Linux+ Midterm 1

Question 1

Open Source Software is freely developed and continuously improved by a large community of software developers

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Linux is merely one product of open source development

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Each computer participating on the Internet must have an IP address.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

System Rescue can be used to repair a Linux system that cannot be started

Answer 4

True

Question 5

A swap partition contains a filesystem

Answer 5

False

Question 6

When a user interacts with his computer, he interacts directly with the kernel of the computer’s operating system

Answer 6

False

Question 7

Commands indicate the name of a program to execute and are case sensitive,

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Pressing the Esc key at the prompt while using the more command displays a help screen

Answer 8

False

Question 9

You can use wildcard metacharacters with the find command

Answer 9

True

Question 10

The SGID allows regular users to execute a binary compiled program and become a member of the group that is attached to the file

Answer 10

True

Question 11

After a typical Fedora Linux installation, over 700 different device files are in the /dev directory.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

In Linux, you must use only one type of filesystem on a system.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

When you insert a DVD while in a GUI environment, it is automatically mounted by the system to a directory underneath the /media directory that is named for the label on the DVD,

Answer 13

True

Question 14

The more filesystems that are used on a system, the less likely a corrupted filesystem will interfere with normal operations.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

To perform a Linux installation over a network, you can connect to a server with the appropriate installation files via FTP.

Answer 15

True