Test Flashcards
Embedded systems means:
- Companies must share their changes
- You can view the software’s source code
- Businesses cannot charge anything for the software, only the hardware
- Systems designed to do a specific task on hardware optimized for only that purpose
Systems designed to do a specific task on hardware optimized for only that purpose
Linux originally only ran on:
- Xerox copy machines
- Specialized processor chips
- Intel 386 PCs
- Raspberry Pi computers
- Macintosh
Intel 386 PCs
Bundling utilities, management tools, and application software with a Linux kernel is called a:
- A trademark
- A distribution of Linux
- A type of hardware
- A text editor
Linux distribution
A software release cycle describes:
- How often security fixes are implemented
- How often the software’s memory is released back to the operating system
- How often upgrades come out for software
- How often the computer must be rebooted
- How often the computer must be upgraded to support new software
How often upgrades come out for software
Apple’s OS X is:(choose three)
- A fully certified UNIX distribution
- Tightly integrated with Apple hardware
- Partially based on code from the FreeBSD project
- Primarily used to manage network services
- Derived from Linux
- Able to natively run Windows binaries
A fully certified UNIX distribution
Tightly integrated with Apple hardware
Partially based on code from the FreeBSD profect
Microsoft Windows: (choose three)
- Is generally backwards compatible with previous versions
- Offers both desktop and server products
- Has a Linux compatibility mode
- Has a short maintenance cycle
- Has a scripting environment called PowerShell
- Has a new desktop version every year.
Is generally backwards compatible with previous versions
Offers both desktop and server products
Has a scripting environment called PowerShell
An interpreted programming language: (choose two)
- Requires a compilation step but no linking step
- Is converted into machine specific instructions as the program runs
- Tends to offer more features than compiled languages
- Requires a linking step but no compilation step
- Takes fewer resources to run than a compiled language
Is converted into machine specific instructions as the program runs
Tends to offer more features than compiled languages
The two main families of Linux shells are: (choose two)
- Bourne Shell
- Python Shell
- Korn shell
- Emacs
- C Shell
Bourne Shell
C Shell
In virtualization, what are the host and guest? (choose two)
- The host is the machine that runs the virtual machines
- The guest is the machine that runs the virtual machines
- The terms can be used interchangeably
- A host is a virtual machine
- A guest is a virtual machine
The host is the machine that runs the virtual machines
A guest is a virtual machine
Cloud computing is:
- Requires fewer resources because systems are shared among many users
- Allows users in different geographical regions to work together in real time
- All are correct
- Is made possible by faster internet speeds
- Is useful for both business and home users
Requires fewer resources because systems are shared among many users
Allows users in different geographical regions to work together in real time
Is made possible by faster internet speeds
Is useful for both business and home users
(ALL ARE CORRECT)
Which of the following are properties of a strong password? (choose three)
- Based on easy to remember items like birthdays
- Long so that it can be reused on multiple sites
- Includes symbols
- At least 10 characters long
- A mix of upper and lower case
Includes symbols
At least 10 characters long
A mix of upper and lower case
A licence where you don’t have access to the source code is called:
- Sourceless
- Impaired source
- Open source
- Closed source
Closed source
A copyleft provision in a software licence means:
- You must provide support for your modifications
- You may not link against third party closed source software
- If you redistribute the software, you must distribute the source to any changes you make
- You must provide free copies of the software if you use it
- You give up your copyright to the software
If you redistribute the software, you must distribute the source to any changes you make
The Free Software Foundation believes that: (choose two)
- Software should be free to modify
- People should write software with no expectation of making money
- Software should not have copyright
- Software should be free to share
- No money should ever change hands
Software should be free to modify
Software should be free to share
What does it mean when a word is placed in the public domain?
- The work was done by a government agency
- You may not use the work for commercial purposes
- The author has died
- The author has relinquished the copyright on the work
- You must redistribute changes to the software
The author has relinquished the copyright on the work
The semicolon (;) can be used to separate multiple commands to be executed in order. True or false?
True
To be able to output messages to the screen, use the ___ command:
- echo
- display
- type
echo
The ____ command will print a list of the commands that you’ve previously executed.
- list
- eval
- exec
- history
history
HOME is an example of ____.
- A path variable
- A local variable
- An environment variable
- An alias
- An internal command
An environment variable
The directory where additional documentation for software packages most likely can be found is:
- /var/share/doc
- /var/lib/doc
- /usr/software/doc
- /usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc
To start searching a man page, the first key you press is:
- /
- f
- s
- !
/ (forward slash)
To get help on using the info command, execute: (choose two)
- man info
- info info
- help info
- info -q
man info
info info
The ____ command can be used to find any file, not just commands or man pages.
- whatis
- locate
- whereis
- apropos
locate
Hidden files are files that begin with what character?
- A period (.)
- An asterisk (*)
- A plus (+)
- A dash (-)
A period (.)
The top-level directory on a Linux system is represented as:
- /
- /home
- /root
- C:
/
The ls command without options or arguments…
- …prompts for a directory to list.
- …lists the contents of the current directory.
- …lists the contents of a user’s home directory.
- …generates an error as this command requires arguments.
…lists the contents of the current directory.
The command ls -s will sort files:
- By size, smallest to largest
- By modification date, newest to oldest
- By number of symlinks, largest to smallest
- By size, largest to smallest
By size, largest to smallest
When using the cp command, you must provide both a source and destination.
True or false?
True