ITN 170 Exam 1 Study Guide
Which prompt does the root user receive when logged in to the system? a. $ b. @ c. # d. !
#
If you have more lines in the file, then you can jump a specific number of lines by entering ______ along with _____. a. @, j b. $, j c. *, j d. #, j
#, j
To navigate to the end of a line, press ______. a. @ b. $ c. ! d. #
$
Which prompt do regular users receive when logged in to the system? a. $ b. @ c. # d. !
$
What is the total cost of the software needed to install a native Linux server? A. $0 B. Less than $100 C. Less than $1000 D. Varies according to configuration
$0
When working with the vi editor, other than pressing "I", pressing which another key will invoke the insert mode? a. -a b. -k c. -l d. -m
-a
Which two partitions do you typically create at minimum during a Fedora Linux installation? (Choose two answers.) a. / b. /boot c. swap d. /home
/ swap
Which of the following would be the correct device for the primary master PATA hard disk? a. /dev/hda b. /dev/sda c. /dev/pataa d. /dev/drive0
/dev/hda
You can control the use of TTY consoles using the __________. a. /etc/hosts b. /etc/ssh/sshd_config c. /etc/login d. /etc/systemd/logind.conf
/etc/systemd/logind.conf
To support secure authentication, you must configure the administrator account (root) and at least ------ regular user account(s). In the space provided, enter only the numeric value.
1
When examining a Linux kernel version number of 4.18.8, what is the minor number? A. 4 B. 18 C. 8 D. None of these
18
Which of the following kernels are developmental kernels? (Choose all that apply.) a. 2.3.4 b. 3.5.5 c. 4.1-rc5 d. 4.4.4
2.3.4 4.1-rc5
What is the maximum number of Primary partitions that can be stored on a Hard disk? a. 2 b. 4 c. 32 d. 256
4
When examining a Linux kernel version number of 4.18.8, what is the major number? A. 4 B. 18 C. 8 D. None of these
4
How many TTY consoles are available in CentOS? a. 2 b. 1 c. 8 d. 5 e. 6
6
When examining a Linux kernel version number of 4.18.8, what is the revision number? A. 4 B. 18 C. 8 D. None of these
8
Which value along with the pkill command will kill a TTY connection forcefully? a. 5 b. 8 c. 1 d. 9 e. 0
9
Which of the following are true of the echo command? a. When used to display text, quotation marks are optional. b. It can be used to display shell variables by including a $ sign in front of the variable name. c. Including a semicolon at the end of the line will not affect the text being displayed. d. All of the other options are true.
All of the other options are true
A Linux server can NOT provide which of the services listed? A. NTP B. FTPC C. DHCPD D. MTAE E. All of these can be provided
All of these can be provided
Which of the following key combinations would switch from tty1 to tty3? a. Ctrl+Shift+F3 b. Alt+Shift+F3 c. Ctrl+Shift+3 d. Ctrl+Alt+F3
Alt+Shift+F3
What is the most common open source Web server available for Linux? a. Samba b. Apache c. Squid d. OpenStack
Apache
What is the default shell in Linux called? a. SH b. BSH c. CSH d. BASH
BASH
The most common method of Linux clustering is known as ____________ clustering.
Beowulf
When sitting at a computer running Linux, what key combination do you press to open the graphical terminal? a. Ctrl+Alt+G b. Ctrl+Alt+F4 c. Ctrl+Alt+F1 d. Ctrl+7
Ctrl+Alt+F1
On which distribution is the Ubuntu Linux distribution based? A. Red Hat B. Debian C. Gentoo D. Arch
Debian
Which two people are accredited with creating the UNIX operating system? (Choose two answers.) a. Dennis Ritchie b. Richard Stallman c. Linus Torvalds d. Ken Thompson
Dennis Ritchie Ken Thompson
Before installing freerdp, which of the following must be installed? a. Epel-repo b. Fonts package c. Desktop components d. Network package
Desktop components
If you boot your computer from Linux live media, you will be able to use a fully-functional Linux system prior to installing Linux on permanent storage. True or False? a. True b. False
False
inux commands entered via the command line are not case sensitive. True or False? a. True b. False
False
Which common GUI environments are available in most Linux distributions? (Choose all that apply.) a. GNOME b. CDE c. KDE d. RPM
GNOME KDE
Linux is freely developed and considered open source software. It is covered under this public license. A. OSI B. LUA C. GNU D. PST
GNU
To which license does Linux adhere? a. open license b. artistic license c. GNU General Public License d. free source license
GNU General Public License
The GUID Partition Table is used on hard disks that are ---- 2 TB in size. a. Greater than or equal to b. Less than c. None of the above
Greater than or equal to
When using an Internet browser in Linux to reach a website, how is the address www.linux.org handled? A. It is a FQNN and goes directly to the site B. It is a FQDN and is translated by DNS C. Is is a FQDN and is translated by DHCP D. None of these are correct
It is a FQDN and is translated by DNS
Which of the following Linux distributions is likely to be used by a CyberSecurity worker? a. Fedora b. Ubuntu c. Kali d. Gentoo
Kali
When installing the latest Linux version, you can choose Red Hat, Ubuntu, GNOME or KDE distributions. Which of the choices will be common to all distributions? A. GUI B. Desktop C. Bootloader D. Kernel
Kernel
The Master Boot Record (MBR) is used on hard disks that are ----- 2 TB in size. a. Greater than or equal to b. Less than c. None of the above
Less than
Linux was developed by __________ to resemble the _________ operating system. a. Linus Torvalds, MINIX b. Linux Torvalds, GNU c. Richard Stallman, GNU d. Richard Stallman, MINIX
Linus Torvalds, MINIX
When the core components of the Linux operating system are packaged together with other Open Source Software, it is called a: a. new kernel b. new platform c. Linux distribution d. GNU Project
Linux distribution
What are some good reasons for using Linux in a corporate environment? (Choose all that apply.) a. Linux software is unlikely to become abandoned by its developers. b. Linux is secure and has a lower total cost of ownership than other operating systems. c. Linux is widely available for many platforms and supports many programming languages. d. Most Linux software is closed source.
Linux software is unlikely to become abandoned by its developers Linux is secure and has a lower total cost of ownership than other operating systems Linux is widely available for many platforms and supports many programming languages
Which of the following would be a term applicable to an e-mail program on a workstation that is used to view email? a. MTA b. MDA c. MUA d. MBR
MUA
Which of the following can be used to synchronize the time between a number of Linux servers and workstations on a network with a time clock source on the Internet? a. SFTP b. IMAP c. SMTP d. NTP
NTP
Which of the choices is NOT used to identify a Linux kernel version? A. Name B. Major Number C. Minor Number D. Revision Number
Name
A Linux developmental kernel is classified as -rc2. What does this indicate? A. It is stable B. Ready for production C. Needs more testing D. A and B only
Needs more testing
Which term describes the security analysis that attempts to break into systems to test the strength of the system? A. Vulnerability assessment B. Penetration test C. Cyber attack D. None of these
Penetration test
How can you protect a metacharacter (such as the $ character) from shell interpretation? a. Precede it with a /. b. Follow it with a \. c. Precede it with a $. d. It cannot be done as metacharacters are essential. e. Precede it with a \.
Precede it with a \.
The command cd etc uses which kind of path? a. Absolute b. Relational c. Relative d. Conditional
Relative
Who formed the Free Software Foundation to promote open development? a. Dennis Ritchie b. Richard Stallman c. Linus Torvalds d. Ken Thompson
Richard Stallman
Which of the following types of cloud platforms would a webmail service offered to the general public be considered? a. SaaS b. PaaS c. IaaS d. MaaS
SaaS
Which of the following can be used on Linux to provide file and print services? a. Samba b. Apache c. Squid d. OpenStack
Samba
Which of the following is not an example of virtualization software that can be used to install Linux within another operating system? a. Oracle VirtualBox b. Microsoft Hyper-V c. Spiceworks d. VMWare
Spiceworks
Which choice identifies a compressed archive of files that can be installed on a Linux system without updating the central software database? A. RPM B. DPM C. Pacman D. Tarball
Tarball
Which of the following are characteristics of Open Source Software? (Choose all that apply.) a. The value of the software is directly related to its price. b. The software is developed collaboratively. c. The source code for software is available for a small fee. d. Any bugs are fixed quickly.
The software is developed collaboratively Any bugs are fixed quickly
When connecting with the CentOS system through a remote connection, the password field does not show any input when you type the password. What is the reason? a. This is the default behavior. b. Password is shadowed in the shadow file. c. Password is not being entered. d. Password is masked.
This is the default behavior
The operating system software is necessary for a computer to function. True or False? a. True b. False
True
To install Linux within a virtual machine, you can specify the path to an ISO image that contains the Linux installation media within virtualization software without having to first write the ISO image to a DVD or USB flash drive. True or False? a. True b. False
True
Users enter commands directly to the kernel of the Linux operating system. True or False? a. True b. False
True
What is the core component of the Linux GUI? A. Desktop B. X-Windows C. Ubuntu D. None of these
X-Windows
Which of the following are common methods for gaining support for Linux? a. HOWTO documents at www.tldp.org b. a local Linux User Group c. Internet newsgroups d. all the above
all the above
What command is equivalent to the man -k keyword command? a. find keyword b. man keyword c. apropos keyword d. appaloosa keyword
apropos keyword
Which of the following types of encryption uses a pair of keys known as a public and private? a. symmetric b. asymmetric c. SHA1 hashing d. message digest
asymmetric
Which of the following commands can be used to display a calendar for the current month? a. month b. date --calendar c. cal d. calendar
cal
Which of the following are examples of a relative path? [Choose all that apply.] a. cd .. b. cd Documents/ c. cd /etc d. cd /var/cache e. cd ../backups
cd .. cd Documents/ cd ../backups
Which of the following are examples of an absolute path? [Choose all that apply.] a. cd /etc b. cd .. c. cd ../backups d. cd /var/cache
cd /etc cd /var/cache
If you need to visit the Documents directory in the home directory of the user Administrator, what would be the correct command? a. cd Documents/ b. cd /home/../Documents c. cd ../Documents d. cd /home/administrator/Documents
cd /home/administrator/Documents
What is the relative path to get into the Documents directory? a. cd /home/../Documents b. cd ../Documents c. cd Documents/ d. cd /home/administrator/Documents
cd Documents/
Which command will take you back to the home directory? a. cd.. b. cd / c. cd .. d. cd ~
cd ~
Which command blanks the terminal screen, erasing previously displayed output? a. erase b. clean c. blank d. clear
clear
The United States Air Force was able to install Linux on a popular gaming console and then connect over 1,700 of these systems together to work as one big supercomputer. Which of the following types of technologies did they implement? a. herding b. cloud computing c. group computing d. clustering
clustering
To navigate to the end of a word, press ____ and you will jump to the end of the word. a. t b. e c. f d. a
e
The ____ command will display file types using special characters. Enter your answer in the space provided.
file
Which of the following is not a piece of information that the Fedora installation program prompts you for? a. time zone b. installation destination c. firewall settings d. installation language
firewall settings
Which of the following is a free remote connectivity utility that uses Remote Desktop Protocol? a. xrdp b. RDP c. PuTTY d. freerdp
freerdp
Which of the following terms describes a type of useful and legitimate software that is distributed by a developer where they do not charge for the software but also do not distribute the source code along with it? a. shareware b. freeware c. malware d. tryware
freeware
In the command mode, pressing which letter would move one character to the left? a. h b. b c. a d. k E. e
h
What command can you use to safely shut down the Linux system immediately? a. shutdown -c b. shutdown -r c. down d. halt
halt
Primary master PATA hard disk a. hdb b. hdd c. hdc d. hda
hda
Primary slave PATA hard disk a. hdb b. hdd c. hdc d. hda
hdb
Secondary master PATA hard disk a. hdb b. hdd c. hdc d. hda
hdc
Secondary slave PATA hard disk a. hdb b. hdd c. hdc d. hda
hdd
What equivalent to the man command generally provides an easier-to-read description of the queried command and contains links to other related information? a. who b. man help c. man -descriptive d. info
info
Sandra needs to obtain the latest image of Fedora so that she can install it as a virtual machine on her Windows workstation. Which of the following file formats is Sandra likely to find available for download from Fedora's website in order to allow her to use the file as the source for booting and installing Linux as a VM? a. .zip b. .tar.gz c. .iso d. .tgz
iso
Wayne is using the command line and is in his home directory. Which of the following will display a list of all files and their sizes from his home directory? (Choose two.) a. ls -ax b. ls -al ~ c. ls -ax ~ d. ls -al /home/wayne
ls -al ~ ls -al /home/wayne
You know a Linux command will perform a desired function for you, but you cannot remember the full name of the command. You do remember it will flush a variable from your system. Which command typed at a command prompt displays a list of commands that would likely contain the command you desire? a. man -k flush b. man -k find all c. man flush d. man -key flush
man -k flush
Dustin runs a command at the command line trying to find out what kernel version the system is running. However, it doesn't give him the information he needs. He knows there is an option that can be used to display the kernel version. How can he find out which option to use? a. ver --help b. help version c. man uname d. lsproc -?
man uname
Linux is a ___________ and ___________ operating system. a. production, stable b. multiuser, multitasking c. processing, operating d. large, useful
multiuser, multitasking
Many types of software are available today. Which type of software does Linux represent? a. open source software b. closed source software c. freeware d. shareware
open source software
Which of the following are factors that determine which Linux distribution a user will use? (Choose all that apply.) a. package manager support b. hardware platform c. kernel features d. language support
package manager support hardware platform kernel features
Which of the following types of servers can be used to cache requested Internet resources so that they can be more quickly delivered to users requesting the same resource while at the same time reducing the burden on the external network connection to the Internet for an organization? a. file server b. DNS server c. proxy server d. DHCP server
proxy server
Other than the tty command, which command reveals the name of the current TTY console? a. console b. ln c. ls d. ps
ps
Which of the following refers to the third primary partition on the second SAS hard disk within Linux? a. hdb2 b. sda3 c. hdb3 d. sdb3
sdb3
After you log in to a terminal, you receive a user interface called a ________. a. GUID b. shell c. text box d. command screen
shell
Which of the following commands will power off a Linux system after a 10 minute delay? a. shutdown -t 600 b. shutdown -P 10 c. halt -t 10 d. poweroff --wait 10
shutdown -P 10
Every computer consists of physical components and non-physical components. The non-physical components of a computer that understand how to work with the physical components are referred to as: A. hardware B. records C. software D. processors
software
Which culture embraced the term "GNU" (GNU's Not UNIX) and laid the free software groundwork for Linux? a. the hacker culture b. the MIT culture c. the cracker culture d. the Artificial Intelligence culture
the hacker culture
Which command helps you check the current TTY console? a. ls b. console c. tty d. ln
tty
Which of the following server roles does Apache perform? a. web server b. mail server c. name server d. certificate authority
web server
The core component of the Linux operating system is the Linux kernel. If you were a Linux systems administrator for a company, when would you need to upgrade your Linux kernel? (Choose all that apply.) A. when you need support in Linux for new hardware B. when you need another user interface C. when you need to increase the stability of Linux D. when you need to use kernel modules
when you need support in Linux for new hardware when you need to increase the stability of Linux
Which command displays the users who are currently logged in to the Linux system? a. finger b. who c. id d. date
who
Regardless of your username, which metacharacter can you always use to refer to your own home directory? a. ~ b. ! c. ^ d. $
~