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Examen Simulacro II: Linux Essentials

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Quiz on Examen Simulacro II: Linux Essentials, created by Carlos Alberto Jara Alva on 17/11/2022.
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Question 1

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How could one search for the file foo.txt under the directory /home?
Answer
  • find /home -name foo.txt
  • find /home foo.txt
  • search /home -file foo.txt
  • search /home foo.txt

Question 2

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Which function does a shell program server?
Answer
  • It receives user commands and executes them
  • It is responsible for logging a user into the system
  • It is responsible for establishing a connection to another computer
  • It provides a graphical environment

Question 3

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The output of the program date should be saved in the variable actdat. What is the correct statement?
Answer
  • Actdat='date'
  • Date | acdat
  • Set actdat='date'
  • Actdat=date

Question 4

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Which of the following statements may be used to access the second command line argument to a script?
Answer
  • "$1"
  • "$2"
  • '$2'
  • $1

Question 5

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Which command will display running process information in realtime?
Answer
  • ps current
  • top
  • show current
  • Process

Question 6

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Which of the following file systems is most commonly used for Linux distributions?
Answer
  • NTFS
  • FAT32
  • ext4
  • HFS+

Question 7

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Which one of the following statements concerning Linux passwords is true?
Answer
  • Passwords are only stored in encrypted form
  • Passwords may never start with a non-letter
  • All passwords can be decrypted using the system administrator's master password
  • Users cannot change their password once it has been set

Question 8

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Why is the file data.txt empty after executing sort data.txt > data.txt?
Answer
  • Because the file gets truncated before the sort is executed
  • Because, if data.txt is empty now, it must have been empty before
  • Because sort cannot sort text files, only binary files
  • Because sort detects that both files are the same

Question 9

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Where is the BIOS located?
Answer
  • RAM
  • LCD Monitor
  • Hard drive
  • Motherboard

Question 10

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You have a program called /user/bin/foo. You wish to create a symbolic link, /home/user/bin/foo, that points to it. Which command will do this task?  
Answer
  • ln -s /user/bin/foo /home/user/foo
  • ln -sys /home/user/foo /user/bin/foo
  • ln /user/bin/foo /home/user/foo
  • ln /home/user/foo /user/bin/foo

Question 11

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What keyword is missing from the following segment of the shell script? for i in*;----cat $idone
Answer
  • Endo
  • Do
  • Then
  • Fi

Question 12

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What is the command that will show system boot time messages?
Answer
  • Display system boot
  • Messages
  • dmesg
  • lspci

Question 13

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Which of the following is a Linux based operating system for use on mobile devices?
Answer
  • CentOS
  • Debian
  • Android
  • Fedora

Question 14

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Which network interface always exists in a Linux system?
Answer
  • lo
  • wlan0
  • vlan0
  • eth0

Question 15

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Which command shows if /usr/bin is in the current shell search path?
Answer
  • cat $PATH
  • echo %PATH
  • echo $PATH
  • echo %PATH%

Question 16

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What are the three sets of permission for a file?
Answer
  • Administrator, standard user, others
  • User, group, others
  • Administrator, group, others
  • User, standard user, others

Question 17

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Which of the following programs is not  a graphical web browser?
Answer
  • Chrome
  • Konqueror
  • Links
  • Firefox

Question 18

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After installing a new package, in which directory are you most likely find its configuration file?
Answer
  • /etc
  • /conf
  • /usr
  • /lib

Question 19

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What are the three sets of permission for a file?
Answer
  • Administrator, group, others
  • User, group, others
  • User, standard user, others
  • Administrator, standard user, others

Question 20

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Which of the following is true about open source software?
Answer
  • Open source software is available for commercial use
  • Open source software is not for sale
  • Open source software can not be copied for free
  • The freedom to redistribute copies must include binary or executable forms of the software but not the source code.

Question 21

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What is the preferred source for the installation of new applications?
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  • The distribution's package repository
  • A CD-ROM disk
  • A retail store
  • The vendor's website

Question 22

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Which of the following is a combined audio/video interface for transmission of digital data?
Answer
  • HDMI
  • DVD
  • VGA
  • ATI

Question 23

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Which of the following commands moves the directory ~/summer-vacation and it content to ~/vacation/2011?
Answer
  • mv ~/summer-vacation ~/vacation/2011
  • mv -R ~/summer-vacation ~/vacation/2011
  • move -R ~/summer-vacation ~/vacation/2011
  • mv /home/summer-vacation /home/vacation/2011

Question 24

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Which command line can be used to search help files that mention the word "copy"?
Answer
  • copy help
  • whatis copy
  • man l-k copy
  • copy -help

Question 25

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Which of the following software packages is an email server?
Answer
  • Postfix
  • Apache
  • MySQL
  • GIMP

Question 26

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Which of the following can be used to access the command line?
Answer
  • Terminal
  • Firefox
  • BIOS
  • XWindow

Question 27

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After installing a new package, in which directory are you most likely find its configuration file?
Answer
  • /usr
  • /conf
  • /etc
  • /lib

Question 28

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Why is the file data.txt empty after executing sort data.txt > data.txt?
Answer
  • Because the file gets truncated before the sort is executed
  • Because sort cannot sort text files, only binary files
  • Because sort detects that both files are the same
  • Because, if data.txt is empty now, it must have been empty before

Question 29

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Which option will cause the echo command NOT to output a trailing newline?
Answer
  • -p
  • -e
  • -n
  • -s

Question 30

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Which of the following statements concerning the General Public License (GPL) is true?
Answer
  • If you changed a program you received under the GPL, you must send your changes to the original author for approval
  • GPL software may never be sold for money
  • The GPL is identical to the BSD license
  • The GPL is designed to ensure that the source code of a software remains freely available

Question 31

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Identify the proper device for the third partition, on the second hard disk, on the first IDE controller on a PC system. 
Answer
  • /dev/hdb3
  • /dev/hd1b3
  • /dev/hdc1d2p3
  • Dev/hdc1a3

Question 32

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Which command lists all files in the current directory that starts with a capital letter?
Answer
  • ls A-Z*
  • ls [A-Z]*
  • ls A-Z
  • ls -uppercase-files

Question 33

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How can the normal output of a command be written to a file while discarding the error output?
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  • Command> file2>/dev/null
  • Command /dev/null
  • Command>2>file &1>/dev/null
  • Command>2>discard-error>file

Question 34

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Which of the following Ubuntu releases is considered most stable and fit to use for business purposes?
Answer
  • Ubuntu Vanilla
  • LTS
  • Xubuntu
  • Kubuntu

Question 35

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The following file is found in which system file? root:x:0:0::/root:/bin/bash
Answer
  • /usr/bin/shadow
  • /etc/passwd
  • /etc/shadow
  • /etc/password

Question 36

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Which is a suitable command to find the next appearance of the word hidden in a man page being viewed from the command line?
Answer
  • /hidden
  • /? hidden
  • CTRL-F hidden
  • Find hidden

Question 37

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While deleting all files beginning with the letter a there was still the file Access.txt left. Assuming that it had the correct ownership, why was it not deleted?
Answer
  • Linux file names are case sensitive
  • Rm had to be called with the option -R to delete all files
  • Files with extensions need a different treatment
  • The file Access.txt was hidden

Question 38

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What is the output of the following command?tail -n 20 test.txt
Answer
  • The last 20 lines of test.txt including the black lines
  • The last 20 lines of test.txt omitting the black lines
  • The last 20 lines of test.txt with line numbers
  • The first 20 lines of test.txt

Question 39

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Which of the following commands will display a list of all files in the current directory, including  those that may be hidden?
Answer
  • ls -a
  • ls --hidden
  • ls -h
  • ls --a

Question 40

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Which command will display the last line of the file foo.txt?
Answer
  • tail -n 1 foo.txt
  • last -n 1 foo.txt
  • head -n foo.txt
  • tail foo.txt
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