CSCI - 330 Mid-Term Exam Questions With
Complete Answers
1. Which of the following is not a Linux distribution? - ANSWER GNU
What is the password for performing administrative duties in our personal Linux system?
- ANSWER student
Which is the most widely used operating system today? - ANSWER Linux
Which company makes the VirtualBox software? - ANSWER Oracle
According to distrowatch.com page hit ranking Mint is the most popular distribution -
ANSWER False
You can access the NIU Blackboard website from within Linux running as a virtual
machine. - ANSWER True
Which one of the following statements about Linux is correct? - ANSWER Linus Torvalds
developed Linux and is still maintaining the current kernel.
Which of the following statements is true about UNIX? - ANSWER UNIX was developed
at Bell Laboratories, UNIX is older than Windows, UNIX is a muilt-user-tasking OS, and
, powers many e-commerce severs around the world.
A guest Linux virtual machine can use more memory than the host operating system has.
- ANSWER False
C is the only programming language available on Linux - ANSWER False
Which part of a command-line command is not optional? - ANSWER command name
Which Unix text editor has multiple modes? - ANSWER vi
Which section of the online manual covers which area? - ANSWER 1. User commands, 5.
File formats, 6. Games, 8. Utilities for the admin
A relative path name is always shorter than the equivalent absolute path name ? -
ANSWER True
The command to view a file one page at a time is: - ANSWER less
What is the first character in an absolute path name? - ANSWER /
Which of the following is not a Unix text editor? - ANSWER notepad
Complete Answers
1. Which of the following is not a Linux distribution? - ANSWER GNU
What is the password for performing administrative duties in our personal Linux system?
- ANSWER student
Which is the most widely used operating system today? - ANSWER Linux
Which company makes the VirtualBox software? - ANSWER Oracle
According to distrowatch.com page hit ranking Mint is the most popular distribution -
ANSWER False
You can access the NIU Blackboard website from within Linux running as a virtual
machine. - ANSWER True
Which one of the following statements about Linux is correct? - ANSWER Linus Torvalds
developed Linux and is still maintaining the current kernel.
Which of the following statements is true about UNIX? - ANSWER UNIX was developed
at Bell Laboratories, UNIX is older than Windows, UNIX is a muilt-user-tasking OS, and
, powers many e-commerce severs around the world.
A guest Linux virtual machine can use more memory than the host operating system has.
- ANSWER False
C is the only programming language available on Linux - ANSWER False
Which part of a command-line command is not optional? - ANSWER command name
Which Unix text editor has multiple modes? - ANSWER vi
Which section of the online manual covers which area? - ANSWER 1. User commands, 5.
File formats, 6. Games, 8. Utilities for the admin
A relative path name is always shorter than the equivalent absolute path name ? -
ANSWER True
The command to view a file one page at a time is: - ANSWER less
What is the first character in an absolute path name? - ANSWER /
Which of the following is not a Unix text editor? - ANSWER notepad
