1.

____ Linux is the most common distribution of Linux.

  Student Value Correct Feedback

Respons Answer
e

A. Red Hat 100%   Correct. 

  B.    
Debian
C. Mandrake    

D. SuSE    

Score: 4/4
 
2.
Each computer participating on the Internet must have an IP address.

  Student Value Correct Feedback

Respons Answer
e
 
A. True 100%   Correct. 

B. False    

Score: 4/4
 
3.
It is better to keep as many support modules in the kernel as possible.

  Student Value Correct Feedback

Respons Answer
e
 
A. True    

B. False 100%   Correct.  

Score: 4/4
 
4.
  The _________________________ is the core component of the Linux operating system.

  Student Response Value Correct Answer

1.  kernel  100% Equals Linux kernel (100%)

Equals kernel (100%)
 Score: 4/4
 
5.
Which of the following is the greatest expense for companies using Linux?

  Student Value Correct Feedback

Respons Answer
e

A. software    
upgrades

B. additional 0%   Incorrect. 
software
  C. hiring    
staff to
maintain
the
system
D. operating    
system
cost
Score: 0/4
 
6.
  The concept of ____ enables software developers to read the source code of other
people’s software, modify that source code to make the program better, and redistribute
that source code to other developers who might improve it further.

  Student Value Correct Feedback

Respons Answer
e

A. Open 100%   Correct. 

Source
Software
B. Linux    

C. Closed    
Source
Software
D. Freeware    

Score: 4/4
  
7.
Solaris, HP-UX and AIX are all ____ of Unix:

  Student Value Correct Feedback

Respons Answer
e

A. versions 0%   Incorrect. 

  B.  
flavors  

C. types    

D. instances    

Score: 0/4
 
8.
Linux is merely one product of open source development.

  Student Value Correct Feedback

Respons Answer
e
 
A. True 100%   Correct. 

B. False    

Score: 4/4
 
9.
Companies and institutions using computers to perform extraordinarily large calculations
that would be unsuitable for most computers would employ a(n) ____.

  Student Response Valu Correct Feedback

e Answer

A. scientific/engineerin    
g workstation
 
B. application server    

C. supercomputer 100%   Correct. 

D. office workstation    

Score: 4/4
 
10
.
____ is software that is distributed free of charge, but the source code is not available.

  Student Value Correct Feedback

Respons Answer
e

A. Open    
source
software
  B.    
Close
source
software

C. Freeware 100%   Correct. 

D. Shareware    

Score: 4/4
 
11
.
The core component of the GUI in Linux is referred to as ____.

  Student Value Correct Feedback

Respons Answer
e

A. GNOME    

  B. KDE    

C. Red Hat    

D. X 100%   Correct.<br/><br/> 
Windows
Score: 4/4
 
12
.
  The source code for Linux was released in ____.

  Student Value Correct Feedback

Respons Answer
e

A. 1987    
 B. 1990    

C. 1991 100%   Correct. 

D. 1993    

Score: 4/4
 
13
.
A ____ is merely a compressed archive of files that  usually contain scripts that install the
software contents to the correct location on the system.

  Student Value Correct Feedback

Respons Answer
e

A. package    

  manager
B. DBMS    

C. tarball 100%   Correct. 

D. router    

Score: 4/4
 
14
.
HOWTO documents are centrally collected by the ____.

  Student Value Correct Feedback

Response Answer

A. Linux 100%   Correct. 

Documentatio
n Project
  B. GNU project    

C. Free Software    
Foundation
D. Linux User    
Groups
Score: 4/4
 
15
.
It is difficult to port software designed for UNIX to Linux.

  Student Value Correct Feedback

Respons Answer
e
 
A. True    

B. False 100%   Correct.  

Score: 4/4
 
16
.
A(n) ____ service allows users on a network to post messages in forums.

  Student Value Correct Feedback

Respons Answer
e

A. FTP    

  100% Correct. 
B. News  

C. Web    

D. DNS    

Score: 4/4
 
17
.
  Match each term with the correct statement below.

1.  A user-friendly name that masks an IP address.   a.  GNOME

2. The list of instructions that a software developer writes fully qualified

b. 
to make up a program domain names

3. An organized collection of data that is arranged into c.  software

tables of related information.
office
d. 
4.  A service that protects companies from outside workstation
intruders on the Internet.
package
e. 
5.  A computer equipped with open source software such manager
as text editors, desktop publishing software, and office
f.  source code
 productivity suites. g.  database

6.  A software system that installs and maintains software. h.  proxy server

The sets of instructions or programs that understand

7.  i.  firewall
how to use the hardware of the computer in a meaningful
way.

8. A GUI Environment for Linux written in the C

programming language.

9. A service that requests outside Internet resources on

behalf of a computer inside of a company.

Statement Response Value Correct Match

1  b 11.11% b

2  f 11.11% f

3  g 11.11% g

4  i 11.11% i

5  d 11.11% d

6  e 11.11% e

7  c 11.11% c

8  a 11.11% a

9  h 11.12% h

Score: 4/4
 
18
.
  A(n) ____ is a piece of software that tells the operating system how to use a specific
hardware device.

  Student Value Correct Feedback

Respons Answer
e

A. system    
service
B. graphical    
user
 interface
C. user    
interface

D. device 100%   Correct.<br/><br/> 

driver
Score: 4/4
 
19
.
The ____ stipulates that the source code of any software published under its license must
be freely available.

  Student Value Correct Feedback

Response Answer

A. Artistic    
License

B. GNU 100%   Correct. 

Public
 
License
C. Free    
Software
Foundatio
n
D. Freeware    

Score: 4/4
 
20
.
A(n) ____ is a software system that installs and maintains software.

  Student Response Value Correct Answer

 
1.  package manager  100% Equals package manager (100%)

Score: 4/4
 
21
.
  Combining several smaller computers together is called ____.

  Student Valu Correct Feedback

 Response e Answer

A. aggregating    

B. supercomputin    
g
C. scaling    

D. clustering 100%   Correct.<br/><br/> 

Score: 4/4
 
22
.
System services determine most of the functionality that is seen in an operating system.

  Student Value Correct Feedback

Respons Answer
e
 
A. True 100%   Correct. 

B. False    

Score: 4/4
 
23
.
After a program is executed on your computer's hardware, that program is referred to as
a(n) ____.

  Student Value Correct Feedback

Response Answer

A. applicatio    
n
 
B. process 100%   Correct. 

C. operating    
system
D. driver    

Score: 4/4
 
24
.
  The GNOME and KDE GUI environments are more or less comparable in functionality.
 A. True 100%   Correct. 

B. False    

Score: 4/4
 
25
.
____ first developed Linux in 1991.

  Student Value Correct Feedback

Respons Answer
e

A. Richard    
Stallman
B. Ken    
  Thompso
n

C. Linus 100%   Correct. 

Torvalds
D. Dennis    
Ritchie
Score: 4/4