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One reason to virtualize is:
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It is required by the Linux kernel..
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It is the only way to get files from Microsoft Operating Systems to Linux Operating systems.
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It's cool.
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Cost savings and environmental consciousness.
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Paravirtualization is also known as bare-metal or native virtualization.
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Virtual Box is made by Oracle.
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Virtualization is making something smell like something else.
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Virtualization is making something look like something else.
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The host operating system is the system or host upon which the guest OS (VM) runs.
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Better cross platform support is one advantage of virtualization.
Question 8
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What is virtualization 'technically speaking' ?
Question 9
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One reason to virtualize is:
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It does not offer ease of implementation.
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There is no cross-platform support.
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It improves server and application availability.
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The public is demanding it.
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One reason to virtualize is:
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I have no idea I haven't read the chapter.
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It is required under new government law
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It is one of the most importatnt enablers of todays cloud-centric approach to computing, etc.
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It forces debugging of programs to be done on a stand-alone machine.
Question 11
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A hypervisor is also referred to as the virtual machine monitor (VMM).
Question 12
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Full virtualization is also known as bare-metal or native virtualization
Question 13
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Kernel-Based Linux Machines (KVM) are:
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are really "machine emulators".
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the official Linux answer and contribution to the virtualization space
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Microsoft's virtualization implementation
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one of the earliest implementations
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Guest Operating System is not the same as a Virtual Machine
Question 15
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Is relatively new in the computing world
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Has been around in various forms for a long time
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Only works on Linux machines
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Is not really that useful
Question 16
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One of the advantages of virtualization is it can reduce the number of machines needed.
Question 17
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The server room does not need to be temperature controlled because servers are robust and can handle a wide variety of temperatures.
Question 18
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It is important to check your distrobutions Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) before installing Linux.
Question 19
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With Server 2008, Microsoft has somewhat decoupled the GUI from the base OS
Question 20
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A server should be located out in the open, with easy access for all.
Question 21
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We will be using a dual-boot system in this course
Question 22
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VFS is used for a partition that will store files from non-Linux Operating Systems.
Question 23
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Partitioning a hard drive in Linux helps with:
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Killing Time
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Organization and recovery
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Impressing your boss who is non-technical
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Keeping your hard drive working propoerly
Question 24
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Which Partition is used by Linux for virtual memory?
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pagefile
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swap
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/swap
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/boot
Question 25
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Linux may not support your hardware by default
Question 26
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If your system has 1 GB of RAM, how big sould your swap partition be?
Question 27
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Linux, for the most part, adopts the monolithic kernel architecture
Question 28
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You're planning to install Linux on a system that you have built out of spare parts. Several compnents are not listed on your distrobutions HCL. What should you do?
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Install the distrobution anyway and hope for the best.
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Install the distrobution and then install the latest product updates.
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Replace the incomatible parts with supported parts.
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Spend 3 days scouring the internet looking for drivers.
Question 29
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In the Macintosh and Windows deisgn concept, the GUI interface and kernel are separate.
Question 30
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KDE, GNOME and XDE are examples of GUI interfaces available for Linux.
Question 31
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Red Hat and Ubuntu are examples of:
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The Open Source/GNU movement was started by Richard Stallman
Question 33
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A multi-user operating system is capable of providing services for many users on the system concurrently.
Question 34
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In Linux, the GUI interface and the kernel are separate.
Question 35
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We used the second extended file system (ext2) for our file system.
Question 36
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Linux associates each partition as a separate device.
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RHEL and SLE are examples of:
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What is Linux exactly?
Question 39
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"One computer, one desk, on user" was the vision of Richard Stallman
Question 40
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The root directory in Linux is:
Question 41
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ext3 and ext are exactly the same file system with different names
Question 42
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Virtual memory is the same as Swap space in Linux
Question 43
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Great New Upgrade
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GNU's Not UNIX
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Gates, Networks, Unicode
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none of the above
Question 44
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A server should be user friendly so anyone in the company can use it for casual computing.
Question 45
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The different releases of Linux are known as:
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distribution or distro
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service patch
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update
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release
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A server (or any system) should have a strong password.
Question 47
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The following is an installation method for Linux
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We will be using a dual-boot system in this course.
Question 49
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Assuming all other preliminary steps have been taken correctly, what command would you enter at the shell prompt to extract all of the files from the Bit Torent-5.0.1.tar.gz archive?
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gzip -d ./Bit Torrent-5.0.1.tar.gz
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tar -zxvf ./Bit Torrent-5.0.1.tar.gz
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tar -xvf ./Bit Torrent-5.0.1.tar.gz
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unzip -zxvf ./Bit Torrent-5.0.1.tar.gz
Question 50
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The third field in the /etc/passwd file is:
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sticky bit
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shell
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group ID (GID)
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user ID (UID)
Question 51
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The configuration files for BASH are:
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.bashrc/ .profile
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/etc/bash
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.tcshrc/ .xinitrc
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bash profile
Question 52
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An administrator types the following command on an RPM based Linux system: # rpm -ihv megaprog.rpm. What is the effect of this command?
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The megaprog.rpm, if it exists, is valid and is not already installed, is installed on the system.
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The megaprog.rpm is automatically updated and installed on the system
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The megaprog.rpm is compiled into a binary file so it can be installed on the system using ./configure.
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The megaprog.rpm, if it exists, is valid and is already installed, is uninstalled on the system.
Question 53
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What command would you use to uninstall the evolution-2.6.0.41.i586.rpm from your system?
Question 54
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The RPM and YUM package management systems are usually associated with _______ distributions.
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Windows based Systems
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MAC OS based systems
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Debian distributions
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Red Hat/Fedora
Question 55
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Something used to make bread and beer
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Nothing, you made this up to confuse us
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Yet another Setup Tool and it has a GUI interface
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A tool for yanking stats from the sports page
Question 56
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Consider the following entry in /etc/passwd: ksanders:x:1001:100:Kimberly Sanders:/homeksanders: /bin/bash. What us the primary group for this user?
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ksanders
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home
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1001
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100
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/bin/bash
Question 57
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Which is true of using both RPM and Debian package management systems on one computer?
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It is impossible because Red Hat and Debian systems are so different.
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It is generally inadvisable because the two systems don't share installed-file database information.
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It is common practice on Red Hat and Debian systems
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The universe will end if this is done, so you should avoid doing it when possible.
Question 58
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The /etc/shadow file:
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is a line oriented editor
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is where the user information is stored
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is the encrypted password file
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should be readable by all users
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can't be seen but is always right behind you
Question 59
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To modify an existing user's profile you, must use the _____________ command.
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modify user
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usrmd
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usermod
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usrmod
Question 60
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The command to add a new user is:
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adduser
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useradd
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usradd
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usernew
Question 61
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An executable file has the SUID permission set. If the file is run on the system, who owns the file?
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The user who created the file remains the owner.
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The user who ran the file becomes the permanent owner
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The root user becomes the owner
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The user who runs the file becomes the file's temporary owner
Question 62
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What is the command to modify an existing group?
Question 63
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Where does the RPM store its database of installed packages?
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/var/lib/rpm
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/etc/rpm
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/var/rpm
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/tmp/rpm
Question 64
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You currently have evolution-2.2.0.53.i586.rpm on your system. You have recently downloaded evolution-2.6.0.41.i586.rpm to your system and want to install it. What command will you use to upgrade(install) the newer package?
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rpm -i evolution-2.6.0.41.i586.rpm
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rpm -I --upgrade evolution-2.6.0.41.i586.rpm
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rpm -e evolution-2.6.0.41.i586.rpm
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rpm -U evolution-2.6.0.41.i586.rpm
Question 65
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You must use the which command to add a new group to your system?
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addgroup
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groupadd
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grpadd
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addgrp
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group-a-licious
Question 66
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In Linux, PAM is the acronym for:
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Post Atomic Man
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Pluggable Administator Modules
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Pluggable Adduser Modules
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Pluggable Authentication Modules
Question 67
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Which command deletes a user?
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userdel
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deluser
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XXX user
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usrdel
Question 68
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What command will you type to obtain a list of all installed packages on a Debian system?
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apt-cache pkgnames
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apt-cahce showpkg
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dpkg -r allpkgs
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dpkg -i
Question 69
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Which of the following commands would you type to update the unzip program on a Fedora system? (Choose all that apply)
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yum update unzip
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yum upgrade unzip
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yum -u unzip
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yum _U unzip
Question 70
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You've downloaded a package named evolution-2.6.0.41.i586.rpm to your home directory. What command will you use to check the digital signature of the package to verify that is has not been tampered with?
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rpm -checksig ./evolution-2.6.0.41.i586.rpm
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rpm --verify ./evolution-2.6.0.41.i586.rpm
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rpm -mperproof evolution-2.6.0.41.i586.rpm
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All Linux packages are tamperproof by default
Question 71
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Which option should be used to add a comment to the new user's profile?
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[ctrl-C]
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#NAME!
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#NAME?
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-c
Question 72
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Group information is stored in the:
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/etc/groups/info
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/etc/group file
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/X/Files
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c/shadow
Question 73
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You need to change the permissions on a file called spock.odt such that the owner can read and write to the file, users who are members of the group can read and write to the file and users who are not the owner and not part of the owning group can only read the file. Which command will do this?
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chmod 755
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chmod 664
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chmod 655
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chmod 446
Question 74
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From a shell prompt you type, sudo apt-get update on a Debian system. What is the expected effect of this command?
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None: this is an invalid option for the apt-get command
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The APT utilities deliver information about the latest packages available and install them automatically.
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The APT utilities download the latest packages available and install them with subsequent apt-get commands.
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The APT utilities retrieve information about the latest packages available so that you may install them with subsequent apt-get commands.
Question 75
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The APT and dpkg package management systems are usually associated with _______ distributions
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Windows based Systems
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MAC OS based systems
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Debian distributions
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Red Hat/Fedora
Question 76
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Each group gets a(n):
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unique UID
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unique GID
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Free I Love Linux Button
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unique PAM
Question 77
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Which of the following is used to delete an existing group?
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groupdel
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delete group
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grpdel
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group delete