Question 1

First linux kernel which supports the SMP hardware was&#10;A)linux 0.1&#10;B)linux 1.0&#10;C)linux 1.2&#10;D)linux 2.0

Accepted Answer

The first Linux kernel to support SMP (Symmetric Multi-Processing) hardware was Linux 2.0. This version introduced the capability to efficiently and effectively run on multi-processor machines.

Question 2

Which one of the following linux file system does not support journaling feature?&#10;A)ext2&#10;B)ext3&#10;C)ext4&#10;D)none of the mentioned

Accepted Answer

ext2 does not support journaling, whereas ext3 and ext4 are enhancements of ext2 that include journaling among other features.

Question 3

Which binary format is supported by linux?&#10;A)a.out&#10;B)elf&#10;C)both a.out and ELF&#10;D)none of the mentioned

Accepted Answer

Linux supports both a.out and ELF (Executable and Linkable Format) binary formats. ELF is the modern standard, but a.out was used in earlier versions of Unix and Linux.

Question 4

Which one of the following bootloader is not used by linux?&#10;A)GRUB&#10;B)LILO&#10;C)NTLDR&#10;D)None of the mentioned

Accepted Answer

NTLDR is the bootloader for all releases of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system up to and including Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. GRUB and LILO are both bootloaders commonly used by Linux.

Question 5

The first process launched by the linux kernel is&#10;A)init process&#10;B)zombie process&#10;C)batch process&#10;D)boot process

Accepted Answer

The init process is the first process launched by the Linux kernel, serving as the ancestor of all other processes.

Question 6

Which desktop environment is not used in any linux distribution?&#10;A)gnome&#10;B)kde&#10;C)unity&#10;D)none of the mentioned

Accepted Answer

All the mentioned desktop environments (GNOME, KDE, Unity) are used in various Linux distributions. GNOME and KDE are widely used across many distributions, while Unity was specifically developed by Canonical for Ubuntu.

Question 7

Standard set of functions through which interacts with kernel is defined by&#10;A)system libraries&#10;B)kernel code&#10;C)compilers&#10;D)utility programs

Accepted Answer

System libraries define the standard set of functions through which programs interact with the kernel. These libraries provide a high-level interface to the system calls and other functionalities of the operating system kernel.

Question 8

Linux is&#10;A)single user, single tasking&#10;B)single user, multitasking&#10;C)multi user, single tasking&#10;D)multi user, multitasking

Accepted Answer

Linux is designed to be a multi-user, multitasking operating system, allowing multiple users to run multiple tasks simultaneously.

Question 9

Which one of the following is not a linux distribution?&#10;A)debian&#10;B)gentoo&#10;C)open SUSE&#10;D)multics

Accepted Answer

Multics (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service) is not a Linux distribution; it is an influential early operating system, predating Linux and Unix.

Deck 27: Linux Kernel, File Systems, Bootloaders and Distributions