According to distrowatch.com page hit ranking Mint is the most popular distribution correct
answers False
You can access the NIU Blackboard website from within Linux running as a virtual machine.
correct answers True
Which one of the following statements about Linux is correct ? correct answers Linus Torvalds
developed Linux and is still maintaining the current kernel.
A guest Linux virtual machine can use more memory than the host operating system has. correct
answers False
Which is the most widely used operating system today ? correct answers Linux
Which of the following is not a Linux distribution ? correct answers GNU
Which company makes the VirtualBox software ? correct answers Oracle
C is the only programming language available on Linux correct answers False
Which of the following statements is true about UNIX ? correct answers UNIX was developed at
Bell Laboratories.
UNIX is older than Microsoft Windows.
UNIX is a multi-user multi-tasking operating system.
UNIX powers many of the e-commerce servers in the world.
Which Unix text editor has multiple modes ? correct answers vi
Which section of the online manual covers which area ? correct answers 1-user commands
2-system calls
3-C library functions
4-Special system files
5-File formats
6-Games
7-Misc Features
8-System admin utilities
A Unix pathname may contain the following characters: correct answers any lowercase letter (a-
z)
any digit (0-9)
a period "."
, the minus symbol "-"
What is the first character in an absolute path name? correct answers /
Which parts of file information are displayed by the "ls -al" command? correct answers file name
file size
owner
file type
The command to view a file one page at a time is: correct answers pg
Which of the following commands take a directory name as a parameter? correct answers mkdir
rmdir
cd
A relative path name is always shorter than the equivalent absolute path name? correct answers
False
Which part of a command-line command is not optional? correct answers Command name
which of the following is not a Unix text editor? correct answers notepad
what is the command to change permissions on a directory ? correct answers chmod
Which userid is used for anonymous ftp ? correct answers anonymous
The symbolic permission setting of "a=rwx" is equivalent to which octal permission correct
answers 777
A user can belong to only one group. correct answers False
Which of the following is NOT and option for the "scp" command ? correct answers -O to
prompt before overwrite
The Linux file manager can access files on remote computers in a graphical user interface.
correct answers True
Which option for the "ssh" command enables X11 forwarding ? correct answers -x
The "ftp" utility does not allow to use wildcards at all. correct answers False
Which command does what on a typical UNIX system ? correct answers scp: secure copy
to/from a remote computer
sftp: secure file transfer to/from a remote computer
ssh: secure login to a remote computer
ftp: file transfer to/from a remote computer