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