Linux Essentials - Chapter 2 Test
Permissive free software licenses: (choose three) Are not approved by the OSI Are not approved by the FSF Include the GPLv2 and BSD Can allow software to be used inside closed source software Don't have a copyleft provision
Are not approved by the FSF Can allow software to be used inside closed source software Don't have a copyleft provision
Which application would you use to edit and piece together sound files to make podcast? GIMP Bash Thunderbird Audacity Audiolicious
Audacity
The largest difference between the GPLv2 and BSD licenses is: GPLv2 is not approved by the OSI Only BSD allows commercial use Nothing, they are virtually identical BSD has no copyleft provision GPLv2 requires assigning copyright to the FSF
BSD has no copyleft provision
The two main families of Linux shells are: (choose two) Python Shell Korn shell emacs Bourne Shell C Shell
Bourne Shell C Shell
Which of the following are true about compiled programming languages? Compiled languages are great for system administration tasks like scripting C is a compiled language Ruby is a compiled language Perl is a compiled language A programmer is usually more productive when using a compiled language
C is a compiled language
When a computer boots, it can get its network information through: X11 DNS DHCP LDAP SMTP
DHCP
A Mail Transfer Agent's primary purpose is to: Filter out spam Manage the end user's inbox Serve email to end clients Deliver mail between servers Act as a gateway between faxes and email
Deliver mail between servers
A package manager: (choose two) Downloads software from the Internet Emails you when software is out of date Keeps track of which files belong to which packages Can optionally repartition your disk to make room for Linux Performs a fresh install of Linux
Downloads software from the Internet Keeps track of which files belong to which packages
POP and IMAP are related to: Sharing files Email Reading and writing music Serving web pages Letting users log in to multiple servers with 1 set of credentials
Who founded the Open Source Initiative? (choose two) Richard Stallman University of California at Berkeley Eric Raymond Linus Torvalds Bruce Perens
Eric Raymond Bruce Perens
A generic term for Open Source and Free Software is: SLOFF Libre Software FLOSS GPL OS/FS
FLOSS
To place software under an open source license, you must give up your copyright. True False
False
The Samba application is a: File Server Web Server Security Server Mail Server
File Server
Linux is distributed under which license? Linux Foundation MIT BSD GPLv2 GPLv3
GPLv2
Which of the following licenses was made by the FSF? MIT BSD GPLv3 Creative Commons Apache
GPLv3
The Linux shell: (choose three) Has a scripting language Has a built in text editor Is responsible for tracking the location of configuration files Is customizable Allows you to launch programs
Has a scripting language Is customizable Allows you to launch programs
A "copyleft provision" in a software license means: If you redistribute the software, you must distribute the source to any changes you make You may not link against third party closed source software You must provide free copies of the software if you use it You must provide support for your modifications You give up your copyright to the software
If you redistribute the software, you must distribute the source to any changes you make
The difference between the GPL and LGPL licenses are: LGPL is shorter than GPL LGPL allows linking to non GPLed software LGPL applies to web services LGPL was made by the OSI while GPL was made by the FSF LGPL allows you to distribute the software in binary-only form
LGPL allows linking to non GPLed software
If you wanted to create and print an invoice, which software could you use? Evolution Firefox GNOME Compiz LibreOffice
LibreOffice
Which are examples of permissive software licenses? (choose two) GPLv3 GPLv2 LGPLv3 MIT BSD
MIT BSD
A permissive free software license: (choose two) Means you can use the software for anything you want Does not allow the software to be locked to certain hardware Places no restrictions on sharing modifications Places the software in the public domain Requires you share software changes but not binaries
Means you can use the software for anything you want Places no restrictions on sharing modifications
Which of the following pieces of software deal with file sharing? (choose three) Netatalk NFS X-Windows Samba PostgreSQL
Netatalk NFS Samba
Which of the following are examples of a web server? (choose two) postfix NFS Nginx WordPress Apache
Nginx Apache
The Creative Commons version of Public Domain licensing is: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Attribution-NonCommercial Attribution NoAttribution-ShareAlike No Rights Reserved
No Rights Reserved
Which server software would you use to create a company directory that you could search and authenticate against? ISC DHCP Netatalk OpenLDAP bind Samba
OpenLDAP
f a podcast is licensed under the CC BY-ND license, you may: (choose two) Use an interview or song from it for your own podcast Post it to your website Add ads to it and post it to your website. Share it as long as you give credit to the author Sell it as part of a compilation
Post it to your website Share it as long as you give credit to the author
If you wanted to let a Linux machine share files with Windows clients and servers, you would use: Netatalk DNS Samba NFS bind
Samba
The Free Software Foundation believes that: (choose two) Software should be free to modify No money should ever change hands Software should be free to share People should write software with no expectation of making money Software should not have copyright
Software should be free to modify Software should be free to share
Creative Commons licenses allow you to: (choose three) Specify whether or not people may distribute changes Receive royalties on the use of the work Specify whether or not changes must be shared Allow or disallow commercial use Get a veto on where the work is used
Specify whether or not people may distribute changes Specify whether or not changes must be shared Allow or disallow commercial use
How can you make money from open source software? (choose three) Charge a yearly fee for the right to use the software Take payments for fixing bugs Sell hardware that's built to work with the software Provide paid consulting services for users Unlock premium features for people that pay
Take payments for fixing bugs Sell hardware that's built to work with the software Provide paid consulting services for users
An interpreted programming language: (choose two) Takes fewer resources to run than a compiled language Tends to offer more features than compiled languages Is converted into machine specific instructions as the program runs Requires a linking step but no compilation step Requires a compilation step but no linking step
Tends to offer more features than compiled languages Is converted into machine specific instructions as the program runs
Richard Stallman is associated with: The Open Source Initiative Microsoft The Free Software Foundation BSD Unix The Apache foundation
The Free Software Foundation
What does it mean when a work is placed in the public domain? The work was done by a government agency The author has died You must redistribute changes to the software You may not use the work for commercial purposes The author has relinquished the copyright on the work
The author has relinquished the copyright on the work
Participating in open source projects can improve your technical skills, even if it is not your day job. True False
True
Which of the following are examples of desktop software? (choose two) Web server File share Web browser Music player Compiler
Web browser Music player
If you wanted to set up a blog, which software would be most helpful? WordPress MySQL Samba Postfix Dovecot
WordPress
Your company makes a hardware firewall that runs a custom Linux kernel. What are your obligations under GPLv2? You must ensure your custom kernel runs on a regular Intel machine You must make the source to your kernel available There are no requirements You must make the source to your custom web interface available You must make your hardware designs available
You must make the source to your kernel available
Which of the following are examples of text editors? (choose four) pico emacs yum vim nano
pico emacs vim nano
Which package manager is used in Fedora, a Red Hat derived system? vim tar apt-get bash yum
yum
