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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. Create a directory file
touch command
mkdir dir
/bin
adduser command
2. Enables a super user to remove a users account.
>>
ls -al
userdel command
KDE
3. Root symbol
'/'
4. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.
/bin
Home Directory
KDE
Install
5. back one
cd...
su
mkdir dir
vi or vim
6. Appends a file
/sbin
touch command
>>
gzip
7. Adds content to files
adduser command
gunzip
vi or vim
shell scripts
8. Stores hardware and software device driver. It maintains filesystem entries that represent the devices connected to the system.
/dev
cp
cd...
userdel command
9. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users
/usr
cp file1 file2
shell scripts
rm file
10. 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.
Home Directory
ls
pwd show
grep command
11. Add a user to the system
mv file1 file2
vi or vim
. before a file
adduser command
12. List command
/home
cd...
Is command
>
13. Copy file1 to file2
ls -al
tar command
touch command
cp file1 file2
14. Creates a file
cp file1 file2
mv file1 file2
>
passwd command
15. Look inside a file
ls -al
mv
useradd command
cat
16. A compressing utility that reduces the size of the named file
/usr
gzip
terminal window (usage)
/dev
17. Makes empty files
Gnome
touch command
ls -al
tar command
18. Stores binaries that are used for completing the booting process and also the ones that are used by the root user-the adminstrator.
/sbin
ls -al
cp file1 file2
adduser command
19. Enables a super user or root to create a new user or updates default new user information.
gzip
mv
useradd command
cp file1 file2
20. Displays the default directory where the user is placed after loging in
Home Directory
touch command
cp
cd...
21. Copys and replace
cp
ls -a
mv file1 file2
ls -al
22. 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
cat
shell scripts
/sbin
/dev
23. Changes user password
su
adduser command
rm file
passwd command
24. show hidden files
. before a file
ls -a
ls -l
terminal window (usage)
25. directory listing
ls
pwd show
chmod
shell scripts
26. k Desktop Environment is one of thredifferent GUI user interfaces.
/home
KDE
terminal window (usage)
ls -a
27. Rename or move file1 to file2 - if file2 is an existing directory - move file1 into directory file2
>>
mv file1 file2
/usr
mkdir dir
28. super user
/home
su
passwd command
mv
29. 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
vi or vim
mv file1 file2
>>
gunzip
30. A graphical utility used for searching files
cat
/sbin
Gnome
shell scripts
31. Formatted listng with hidden files
shell scripts
Is command
ls -al
. before a file
32. tells you what kind of file it is
ls -l
KDE
useradd command
/bin
33. Change mode
chmod
/home
rm file
mv
34. delete file
gzip
cd
cd...
rm file
35. home bin
/home
mkdir dir
cd
/sbin
36. Current directory
KDE
cd
su
pwd show
37. Means it is a hidden file
useradd command
/dev
mv file1 file2
. before a file
38. Archiving command
gunzip
terminal window (usage)
mkdir dir
tar command
39. Change dicrectory
cd
ls -al
ls -a
grep command
40. 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
/bin
terminal window (usage)
>>
chmod
41. Move and renames
/home
touch command
ls
mv
42. Copy files and set attributes
/home
Install
mv file1 file2
rm file