
D)mount

Question 49

Which of the following is the main Apache configuration file?

A)httpd.conf
B)apache.con
C) / etc / profile
D)system.ini

Question 50

What command is used to display and create files?

A)lyrix
B)ed
C)vi
D)cat