Introduction to Linux Question Bank
Course Introduction
Introduction to Linux provides students with a fundamental understanding of the Linux operating system, focusing on its history, architecture, and practical usage. The course covers basic command-line operations, file system navigation, user and file permissions, software installation, and system administration tasks. Through hands-on exercises and real-world scenarios, students will learn how to interact with Linux environments, manage processes, utilize scripting, and leverage essential tools for system management. By the end of the course, students will be equipped with the foundational skills needed to operate, maintain, and troubleshoot Linux systems in various personal and professional settings.
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Linux+ Guide to Linux Certification 3rd Edition by Jason Eckert
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Linux
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Q1) The ability for a computer to increase workload as the number of processors increases is known as ____________________.
Answer: scalability
Q2) Combining several smaller computers.
A)source code
B)software
C)proxy server
D)GNOME
E)clustering
F)package manager
G)firewall
H)fully qualified domain name
I)database
Answer: E
Q3) Linux is based on the Windows operating system.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) The ____________________ is the core component of the Linux operating system.
Answer: Linux kernel
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Chapter 2: Linux Installation and Usage
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Q1) ____ is the most common method of installing Linux.
A) Installation from a DVD
B) Installation from an NFS server across the network
C) Installation from packages located on the hard disk
D) Installation from CD-ROM media
Answer: A
Q2) The ____ metacharacter indicates background command execution.
A) @
B) ^
C) &
D) !
Answer: C
Q3) Which Linux command displays your login name?
A) who
B) whoami
C) id
D) w
Answer: B
Q4) To print the current date and time, type the command ____________________.
Answer: date
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Chapter 3: Exploring Linux Filesystems
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Q1) What is the difference between an absolute and a relative pathname? What is a benefit of each?
Answer: The absolute pathname to a file or directory is the full pathname of a certain file or directory starting from the root directory. A relative pathname is the pathname of a target file or directory relative to your current directory in the tree.
Although absolute pathnames are straightforward to use as arguments to commands when specifying the location of a certain file or directory, relative pathnames can save you a great deal of typing and reduce the potential for error if your current directory is far away from the root directory.
Q2) When you first open the vi editor, you are placed in edit mode.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) The file .file.dat is an example of a(n) ____________________ file.
Answer: hidden
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Chapter 4: Linux Filesystem Management
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Q1) The chgrp command takes ____ argument(s) at minimum.
A) one
B) two
C) three
D) four
Q2) In the FHS, the ____ directory is the root user's home directory.
A) /bin
B) /home
C) /boot
D) /root
Q3) When working with files, the special metacharacter ".." specifies the current directory.
A)True
B)False
Q4) To create a subdirectory, you would use the makedir command.
A)True B)False
Q5) Describe the SUID. Give an example of a command that typically has this permission set.
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Chapter 5: Linux Filesystem Administration
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Q1) To view the size of a directory and its contents in Kilobytes, you can use the du command. _________________________
A)True
B)False
Q2) What are the three different types of hard drives? Briefly describe each, and list the possible configurations and device files for each type.
Q3) To create partitions after installation, you can use the ____ command.
A) format
B) formatdisk
C) fdisk
D) partition
Q4) An extended partition can contain many subpartitions called ____________________.
Q5) The ____ device file represents the first primary partition on the second IDE hard disk drive (primary slave).
A) /dev/hdc1
B) /dev/hdb1
C) /dev/hda1
D) /dev/hdc2
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Chapter 6: Advanced Installation
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Q1) What is iSCSI? What is it typically used for and how is it configured?
Q2) A version of RAID controlled by the system BIOS.
A)Network File System (NFS)
B)/root/install.log
C)disk striping
D)firmware RAID
E)Logical Unit Number (LUN)
F)iSCSI target
G)/root/install.log.syslog
H)segmentation fault
I)spanning
Q3) Fault tolerant hard disk configurations are typically implemented by a(n)
Q4) A computer connected to a remote hard disk via iSCSI is referred to as an iSCSI initiator.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe RAID level 5. What are the advantages of using RAID level 5 over other types of RAID?
Q6) What is System Rescue? Explain how you would activate this tool.
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Chapter 7: Working With the Bash Shell
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Q1) The file descriptor stderr is represented by the number ____.
A) 0
B) 1
C) 2
D) 3
Q2) The ____ command could be used to view the contents of the environment variable that represents the BASH shell prompt.
A) ls $PWD
B) echo #PWD
C) echo $PS1
D) ls #PS1
Q3) The BASH shell assumes stdout in the absence of a numeric file descriptor.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Any command that can be executed on the command line can also be placed inside any environment file.
A)True
B)False
Q5) A case construct must be ended by ____________________.
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Chapter 8: System Initialization and X Windows
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Q1) Modifies the look and feel of X Windows.
A)active partition
B)Display Settings
C)X client
D)ELILO
E)window manager
F)initstates
G)daemon
H)virtualization software
I)Grand Unified Bootloader
Q2) After configuring X Windows, you can fine-tune the vsync and hsync of the video card using the ____ utility within the desktop environment.
A) xvidtune
B) xvideotune
C) xtune
D) vidtune
Q3) The first daemon process on a system is called the ____________________ daemon.
Q4) How do you add a daemon that is automatically started by the init daemon upon entering a certain runlevel at system startup?
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Chapter 9: Managing Linux Processes
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Q1) Most commands such as ls, find, and grep are binary programs that exist on the filesystem until executed. _________________________
A)True
B)False
Q2) When you append a(n) ____ to a command, the command is run in a background process.
A) & B) $
C) #
D) %
Q3) If the /etc/at.allow and /etc/at.deny files do not exist, only the root user is allowed to schedule tasks using the at daemon.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Processes that have encountered an error during execution and continuously uses up system resources are referred to as ____________________ processes.
Q5) The ____________________ can be used to affect the process priority indirectly.
Q6) What is forking?
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Chapter 10: Common Administrative Tasks
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Q1) Accepting print jobs into a print queue.
A)facility
B)LPD
C)rsyslogd
D)primary group
E)logrotate
F)GID
G)spooling
H)CUPS
I)UID
Q2) On a CUPS printing system, to remove a print job that is in the print queue, you can use the ____________________ command followed by the print job IDs of the jobs to remove.
Q3) You can create user accounts on the Linux system by using the ____ command.
A) uadd
B) usercreate
C) adduser
D) useradd
Q4) A set of information that is sent to a printer at the same time is called a(n)
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Chapter 11: Compression, System Backup, and Software Installation
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Q1) Values that are calculated using a MD5 algorithm, a SHA-1 algorithm, or a SHA-256 algorithm.
A)full backup
B)make install
C)checksum
D)tarball
E)compression ratio
F)Brasero Disc Burner
G)compression algorithm
H)sum
I)archive
Q2) Because its primary use is to back up files in case of system failure, cpio uses absolute pathnames by default when archiving. _________________________
A)True
B)False
Q3) The compress utility preserves the original ownership, modification, and access time for each file that it compresses.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Network Configuration
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Q1) ____________________ is the process in which a single large network is subdivided into several smaller networks to control traffic flow and improve manageability.
Q2) IPv6 IP addresses are delimited by the ____ character.
A) ;
B) :
C) .
D) ,
Q3) Each octet in an IP address represents a(n) ____ binary number.
A) 4-bit
B) 8-bit
C) 4-byte
D) 8-byte
Q4) Two or more computers that are connected with media that can exchange information are called a(n) ____________________.
Q5) Remote computers can connect to a configured VNC server using the ____ command.
A) vncpasswd
B) vnc
C) vncviewer
D) vncconnect
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Chapter 13: Configuring Network Services
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Q1) The ____ SQL statement is used to delete a database.
A) DELETE DATABASE
B) DROP TABLE
C) DROP DATABASE
D) DELETE TABLE
Q2) You can use the ____________________ command to connect to both Samba and Windows servers.
Q3) Describe the structure of a database. When is a database considered a relational database?
Q4) The Sendmail daemon on Fedora 13 is configured by default to accept e-mail on TCP port 100 and route it to the appropriate user on the Linux system.
A)True B)False
Q5) Each computer that participates in NIS belongs to an NIS domain and uses a(n) NIS map for accessing certain information rather than using the local configuration file.
A)True B)False
Q6) How does DHCP automatically configure IP addresses?
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Chapter 14: Troubleshooting, Performance, and Security
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Q1) Some peripheral devices can perform a great deal of processing that is normally performed by the CPU; this is known as ____________________.
Q2) Running background processes using the ____ command allows you to exit your command-line shell without ending any background processes.
A) continue
B) noshell
C) nokill
D) nohup
Q3) When performance issues arise, you can compare the output of performance utilities to the ____________________ values found in the system log book.
Q4) How can netfilter/iptables be used to create a firewall service?
Q5) In SSH, the /etc/ssh directory stores the DSA public key in the ____ file.
A) ssh_host_dsa_key
B) ssh_host_dsa_key. pub
C) ssh_target_dsa_key
D) ssh_target_dsa_key.pub
Q6) The ____________________ command is used to view the current SELinux status.
Q7) What methods can be used to physically secure local computers?
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