CNAB STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
/bin - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Stores binary and executable files that launch
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applications. All users have access to these applications.
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/boot - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-contains files needed to start up the computer, to
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include boot loader and kernel activation files
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/dev - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-contains file pointers for character and block
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devices, which means pointers to hard drives, flash drives, multimedia cards,
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external devices, and system ports | | | |
/etc - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-contains system config files and scripts
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/home - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-directory contains user profiles, desktops, and
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user profiles
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/lib - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-directory contains library files that are necessary for
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all files to work
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/media - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-directory used by hal, the Linux auto-mounter, to
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load external devices for navigation
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, /opt - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-directory contains optional software packages.
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Usually the contents of X11 and your window manager and loaded into opt, but
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you can add whatever programs you wish to this directory
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/mnt - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-this directory is used to load external devices that
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do not use hal
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/proc - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-directory is unique because it is not necessarily
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part of the file system, but a virtual file system that provides access to kernel or
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system information |
/root - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-this is the home directory for your root or system
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administrator. It is kept separate from the other users in cas ethe partition that
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the home is mounted on fails
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/sbin - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-this directory has a functionality similar to bin,
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which means it contains application executables, but rather than allowing all
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users to access these programs it restricts access only to the root or admin
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/tmp - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-temporary storage location. All users have read
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and write rights to the contents of this directory
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/usr - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-largest directory on file system. Pretty much
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everything that doesn't belong in the other directories is placed here. Contains
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program, documentation, and kernel source code| | | | |
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
/bin - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Stores binary and executable files that launch
| | | | | | | | | |
applications. All users have access to these applications.
| | | | | | |
/boot - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-contains files needed to start up the computer, to
| | | | | | | | | | | |
include boot loader and kernel activation files
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/dev - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-contains file pointers for character and block
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devices, which means pointers to hard drives, flash drives, multimedia cards,
| | | | | | | | | | |
external devices, and system ports | | | |
/etc - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-contains system config files and scripts
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/home - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-directory contains user profiles, desktops, and
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user profiles
|
/lib - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-directory contains library files that are necessary for
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all files to work
| | |
/media - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-directory used by hal, the Linux auto-mounter, to
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load external devices for navigation
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, /opt - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-directory contains optional software packages.
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Usually the contents of X11 and your window manager and loaded into opt, but
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
you can add whatever programs you wish to this directory
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/mnt - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-this directory is used to load external devices that
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do not use hal
| | |
/proc - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-directory is unique because it is not necessarily
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part of the file system, but a virtual file system that provides access to kernel or
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
system information |
/root - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-this is the home directory for your root or system
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administrator. It is kept separate from the other users in cas ethe partition that
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the home is mounted on fails
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/sbin - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-this directory has a functionality similar to bin,
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which means it contains application executables, but rather than allowing all
| | | | | | | | | | |
users to access these programs it restricts access only to the root or admin
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/tmp - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-temporary storage location. All users have read
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and write rights to the contents of this directory
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/usr - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-largest directory on file system. Pretty much
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everything that doesn't belong in the other directories is placed here. Contains
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program, documentation, and kernel source code| | | | |
