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1
Q

In what year was the first edition of Fedora released?

A

2003

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2
Q

Who developed the Linux kernel?

A

Linus Torvalds

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3
Q

The _____ is the heart of the Linux OS.

A

Kernel

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4
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A _____ provides a graphical window manipulation and includes mouse control.

A

Window Manager

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5
Q

Which one of the below is not a Linux Desktop environment?

XFCE
GNOME
WIN
KDE

A

WIN

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6
Q

GNU stands for:

A

GNUs not UNIX

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7
Q

What is the term for describing the “giving of free rights” to software instead of taking them away?

A

Copyleft

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8
Q

The Linux Filesystem ________ Standard defines the design of the directory and file structure.

A

Hierarchy

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9
Q

Which are two Linux X server systems?

Xfree86
X.org
OS X
Windows

A

Xfree86, X.org

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10
Q

What year was the Linux kernel developed?

A

1991

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11
Q

What year was UNIX developed?

A

1969

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12
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Linux can be found in phones, cars, yada, yada, yada..

A

True

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13
Q

Which two of the below are Linux shell wildcards?

A

*, ?

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14
Q

What was the free Red Hat predecessor to Fedora 1?

A

Red Hat 9

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15
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What is the primary programming language used for creating UNIX and Linux software?

A

C / C++

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16
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Which 2 are the major directions or paths of UNIX?

A

System V, BSD

NOT Linux, OS X, Windows

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17
Q

Microsoft licensing is under the _____ licensing model.

A

EULA

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18
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T/F: According to Richard Stallman, “free” refers to the cost of the software under the GPL.

A

False

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19
Q

Who started the GNU Project?

A

Richard Stallman

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20
Q

What year was Red Hat Enterprise released?

A

2001

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21
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Fedora is under the _____ licensing model.

A

GPL

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22
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The X window system was developed in ______.

A

1984

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23
Q

What year was the first distribution of Red Hat Linux?

A

1994

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24
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Which two people were the developers of Red Hat Linux?

A

Bob Young, Marc Ewing

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25
Q

Which of the below is not a Linux shell?

bash
ksh
csh
tcsh
cash

A

Cash

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26
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Which of the below is not a window manager?

metacity
mutter
win
kwin

A

win

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27
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GPL stands for:

A

General Public License

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28
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GTK stands for:

A

GNOME Tool Kit

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29
Q

A _____ is a prepackaged Fedora distribution for a specific purpose or included software.

A

spin

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30
Q

What is the name of the Fedora installer program?

A

Anaconda

31
Q

What is the minimum CPU requirement for a Fedora GUI desktop based isntallation?

A

1.0GHz

32
Q

Which filesystem format types are recognized by Fedora?

HFS FAT32
NTFS EXT4
EXT3 All of the above

A

All of the above are recognized.

33
Q

T/F: Fedora uses drive letters like Windows to allow access to partitions or drives.

A

False

34
Q

T/F: RAID is an acceptable backup solution.

A

False

35
Q

Traditionally, hard disks are limited to _____ primary partitions.

4
8
6
2

A

4

36
Q

T/F: The Red Hat edition of Fedora supports both 32 bit and 64 bit CPU architectures.

A

False

32 bit support has ended.

37
Q

Why is it not a good idea to use the Fedora “live” CD for installation?

A

It limits installation choices

38
Q

RAID 0 and RAID 1 require a minimum of _____ hard disks.

A

2

39
Q

T/F: Fedora provides support for only 6 months during the trial period.

A

False

40
Q

What Windows and Linux downloadable software mentioned in the book can install a live ISO to USB thumb drive?

A

liveusb-creator

41
Q

How Many partitions are created during a default install of Fedora?

A

3-4

42
Q

Which one of the below is not a user interface?

XUI
CLI
TUI
GUI

A

XUI

43
Q

What is the maximum partitions allowed on an IDE/ATA/SATA hard disk?

A

63

44
Q

What is the name of the Linux command line utility that formats and installs a filesystem on a disk partition?

A

mkfs

45
Q

Which one of the below is not a Linux software tool to create hard disk partitions?

A

Partition Magic

46
Q

Which one is not a typical Linux partition?

/home
/
/users
/boot
SWAP

A

/users

47
Q

RAID 5 requires a minimum of ____ hard disks.

A

3

48
Q

What is the device name for the first IDE hard disk?

A

/dev/hda

49
Q

What is the minimum hard disk space required for a Fedora GUI desktop based installation?

A

10GB

50
Q

Which command should be used to update a new installation of Fedora?

A

dnf -y update

51
Q

What is the name of the Linux boot loader?

A

GRUB

52
Q

What type of hardware is SMART designed for?

A

hard disks

53
Q

GRUB stands for:

A

Grand Unified Bootloader

54
Q

T/F: The Fedora installation disk can be used to check the installation disk media.

A

True

55
Q

What is NTP?

A

Network Time Protocol

56
Q

What is the Linux installer’s kickstart file called?

A

anaconda-ks.cfg

57
Q

T/F: Fedora is not capable of setting up a dual boot operating system on a single computer.

A

False

It is capable.

58
Q

T/F: The Fedora installer does not have the ability to resize or reclaim disk space used by another operating system.

A

False

It does have the ability.

59
Q

T/F: The Fedora installation disk can also be used to perform a system rescue.

A

True

60
Q

What is the name of the installer application that identifies hardware, loads drivers, builds filesystems, and starts the X server?

A

Anaconda

61
Q

What is the name of the memory test program included on the installation disk?

A

memtest86+

62
Q

The Fedora installer uses a _______ design.

A

Hub and spoke

63
Q

What is the name of the GNOME graphical disk management software included with Fedora?

A

gnome-disks

64
Q

T/F: LVM is the default partitioning method used when installing Fedora.

A

True

65
Q

What are the 4 commonly recommended partitions created in Fedora?

A

SWAP, /, /home, /boot

66
Q

The Fedora installer screen times out in:

A

60 seconds

67
Q

What are the most popular Linux environments for a full graphical experience?

A

GOME, KDE

68
Q

Which one of the below is not one of the kernel boot parameters?

A

noflush

69
Q

What is the Linux traditional name for the first network card?

A

eth0

70
Q

T/F: Fedora supports both IPv4 and IPv6.

A

True

71
Q

T/F: RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux), is free.

A

False

RHEL is not free, but Fedora is.

72
Q

T/F: There is support available for RHEL.

A

True

73
Q

What are two important things about CentOS in relation to RHEL?

A

It is an RHEL-compatible Linux distribution.

Cheaper than enterprise–it’s free.

74
Q

What resource does a live image require more of?

A

RAM

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