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The three main components of an operating system are:
Who starts and kills programs?
Does the Kernel handle the displaying of text?
Switching of applications is handle by who?
What is the name when a task has run a sufficient amount of time, the CPU pauses the task so that another may run
Doing several tasks at once, is called?
Small piece of code, when the computer starts up
Applications make request to whom?
Why do applications make request?
What resources does the application need?
What is a process?
Who does the Kernel track?
Who takes care of running the process?
How many processes does an application need?
Who compiles the source code into machine code?
You get the right to use the machine code, but cannot see the source code, is called?
What view does an open source take on software?
What does GNU stand for?
The major players in the market are?
Red Hat distributed what?
What type of source is Red Hat Enterprise?
What type of source is Debian?
Most popular Debian derived distribution?
The TiVo is a consumer digital video recorder built on what?
An operating system provides at least what?
The two most common types of shells are?
GUI
CLI
The bash shell derives its name from?
Bourne Shell:
What command to use to change your default shell?
Where is the location where the system stores the default shell for user accounts?
If the system is configured with GUI, then you will need to find a software called?
Linux servers, are not configured to provide a GUI by default, they present?
Insecure connections could be made using protocols such as:
Programs that provide secure connections:
To the user what is a filesystem?
In what place is the root / directory in the directory tree?
To the operating system, a filesystem is?
disk partition consist of?
What do disk partition define?
What is another way to look at a command?
What is the source of a command?
How many Sources does a command have?
Site where GPL licensed software can be found:
What does the GPL licensed code compels distributors to do?
What is a script file?
What is the Syntax Pattern of a command?
Example of a mnemonic character:
Multiple single options can be either:
How is --badname interpret?
How is --badname interpret?
sysadmin@localhost:~$ touch -- --badname
common use of the exec command is?
purpose of a script is to simply configure and launch another program
What information does the uname command show?
"pwd" command, which is mnemonic for:
When executed without any options, the pwd command will display
