IST-190 Written Final Exam Review
(updated) questions with verified
answers
What is the name of the Linux time zone that Greenville Tech is located in? -
correct answer ✔✔ America/New York
The highest possible address on a subnet (host part is all ones in binary) is used
for broadcast messages in IPv4 and is called the
____________________________. - correct answer ✔✔ broadcast address
___________(GNU Bourne-Again shell) is the default shell for users in Red Hat
Enterprise Linux. It is an improved version of the Bourne Shell (sh). - correct
answer ✔✔ bash
bash is an acronym for _____________________________. - correct answer ✔✔
Bourne Again Shell
A _______________________ is a text-based interface which can be used to input
instructions to a computer system. - correct answer ✔✔ command line
_____________________________ is a computer programmer and free-software
advocate who launched the Free Software Movement by announcing to develop
the GNU operating system. He also founded the Free Software Foundation. -
correct answer ✔✔ Richard Stallman
,_________________ was the main developer of the Linux kernel (used by Linux
distributions and other operating systems like Android). He also created the Git
source control management system. - correct answer ✔✔ Linus Torvalds
_____________________________ is software with source code that anyone can
use, study, modify, and share. It promotes collaboration, sharing, transparency,
and rapid innovation because it encourages people beyond the original
developers to make modifications and improvements to the software and to share
it with others. - correct answer ✔✔ Open source software
The Red Hat Support Tool utility, __________________________, provides a text-
based interface that allows you to search Knowledgebase articles and to file
support cases on the Customer Portal from your system's command line. The tool
does not have a graphical interface and, because it interacts with the Red Hat
Customer Portal, it requires internet access. - correct answer ✔✔ redhat-support-
tool
The ______________________________________ is a section that provides
information about high-profile security issues, access to the Red Hat CVE
Database, the Security channel of the Red Hat Blog, and resources about Red
Hat's security response process and how we rate issues and resolve them. -
correct answer ✔✔ Red Hat Product Security Center
All files on a Linux system are stored on file systems which are organized into a
single inverted tree of directories, known as a
_______________________________. - correct answer ✔✔ file system hierarchy
, Define this Linux meta-character as it applies to file globbing:
[[:alpha:]] - correct answer ✔✔ Any alphabetic character.
__________________________________ grants the user the right to run the
program and also to view, modify, compile, and redistribute the source royalty-
free to others. - correct answer ✔✔ Open source software
________________ is a community project that produces and releases a
complete, free, Linux-based operating system. It focuses on innovation and
excellence, not long-term stability. New major updates happen every six months,
and they can bring significant changes. It only supports releases for about a year
(two major updates), which makes it less suitable for enterprise use. - correct
answer ✔✔ Fedora
_______________ is a community-driven Linux distribution derived from much of
the open source Red Hat Enterprise Linux codebase and other sources. It is free of
charge, easy to install, and is staffed and supported by an active user community
of volunteers that operates independently of Red Hat. It is self-support only and
generally not certified by software vendors like SAS, SAP, and Oracle as a
supported platform. - correct answer ✔✔ CentOS
______________________________________ is Red Hat's enterprise-ready
commercially-supported Linux distribution. It is the leading platform for open
source computing, not just a collection of mature open source projects. It is
extensively tested, with a large supporting ecosystem of partners, hardware and
software certifications, consulting services, training, and multiyear support and
maintenance guarantees. It uses a subscription-based distribution model. Because
this is open source software, this is not a license fee. Instead, it pays for support,
maintenance, updates, security patches, access to the Knowledgebase on the Red
(updated) questions with verified
answers
What is the name of the Linux time zone that Greenville Tech is located in? -
correct answer ✔✔ America/New York
The highest possible address on a subnet (host part is all ones in binary) is used
for broadcast messages in IPv4 and is called the
____________________________. - correct answer ✔✔ broadcast address
___________(GNU Bourne-Again shell) is the default shell for users in Red Hat
Enterprise Linux. It is an improved version of the Bourne Shell (sh). - correct
answer ✔✔ bash
bash is an acronym for _____________________________. - correct answer ✔✔
Bourne Again Shell
A _______________________ is a text-based interface which can be used to input
instructions to a computer system. - correct answer ✔✔ command line
_____________________________ is a computer programmer and free-software
advocate who launched the Free Software Movement by announcing to develop
the GNU operating system. He also founded the Free Software Foundation. -
correct answer ✔✔ Richard Stallman
,_________________ was the main developer of the Linux kernel (used by Linux
distributions and other operating systems like Android). He also created the Git
source control management system. - correct answer ✔✔ Linus Torvalds
_____________________________ is software with source code that anyone can
use, study, modify, and share. It promotes collaboration, sharing, transparency,
and rapid innovation because it encourages people beyond the original
developers to make modifications and improvements to the software and to share
it with others. - correct answer ✔✔ Open source software
The Red Hat Support Tool utility, __________________________, provides a text-
based interface that allows you to search Knowledgebase articles and to file
support cases on the Customer Portal from your system's command line. The tool
does not have a graphical interface and, because it interacts with the Red Hat
Customer Portal, it requires internet access. - correct answer ✔✔ redhat-support-
tool
The ______________________________________ is a section that provides
information about high-profile security issues, access to the Red Hat CVE
Database, the Security channel of the Red Hat Blog, and resources about Red
Hat's security response process and how we rate issues and resolve them. -
correct answer ✔✔ Red Hat Product Security Center
All files on a Linux system are stored on file systems which are organized into a
single inverted tree of directories, known as a
_______________________________. - correct answer ✔✔ file system hierarchy
, Define this Linux meta-character as it applies to file globbing:
[[:alpha:]] - correct answer ✔✔ Any alphabetic character.
__________________________________ grants the user the right to run the
program and also to view, modify, compile, and redistribute the source royalty-
free to others. - correct answer ✔✔ Open source software
________________ is a community project that produces and releases a
complete, free, Linux-based operating system. It focuses on innovation and
excellence, not long-term stability. New major updates happen every six months,
and they can bring significant changes. It only supports releases for about a year
(two major updates), which makes it less suitable for enterprise use. - correct
answer ✔✔ Fedora
_______________ is a community-driven Linux distribution derived from much of
the open source Red Hat Enterprise Linux codebase and other sources. It is free of
charge, easy to install, and is staffed and supported by an active user community
of volunteers that operates independently of Red Hat. It is self-support only and
generally not certified by software vendors like SAS, SAP, and Oracle as a
supported platform. - correct answer ✔✔ CentOS
______________________________________ is Red Hat's enterprise-ready
commercially-supported Linux distribution. It is the leading platform for open
source computing, not just a collection of mature open source projects. It is
extensively tested, with a large supporting ecosystem of partners, hardware and
software certifications, consulting services, training, and multiyear support and
maintenance guarantees. It uses a subscription-based distribution model. Because
this is open source software, this is not a license fee. Instead, it pays for support,
maintenance, updates, security patches, access to the Knowledgebase on the Red
