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