Ch 5 Review Questions for Linux (Shorten)

Character devices typically transfer data more quickly than block devices. True or false

FALSE

A device file ______. a. has no size b. has a fixed size of 300 kilobytes c. has no inode section d. displays a major and minor number in place of a file size

Has no data section d.displays a major and minor number in place of a file size

Choose all that apply. Which of the following statements are true? a. Hard limits allow a user to exceed them for a certain period of time. b. Quotas can limit both user space and the number of files a user can own. c. Quotas can only limit user space. d. Quotas can only limit the number of files a user can own. e.Soft limits allow a user to exceed them for a certain period of time.

c. Quotas can limit both user space and the number of files a user can own. d. Hard limits can never be exceeded. e. Soft limits allow a user to exceed them for a certain period of time.

Which command is used to display the amount of free space that exists on a filesystem? a. du b. df c. quota d. fsck

df

Which command mounts all existing filesystems in /etc/fstab? a. mount /etc/fstab b. mount -f c. mount -a d. mount /etc/mtab

mount -a