ITS 121 Chapter 8 Study Guide
At what runlevel does a Linux system have no daemons active in memory, allowing it to be safely powered off? a. 0 b. 1 c. 6 d. 7
A
In standard GRUB notation, select the option below that represents the first hard drive in a system, and the first partition on the hard drive a. (hd0,0) b. (hd1,1) c. (hda,0) d. (hda,1)
A
Fedora 20 makes use of the XFree86 implementation of X Windows. True or False?
False
Most daemon scripts accept the arguments start, stop, and restart. True or False?
True
In Linux, what runlevel is also known as the multiuser mode? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
B
What command below can be used to re-install GRUB2 in the event that the boot loader becomes corrupted? a. grub-install b. grub2-install c. install_grub d. install_grub2
B
What is the default target on a system with a GUI installed? a. multi-user.target b. single-user.target c. graphical.target d. gui.target
C
Much like the SysV init daemon, the Systemd init daemon is used to start daemons during system initialization as well as start and stip daemons after system initialization. True or False?
True
You can choose to use a window manager only, and not use a desktop manager. True or False?
True
In the /etc/lilo.conf file, what keyword should be specified in order to provide the absolute pathname to the Linux kernel? a. image= b. default= c. install= d. root=
A
Once X Windows is configured, what command can be used to fine tune the vertical and horizontal refresh rate? a. xvidtune b. xvideotune c. xtune d. vidtune
A
What stage of the GRUB boot loader typically resides on the MBR/GPT? a. Stage 1 b. Stage 1.5 c. Stage 2 d. Stage 2.5
A
In Fedora 20, where are user configured settings for Xorg stored? a. /etc/X11/xorg.conf b. /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ c. /etc/inittab d. /etc/X11.conf
B
On Linux systems that use the traditional UNIX SysV init, what command below can be used to list and modify the runlevels that a daemon is started in? a. systemctl b. chkconfig c. autoservice d. run-daemon
B
Under what directory is the Linux kernel stored? a. / b. /boot c. /root d. /krnl
B
What file controls the default runlevel using Systemd? a. /etc/inittab b. /etc/systemd/system/default.target c. /etc/systemd/inittab.target d. /etc/systemd.comf
B
After modifying the /etc/default/grub file, what command should be run to rebuild the grub config file? a. grub2-install b. gruv-config c. grub-mkconfig d. grub-compile
C
What command can be used to configure the LILO, ELILO, GRUB, and GRUB2 bootloaders? a. boot-config b. loaderconf c. grubby d. parted
C
When using Systemd, what command can be used to start, stop and configure daemons to start automatically when the system starts? a. chkconfig b. service c. systemctl d. syscontroller
C
Which command below can be used to start, stop, or restart any daemons in the /etc/init.d directory? a. daemon b. manip-daemon c. service d. daemon-service
C
In order to change keyboard layout if X Windows can't detect the layout, you should use what CLI command? a. sys-conf-kb b. system-config-kb c. sys-config-keyboard d. system-config-keyboard
D
The GUI components and related software take up how much space on a typical Linux installation? a. 1 GB b. 2 GB c. 3 GB d. 4 GB
D
What command below can be used to uninstall the LILO bootloader from an active partition? a. lilo --remove b. lilo -d c. lilo delete d. lilo - U
D
What keyword tells the Linux kernel to avoid printing errors to the screen during system startup? a. silent b. noerror c. whisper d. quiet
D
The /etc/rc.d/rc 5 script executes files that start with S in the /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/ directory. True or False?
False
