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Linux Administration

Subject : it-skills

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. View a text file - View file but it scrolls.
page {filename}
25
53
cat {filename}

2. Mount points for removable media such as CD-ROMs
pico {filename}
/media
mail
less {filename}

3. Displays kernel routing tables
netstat -r
mkdir
cat {filename} | more
df

4. Changes password for a user
passwd
service
chown
ifup

5. Displays a table of all network interfaces / errors
ls -a
netstat -i
rmdir
118

6. Displays all file space usage
464
du -a
du
more {filename}

7. Prints file information
curl
/var/log
stat
cp

8. Users' home directories - containing saved files - personal settings - etc
/home
/root
du -a
43

9. Does a DNS lookup or reverse dns lookup
pico {filename}
host
chown
25

10. Variable files—files whose content is expected to continually change during normal operation of the system—such as logs & spool files & and temporary e-mail files.
/var
finger
uname -a
usermod

11. HTTP
uname -a
usermod
man
80

12. Displays the 10 bottom lines of a file
ifconfig
tail
80
chgrp

13. Displays all current running processes (similar to task manager)
kill
top
/proc
netstat -i

14. Kerberos password
464
top
bg
'/'

15. Configuration for optional installed software
/opt
143
ls -a
ifconfig

16. Lists all files within a directory (including hidden)
mkdir
/dev
ls -a
rmdir

17. Displays the connection media state and capabilities
110
ethtool
118
w

18. Secondary hierarchy for read-only user data
rm
dig
/usr
cat > {filename}

19. WHOIS
43
curl
/root
/sbin

20. SNMP
ls -a
apropos
161
/usr

21. Report file system disk space usage
53
df
netstat -r
/media

22. Test network connectivity
110
ping
kill
/boot

23. Deletes a file
sudo
rm
/tmp
53

24. Changes group ownership of file or directory
curl
chgrp
du
mkdir

25. Parses for string
usermod
ifconfig
dig
grep

26. Displays current date and time
date
156
22
mail

27. Find regular expression in file.

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183

28. Displays the 10 top lines of a file
head
/dev
443
page {filename}

29. Root directory of file system (not the user root's home dir)
'/'

30. Temporary files cleaned on reboot
cat > {filename}
ifconfig
page {filename}
/tmp

31. Reverse dns lookup
20
ls -a
dig-x
156

32. Shows who is currently logged in and where
/var/log
ls
w
/mnt

33. Removes a directory
dig-x
more {filename}
rmdir
netstat -i

34. DNS
page {filename}
mv
23
53

35. Moves a file with the option of renaming it
mv
bg
kill
chgrp

36. Virtual filesystem documenting kernel and process status as text files - e.g. uptime or network. In Linux it corresponds to a Procfs mount
cat > {filename}
/proc
top
20

37. Brings the most recent job to the foreground
fg
pico {filename}
netstat -r
w

38. Prints contains of text file
usermod
cat
/mnt
cd

39. Changes directories
rm
sudo
21
cd

40. SFTP
115
history
cat {filename}
22

41. View a text file - View file one screen at a time
ping
more {filename}
man
161

42. Temporarily mounted filesystems
cat
netstat
/mnt
host

43. Displays manual or help document for a command/application
man
/bin
page {filename}
dig

44. View a text file - Like more - with extra features
less {filename}
/boot
179
25

45. Kills all processes by name
file
killall
ls -a
head

46. Prints current working directory
/proc
'/'
118
pwd

47. View a text file - Use text editor and don't save.
/mnt
464
ethtool
pico {filename}

48. Changes ownership of a file or directory
chown
/home
/usr
53

49. List files within a directory
/sbin
service
ls
date

50. View a text file - View file one screen at a time
nslookup
cat {filename} | more
netstat -i
/home