Linux Test no1

Welcome to my first Linux Test which will test how well do you know Linux, Terminal and some basic
BASH skills. This test is compiled using my NDG Linux Essential course, LPIC Bible and Debian
Handbook for Administrator. Test it self contains 30 questions with feedback upon completion for each
question. In order to pass this test you need to score at least 100 pints from 150. Good luck !!!

* Required

1. Name *

2. Forname *

3. 1. Who is creator of Linux? *

Check all that apply.

Linus Torwalds

Richard Stallman
Dennis Ritchie
Eric Raymond
4. 2. What type of architecture is Linux kernel? *
Check all that apply.

All above
Micro
Hibrid

Monolithic

5. 3. What does GNU/Linux acronym stand for? Write answer on the line? *
Check all that apply.

Hacker term
Gnu's Not Unix/Linux is not Unix
Linux is Unix

6. 4. In Linux file architecture, what does /sbin directory contains? *

Check all that apply.

System binaries
Modules
Executable programs
Configuration files

7. 5. Which directory holds the configuration files on a Linux system? *

Check all that apply.

/usr
/var
/lib
/etc

8. 6. Which file in Debian Linux will show a package sources list? *

Check all that apply.

/dev
/usr/local
/etc/apt/sources.list
/etc/source.list

9. 7. Which directory contains programs which are compiled and installed manually? *
Check all that apply.

/var
/usr
/usr/local
/opt
10. 8. Which is standard Desktop environment in Linux? (Choose two) *
Check all that apply.

CINANAMON
BUGGY
GNOME
KDE
LXDE

11. 9. What is the name of the first Linux loader? *

Check all that apply.

LOADLIN
BURG
LILO
GRUB

12. 10. Which is default shell in Linux? *

Check all that apply.

TCSH
CSH
BASH
KORN

13. 11. Which file usually contains configuration files for GRUB? *
Check all that apply.

grub.conf
/etc/grub.conf
/boot/grub/grub.cfg

14. 12. What is GRUB? *

Check all that apply.

Linux distribution
Linux boot manager
None of the above

15. 13. Which file contains a list of all mounted devices on a system? *
Check all that apply.

/etc/apt/sources.list
/dev
/etc/fstab
/dev/sda
16. 14. What is MBR and where is located in Linux system? (Choose two) *
Check all that apply.

Master Boot Record

/dev/hd0
/dev/sda1
/dev/hd0

17. 15. Which command is used to set process priority in Linux system? (Choose two) *
Check all that apply.

renice
&
nice
fc

18. 16. What is deselect in Debian? *

Check all that apply.

application package library

package manager

upgrade manager

19. 17. Which command will display all active processes by it's PID in Linux? *
Check all that apply.

nice
ps aux
bg
jobs

20. 18. What is strong password in Linux? (Choose three) *

Check all that apply.

It contains the name of host machine

Consists from 10 character
Combines caps letters and numbers
Contains symbol
Contains lats three digits of your phone number

21. 19. Which command do you use to configure your network in Linux system? *
Check all that apply.

eth0
ifconfig
pid
nmap
22. 20. Which command will display kernel ring buffer? *
Check all that apply.

grep
chmod
dmesg
lsmod

23. 21. Which command will copy text from foo.txt to bar.txt? (Choose two) *
Check all that apply.

cat foo.txt || bar.txt

cat bar.txt |< foo.txt
cat foo.txt > bar.txt
cat foo.txt >> bar.txt

24. 22. Which of the following is root partition in Linux system? *

Check all that apply.

/
/home
/swap
/usr

25. 23. Which is default Linux filesystem? *

Check all that apply.

ext2
ext3
JFS
ext4

26. 24. Which file contains available shells for the system? *
Check all that apply.

/etc/passwd
/etc/command
/etc/bash
/etc/shells

27. 25. Which key, when pressed once, is used to provide command completion at the
command line? *
Check all that apply.

Esc

Enter
Tab

Ctrl
28. 26. The Readline Library uses which editor to provide command line editing? *
Check all that apply.

lisp

vim
gedit

emacs

29. 27. Which command will run a scipt or a program from within pwd directory? *
Check all that apply.

/ Enter
..
/.
./

30. 28. When making changes to an environment variable what command must you use to
ensure that those changes are available to the shell? *
Check all that apply.

save
remember
Q+S
export

31. 29. Which file contains the history commands? *

Check all that apply.

$HISTSIZE
$PROMPT

~/.bash_history
history

32. 30. Which of the following is used to end the 408 process without allowing it to exit
gracefully? *
Check all that apply.

kill 408
kill -15 408
kill -l 408
kill -9 408
33. Thanks for taking this test. I hope that you scored maximum and answer each question
correctly. If you find some wrong question in this test, than contact me at
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