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Comptia Linux+

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In a class B address - the first byte is in the ____ range.






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






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






4. The ____ TLD is used for noncommercial institutions.






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






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






7. Which operating system is closely related Linux?






8. Runlevel ____ offers full networking capabilities and starts the graphical user interface.






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. The ____ part of a manual page contains the instructions that can be given to the program while running.






18. The ____ controls the graphical screen.






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






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






21. You control the KDE desktop by using the KDE ____ located at the bottom of the desktop.






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






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






24. Runlevel ____ is the single-user mode.






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






26. 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.






27. Dissadvantage of Web publishing over print.






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






33. 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 ____.






34. The ____ part of a manual page contains the detailed description of the command.






35. ____ is the preferred KDE file manager.






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






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






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






39. ____ prevents individual users from using system resources excessively at the expense of other users.






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Release notes - white papers - and other helpful information are stored in the directory ____.






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






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






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






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