Last Updated on March 27, 2023 by InfraExam
Midterm M2-9 Exam
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The most popular Linux platform for mobile phones is:
- BlackBerry
- Android
- Slackware
- IOS
- MobileLinux
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The release cycle:
- Describes how long software will be supported
- Dictates how often software is updated
- Should be long so that you have time before you need to upgrade
- Should be short so you always have the freshest releases
- Only has meaning for paid software
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What does a distribution provide to add and remove software from the system?
- Bash
- Partitioning tool
- Compiler
- Application Programming Interface (API)
- Package Manager
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A maintenance cycle:
- Describes how long a version of software will be supported
- Should be short so you always have the freshest releases
- Should be long so that you have time before you need to upgrade
- Describes how often updates for software come out
- Only has meaning for paid software
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When choosing a distribution of Linux, you should consider:
(choose five)
- If the application software is supported by the distribution
- Will commercial support be required for the OS
- Does the distribution offer a “stable” version
- Popularity on social media
- Will users require a GUI
- Does your organization require long-term support for the system
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Which of the following are examples of desktop software?
(choose two)
- Web browser
- Web server
- Compiler
- Music player
- File share
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Which of the following pieces of software deal with file sharing?
(choose three)
- PostgreSQL
- X-Windows
- Samba
- NFS
- Netatalk
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The Linux shell:
(choose three)
- Has a built-in text editor
- Is customizable
- Has a scripting language
- Is responsible for tracking the location of configuration files
- Allows you to launch programs
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Virtualization means:
- Many users can share one hard drive
- A single host can be split up into multiple guests
- Two users get different memory spaces on the same machine
- A machine can swap memory to disk
- A user can connect to a server over the network and use a virtual console
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In graphical mode, you can get to a shell by running which applications?
(choose two)
- Xterm
- console
- Gbash
- Terminal
- Guiterm
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Source code refers to:
- The interface that software uses to talk to the kernel
- The version of a program that the computer runs on the CPU
- A human-readable version of computer software
- The license that dictates how you may use and share the software
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Open source means:
(choose two)
- You cannot charge anything for the software
- You can view the software’s source code
- You can modify the software’s source code
- You must support the software you share
- You must share your changes
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A copyleft provision in a software license means:
- You give up your copyright to the software
- You may not link against third party closed source software
- You must provide free copies of the software if you use it
- You must provide support for your modifications
- If you redistribute the software, you must distribute the source to any changes you make
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Linux is distributed under which license?
- MIT
- GPLv2
- BSD
- Linux Foundation
- GPLv3
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Creative Commons licenses allow you to:
(choose three)
- Allow or disallow commercial use
- Specify whether or not changes must be shared
- Receive royalties on the use of the work
- Get a veto on where the work is used
- Specify whether or not people may distribute changes
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Which environment variable contains a list of directories that is searched for commands to execute?
- PATH
- PS2
- PS1
- EXEC
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Select the command that can report the location of a command:
whatwhichwhere
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A pair of double quotes (
") will prevent the shell from interpreting any metacharacter.True or False?
- True
- False
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The shell program interprets the commands you type into the terminal into instructions that the Linux operating system can execute.
True or False?
- True
- False
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The acronym CLI stands for:
- Command Line Interface
- Computer Line Interface
- Computer Link Interpreter
- Command Line Interpreter
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The most common shell used for Linux distributions is the ________ shell.
- Zsh
- Tsch
- Fish
- Bash
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Which two pager commands are used by the man command to control movement within the document?
(choose two)
moregreppageless
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To search the man page sections for the keyword
example, which of the following command lines could you execute?(choose two)
whatis exampleman -k exampleapropos exampleman -f example
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The statement that describes the difference between a man page and an info page is:
- The man page is a long detailed reference; the info page is very terse.
- The man page is like a guide; the info page is a more concise reference.
- The info page is like a guide; a man page is a more concise reference.
- There is very little difference between them.
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The following sections commonly appear on a man page:
(choose three)
- SYNOPSIS
- LICENSE
- DESCRIPTION
- NAME
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The top-level directory on a Linux system is represented as:
//home/rootC:
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The tilde (
~) is used to represent:- Any two single characters
- A user’s home directory
- Nothing; it has no special meaning
- The directory above the current working directory
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The
cdcommand by itself will take you to what directory?- None; it is not a valid command
- The directory above the current working directory
- Your home directory
- The system root directory
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What command will allow you to change your current working directory?
lscdlistchdir
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The first character in a long listing (
ls -l) indicates:- The permissions
- The size
- If something is a file, directory, or symbolic link
- The owner
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Which of the following commands can be used to rename a file?
cpmvrmname
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The
touchcommand can be used to:(choose two)
- Update the timestamp of existing files
- Change ownership of a file
- Create new files
- Change a file’s name
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Which of the following are glob characters?
(choose three)
- The dash character
- - The question mark
? - The asterisk
* - The square brackets
[and]
- The dash character
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The main purpose of using glob characters is to be able to provide a list of filenames to a command.
True or False?
- True
- False
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The asterisk character is used to represent zero or more of any character in a filename.
True or False?
- True
- False
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Compression of a file works by:
- Removing the high order bit from each byte
- Storing most of the data on removable media and just leaving a pointer
- Eliminating gaps within the file
- Consolidating multiple files into one
- Removing redundant information
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Lossy compression:
(choose three)
- Sacrifices some quality
- Is often used with images
- Usually results better compression than lossless
- Is often used with documents
- Decompresses to an identical version as the original
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Which of the following commands can be used to compress a file?
(choose three)
catbzip2bunzip2zipgzip
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The three main modes of
tarare:(choose three)
- List
- Extract
- Copy
- Create
- Compress
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In the command
tar -czf foo.tar.gz bar, what is the purpose of thefflag?- Tells tar to print the name of each file as it is processed
- Tells tar to write to the file that follows the flag
- Specifies extra compression is to be used
- Tells tar to copy only files, and not directories
- Tells tar to read from the file that follows the flag