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Comptia Linux+

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. The ____ controls the graphical screen.






13. Class ____ addresses are typically used for broadcasts.






14. Runlevel ____ is the single-user mode.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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 ____.






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. ____ is the preferred KDE file manager.






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






35. Keeping a website organized will help you ____.






36. 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?






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






38. 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.






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






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






41. The ____ TLD is used for noncommercial institutions.






42. 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.






43. Use ____ to start the DNS sever.






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






49. Which operating system is closely related Linux?






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