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1 To go to the end of an info page, press:
- AEND
- Bn
- CN
- D]
2To go to the next match of a search on a man page, press:
- A]
- Bn
- CN
- D}
3When interpreting the SYNOPSIS of a command found on a man page, the “|” means:
- AThe items it separates can be used together
- BThe items it separates cannot be used together
4After performing a search, you can use the ____ key to return to a previously found match:
- An
- BN
- CD
- DU
5To move a page forward one at a time while viewing a man page, press the following:
- ASpacebar
- Bm
- Ca
- Denter
6The ls command without options or arguments…
- A…lists the contents of the current directory.
- B…prompts for a directory to list.
- C…lists the contents of a user’s home directory.
- D…generates an error as this command requires arguments.
7Which option can be used with the rm command to prompt before deleting?
- AI
- Bi
- C-P
- DA
8The rm command can delete multiple files at once.
True or False?- ATrue
- BFalse
9Which of the following commands can be used to rename a file?
- Aname
- Brn
- Cmv
- Dcp
10The touch command can be used to:
(choose two)- AUpdate the time stamp of existing files
- BCreate new files
- CChange a file’s name
- DChange ownership of a file
11 You try to compress a file that is already compressed. Which of the following statements is true?
- A• The file will not be compressed any further than it already was
- B• The file changed while you were compressing it
- C• The file will actually be uncompressed
- D• The compression algorithm needs to be set to the “currently compressed” mode for it to be compressed further
- E• The file will be deleted
12Which of the following commands can be used to compress a file?
(choose three)- A• bunzip2
- B• zip
- C• bzip2
- D• cat
- E• gzip
13 The three main modes of tar are:
(choose three)- A• Extract
- B• Copy
- C• Compress
- D• List
- E• Create
14In the command tar –czf foo.tar.gz bar, what is the purpose of the f flag?
- A• Tells tar to copy only files, and not directories
- B• Tells tar to read from the file that follows the flag
- C• Tells tar to print the name of each file as it is processed
- D• Specifies extra compression is to be used
- E• Tells tar to write to the file that follows the flag
15 Which two commands do the same thing?
(choose two)- A• tar –xzf foo.tar.gz
- B• tar –x foo | gzip
- C• tar –c foo | gzip > foo.tar.gz
- D• tar –tzf foo.tar.gz
- E• tar –czf foo.tar.gz foo
16Which option for the wc command will print the total number of words in a file?
- A• -l
- B• -L
- C• -w
- D• -C
17Which command can be used to print line numbers?
- A• num
- B• ln
- C• nl
- D• sort
18 The command echo “text” > file.txt will create file.txt if it does not already exist.
True or False?- ATrue
- BFalse
19The command echo “text” > file.txt will not overwrite file.txt if it already exists.
True or False?- ATrue
- BFalse
20The command echo “text” >> file.txt will not overwrite file.txt if it already exists.
True or False?- ATrue
- BFalse
21Software is backward compatible if:
- A• It still supports old file formats or applications
- B• If the next version still works the same way
- C• People still use old versions
- D• It works across Linux/Mac/Windows
- E• It can be upgraded without downtime
22Apple’s OS X is:
(choose three)- A• Derived from Linux
- B• Only compatible with Apple hardware
- C• Able to natively run Windows binaries
- D• Derived from FreeBSD
- E• Certified as UNIX compatible
- F• Primarily used to manage network services
23 Microsoft Windows:
(choose three)- A• Has a short maintenance cycle
- B• Comes in desktop and server variants
- C• Has built in virtualization
- D• Has a new desktop version every year.
- E• Has a Linux compatibility mode
- F• Has powerful scripting capabilities
24Other commercial Unixes:
(choose two)- A• Are almost obsolete
- B• Are tied to their vendor’s hardware
- C• Use completely different commands than Linux
- D• Are UNIX certified
- E• Do not run the GNU tools
25When choosing a distribution of Linux, you should consider:
(choose five)- A• Which management tools are provided by the distribution
- B• Which distributions are supported by the software you need to run
- C• Popularity on social media.
- D• The maintenance cycle of the distribution
- E• If you need support on the distribution itself
- F• Whether or not the distribution is under active development
26The difference between the GPL and LGPL licenses are:
- A• LGPL allows you to distribute the software in binary-only form
- B• LGPL is shorter than GPL
- C• LGPL allows linking to non GPLed software
- D• LGPL applies to web services
- E• LGPL was made by the OSI while GPL was made by the FSF
27Permissive free software licenses:
(choose three)- A• Can allow software to be used inside closed source software
- B• Are not approved by the OSI
- C• Are not approved by the FSF
- D• Include the GPLv2 and BSD
- E• Don’t have a copyleft provision
28The Creative Commons version of Public Domain licensing is:
- A• Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
- B• Attribution-NonCommercial
- C• NoAttribution-ShareAlike
- D• No Rights Reserved
- E• Attribution
29Your company makes a hardware firewall that runs a custom Linux kernel. What are your obligations under GPLv2?
- A• There are no requirements
- B• You must make the source to your custom web interface available
- C• You must make your hardware designs available
- D• You must make the source to your kernel available
- E• You must ensure your custom kernel runs on a regular Intel machine
30Participating in open source projects can improve your technical skills, even if it is not your day job.
True or False?- ATrue
- BFalse
31What are tradeoffs of increasing the level of privacy you have in your web browser?
(choose two)- A• You may get viruses
- B• Sites may not work properly
- C• Websites may load slower
- D• Images won’t load properly
- E• You may have to explicitly permit some cookies to be saved
32Which of the following is a tool that helps you anonymize your Internet browsing?
- A• CookieCleaner
- B• Web proxy
- C• The onion router
- D• AnonFirefox
- E• iptables
33Social network “like” buttons can track your activity across the Internet.
True or False?- ATrue
- BFalse
34 Which of the following are properties of a strong password?
(choose three)- A• A mix of upper and lower case
- B• Long so that it can be reused on multiple sites
- C• Includes symbols
- D• At least 10 characters long
- E• Based on easy to remember items like birthdays
35What can be done to prevent remote people from running programs on your computer?
(choose two)- A• Don’t use wireless networks – only wired
- B• Use strong passwords on all user accounts
- C• Turn on a firewall
- D• Block third party cookies
- E• Block all cookies
36 The acronym CLI stands for:
- A• Computer Link Interpreter
- B• Command Line Interpreter
- C• Computer Line Interface
- D• Command Line Interface
37Traditional UNIX command options used a single dash, like -a; _______ command options use two dashes like –all.
- A• LINUX
- B• Kernel
- C• GNU
- D• shell
38The acronym GNU stands for:
- A• Gnu’s Not Unix
- B• Go Next Unit
- C• Gnu’s Nearly Unix
- D• Good News Unix
39What one character treats the character that follows it as if it was surrounded by single quotes?
- A• /
- B• %
- C• \
- D• #
40he main purpose of using glob characters is to be able to provide a command a list of filenames.
True or False?- ATrue
- BFalse
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- Quiz on Prueba-Linux, created by Yurmi Villegas on 06/07/2017.
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