1. One of the jobs of the kernel is to:
• Manage the system’s resources
• Turn source code into machine code
• Load the operating system after the computer is turned on
• Transfer mail from one machine to another
2. Unix is:
• An operating system
• A type of hardware
• A trademark
• A distribution of Linux
• A text editor
3. Linux is written in:
• C
• .NET
• C++
• Java
• Perl
4. Source code refers to:
• The version of a program that the computer runs on the CPU
• The license that dictates how you may use and share the software
• The interface that software uses to talk to the kernel
• A human readable version of computer software
5. What is the standard option to provide a command line program to view its documentation?
• –info
• –doc
• –help
• -h
6. The command man -k is the same as the command apropos. True or False?
7. The whatis command is the same as man -w.
8. The directory where additional documentation for software packages most likely can be found is:
• /var/lib/doc
• /usr/software/doc
• /usr/share/doc
• /var/share/doc
9. Hidden files are files that begin with what character?
• A plus (+)
• A dash (-)
• A period (.)
• An asterisk (*)
10. What option for the ls command will display all files, including hidden files?
• -w
• -H
• -L
• -a
11. The top-level directory on a Linux system is represented as:
• /
• /root
• /home
• C:
12. Is the following path absolute or relative? /etc/ppp
• Relative
• Absolute
13. Is the following path absolute or relative? sysadmin/Documents
14. Compression on a file works by:
• Removing the high order bit from each byte
• Consolidating multiple files into one
• Removing redundant information
• Storing most of the data on removable media and just leaving a pointer
• Eliminating gaps within the file
15. In general, for which of the following would you want to use lossless compression?
• An mp3 audio file
• A movie
• A log file
• A JPEG image
• An encrypted email
16. Lossy compression: (choose three)
• Is often used with documents
• Decompresses to an identical version as the original
• Sacrifices some quality
• Usually results better compression than lossless
• Is often used with images
17. You type gzip myfile.tar. What happens? (choose two)
• myfile.tar.gz holds a compressed version of myfile.tar
• An error; you forgot to pass the name of the output file
• An error; you forgot to specify the file with –f
• myfile.tar is unarchived into the current directory
• myfile.tar is removed
18. Error messages generated by commands are sent where by default?
• STDIN
• Log files
• STDERR
• STDOUT
19. A successful command will print output to STDOUT. True or False?
20. Which of the following commands will direct error messages to the file, error.log? (choose one)
• ls /root > error.log
• ls /root >> error.log
• ls /root 2> error.log
• ls /root $> error.log
