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Unix Administration
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Subject
:
it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 42 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. Look inside a file
cat
Home Directory
adduser command
Is command
2. Appends a file
gzip
>>
/usr
userdel command
3. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users
cd...
cd
/usr
useradd command
4. A compressing utility that reduces the size of the named file
gzip
ls -l
>>
gunzip
5. show hidden files
/dev
ls -l
rm file
ls -a
6. Current directory
pwd show
/dev
. before a file
/bin
7. Enables a super user or root to create a new user or updates default new user information.
Home Directory
Gnome
touch command
useradd command
8. Copys and replace
ls -a
/dev
cp
passwd command
9. Create a directory file
passwd command
mkdir dir
ls -l
'/'
10. gunzip takes a list of files on its command line and replaces each file whose name ends with .gz - -gz - .z - -z - _z or .Z and which begins with the correct magic number with an uncompressed file without the original extension. gunzip also recognize
gunzip
Home Directory
adduser command
terminal window (usage)
11. A terminal emulator - terminal application - term - or tty for short - is a program that emulates a video terminal within some other display architecture. Though typically synonymous with a command line shell or text terminal - the term terminal cove
mkdir dir
touch command
cd
terminal window (usage)
12. Change mode
Install
ls
'/'
chmod
13. Adds content to files
cd...
gunzip
vi or vim
/bin
14. home bin
vi or vim
/home
cd
ls -a
15. Rename or move file1 to file2 - if file2 is an existing directory - move file1 into directory file2
/sbin
mv file1 file2
>>
cd...
16. Add a user to the system
adduser command
cat
ls -al
Home Directory
17. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.
ls -l
/bin
ls -a
cp file1 file2
18. Change dicrectory
cd
/bin
>
adduser command
19. Formatted listng with hidden files
ls -al
gunzip
mv file1 file2
. before a file
20. Root symbol
'/'
21. directory listing
cp
/dev
ls
gzip
22. Stores hardware and software device driver. It maintains filesystem entries that represent the devices connected to the system.
. before a file
passwd command
gzip
/dev
23. Makes empty files
/usr
su
cp
touch command
24. A shell script is a script written for the shell - or command line interpreter - of an operating system. It is often considered a simple domain-specific programming language. Typical operations performed by shell scripts include file manipulation - p
adduser command
shell scripts
>
cd...
25. Copy file1 to file2
cp file1 file2
ls
ls -l
Home Directory
26. super user
Is command
tar command
pwd show
su
27. Enables a super user to remove a users account.
cp
userdel command
cp file1 file2
su
28. Archiving command
KDE
pwd show
tar command
adduser command
29. Changes user password
adduser command
chmod
Is command
passwd command
30. delete file
rm file
>
mv file1 file2
/dev
31. Means it is a hidden file
gunzip
>
. before a file
Is command
32. Grep searches the named input FILEs (or standard input if no files are named - or the file name - is given) for lines containing a match to the given PATTERN. By default - grep prints the matching lines.
cp file1 file2
touch command
/usr
grep command
33. back one
cd...
terminal window (usage)
KDE
chmod
34. List command
userdel command
/home
cp file1 file2
Is command
35. A graphical utility used for searching files
Is command
terminal window (usage)
cp file1 file2
Gnome
36. Displays the default directory where the user is placed after loging in
Install
KDE
Home Directory
ls
37. Move and renames
ls -al
gunzip
mv
touch command
38. k Desktop Environment is one of thredifferent GUI user interfaces.
terminal window (usage)
KDE
. before a file
cp file1 file2
39. Copy files and set attributes
/sbin
Install
touch command
vi or vim
40. tells you what kind of file it is
cd
userdel command
ls -l
. before a file
41. Stores binaries that are used for completing the booting process and also the ones that are used by the root user-the adminstrator.
KDE
mv
tar command
/sbin
42. Creates a file
cp file1 file2
>>
mv file1 file2
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