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Comptia Linux+

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ____ prevents individual users from using system resources excessively at the expense of other users.






2. Dissadvantage of Web publishing over print.






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






4. 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.






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






6. Which operating system is closely related Linux?






7. 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 ____.






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






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






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






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






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






13. Use ____ to start the DNS sever.






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






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






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






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






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






19. A ____'s responsibilities vary dramatically - depending primarily on the staffing and other resources devoted to developing a website.






20. The ____ controls the graphical screen.






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






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






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






24. In SLES 9 - the info files are located in the directory ____.






25. Keeping a website organized will help you ____.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. ____ is the preferred KDE file manager.






36. In a class B address - the first byte is in the ____ range.






37. 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.






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






39. Runlevel ____ is the single-user mode.






40. The ____ TLD is used for noncommercial institutions.






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






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






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






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






45. 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?






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






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






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






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






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