Week 2 Comprehension

Question 1

What are two things $ su - command will do?

• Display $ as the shell prompt
• Load the root user’s environmental variables
• Display the summary list of root user’s processes
• Login as the root user

Answer 1

• Load the root user’s environmental variables
• Login as the root user

Question 2

What do you need to install Linux on a stand-alone PC? (Select three)

• PC
• USB flash drive or DVD
• Fedora ISO image
• Screwdriver

Answer 2

• PC
• USB flash drive or DVD
• Fedora ISO image

Question 3

What is a terminal in Linux? (Select three)

• Emulates video terminal
• Associated with a shell
• Has the device name of tty1, tty2, tty3, etc.
• A building where passengers embark and disembark aircraft

Answer 3

• Emulates video terminal
• Associated with a shell
• Has the device name of tty1, tty2, tty3, etc.

Question 4

Find the match.

Ways to run Linux on a PC:

Stand-alone
Dual-boot
From a bootable live media DVD/USB
As a virtual machine

Can run multiple OSs simultaneously

Can run multiple OSs, but not simultaneously

Highest performance

Does not require installation

Answer 4

Stand-alone = Highest performance

Dual-boot = Can run multiple OSs, but not simultaneously

From a bootable live media DVD/USB = Does not require installation

As a virtual machine = Can run multiple OSs simultaneously

Question 5

Which commands could be used to receive helpful information on Linux or shell commands? (Select three)

• apropos
• find
• info
• man

Answer 5

• man
• apropos
• info

Question 6

At a minimum, Linux requires two partitions. What are they?

• boot
• root
• swap
• var

Answer 6

• root
• swap

Question 7

What will be the output?

[user1@localhost ~]$ echo $HOME

/home/user1

[user1@localhost ~]$ echo “This is my $HOME”

• This is my /home/user1
• This is my \/home/user1
• This is my $HOME
• This is my $HOME

Answer 7

• This is my $HOME

Question 8

What is the shell prompt for the root user?

!
@
#
$

Answer 8

#

Question 9

Which one is NOT true for MBR?

• At most 4 primary partitions
• One partition can be extended partition
• Extended partition can be divided into logical drives
• At most 4 logical drives

Answer 9

-At most 4 logical drives

Question 10

The /root user account is created during the installation process; however, the associated root password is NOT set during the install.

True
False

Answer 10

True