Lesson 9 Quiz

Question 1

Select ALL statements that are TRUE about yum.

a) The yum command with the “eat-em-up” option is often used to clear up file system space.
b) Without rpm, the yum command will not work
c) yum and rpm have no relationship other than yum is used with Debian versions of Linux and rpm is used with Red Hat version so of Linux
d) yum is built ON TOP OF rpm

Answer 1

b) Without rpm, the yum command will not work

d) yum is built ON TOP OF rpm

Question 2

This directory contains repository configuration info that is used by yum.

a) /etc/yummy/repos
b) /var/repositories
c) /etc/yum.repos.d
d) /var/yum/repositories

Answer 2

c) /etc/yum.repos.d

Question 3

You want to download but not install a binary package named tcsh.

a) yumdownloader –source tcsh
b) yum –eat-em-up tcsh
c) yum –downloader tcsh
d) yumdownloader tcsh

Answer 3

d) yumdownloader tcsh

Question 4

This is a hfybrid client-server peer-to-peer file transfer mechanism.

a) wget
b) yum
c) rpm
d) BitTorrent

Answer 4

d) BitTorrent

Question 5

You want to download but not install a source package named tcsh.

a) yumdownloader –source tcsh
b) yum –download –source –prompt –are-you-sure
- -maybe –if-enough-space –no-kidding tcsh
c) yumdownloader tcsh
d) wget tcsh

Answer 5

a) yumdownloader –source tcsh

Question 6

This is the global yum configuration file.

a) /var/yum.conf
b) /boot/yum.conf
c) /etc/yum.conf
d) /bin/yum.conf

Answer 6

c) /etc/yum.conf

Question 7

There are TWO kinds of RPM packages.

a) Source RPM Packages - SRPM
b) Documentation RPM Packages - DRPM
c) Photo RPM Packages - PRPM
d) Binary RPM Packages - RPM

Answer 7

a) Source RPM Packages - SRPM

d) Binary RPM Packages - RPM

Question 8

Use this command to display a list of installed and available groups.

a) It is not possible to list groups using yum
b) yum-group-list
c) yum grouplist
d) rpm grouplist

Answer 8

c) yum grouplist

Question 9

You need to remove a package named tcsh.

a) yum remove tcsh
b) rpm remove tcsh
c) yum –throw-in-trash-can tcsh
d) yumdownlaoder remove tcsh

Answer 9

a) yum remove tcsh

Question 10

Use this command to download files using any of the following protocols: http, https, ftp.

a) yum
b) wget
c) aptget
d) rpm

Answer 10

b) wget

Question 11

Fedora/RHEL use this for for tracking bugs

a) Bugzilla
b) bug-tracker
c) rpm
d) yum

Answer 11

a) Bugzilla

Question 12

You need to query info about a package named logrotate.

a) rpm –query –info logrotate
b) ls –query –info logrotate
c) rpm-query logrotate
d) give-it-to-me | grep logrotate

Answer 12

a) rpm –query –info logrotate

Question 13

To update ALL packages.

a) rpm update
b) yumdownloader –update-all
c) yumdownloader update
d) yum update

Answer 13

d) yum update

Question 14

Select ALL items that are TRUE if the word noarch is in the RPM package name.

a) The RPM contains scripts or images or other files.
b) The packages contains files that are dependent on a subset of processor architectures
c) The packages contains files that are NOT dependent on any processor architecture
d) The developer of the package does not eat at the golden arch.

Answer 14

a) The RPM contains scripts or images or other files.

c) The packages contains files that are NOT dependent on any processor architecture

Question 15

Select ALL statements that are TRUE about yum and it’s use of repositories.

a) A repository can be located on the local network.
b) A repository can be located on a DVD
c) A repository can be located on the Internet.
d) The yum utility downloads packages from repositories.

Answer 15

a) A repository can be located on the local network.
b) A repository can be located on a DVD
c) A repository can be located on the Internet.
d) The yum utility downloads packages from

Question 16

This was the first package manager to include dependencies.

a) GNU Package Manager
b) dpkg (Debian Package)
c) RPM (RPM Package Manager)
d) Yellow Dog Updater Modified

Answer 16

b) dpkg (Debian Package)

Question 17

You want to query all packages installed on your system.

a) ls –everything
b) find –query –all
c) rpm –everything
d) rpm –query –all

Answer 17

d) rpm –query –all

Question 18

You have downloaded a GNU source file named which.tar.gz. Match the step (Step 1, Step 2, etc.) to the command to unpack, build, and install the software.

a) make Step 1.
b) cd which Step 2.
c) tar xzf which.tar.gz Step 3.
d) ./configure Step 4.
e) su -c “make install” Step 5.

Answer 18

Step 1.   c) tar xzf which.tar.gz
Step 2.   b) cd which 
Step 3.   d) ./configure  
Step 4.   a) make        
Step 5.   e) su -c “make install"

Question 19

You need to query that /bin/more is part of a given package.

a) wget /bin/more
b) ls –package /bin/more
c) rpm –query –file /bin/more
d) query-file /bin/more

Answer 19

c) rpm –query –file /bin/more

Question 20

You need to install a package named tcsh.

a) yumdownloader tcsh
b) rpm install tcsh
c) yum install tcsh
d) wget tcsh

Answer 20

c) yum install tcsh