IST-190 WRITTEN FINAL EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND
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 Hat Customer Portal, certifications, and so on. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Red
Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Open source is not developed solely by an "army of volunteers". It is overwhelmingly
(a)_________________ and many (b)______________________ are paid by their organizations to work
with open source projects to construct and contribute the enhancements they and their customers
need. It is a combination of formal and informal development that provides a highly dynamic and
productive environment. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅(a) professional (b) developers
The ____________________________________ section provides a collection of web-based applications
and tools to help you improve performance, diagnose issues, identify security problems, and optimize
your configurations. (Includes the Product Life Cycle Checker and Rescue Mode Assistant). - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Customer Portal Labs
What is the RHEL8 tool used to view GNU info pages? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅pinfo command
_______________________ are info documents developed by the GNU Project and are an important
resource on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux system. Many fundamental components and utilities, such as the
coreutils package and glibc standard libraries, are either developed by the GNU Project or utilize the Info
document system. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅GNU Info pages
GNU Info documents typically cover particular software packages as a whole, tend to have more
practical examples of how to use the software, and are structured as ______________ documents. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅hypertext
Enter the command to do a keyword search of man pages that will display a list of man page topics with
section numbers containing the keyword passwd. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅man -k passwd
The GNU Project developed a different online documentation system, known as _____________. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅GNU info
A _________ connects the standard output of the first command to the standard input of the next
command. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅pipe
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 Hat Customer Portal, certifications, and so on. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Red
Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Open source is not developed solely by an "army of volunteers". It is overwhelmingly
(a)_________________ and many (b)______________________ are paid by their organizations to work
with open source projects to construct and contribute the enhancements they and their customers
need. It is a combination of formal and informal development that provides a highly dynamic and
productive environment. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅(a) professional (b) developers
The ____________________________________ section provides a collection of web-based applications
and tools to help you improve performance, diagnose issues, identify security problems, and optimize
your configurations. (Includes the Product Life Cycle Checker and Rescue Mode Assistant). - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Customer Portal Labs
What is the RHEL8 tool used to view GNU info pages? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅pinfo command
_______________________ are info documents developed by the GNU Project and are an important
resource on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux system. Many fundamental components and utilities, such as the
coreutils package and glibc standard libraries, are either developed by the GNU Project or utilize the Info
document system. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅GNU Info pages
GNU Info documents typically cover particular software packages as a whole, tend to have more
practical examples of how to use the software, and are structured as ______________ documents. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅hypertext
Enter the command to do a keyword search of man pages that will display a list of man page topics with
section numbers containing the keyword passwd. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅man -k passwd
The GNU Project developed a different online documentation system, known as _____________. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅GNU info
A _________ connects the standard output of the first command to the standard input of the next
command. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅pipe
