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. Archiving command






2. Add a user to the system






3. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






4. Copy file1 to file2






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






6. Move and renames






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






8. super user






9. 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






10. Copys and replace






11. 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






12. Copy files and set attributes






13. Makes empty files






14. Changes user password






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






16. Change dicrectory






17. Look inside a file






18. Change mode






19. List command






20. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






21. tells you what kind of file it is






22. Create a directory file






23. Root symbol



24. show hidden files






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






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






27. 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.






28. Adds content to files






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






30. Creates a file






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






32. Formatted listng with hidden files






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






34. Means it is a hidden file






35. A graphical utility used for searching files






36. directory listing






37. Appends a file






38. back one






39. delete file






40. 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






41. Current directory






42. home bin