ITN 170 CHAPTER 1-7 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED
2026.
The United States Air Force was able to install Linux on a popular gaming console and then
connect over 1,700 of these systems together to work as one big supercomputer. Which of the
following types of technologies did they implement?
herding
cloud computing
group computing
clustering - ANS clustering
Which of the following terms describes a type of useful and legitimate software that is
distributed by a developer where they do not charge for the software but also do not distribute
the source code along with it?
shareware
freeware
malware
tryware - ANS freeware
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,Which of the following can be used to synchronize the time between a number of Linux servers
and workstations on a network with a time clock source on the Internet?
SFTP
IMAP
SMTP
NTP - ANS NTP
Which of the following types of cloud platforms would a webmail service offered to the general
public be considered?
SaaS
PaaS
IaaS
MaaS - ANS SaaS
Which of the following server roles does Apache perform?
web server
mail server
name server
certificate authority - ANS web server
Which of the following would be a term applicable to an e-mail program on a workstation that is
used to view email?
MTA
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,MDA
MUA
MBR - ANS MUA
Which of the following types of servers can be used to cache requested Internet resources so
that they can be more quickly delivered to users requesting the same resource while at the
same time reducing the burden on the external network connection to the Internet for an
organization?
file server
DNS server
proxy server
DHCP server - ANS proxy server
Which of the following types of encryption uses a pair of keys known as a public and private?
symmetric
asymmetric
SHA1 hashing
message digest - ANS asymmetric
When viewing the version number for a Linux kernel, what number indicates the stability of the
kernel?
Major number
Revision number
Minor number
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, Production kernel number - ANS Minor number
Which of the following is the greatest expense for companies using Linux?
Additional software
Operating system cost
Hiring people to maintain the Linux system
Software upgrades - ANS Hiring people to maintain the Linux system
In Linux, the core component of the GUI is known as:
GNOME
KDE
X Windows
Red Hat - ANS X Windows
An archive of files that usually contain scripts that install the software contents to the correct
location on the system is referred to as a:
Router
Package manager
DBMS
Tarball - ANS Tarball
What Linux distribution is the most commonly used distribution within organizations today?
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED
2026.
The United States Air Force was able to install Linux on a popular gaming console and then
connect over 1,700 of these systems together to work as one big supercomputer. Which of the
following types of technologies did they implement?
herding
cloud computing
group computing
clustering - ANS clustering
Which of the following terms describes a type of useful and legitimate software that is
distributed by a developer where they do not charge for the software but also do not distribute
the source code along with it?
shareware
freeware
malware
tryware - ANS freeware
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
,Which of the following can be used to synchronize the time between a number of Linux servers
and workstations on a network with a time clock source on the Internet?
SFTP
IMAP
SMTP
NTP - ANS NTP
Which of the following types of cloud platforms would a webmail service offered to the general
public be considered?
SaaS
PaaS
IaaS
MaaS - ANS SaaS
Which of the following server roles does Apache perform?
web server
mail server
name server
certificate authority - ANS web server
Which of the following would be a term applicable to an e-mail program on a workstation that is
used to view email?
MTA
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
,MDA
MUA
MBR - ANS MUA
Which of the following types of servers can be used to cache requested Internet resources so
that they can be more quickly delivered to users requesting the same resource while at the
same time reducing the burden on the external network connection to the Internet for an
organization?
file server
DNS server
proxy server
DHCP server - ANS proxy server
Which of the following types of encryption uses a pair of keys known as a public and private?
symmetric
asymmetric
SHA1 hashing
message digest - ANS asymmetric
When viewing the version number for a Linux kernel, what number indicates the stability of the
kernel?
Major number
Revision number
Minor number
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, Production kernel number - ANS Minor number
Which of the following is the greatest expense for companies using Linux?
Additional software
Operating system cost
Hiring people to maintain the Linux system
Software upgrades - ANS Hiring people to maintain the Linux system
In Linux, the core component of the GUI is known as:
GNOME
KDE
X Windows
Red Hat - ANS X Windows
An archive of files that usually contain scripts that install the software contents to the correct
location on the system is referred to as a:
Router
Package manager
DBMS
Tarball - ANS Tarball
What Linux distribution is the most commonly used distribution within organizations today?
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