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Comptia Linux+

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. tep 3 of the design plan is to ____.






2. The ____ controls the graphical screen.






3. 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.






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






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






6. ____ is the preferred KDE file manager.






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






8. Runlevel ____ is the single-user mode.






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






10. Class ____ addresses are typically used for broadcasts.






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Which operating system is closely related Linux?






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






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






24. The ____ TLD is used for noncommercial institutions.






25. Use ____ to start the DNS sever.






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






27. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. The ____ option of the ps command is used to list terminal-independent processes.






40. 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.






41. 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 ____.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Keeping a website organized will help you ____.






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