Linux+ Chapter 08
T/F - If you are using a Linux boot loader to dual boot another operating system in addition to Linux, it is easiest if Linux is installed after the other operating system has been installed.
True
T/F - Most daemon scripts accept the arguments start, stop, and restart.
True
T/F - The core component of a Linux GUI is X Windows.
True
T/F - To see the current runlevel of the system and the previous runlevel (if runlevels have been changed since system startup), you can use the runlevel command.
True
T/F - You can choose to use a window manager only, and not use a desktop manager.
True
_____ is used to run multiple OSs at the same time.
Virtualization software
Which utility can be used to modify runtime configuration files so that they start and stop daemons when entering a particular runlevel?
ntsysv
_____ is the most common boot loader used on modern Linux systems.
Grand Unified Bootloader
In the /etc/lilo.conf file, the _____ keyword specifies the file that contains the physical layout of the disk drive.
install=
T/F - GRUB must be reinstalled after editing its configuration file.
False
A system process that performs useful tasks, such as printing, scheduling, and operating system maintenance is _____.
Daemon
A LILO version available for Intel Pentium and Itanium computers that use Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) is _____.
ELILO
T/F - Administrators most commonly use a graphical user interface.
False
T/F - LILO is the most common boot loader used on modern Linux systems and the only boot loader supported by Fedora 13.
False
T/F - The /etc/rc.d/rc 5 script only executes files that start with S in the /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/ directory.
False
T/F - Using one boot loader to boot one of several operating systems is known as multi-booting.
False
The _____ window manager is used for the GNOME desktop in Red Hat Fedora Core 2.
Metacity
To create an encrypted password for use in the /boot/grub/grub.conf, you can use the _____ command.
grub-md5-crypt
In the /etc/lilo.conf file, the _____ keyword specifies the absolute pathname to the Linux kernel.
image=
You can use the _____ command to start, stop, or restart any daemons listed within the /etc/rc.d/init.d directory.
service
To configure your keyboard, you can use the _____ command from either a GUI or terminal environment and restart X Windows.
system-config-keyboard
After configuring X Windows, you can fine-tune the vsync and hsync of the video card using the _____ utility within the desktop environment.
xvidtune
The Linux kernel is stored in the _____ directory.
/boot
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
After the entries in /etc/inittab have been executed, the _____ file is executed to perform tasks that must occur after system startup.
/etc/rc.d/rc.local
A Linux system in runlevel _____ is a system that has no daemons active in memory and is ready to be powered off.
0
In Linux, runlevel _____ is also known as multiuser mode.
2
The _____ is a utility used to configure video card and monitor.
Display Settings
_____ of the GRUB boot loader typically resides on the Master Boot Record.
Stage 1
_____ modifies the look and feel of X Windows.
Window manager
_____ are programs that tell X Windows how to draw the graphics and display the results.
X client
_____ is a freely available version of X Windows used in many Linux distributions.
XFree86
The two most common desktop environments that are used on Linux are _____ and _____.
KDE; GNOME
The _____ is the partition to which the Master Boot Record points.
Active partition
Another name for runlevels is _____.
Inistates
