Linux+ Review Set 2

the file descriptor stderr is represented by the number

0

If a Linux installation ends abnormally and the screen displays a "fatal signal_" error message, it indicates an error know as a segmentation fault

11

the source code for Linux was released in

1991

Most configuration files on Linux systems are delimited using ___characters

:

____is the metacharacter for command termination

;

You can redirect a file to the standard input of command using the ______metacharaccter

<

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

BASH

the _ can be used with LISP artificial intelligence programming language and supports hundreds of keyboard functions like the vi editor

Emacs editor

An_______ service provides an efficient method for transferring files over the Internet

FTp

_____________ is a freely available version of X Windows used in many Linux distros

FreeX86

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

GNU General Public License

Which is the greatest expense for companies using Linux?

Hiring people to maintain the Linux system

HOWTO documents are centrally collected by the

Linux Documentation Project

An ______service allows users to post messages in forums

News

The concept of ____ enables software developers to read other developers' source code, modify that source code to make the software better, and redistribute that

Open Source Software

Consider the phrase "collaboration between several developers with a common need speeds up software creation, and when bugs in the software are found by these users, bug fixes are created very quickly" from the chapter. This statement describes which advantage of the Linux operating system?

Stability and security

If you type enough unique letters of a directory and press____ key, the BASH shell will find the intended file or directory being specified and fill in the appropriate information

TAB

The core component of the GUI in Linux is referred to as

XWindows

using wildcard meta-characters, how can one indicate a number is either 1, 2, 3, or 4?

[1-4]

The _______ escape sequence represents a form feed

\f

The __command can be used to extract, manipulate and format ext using pattern-action statments

awk

The command that displays the calendar for the current month is

cal

to display the contents of a file called data, use the command

cat data

to move from the /home/joe/test/data to the /home/joe directory, use the _________command

cd ../ ..

to set all of the special permissions on a certain file or directory, you can use the command_where name is the name of the file or directory

chmod 7777 name

Copying a file can be accomplished using the ________ command

cp

you can edit the quotas for certain users by using the _ command

edquota

which Linux command gets you out of your current shell

exit

the ___ editor is functionally analogous to the Windows Wordpad and Notepad editors

gedit

CD-ROMs typically use the ____ filesytem type

iso9660

The __command can be used to provide a long listing for each file in a certain directory.

ls -l

To find all of the command that have the word "list" in their name or description, you would type________

man -k list

if you do not know the type, major, or minor number of a device, you can use the _command to recreate teh device bsaed on the common name

mknod

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

to see a list of the environment variables an their current values on a system, you can use the __ command

set

Most files on a Linux system that contain configuration information are________ files

text

Data is read off of hard disks in concentric circles called

tracks

During Linux installation, you need to configure a minimum of ______accounts

two

___ installation log files is/are created by the Fedora installation program

two

the _command counts the number of lines, words, and characters in a file

wc

which is an extended regular expression meta-character/

{}

the___ regular expression meta-character matches 0 or more occurrences of the previous character

*

In a file's mode if a permission is unavailable, a(n) character replaces its position in the mode

-

In the FHS, the _____directory contains most system commands and utilities

/bin

the ____device file represents the second serial port on the system (COM2)

/dev/tty2

If your system uses the X.org implementation of X Windows, the mouse, keyboard, monitor, and video adapter card information is stored in the _ file in text format

/etc/X11/xorg.conf

the ___ environment file is always executed immediately after login for all user s on the system, and sets most environment variables, such as HOME and PATh

/etc/profile

after the entries in /etc/inittab have been execute,d the _ file is executed to perform tasks that must occur after system startum

/etc/rc.d/rc.local

The _____ directory contains system commands and utilities

/usr