Midterm Exam (Ch 1-8) Exam

Which of the following is a valid variable assignment?
- MY VAR= “set to one”
- alpha-init=5
- 2=xyz
- APP_VAR=’zero’
Which of the following is not a valid variable name?
- VAR_1
- NEWVARIABLE
- _LPIC
- 2_VAR
The ___________ command is used to display the value of a specific variable.
- value
- set
- var
- echo
The PATH variable directories are searched __________ when executing a command.
- Including only the first 256 characters
- In no particular order
- Right to left
- Left to right
Which of the following switches will include the full path in the prompt?
- \W
- \w
- \e
- \H
Which of the following is not a purpose for creating an alias?
- To make commands run faster
- To create DOS-like commands
- To include a command option by default
- To create a short nickname for a long command or series of commands
Which script is executed when you exit the shell?
- ~/.bash_logout
- /etc/bashrc
- ~/.bashrc
- ~/.bash_profile
The bash script_file command can be used to directly execute a shell script.

True or False?
- True
- False
An ideal place for a regular user (not a super user), to place their shell scripts would be:
- /sbin
- /usr/local/sbin
- /bin
- /home/james/bin
When will the condition test -n STRING be true?
- If the length of STRING is nonzero
- If the length of STRING is zero
- Always
- Never
The return status from a command is 1. What does this indicate?
- Command executed successfully
- Calculation done by the command yields the result 1
- Command is still running in the background
- Command did not execute successfully
The statement if [ -d file ] will be true, if the file:
- Is executable
- Is a directory
- Is writable
- Exists
Accessibility within a GUI environment can be improved by which of the following?
- Text-to-speech screen reader
- Automatic clicking
- Screen magnifier
- All choices are valid
Which of the following shortcuts will enable/disable Sticky Keys?
- Pressing the Enter key three times
- Pressing the Alt key three times
- Pressing the Shift key five times
- Pressing the F3 function key five times
Visual cues like, flashing of window title bar on the complete screen, can be set using __________ keys feature.
- Sticky
- Toggle
- Repeat
- Slow
A normal (non root) user has which type of access to the /etc/passwd file?
- Write only
- Read only
- Execute, read, and write
- Read and write
The ________ command can be used to display user information, including information from the GECOS field.
- passwd
- chage
- finger
- usermod
Which of the following information is not stored in the /etc/shadow file?
- Encrypted password
- Maximum number of days remaining for the password to expire
- Default home directory
- Days since last password change
Password aging policy for individual users can be set using the ________ command.

(choose two)
- grep
- usermod
- getent
- passwd
- chage
A Linux administrator modifies the values of UID_MAX and UID_MIN parameters in the /etc/login.defs file. This in effect will allow her to:
- Change password expiration policy for existing users
- Assign UID within the specified range for new users
- Assign UID and GID within the specified range for all users
- Assign GID within the specified range for new users
The ___________ command can be used to display group membership for a particular user.
- showgrp
- getent
- groups
- newgrp
Root user can change password for any user using ________ command.
- passwdmod
- change
- passwd
- usermod
Using the command passwd -e test_user, the root user can force a password change in the next login attempt.

True or False?
- True
- False
The chage command cannot be used to:
- Delete a user
- View password aging policies
- Enforce a password changing and expiry policy for specific user accounts
- Update information related to password expiry
Which of the following parameters is not referred by locale?
- Character classification
- Digital signatures
- Monetary symbols
- Numeric representation
Which command is used to list all available locales on the system?
- locale -l
- locale -A
- locale -a
- locale
Linux systems keep time in ____.
- UTC
- IST
- GMT
- UST
Which environment variable is used to find the time zone?
- TIME
- TZ
- TZONE
- SYSTIME
What does UTF-8 mean?
- UCS Technology Format
- UCS Transformation Format
- UCS Transcoding Format
- UCS Transfer Format
The daemon associated with the cron utility is called the ___________ daemon.
- crond
- crondaemon
- cdaemon
- cron
Which of the following commands can be used to view the current contents of a crontab file?
- crontab -l
- crontab -r
- crontab -p
- crontab -v
How would you schedule a cron job to run every second?
- By putting an entry similar to * * * * * <job>
- Using a cron job, it is not possible to schedule a job which runs every second
- Create 60 jobs which run every minute
- By using the keyphrase @second
A one-time job needs to be scheduled for a specific time. Which of the following commands is most suitable for the task?
- batch
- cron
- systemctl
- at
The at.allow and at.deny files can be used to control access to:
- The at command only
- The at and the batch commands
- The crontab command
- All programs used for scheduling
The batch commands are executed only when the system’s load average drops below which of the following by default?
- 0.5
- 0.2
- 0.8
- 1.0
X Windows, the latest GUI server for Linux, is a desktop from Microsoft.

True or False?
- True
- False
Which of the following is not a component of the X Window system:
- Widget/toolkit libraries
- Hardware drivers
- Network manager
- Display manager
If no desktop environment is installed, which of the following display managers is likely to be used?
- lightdm
- kdm
- xdm
- gdm
In order for the installed display manager to start automatically during the boot process, the default runlevel for Debian-derived distributions should be:
- Any level
- Between2 and 5
- Less than 2
- More than 3
In the Screen section of the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, the DefaultDepth is set to 16. This means:
- 65536 colors can be displayed
- 512 colors can be displayed
- 16 colors can be displayed
- 256 colors can be displayed

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Midterm Exam (Ch 1-8) Exam

Which of the following is a valid variable assignment?

Which of the following is not a valid variable name?

The ___________ command is used to display the value of a specific variable.

The PATH variable directories are searched __________ when executing a command.

Which of the following switches will include the full path in the prompt?

Which of the following is not a purpose for creating an alias?

Which script is executed when you exit the shell?

The bash script_file command can be used to directly execute a shell script.

True or False?

An ideal place for a regular user (not a super user), to place their shell scripts would be:

When will the condition test -n STRING be true?

The return status from a command is 1. What does this indicate?

The statement if [ -d file ] will be true, if the file:

Accessibility within a GUI environment can be improved by which of the following?

Which of the following shortcuts will enable/disable Sticky Keys?

Visual cues like, flashing of window title bar on the complete screen, can be set using __________ keys feature.

A normal (non root) user has which type of access to the /etc/passwd file?

The ________ command can be used to display user information, including information from the GECOS field.

Which of the following information is not stored in the /etc/shadow file?

Password aging policy for individual users can be set using the ________ command.

(choose two)

A Linux administrator modifies the values of UID_MAX and UID_MIN parameters in the /etc/login.defs file. This in effect will allow her to:

The ___________ command can be used to display group membership for a particular user.

Root user can change password for any user using ________ command.

Using the command passwd -e test_user, the root user can force a password change in the next login attempt.

True or False?

The chage command cannot be used to:

Which of the following parameters is not referred by locale?

Which command is used to list all available locales on the system?

Linux systems keep time in ____.

Which environment variable is used to find the time zone?

What does UTF-8 mean?

The daemon associated with the cron utility is called the ___________ daemon.

Which of the following commands can be used to view the current contents of a crontab file?

How would you schedule a cron job to run every second?

A one-time job needs to be scheduled for a specific time. Which of the following commands is most suitable for the task?

The at.allow and at.deny files can be used to control access to:

The batch commands are executed only when the system’s load average drops below which of the following by default?

X Windows, the latest GUI server for Linux, is a desktop from Microsoft.

True or False?

Which of the following is not a component of the X Window system:

If no desktop environment is installed, which of the following display managers is likely to be used?

In order for the installed display manager to start automatically during the boot process, the default runlevel for Debian-derived distributions should be:

In the Screen section of the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, the DefaultDepth is set to 16. This means:

The `bash script_file` command can be used to directly execute a shell script.

When will the condition `test -n STRING` be true?

The return status from a command is `1`. What does this indicate?

The statement `if [ -d file ]` will be true, if the file:

A normal (non root) user has which type of access to the `/etc/passwd` file?

Which of the following information is not stored in the `/etc/shadow` file?

A Linux administrator modifies the values of `UID_MAX` and `UID_MIN` parameters in the `/etc/login.defs` file. This in effect will allow her to:

Using the command `passwd -e test_user`, the root user can force a password change in the next login attempt.

The `chage` command cannot be used to:

The daemon associated with the `cron` utility is called the ___________ daemon.

How would you schedule a `cron` job to run every second?

The `at.allow` and `at.deny` files can be used to control access to:

The `batch` commands are executed only when the system’s load average drops below which of the following by default?

In the Screen section of the `/etc/X11/xorg.conf` file, the `DefaultDepth` is set to 16. This means: