NDG Linux CISCO Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

CORRECT - See section 1.3.3

Open source means:

·         You can view the software's source code

·         You can modify the software's source code

CORRECT - See section 1.3.1

The bootloaders job is to:

·         Load the kernel after the computer is powered on

CORRECT - See section 1.3.3

Open source licenses differ, but generally agree that:

·         You should have access to the source code of software

·         You should be able modify the software as you wish

CORRECT - See section 1.3

Linux is not Unix because:

·         It hasn't undergone certification

CORRECT - See section 1.4.1

A release cycle:

·         Describes how often updates to the software come out

CORRECT - See section 1.4.1

If a software release is in a state in that it has many new features that have not been rigorously tested, it is typically referred to as beta software.

·         True

CORRECT - See section 1.4.1

Software is backward compatible if:

·         It still supports old file formats or applications

CORRECT - See section 1.4.5

Other commercial Unixes:

·         Are tied to their vendors hardware

·         Are UNIX certified

CORRECT - See section 1.4.1

When choosing a distribution of Linux, you should consider:

·         Which distributions are supported by the software you need to run

·         If you need support on the distribution itself

·         The maintenance cycle of the distribution

·         Whether or not the distribution is under active development

·         Which management tools are provided by the distribution

CORRECT - See section 1.3

Unix is:

·         An operating system

·         A trademark

CORRECT - See section 1.3.3

Linux is written in:

·         C

CORRECT - See section 1.3.5

The Linux platform that runs on mobile phones is called:

·         Android

CORRECT - See section 1.3

UNIX was originally invented at:

·         AT&T Bell Labs

CORRECT - See section 1.3.2

Applications make requests to the kernel and receive resources, such as memory, CPU, and disk in return.

·         True

CORRECT - See section 1.4

The most important consideration when choosing an operating system is:

·         What the computer will do

CORRECT - See section 1.3

Linux is not Unix because:

·         It hasn't undergone certification

WRONG - See section 1.4.1

A maintenance cycle:

·         Should be long so that you have time before you need to upgrade

CORRECT - See section 1.4.1

If a software release is in a state in that it has many new features that have not been rigorously tested, it is typically referred to as beta software.

·         True

CORRECT - See section 1.4.3

Apples OS X is:

·         Certified as UNIX compatible

·         Derived from FreeBSD

·         Only compatible with Apple hardware

Capter 2

WRONG - See section 2.3.1

Which of the following pieces of software deal with file sharing?

·         Samba

·         NFS

·         PostgreSQL

CORRECT - See section 2.3.2

If you wanted to create and print an invoice, which software could you use?

·         LibreOffice

CORRECT - See section 2.3.3

Which package manager is used in Fedora, a Red Hat derived system?

·         yum

CORRECT - See section 2.3.1

Which server software would you use to create a company directory that you could search and authenticate against?

·         OpenLDAP

CORRECT - See section 2.4.1

A copyleft provision in a software license means:

·         If you redistribute the software, you must distribute the source to any changes you make

CORRECT - See section 2.4.1

A permissive free software license:

·         Means you can use the software for anything you want

·         Places no restrictions on sharing modifications

WRONG - See section 2.4

Linux is distributed under which license?

Lisensi MIT

WRONG - See section 2.4.1

Who founded the Open Source Initiative?

was founded in February 1998 by Bruce Perens and Eric S. Raymond,

CORRECT - See section 2.4.4

How can you make money from open source software?

·         Provide paid consulting services for users

·         Take payments for fixing bugs

·         Sell hardware thats built to work with the software

CORRECT - See section 2.3.1

The Samba application is a:

·         File Server

CORRECT - See section 2.3.3

Which of the following are examples of text editors?

·         vim

·         emacs

·         pico

·         nano

CORRECT - See section 2.3.2

Which application would you use to edit and piece together sound files to make podcast?

·         Audacity

WRONG - See section 2.3.1

Which of the following are examples of a web server?

·         Apache

·         WordPress

CORRECT - See section 2.4.1

A copyleft provision in a software license means:

·         If you redistribute the software, you must distribute the source to any changes you make

WRONG - See section 2.4.1

Which of the following licenses was made by the FSF?

·         MIT

CORRECT - See section 2.4.1

A permissive free software license:

·         Means you can use the software for anything you want

·         Places no restrictions on sharing modifications

CORRECT - See section 2.4.4

How can you make money from open source software?

·         Provide paid consulting services for users

·         Take payments for fixing bugs

·         Sell hardware thats built to work with the software

WRONG - See section 2.4.1

The difference between the GPL and LGPL licenses are:

·         LGPL applies to web services

WRONG - See section 2.4.1

Permissive free software licenses:

·         Dont have a copyleft provision

·         Are not approved by the OSI

·         Include the GPLv2 and BSD

CORRECT - See section 2.3.1

If you wanted to set up a blog, which software would be most helpful?

·         WordPress

CORRECT - See section 2.3.1

POP and IMAP are related to:

·         Email

WRONG - See section 2.3.3

The Linux shell:

·         Has a scripting language

·         Is responsible for tracking the location of configuration files

·         Has a built in text editor

WRONG - See section 2.3.3

The two main families of Linux shells are:

·         C Shell

·         Korn shell

CORRECT - See section 2.4.1

Richard Stallman is associated with:

·         The Free Software Foundation

CORRECT - See section 2.4.1

The Free Software Foundation believes that:

·         Software should be free to share

·         Software should be free to modify

CORRECT - See section 2.4.1

Which of the following licenses was made by the FSF?

·         GPLv3

CORRECT - See section 2.4.1

A permissive free software license:

·         Means you can use the software for anything you want

·         Places no restrictions on sharing modifications

CORRECT - See section 2.4.1

The difference between the GPL and LGPL licenses are:

·         LGPL allows linking to non GPLed software

CORRECT - See section 2.4.1

Permissive free software licenses:

·         Dont have a copyleft provision

·         Are not approved by the FSF

·         Can allow software to be used inside closed source software

CHAPTER 3

WRONG - See section 3.3

Which of the following is true about graphical mode?

·         You access this mode by logging into a graphical display

·         After login, you are provided with a desktop

·         After login, you are provided with a command prompt

CORRECT - See section 3.3

Which of the following is provided by a graphical interface that isnt normally provided to a non graphical interface?

·         Menus

·         Windows

·         Popups

·         Desktop

WRONG - See section 3.5

Which of the following are traits of a multiuser operating system?

·         Many users can log in simultaneously with a unique account

·         Resources are shared between users

·         An administrative user gets a dedicated CPU

CORRECT - See section 3.5

Virtualization means:

·         A single host can be split up into multiple guests

WRONG - See section 3.5

In virtualization, what are the host and guest?

·         The guest is the machine that runs the virtual machines

CORRECT - See section 3.6

If you wanted to write a report that was to be printed, you would probably use:

·         LibreOffice

CORRECT - See section 3.7

You can configure your computer to check for updates automatically.

·         True

CORRECT - See section 3.7

Two components that provide the ability to implement a firewall include:

·         iptables

·         gufw

CORRECT - See section 3.7

Which of the following are properties of a strong password?

·         At least 10 characters long

·         A mix of upper and lower case

·         Includes symbols

WRONG - See section 3.7

What can be done to prevent remote people from running programs on your computer?

·         Use strong passwords on all user accounts

·         Block third party cookies

CHAPTER 4

 CORRECT - See section 4.7

Which environment variable contains a list of directories that is searched for commands to execute?

• PATH

CORRECT - See section 4.9

Select the command that can report the location of a command:

• which

CORRECT - See section 4.13.2

A pair of single quotes ( ' ) will prevent the shell from interpreting any metacharacter.

• True

CORRECT - See section 4.13.1

A pair of double quotes ( " ) will prevent the shell from interpreting any metacharacter.

• False

WRONG - See section 4.13.4

Using a pair of back quotes ( ` ) will cause a shell to execute the back-quoted text as a command and substitute the output back into the original command.

• False

CORRECT - See section 4.14.1

The semicolon ";" can be used to separate multiple commands to be executed in order.

• True

WRONG - See section 4.5

The _______ command will print a list of the commands that you've previously executed.

• exec

CORRECT - See section 4.5

To execute the same command as previously executed five commands ago, you would type:

• !-5

CORRECT - See section 4.4.2

The shell program interprets the commands you type into the terminal, into instructions that the Linux operating system can execute.

• True

CORRECT - See section 4.4.4

Traditional UNIX command options used a single dash, like -a; _______ command options use two dashes like --all.

• GNU