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Comptia Linux+

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1. If the English manual pages are not shown automatically with the command man - you can display the English version of the manual page by setting ____.






2. You can enter the ____ command to display the registered local or remote names of a host - regardless of the operating system with which NetBIOS is run.






3. The signal ____ is used to end a process immediately.






4. Browsers on both PCs and Macs share ____ colors.






5. The ____ option of the ps command is used to list terminal-independent processes - including those of other users.






6. A ____ route defines the path a data packet can take for an entire destination network.






7. What is the correct order for steps in the six-step design process?






8. A collection of linked Web pages that typically starts with a home page is called a Web ____.






9. Typically - the primary component of a website is ____.






10. The ____ TLD is used for noncommercial institutions.






11. The ____ key in the info command moves the cursor to the beginning of the current info page.






12. The SLES Linux kernel contains many new features compared to older Linux kernel - including support for multipe CPU's. How many CPU's can the SLES Linux kernel support?






13. To remove /etc/shadow and convert your user accounts to /etc/passwd only - you should use the command ____.






14. A popular method to encourage visitor interactivity is through ____.






15. By default - ____ virtual desktops are configured in the SLES 9 KDE desktop environment.






16. tep 3 of the design plan is to ____.






17. A ____ is a process that is started by another process.






18. A ____ page provides information about the website's purpose and content.






19. In a class D address - the first byte is in the ____ range.






20. On the Web - you access graphics - sounds - video clips - and regular text using a ____ - which is a special software pointer that points to the location of the computer on which the specific information is stored - as well as the information itself.






21. You can use the ____ command to list all currently existing connections to the Samba server.






22. ____ is a set of standards for digital transmission of data over standard copper telephone lines.






23. In GNOME - you can add new programs to the control panel by right-clicking a free area of the panel and then selecting ____.






24. A ____ guarantees a trust relationship among all network services communicating with each other.






25. Help files are available in the following directory for most installed packages: ____.






26. The ____ controls the graphical screen.






27. The first version of UNIX was written in ____.






28. Keeping a website organized will help you ____.






29. Dissadvantage of Web publishing over print.






30. Visual ____ must be constant - not only throughout a website - but also with print publications.






31. Runlevel ____ is the single-user mode.






32. Use ____ to start the DNS sever.






33. The directory ____ contains the how-to files of the Linux Documentation Project in HTML format.






34. The ____ style places the conclusion first - followed by details and any background information.






35. Google offers a special Web search site for questions about Linux at ____.






36. The ____ key in the less command pages one screen forward.






37. The ____ is the process ID of the parent process that created the current process.






38. Because several users might also want to use several different programs simultaneously - mechanisms must be available to allow these programs to run simultaneously (____ capability).






39. A ____ in the password field in the file /etc/passwd means that the password is stored in the file /etc/shadow.






40. The ____ option of the ps command is used to list processes hierarchically.






41. To start the services required for Samba - enter: ____.






42. A link can be a(n) ____.






43. An example of a ____ is Southwest Airline's "You are now free to move about the country."






44. ____ structure organizes and presents information in a specific order.






45. Which operating system is closely related Linux?






46. ____ transmits at fast speeds on existing standard copper telephone wiring.






47. The ____ is a graphical application that uses the services of the X-server to receive keyboard and mouse actions and to have its own output displayed on the screen.






48. A website host may limit a website to 5 ____ for a flat monthly fee.






49. Class ____ addresses are typically used for broadcasts.






50. NFS is frequently used together with ____ to provide centralized user management on a network.