Final Flashcards
Stringing Linux commands together to transform data from one form to another is known as using or creating
pipes
There can be ____ root or superuser accounts on a Linux system
1
The ___ command boots Ubuntu to a specific system state commonly referred to as its runlevel.
init
Ubuntu allows the first user on the system access to full root privileges thruogh the ____ command
sudo
On large systems with many users, you need to control the amount of disk space a user has access to. ___ are designed specifically for this purpose.
Disk Quotas
____ changes the access permissions of a file or directories
chmod
User Management and administration does not include
keeping track of user passwords
The default runlevel for Ubuntu is runlevel:
2
Although there are many shells to choose from, most people stick with the default ___
bash
There are normally ___ types of users on all Linux Systems
3
The corporate sponsor of Ubuntu is
Canonical Ltd
The ___ is the heart of the operating system.
kernel
Ubuntu tradidionally releases new versions in the months of
April and October
The most widely used Linux Shell is
bash
The Ubuntu Operating System uses the ____ Desktop Manager
GNOME
Kubuntu uses the ____ graphical user interface.
KDE
The GNU GPL is the brainchild of ___________ the founder of the Free Software Foundation.
Richard Stallman
95% of the Linux OS is written in
C
Ubuntu is based on the _____ distribution of linux.
Debian
Xubuntu uses the ____ graphical user interface
XFce
The basic object of a GUI, a button, a scroll bar, a combo box, etc.
widget
Xubuntu features the ____ desktop manager
Xfce
Running Ubuntu from a live disk can be used for all except:
Games
GNOME Desktop is based on
X Windows System
In Unix or Linux, a drive must be ____ before it can be used
mounted
The ____ desktop environment is suitable for computers with very little memory.
XFce
Kubuntu features the ____ Desktop Manager.
KDE
Ubuntu automatically installs the ____ to the Master Boot Record.
GRUB
Stringing commands together using the bar ( | ) operator is know as
pipeing
In Ubuntu a screenshot may also be referred to as a
screen grab
In Linux the _____ interface is where the greatest power and flexibility is found.
command-line
Linux allows you to make two types of links between files.
hard links and symbolic links
A process can be in one of three different states. Which is not one of those states?
silent
The most central concept in any operating system is the _______.
process
Most times processes terminate because
the task is complete
Which is not a reason for using the command-line interface.
It provides better error checking of commands.
The _____ command prints to contents of any files you pass to it.
cat
Which is not one of the available File Access Permissions?
u
Which is not one of the available File Access Permissions?
u
The TCP/IP address is expressed as a series of _____ decimal numbers expressed in a format known as dotted-decimal format.
4
The basic building block for any network based on UNIX hosts is:
TCP/IP
______ is a technical drawing editor from the GNOME Office Suite that enables you to create measured drawings.
DIA
Which is not a component of the GNOME Office Suite
Impress
The ___ command creates, expands, or lists the contents of compressed or uncompressed file or directory archives known as tarballs
tar
A _________ is defined as two or more applications bundled together and used for creating documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and databases.
Productivity suite
The first thing that needs to be in place before you can successfully connect to a network or even the Internet is a ____________ interface.
localhost
The one editor found on nearly every UNIX and Linux system is the ___ editor
vi
You can use all but ____ as a text editor.
GIMP
The word processor for KOffice is:
KWord
The word processor for KOffice is:
KWord
The ____ utility can be used by root to set and tune the settings for IDE hard drives
hdparm
You can quickly access the command line using the destop option.
Terminal
To take the contents of an existing file and redirect that data as an input to a command use:
$cat
This command is used to list the contents of a directory
ls
This utility checks the ext2/ext3 file system.
e2fsck
Which of the following is not a reason to use the command line?
The command line is the fastest way to run all programs
The command to alter file permissions is:
chmod
System configuration files and directories reside under the ___ directory
/etc
This utility checks an (preferably) unmounted partition for bad blocks.
badblock
Under Linux, permissions are grouped by:
owner, group, others
This command can create a new empty file.
touch
Each permission group in Linux may be assigned the following permissions:
read, write, execute
Use the ___ command to remind you where you are within the file system
pwd
The command you use to examine the process lists is:
ps
The Environment Variable that declares the name and location of the current shell is.
SHELL
The Environment Variable that declares the name and location of the current shell is.
SHELL
Python accepts single, double or tripple quotation marks to denote
strings
Python Scripts begin with
!/usr/bin/python
To print the string “George Washington” use the command:
“George “ + “Washington”
Python has ___ standard data types
5
A ____ that is not inside a string literal begins a comment.
#
Python has ___ numerical data types.
4
The Python line concatenation character is
\
Python is not an ___________ programming language
Compiled
The _____ indicates not equal.
!=
The _____ allows multiple statements on the same line.
semicolon
The ____ indicates equal.
==
When you create a ______ you reserve space in memory
variable
The ____ indicates exponentation.
**
Keywords contain
lowercase only
The following code will print ____ as the output:
grade=100
If grade == 100:
print "PERFECTION"
else:
print "NEED PRACTICE"
PERFECTION
________ in Python are identifed as a contiguous set of characters in between quotation marks.
strings
Class names begin with an
lowercase character
Python ____ blank lines
ignores
The ____ indicates modulus.
%
When indenting (in Python)
all statements in the block must have the same indent.
