Test your basic knowledge |

Unix Administration

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • 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. 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






2. Change mode






3. A graphical utility used for searching files






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






5. Copy files and set attributes






6. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






7. Creates a file






8. Formatted listng with hidden files






9. Root symbol



10. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






11. Look inside a file






12. delete file






13. show hidden files






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






15. home bin






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






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






18. 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.






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






20. Archiving command






21. 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






22. Changes user password






23. Create a directory file






24. Add a user to the system






25. 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






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






27. super user






28. Copy file1 to file2






29. Makes empty files






30. List command






31. directory listing






32. back one






33. Adds content to files






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






35. Means it is a hidden file






36. Copys and replace






37. Change dicrectory






38. Appends a file






39. tells you what kind of file it is






40. Move and renames






41. Current directory






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