ITS 121 Chapter 11 Study Guide

RPM package that require other RPM packages to be installed on a system prior to being installed creates a relationship known as? a. package dependancy b. recursing package c. branching package d. family package

A

What option can be added to the rpm command to update a specified package only if an older version exits on the system? a. -F b. -U c. -z d. -c

A

What option can be added to the rpm command in order to query packages? a. -i b. -q c. -v d. -h

B

What yum command below can display a list of packagegroup names? a. yum list --groups b. yum grouplist c. yum -- list -g d. yum show groups

B

If no level of compression is specified, the gzip command assumes what compression level? a. 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. 7

C

What is the average compression ratio for the gzip utility using the LZ77 compression algorithm? a. 40%-50% b. 50%-60% c. 60%-70% d. 70%-80%

C

Select the option that, when used with the gzip command, causes the compression ratio for files that have been compressed to be listed: a. -c b. -f c. -r d. -l

D

What command looks for a Makefile and uses the information within to compile the source code into binary programs using the appropriate compiler program for the local hardware architecture? a. configure b. install c. make install d. make

D

What device file below indicates that the first ATAPI IDE tape device (nonrewinding)? a. /dev/st0 b. /dev/nst0 c. /dev/ht0 d. /dev/nht0

D

Because the Makefile often includes some documented items, it is good form to read the Makefile after running the configure script. True or False?

False

When using the gzip utility, the -l option is also known as best compression and results in a higher compression ratio. True or False?

False

The compress utility preserves the original ownership, modification, and access time fore each file that it compresses. True or False?

True

The cpio command has the ability to handle long filenames and can be used to back up device files. True or False?

True

The tar utility cannot back up device files or files with filenames longer than 255 characters. True or False?

True

An RPM package can be converted to a cpio archive using what command? a. cpioconv b. rpm2cpio c. rpmconv d. conv_arch

B

Most Linux distributions make use of what package manager? a. RPM b. PRM c. MPR d. RMP

A

When used with the compress command, what option below can be used to compress symbolic links? a. -f b. -c c. -v d. -r

A

When used with the uncompress command, what option displays the contents of the compress files to Standard Output? a. -c b. -v c. -f d. -r

A

The Adaptive Lempel-Ziv compression algorithm used by the compress utility is capable of an average compression ratio of what percent? a. 30-40 b. 40-50 c. 50-60 d. 60-70

B

What command can be used to display the contents of a file that was compressed with the compress utility? a. acat b. zcat c. cat d. ccat

B

What option can be added to the dpkg command to remove specified package from the system, including any configuration files used by the package? a. -d b. -P c. -D d. -r

B

In order to download DPM packages, what command should be used below? a. yum b. apt-search c. apt-get d. dpm-grab

C

The dump/restore utility is limited to a maximum of how many different incremental backups? a. seven b. eight c. nine d. ten

C

What command can be used to search for DPM package information? a. dpkg-search b. dpkg-info c. dpkg-query d. dpkg-list

C

When using the compress utility, each file specified for compression is renamed with what extension? a. .c b. .cmp c. .cpz d. .Z

D