Guide to Linux+ - Midterm

You can see the contents of a certain variable in memory by using the ____ metacharacter with the echo command.

$

The highest priority SCSI device is given a SCSI ID of ____.

7

When using the chmod command, the mode rwx can be represented by the number ____.

7

____ is the metacharacter for command termination.

;

Copying a file can be accomplished using the ____ command.

cp

Data is read off of hard disks in concentric circles called ____.

tracks

To view a list of files and their type, use the ____ switch to the ls command.

-F

A Fedora download for creating a DVD has the following extention.

.iso

In the FHS, the ____ directory contains most system commands and utilities.

/usr

The ____ directory contains system commands and utilities.

/usr

Some installations fail to place a boot loader on the hard disk properly; this is often the case with large hard disk drives that have over ____ cylinders.

1024

Hard disks can contain a maximum of ____ major partitions

4

The ____ symbol indicates a linked file.

@

To prevent a file from being cleared by the BASH shell and append output to the existing output, you can specify three > metacharacters alongside the file descriptor.

False

When a user interacts with his computer, he interacts directly with the kernel of the computer's operating system.

False

You are limited to using one pipe | metacharacter on the command line to pipe information from one command to another command.

False

____ is the most common method of installing Linux.

Installation from a DVD

HOWTO documents are centrally collected by the ____.

Linux Documentation Project

Open Source Software (OSS) is freely developed and continuously improved by a large community of software developers.

True

The SGID allows regular users to execute a binary compiled program and become a member of the group that is attached to the file.

True

The more filesystems that are used on a system, the less likely a corrupted filesystem will interfere with normal system operations.

True

To perform a Linux installation over a network, you can connect to a server with the appropriate installation files via FTP.

True

When you insert a DVD while in a GUI environment, it is automatically mounted by the system to a directory underneath the /media directory that is named for the label on the DVD.

True

You can use wildcard metacharacters with the find command.

True

____ installation log file(s) is/are created by the Fedora installation program.

Two

Because you need to document so many pieces of hardware and software information, you should create a ____ that contains all important installation information as well as hardware information.

preinstallation checklist

If you have ____ permission to a shell script, you can execute the shell script like any other executable program on the system.

read and execute

A ____ is merely a compressed archive of files that usually contain scripts that install the software contents to the correct location on the system.

tarball

Most files on a Linux system that contain configuration information are ____ files.

text

The ____ command can be used to replace characters in a file sent via Standard Input.

tr

The ____ command counts the number of lines, words, and characters in a file.

wc

After configuring X Windows, you can fine-tune the vsync and hsync of the video card using the ____ utility within the desktop environment.

xvidtune

Which is an extended regular expression metacharacter?

{}

The shell that is used by default in Linux is the ____ shell.

BASH

A(n) ____ service provides an efficient method for transferring files over the Internet.

FTP

A swap partition contains a filesystem.

False

GRUB must be reinstalled after editing its configuration file.

False

In Linux, you must use only one type of filesystem on a system.

False

Pressing the Esc key at the prompt while using the more command displays a help screen

False

You can choose to use a window manager only, and not use a desktop manager.

False

The two most common desktop environments that are used on Linux are ____ and ____.

KDE; GNOME

After a typical Fedora Linux installation, over 700 different device files are in the /dev directory.

True

Any command that can be executed on the command line can also be placed inside any environment file.

True

Commands indicate the name of a program to execute and are case sensitive.

True

Each computer participating on the Internet must have an IP address.

True

Linux is merely one product of open source development.

True

System Rescue can be used to repair a Linux system that cannot be started.

True

In the /etc/lilo.conf file, the ____ keyword specifies the file that contains the physical layout of the disk drive.

install=

____ are specific letters that start with a dash ("-").

options

Each SCSI device is assigned a unique ID number known as a(n) ____.

target ID