SEC335 Week 1 Quiz

What is the absolute pathname to the file that the mount command updates when it runs? REMEMBER: An absolute pathname begins with a forward slash

/etc/mtab

An physcial disk using MBR partitioning can have up to 8 partitions. True or False?

False

Linux only supports one filesystem type. True or False?

False

On Linux, use the 'format' command to format a partition. True or False?

False

RAID1 uses striping. True or False?

False

A file or directory is a set of inodes and data blocks. True or False?

True

A relative pathname ALWAYS begins with a forward slash. True or False?

True

A symbolic link is a valid Linux filetype. True or False?

True

File and directory names are case-sensitive. True or False?

True

Names can be 129 characters long. True or False?

True

The vgremove command removes a Volume Group. True or False?

True

When FS is corrupt, a chain of inode pointers is broken somewhere. True or False?

True

The default device for STDIN is the _____. a. keyboard b. console c. mouse d. monitor

a. keyboard

Which is NOT a valid directory name? a. dir1 dir2 b. dir1/dir2 c. dir1##dir2 d. dir1?dir2

b. dir1/dir2

Which 'ls' command option shows hidden files? a. -d b. -h c. -a d. -r

c. -a

Which of the following commands overwrites the contents of file1? a. cat file1 >> file2 b. cat file1 > file2 c. cat file2 > file1 d. cat file2 >> file1

c. cat file2 > file1

The symbol for the pipe operation is the _____. a. : <colon> b. . <period> c. | <vertical bar> d. None of the above

c. | <vertical bar>

Which are filesystem types that Linux can access? a. reiserfs b. fat32 c. ext3 d. All of the above

d. All of the above

Which is NOT a valid filesystem type that Linux can access? a. ext4 b. ntfs c. reiserfs d. None of the above.

d. None of the above.

Which of the following commands appends to the contents of file1? a. cat file1 >> file2 b. cat file1 > file2 c. cat file2 > file1 d. cat file2 >> file1

d. cat file2 >> file1

Which 'find' command searches for files that are larger than 1mb in size? a. find -size 1024k b. find -greater 1024k c. find-larger 1mb d. find -size +1024k

d. find -size +1024k

On Linux, a directory maps a file name to its inode number using a ______.

dentry

Which command is used to find a physical disk? Include the command and any needed command options

fdisk -l

The command to display the current directory is _____.

pwd