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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. tells you what kind of file it is
/bin
ls
mv file1 file2
ls -l
2. back one
cd...
KDE
cp
touch command
3. Change dicrectory
cd
tar command
>>
/sbin
4. directory listing
pwd show
Home Directory
gunzip
ls
5. Rename or move file1 to file2 - if file2 is an existing directory - move file1 into directory file2
useradd command
tar command
adduser command
mv file1 file2
6. 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
gunzip
/bin
terminal window (usage)
cp
7. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.
KDE
Is command
grep command
/bin
8. Enables a super user or root to create a new user or updates default new user information.
/bin
gunzip
useradd command
>>
9. Formatted listng with hidden files
cd...
ls -a
ls -al
tar command
10. Stores hardware and software device driver. It maintains filesystem entries that represent the devices connected to the system.
/dev
cp file1 file2
cd...
/bin
11. Move and renames
tar command
mv
su
Home Directory
12. Enables a super user to remove a users account.
/bin
pwd show
userdel command
cd
13. A compressing utility that reduces the size of the named file
tar command
gzip
vi or vim
/home
14. 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
chmod
shell scripts
mv file1 file2
gunzip
15. Stores binaries that are used for completing the booting process and also the ones that are used by the root user-the adminstrator.
chmod
ls -a
/sbin
Home Directory
16. Means it is a hidden file
>
terminal window (usage)
. before a file
'/'
17. Copy file1 to file2
/sbin
pwd show
Is command
cp file1 file2
18. Adds content to files
/dev
vi or vim
mkdir dir
KDE
19. Changes user password
passwd command
mv file1 file2
'/'
useradd command
20. Archiving command
gzip
tar command
terminal window (usage)
useradd command
21. k Desktop Environment is one of thredifferent GUI user interfaces.
KDE
'/'
mv file1 file2
grep command
22. Appends a file
Is command
>>
adduser command
>
23. Root symbol
'/'
24. delete file
/bin
chmod
/home
rm file
25. home bin
/home
cat
vi or vim
tar command
26. List command
Install
Is command
/home
adduser command
27. Creates a file
'/'
/home
. before a file
>
28. Current directory
terminal window (usage)
touch command
cp
pwd show
29. Makes empty files
. before a file
grep command
/home
touch command
30. Copys and replace
rm file
shell scripts
cp
passwd command
31. Displays the default directory where the user is placed after loging in
Home Directory
userdel command
cd
shell scripts
32. Look inside a file
cat
useradd command
gzip
cd...
33. Copy files and set attributes
mkdir dir
rm file
Install
shell scripts
34. Change mode
. before a file
passwd command
chmod
ls -al
35. A graphical utility used for searching files
mv file1 file2
/dev
mv
Gnome
36. show hidden files
ls -a
'/'
Install
su
37. Add a user to the system
'/'
rm file
adduser command
cat
38. super user
userdel command
ls -l
su
tar command
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.
ls -al
tar command
grep command
useradd command
40. 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
/bin
>
gunzip
adduser command
41. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users
cp
KDE
mkdir dir
/usr
42. Create a directory file
mkdir dir
ls -a
/sbin
Home Directory