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Unix Administration

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. 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






2. delete file






3. Means it is a hidden file






4. Copy file1 to file2






5. Makes empty files






6. Create a directory file






7. Appends a file






8. home bin






9. Formatted listng with hidden files






10. Enables a super user to remove a users account.






11. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






12. Creates a file






13. Adds content to files






14. super user






15. Change dicrectory






16. k Desktop Environment is one of thredifferent GUI user interfaces.






17. Copy files and set attributes






18. Stores hardware and software device driver. It maintains filesystem entries that represent the devices connected to the system.






19. Stores binaries that are used for completing the booting process and also the ones that are used by the root user-the adminstrator.






20. Look inside a file






21. Changes user password






22. Add a user to the system






23. List command






24. A compressing utility that reduces the size of the named file






25. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






26. Move and renames






27. Root symbol



28. show hidden files






29. A graphical utility used for searching files






30. Enables a super user or root to create a new user or updates default new user information.






31. Archiving command






32. directory listing






33. Change mode






34. Rename or move file1 to file2 - if file2 is an existing directory - move file1 into directory file2






35. Displays the default directory where the user is placed after loging in






36. 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






37. Copys and replace






38. 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






39. 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.






40. Current directory






41. back one






42. tells you what kind of file it is