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