Module 10 Review Quiz

Question 1

The process of sending print jobs from the print queue to the printer is called _____.
a. spooling
b. queuing
c. redirecting
d. printing

Answer 1

d. printing

Question 2

You can clear a log file simply by redirecting nothing into it. True or False?
a. True
b. False

Answer 2

a. True

Question 3

When a printer is disabled, ________.

a. the print queue does not accept jobs and sends a message to the user noting that the printer is unavailable

b. the print queue accepts jobs into the print queue and holds them there until the printer is enabled again

c. the printer appears as offline when an lp request is sent

d. the print queue redirects all print jobs sent to it to /dev/null

Answer 3

b. the print queue accepts jobs into the print queue and holds them there until the printer is enabled again

Question 4

What is the term used to describe a user providing a user name and password to log in to a system?
a. validation
b. authorization
c. login
d. authentication

Answer 4

d. authentication

Question 5

Which command can you use to lock a user account?
a. lock username
b. secure username
c. usermod –L username
d. useradd –L username

Answer 5

c. usermod –L username

Question 6

Which command can be used to temporarily alter the primary group associated with a given user?
a. usermod
b. chggrp
c. gpasswd
d. newgrp

Answer 6

d. newgrp

Question 7

Which command can be used to send a print job to the default printer named Printer1? (Choose all that apply.)
a. lp –d Printer1 file
b. lp Printer1 file
c. lp file
d. lp –m Printer1 file

Answer 7

a. lp –d Printer1 file
c. lp file

Question 8

What is the name of the file that contains a listing of all users on the system and their home directories?
a. /etc/passwd
b. /etc/users
c. /etc/shadow
d. /etc/password

Answer 8

a. /etc/passwd

Question 9

UIDs and GIDs are unique to the system and, once used, can never be reused. True or False?
a. True
b. False

Answer 9

b. False

Question 10

What is the name of the utility used to rotate log files?
a. syslog
b. jetpack
c. logrotate
d. logbackup

Answer 10

c. logrotate

Question 11

You can lock a user account by changing the default login shell to an invalid shell in /etc/passwd. True or False?
a. True
b. False

Answer 11

a. True

Question 12

When a printer is rejecting requests,____________.

a. the print queue does not accept jobs and sends a message to the user noting that the printer is unavailable

b. the print queue does accept jobs into the print queue and holds them there until the printer is accepting requests again

c. the printer appears as offline when an lp request is sent

d. the print queue redirects all print jobs sent to it to /dev/null

Answer 12

a. the print queue does not accept jobs and sends a message to the user noting that the printer is unavailable

Question 13

When referring to the /etc/rsyslog.conf file, __________ specifies information from a certain area of the system, whereas ________ is the level of importance of that information.
a. section, priority
b. service, precedents
c. process, degree
d. facility, priority

Answer 13

d. facility, priority

Question 14

Most log files on the system are found in which directory?
a. /etc/logfiles
b. /etc/log
c. /var/log
d. /dev/log

Answer 14

c. /var/log

Question 15

Which file contains default information such as UID and GID ranges and minimum password length to be used at user creation?
a. /etc/skel
b. /etc/passwd
c. /etc/login.defs
d. /etc/default/useradd

Answer 15

c. /etc/login.defs

Question 15

What command can you use to view journald log entries on a system that uses Systemd?
a. less
b. journalctl
c. syslog
d. catlog

Answer 15

b. journalctl

Question 16

Which command would you use to unlock a user account?
a. unlock username
b. open username
c. passwd -u username
d. useradd -U username

Answer 16

c. passwd -u username

Question 17

Along with a listing of user accounts, the /etc/passwd file contains information on account expiry. True or False?
a. True
b. False

Answer 17

b. False

Question 18

You use lpstat and determine that a user named User1 has placed two large print jobs in the queue for Printer1 that have yet to start printing. They have print job IDs of Printer1-17 and Printer1-21, respectively. Which command would you use to remove these two jobs from the print queue?

a. cancel Printer1-17 Printer1-21

b. cancel –u Printer1-17 Printer1-21

c. cancel –a Printer1-17 Printer1-21

d. cancel 17 21

Answer 18

a. cancel Printer1-17 Printer1-21

Question 19

Which command is used to delete a user account?
a. usermod –d username
b. del username
c. userdel username
d. rm username

Answer 19

c. userdel username