Ch19 Designing a Scheme Exam

Ch19 Designing a Scheme Exam

1. A device name of /dev/hda1 indicates this partition is on which type of device?

   • CDROM
   • IDE
   • SATA
   • Logical Volume

2. A device name of /dev/sda1 indicates this partition is on which type of device?

   • SATA
   • CDROM
   • IDE
   • Logical Volume

3. A system that contains Linux as well as a Microsoft Windows operating system is called a:

   • Dual boot system
   • Multi environment system
   • A file base system
   • This sort of system cannot exist

4. In what directory are you most likely to find user’s home directories?

   • /var/lib
   • /user/third
   • /usr/local
   • home

5. In which directory are you most likely to find software from third-party publishers?

   • /usr/third
   • /usr/local
   • /opt
   • /var/lib

6. Virtual memory is also referred to as:

   • Swap memory
   • Test memory
   • Hard memory
   • Soft memory

7. Which directories are typically writable to all users? (choose two)

   • /home
   • /var/tmp
   • /tmp
   • /

8. Which directory does not have to be a part of the root filesystem?

   • /bin
   • /home
   • /lib
   • /etc

9. Which directory is the root file system mounted on?

   • /
   • /home
   • /rootfs
   • /root

10. Which directory structure contains the bulk of the operating system’s files:

    • /home
    • /rootfs
    • /usr
    • /root

11. Which directory structure has directories which may have heavy activity for services like mail, ftp, httpd and printing?

    • /root
    • /home
    • /var
    • /rootfs

12. Which of the following filesystems does not support journaling?

    • ext3
    • ext2
    • jfs
    • ext4

13. Which of the following is not a common reason to create a partition?

    • To increase the security of a filesystem
    • To make it easier to keep home directories during a software upgrade
    • To support multiple operating systems on a single computer
    • To increase fragmentation of free space across the disk