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Comptia Linux+

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Release notes - white papers - and other helpful information are stored in the directory ____.






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






3. Keeping a website organized will help you ____.






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






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






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






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






8. The ____ TLD is used for noncommercial institutions.






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






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






11. Multimedia and other technologies often require the use of a(n) ____ - which is a software program that allows certain content to function within the Web page.






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






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






14. 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?






15. Which operating system is closely related Linux?






16. Class ____ addresses are typically used for broadcasts.






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






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






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






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






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






22. The ____ controls the graphical screen.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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 ____.






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






46. ____ is the preferred KDE file manager.






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. Runlevel ____ is the single-user mode.






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






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