CompTIA Linux + (Chapter 1) - Test [96/100%]

What piece of software tells the operating system how to use a specific hardware device?

Device Driver

The two main competing GUI environments available in Linux are:

GNU Network Object Model Environment (GNOME) K Desktop Environment (KDE)

Which of the following is the greatest expense for companies using Linux?

Hiring people to maintain the Linux system

What computer system was the first to run the UNIX operating system?

DEC PDP-7

The mutt software is an example of what type of mail service software on Linux?

Mail User Agent

Because Linux has the ability to manage thousands of tasks at the same time, including allowing multiple users to access the system simultaneously, it is referred to as an operating system that is:

(WRONG) - {Or partially correct?} Multiuser, multitasking

In what year was the source code for the Linux kernel released?

1991

Which type of open source license ensures that the source code of a program is freely available while also allowing the original author of the source code some control over the changes made to it?

Artistic

Dennis Ritchie invented what programming language, which was then used to rewrite the UNIX operating system?

C

What service provides a method for the efficient transfer of files over the Internet?

FTP

The iptables software on Linux is an example of what kind of software?

Firewall

The GNU General Public License (GPL) was developed by which organization?

Free Software Foundation (FSF)

What software type is software that is distributed free of charge, but the source code is not available?

Freeware

What stipulates that the source code of any software published under its license must be freely available.

GNU Public License

The QT toolkit is utilized by which GUI environment?

KDE

The Linux kernel was developed and released in 1991 by:

Linus Torvalds

What two Linux distributions below utilize the Debian package manager by default?

Linux Mint, Ubuntu Linux

When viewing the version number for a Linux kernel, what number indicates the stability of the kernel?

Minor Number

Proxy servers keep track of the information passed to each client by maintaining what type of table?

Network Address Translation (NAT)

What Linux distribution is the most commonly used distribution within organizations today?

Red Hat

What two options below are examples of common UNIX flavors?

Red Hat Linux, OpenSuSE

An archive of files that usually contain scripts that install the software contents to the correct location on the system is referred to as a:

Tarball

The overall cost of using a particular operating system is known as?

Total cost of ownership (TCO)

In Linux, the core component of the GUI is known as:

X Windows

The two different implementations of X Windows are called:

XFree86, X.org