Answers 2025 New Update
CD-ROMs typically use the ____ filesystem type. - Answer-iso9660
/.Can CD-ROMs be ejected from the CD-ROM drive before the CD-ROM is properly
unmounted? - Answer-False
/.To view the size of a directory and its contents in Kilobytes, you can use the du
command. - Answer-True
/.The more filesystems that are used on a system, the less likely a corrupted filesystem
will interfere with normal system operations. - Answer-True
/.If you find a corrupted device file, or accidentally delete a device file, the
____________________ command can be used to re-create the device file if you know
the type, major, and minor numbers. - Answer-True
/.If you find a corrupted device file, or accidentally delete a device file, the
____________________ command can be used to re-create the device file if you know
the type, major, and minor numbers. - Answer-mknod
/.If you do not know the type, major, or minor number of a device, you can use the ____
command to re-create the device based on the common name. - Answer-
/dev/MAKEDEV
/.If a device is mounted to a directory that contains files, are those files temporarily
covered up until the device is unmounted? - Answer-False
/.The easiest method for monitoring free space by mounted filesystems is to use the
____ command. - Answer-df
/.Devices that transfer data in a character-by-character fashion are referred to as ____
devices. - Answer-character
/.The ____ filesystem contains most of the operating system files. - Answer-root
/.Is ext3 the traditional filesystem used on Linux? - Answer-False
/.After a typical Fedora Linux installation, over 700 different device files are in the /dev
directory. - Answer-True
, /.When a device is mounted, it is attached to a certain directory on the directory tree
called a(n) mount point. - Answer-True
/.An extended partition can contain many subpartitions called ____________________.
- Answer-logical drives
/.Errors on a filesystem are often referred to as filesystem ____ and are common on
most filesystems. - Answer-corruption
/.The ____ device file represents the first primary partition on the second IDE hard disk
drive (primary slave). - Answer-/dev/hdb1
/.Linux requires ____ partition(s) at minimum. - Answer-two
/.The ____ device file represents the second serial port on the system (COM2). -
Answer-/dev/ttyS1
/.To check a filesystem for errors, you can use the ____ command, which can check
filesystems of many different types. - Answer-fsck
/.Can any existing directory can be used as a mount point? - Answer-False
/.In Linux, you must use only one type of filesystem on a system. - Answer-False
/.The ____ filesystem is used by software programs that write to a CD-RW or DVD-RW
drive. - Answer-udf
/.Device files that represent disks, such as floppy disks, CD-ROMs, DVDs, USB flash
drives, and hard disks, are typically character device files because a fast data transfer
rate is preferred. - Answer-False
/.Creating a filesystem on a device is commonly referred to as
____________________. - Answer-formatting
/.Data is read off of hard disks in concentric circles called ____. - Answer-tracks
/.To format a filesystem with a specified filesystem type, you can use the ____ option
with the mkfs command. - Answer--t
/.To create partitions after installation, you can use the ____ command. - Answer-fdisk
/.Directory that stores device files. - Answer-/dev
/.Indicates a particular device. - Answer-minor number
/.File on the hard disk representing a device on a Linux system. - Answer-device file