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Quick Quizzes Exam 2 Flashcards

1
Q

What type of device transfers chunks or blocks of information at a time by using physical memory to buffer the transfer?

  1. Character device
  2. Minor device
  3. Major device
  4. Block device
A

Block device

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What command is used to unmount a mounted USB flash memory drive from the Linux command line?
a. unmount
b. mount -u
c. umount
d. mount -exit
Answer: C

A

Answer: C

c. umount

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3
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  1. What device file would be used to reference the PS/2 mouse port on a Linux system?
    a. /dev/ps2
    b. /dev/mouse
    c. /dev/psaux
    d. /dev/ps_2
A

Answer: C

c. /dev/psaux

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  1. By default, what filesystem does Linux use to format a disk when the mkfs command is specified?
    a. ext2
    b. ext3
    c. vfat
    d. msdos
A

Answer: A

a. ext2

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5
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Which of the following will Linux consult when a user uses the mount command but does not specify all the required information for the specific device?

  1. /dev/fd0
  2. /etc/fstab
  3. /etc/mtab
  4. /proc/devices
A
  1. /etc/fstab
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6
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  1. What device file would be associated with the third SCSI hard disk in a Linux system?
    a. sda
    b. sdb
    c. sdc
    d. sdd
A

Answer: C

c. sdc

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7
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Data stored on hard disks is read off metal platters in concentric circles called _____.
a-blocks
b-tracks
c-sectors
d-cylinder

A

Answer: B

b-tracks

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  1. What utility is used to partition a Linux hard disk after Linux has been installed?
    a. partinfo
    b. fdisk
    c. Disk Druid
    d. delpart
A

Answer: B

b. fdisk

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9
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  1. What command is used to view the available free space on a Linux partition?
    a. du
    b. de
    c. df
    d. dt
A

Answer: C

c. df

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10
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What command is used to view the total number of inodes and free inodes for an ext2, ext3, or ext4 filesystem?

A-dumpe2fs –h
C-du /usr
D-cat /etc/fstab
E-mke2fs –t

A

Answer: A

A-dumpe2fs –h

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  1. How many Serial Attached SCSI hard disks can be connected to a single SCSI controller?
    a. 50
    b. 500
    c. 5,000
    d. more than 50,000
A

Answer: D

d. more than 50,000

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12
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  1. What is the maximum potential speed of a SCSI-3 bus?
    a. Up to 180MB/s
    b. Up to 320MB/s
    c. Up to 500MB/s
    d. Up to 640MB/s
A

Answer: C

c. Up to 500MB/s

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13
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Which of the following technologies uses network cables to transfer data to and from remote hard disks that reside within a SAN or remote system?

a-iSCSI
b-rackmount servers
c-RAID
d-Serial Attached SCSI

A

Answer: A

a-iSCSI

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  1. Which of the following RAID levels is associated with a stripe set with parity?
    a. RAID 0
    b. RAID 1
    c. RAID 2
    d. RAID 5
A

Answer: D

d. RAID 5

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What command can be used to manage your software RAID configuration after installation?

  1. df
  2. zfs
  3. mdadm
  4. ls raid
A

Answer: 3. mdadm

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16
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Which filesystem includes volume management software designed for large-scale Linux systems that need to store data on multiple disks, SANs, and remote systems?

  1. Fusion
  2. ext2
  3. ZFS
  4. ext4
A

Answer: 3 ZFS

17
Q
  1. Which of the following commands can be used to manage the specific features of the ZFS filesystem stored within ZFS volumes?
    a. status
    b. zfs
    c. zpool
    d. zmanage
A

Answer: B

b. zfs

18
Q
  1. Which of the following is the standard boot loader used on Linux systems?
    a. GRUB
    b. ZFS
    c. Kcore
    d. Loadavg
A

Answer: A

a. GRUB

19
Q
  1. Which command will display all hardware detected during the latest boot of Linux?
    a. bootmsg
    b. dmesg
    c. bmesg
    d. instmsg
A

Answer: B

b. dmesg

20
Q

Which command can be used to change the root of the live OS to the /mnt directory?

  1. dmesg
  2. bootmsg
  3. chroot
  4. root
A

Answer: 3 chroot

21
Q
  1. What term is used to describe text that is input by a user typing on a keyboard and is used for command execution?
    a. stdinout
    b. stdin
    c. stdout
    d. stderr
A

Answer: B stdin

22
Q

Which command can be used to transform or change characters received from Standard Input?

  1. set
  2. tee
  3. tr
  4. read
A

Answer: 3 tr

23
Q

Which filter command can be used to search and replace a certain string of text?

  1. sed
  2. grep
  3. awk
  4. pr
A

Answer: 1 sed

24
Q
  1. Which metacharacter is used to pipe the results of one command to another?
    a. /
    b. *
    c. >
    d. |
A

Answer: D. |

25
Q

Which environment variable is used to control the directories that are searched when a command is used with providing an absolute or relative reference?

  1. PATH
  2. PS1
  3. DATE
  4. TIME
A

PATH

26
Q
  1. Which of the following constructs would you use to execute a command repetitively?
    a. if
    b. case
    c. while
    d. &&
A

c. while

27
Q
  1. What command should be added to a shell script in order for the script to read information from the standard input?
    a. stdin
    b. stdout
    c. read
    d. display
A

c. read

28
Q
  1. What escape character will add a vertical tab to the screen if issued within a script?
    a. \v
    b. /v
    c. -v
    d. /vert
A

a. \v

29
Q
  1. Where is the boot loader for an OS typically stored?
    a. IDE
    b. MBR
    c. MEB
    d. MBS
A

b. MBR

30
Q
  1. What daemon is started first on a Linux system?
    a. init
    b. apache
    c. sendmail
    d. apm
A

a. init

31
Q

Which boot loader is known as the traditional Linux boot loader but is no longer used by most modern Linux distributions?

  1. GRUB Legacy
  2. Systemd
  3. LILO
  4. GRUB
A

Systemd

32
Q

Which part of the GRUB2 boot loader loads a terminal-friendly boot loader screen?

  1. Stage2.5
  2. Stage1
  3. Stage1.5
  4. Stage2
A

Stage2

33
Q
  1. What runlevel is associated with graphical mode?
    a. 1
    b. 2
    c. 5
    d. 6
A

c. 5

34
Q

Which Systemd target unit is the same as Runlevel 1 (Single User Mode)?

  1. graphical.target
  2. rescue.target
  3. reboot.target
  4. poweroff.target
A

rescue.target

35
Q
  1. Which window manager is typically used by the GNOME desktop environment?
    a. Enlightenment
    b. fvwm
    c. twm
    d. mutter
A

d. mutter

36
Q
  1. Which of the following commands can be used to manually start X Windows on a Linux system?
    a. xstart
    b. startx
    c. gdm
    d. gmd
A

b. startx

37
Q
  1. Which of the following settings may be configured using the xvidtune utility? (select all the correct answers)
    a. vsync
    b. mouse settings
    c. hsync
    d. xsync
A

a. vsync
c. hsync

38
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