NOS 120 MIDTERM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ACCURATE ANSWERS
cat > Meeting - Answers -Your boss drops by your office in a hurry to ask you to attend
a meeting at 10:30 on Friday morning and you can't find a pen to make a note as a
reminder. What Linux command can you use to make a quick note to store in a file
called Meeting?
cal - Answers -Before you make the note in Question 1, you decide to determine
Friday's date, so that you can include it in your note. What Linux command can you use
to quickly determine the Friday's date?
Ctrl+b - Answers -While you are typing a command, you misspell the name of a file you
want to specify with the command. Which of the following command line key
combinations enables you to go back and fix your error?
passwd - Answers -You haven't changed your user account password for several
months and now decide to create a new password. Which of the following commands
should you use?
man cat - Answers -You have forgotten the purpose of the -n option in the cat
command. Which of the following can you enter at the Linux command line to find out
what the -n option does when used with cat?
System V - Answers -Which of the following is the UNIX distribution originally
developed through AT&T Bell Labs?
Bash shell - Answers -Which shell is used by Linux as the default command
interpreter?
cat >> Annual_Report - Answers -You need to type in a line of text to the end of a file
called Annual_Report. Which of the following commands enables you to add the text?
Log in remotely to another computer on a network. - Answers -SSH can be used to
___________________.
The administrative account that has complete access to UNIX/Linux system. - Answers
-This is your first day on the job as a Linux server administrator and your boss gives you
the password for root. What is root?
tail -n 2 project - Answers -In your document files, you often put the date you created
the file and the date you last modified it in the last two lines of the file. What command
can you use to look at only the last two lines of the file called, project?
, q - Answers -You are working with a new colleague who has entered the man
command, but who does not know how to end the man session to return to the regular
command prompt. What keystrokes do you show your colleague to end the man
session? (Choose the best option .)
-less
-cat - Answers -Which of the following are examples of Linux distributions? (Choose all
that apply.)
The current logged in user - Answers -When you enter the who command, what
information do you see? (Choose all that apply.)
clear - Answers -You have been entering lots of commands and now your terminal
window is cluttered will all kinds of activity. What command can you use to clear your
window of the clutter?
Use a GUI menu option to log out or enter an appropriate command for the shell you
are using. such as exit or logout (if there is no GUI desktop in use). - Answers -You
share a Linux computer with a coworker. What is the best way to exit your UNIX or
Linux session when you are done?
peer-to-peer network. - Answers -You work at a law firm with eight other people. All of
the eight computers on the firm's network use wireless connections to communicate
with one another without a server. This is an example of which of the following?
-a mainframe computer
-a desktop PC
-a server
-a workstation - Answers -On which of the following types of computers might you find
a UNIX or Linux operating system? (Choose all that apply.)
Press the up key one time. - Answers -You're in a hurry and have just executed a
command to print the contents of a file; and you decide you want another copy of the
printout. What key sequence can you use to repeat the last command, which was used
to print the file?
date -u - Answers -Your international company is scheduling a meeting among
managers in Canada, the United States, Spain, Sweden, and Hong Kong on the basis
of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). What command enables you to display the current
time in GMT?
The more command enables you to view a file's contents by scrolling down. - Answers -
How would you describe the purpose of the more command?
Telnet can be used to connect a UNIX, Linux, or Windows PC to a remote computer. -
Answers -What is the purpose of Telnet?
ACCURATE ANSWERS
cat > Meeting - Answers -Your boss drops by your office in a hurry to ask you to attend
a meeting at 10:30 on Friday morning and you can't find a pen to make a note as a
reminder. What Linux command can you use to make a quick note to store in a file
called Meeting?
cal - Answers -Before you make the note in Question 1, you decide to determine
Friday's date, so that you can include it in your note. What Linux command can you use
to quickly determine the Friday's date?
Ctrl+b - Answers -While you are typing a command, you misspell the name of a file you
want to specify with the command. Which of the following command line key
combinations enables you to go back and fix your error?
passwd - Answers -You haven't changed your user account password for several
months and now decide to create a new password. Which of the following commands
should you use?
man cat - Answers -You have forgotten the purpose of the -n option in the cat
command. Which of the following can you enter at the Linux command line to find out
what the -n option does when used with cat?
System V - Answers -Which of the following is the UNIX distribution originally
developed through AT&T Bell Labs?
Bash shell - Answers -Which shell is used by Linux as the default command
interpreter?
cat >> Annual_Report - Answers -You need to type in a line of text to the end of a file
called Annual_Report. Which of the following commands enables you to add the text?
Log in remotely to another computer on a network. - Answers -SSH can be used to
___________________.
The administrative account that has complete access to UNIX/Linux system. - Answers
-This is your first day on the job as a Linux server administrator and your boss gives you
the password for root. What is root?
tail -n 2 project - Answers -In your document files, you often put the date you created
the file and the date you last modified it in the last two lines of the file. What command
can you use to look at only the last two lines of the file called, project?
, q - Answers -You are working with a new colleague who has entered the man
command, but who does not know how to end the man session to return to the regular
command prompt. What keystrokes do you show your colleague to end the man
session? (Choose the best option .)
-less
-cat - Answers -Which of the following are examples of Linux distributions? (Choose all
that apply.)
The current logged in user - Answers -When you enter the who command, what
information do you see? (Choose all that apply.)
clear - Answers -You have been entering lots of commands and now your terminal
window is cluttered will all kinds of activity. What command can you use to clear your
window of the clutter?
Use a GUI menu option to log out or enter an appropriate command for the shell you
are using. such as exit or logout (if there is no GUI desktop in use). - Answers -You
share a Linux computer with a coworker. What is the best way to exit your UNIX or
Linux session when you are done?
peer-to-peer network. - Answers -You work at a law firm with eight other people. All of
the eight computers on the firm's network use wireless connections to communicate
with one another without a server. This is an example of which of the following?
-a mainframe computer
-a desktop PC
-a server
-a workstation - Answers -On which of the following types of computers might you find
a UNIX or Linux operating system? (Choose all that apply.)
Press the up key one time. - Answers -You're in a hurry and have just executed a
command to print the contents of a file; and you decide you want another copy of the
printout. What key sequence can you use to repeat the last command, which was used
to print the file?
date -u - Answers -Your international company is scheduling a meeting among
managers in Canada, the United States, Spain, Sweden, and Hong Kong on the basis
of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). What command enables you to display the current
time in GMT?
The more command enables you to view a file's contents by scrolling down. - Answers -
How would you describe the purpose of the more command?
Telnet can be used to connect a UNIX, Linux, or Windows PC to a remote computer. -
Answers -What is the purpose of Telnet?
