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