NOS 120 MIDTERM REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ACCURATE ANSWERS

NOS 120 MIDTERM REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ACCURATE ANSWERS


Which term describes the visual cue that indicates an interactive shell is waiting for the
user to type a command?
Prompt
Argument
Command
Option - Answers -Prompt

Which term describes the part of the command line that specifies the target that the
command should operate on?
Argument
Command
Option
Prompt - Answers -Argument

Which term describes the part of the command line that adjusts the behavior of a
command?
Argument
Command
Option
Prompt - Answers -Option

Which term describes the name of a program to run?
Argument
Command
Option
Prompt - Answers -command

Which term describes the interpreter that executes commands typed as strings?
Command
Console
Shell
Terminal - Answers -shell

Which term describes the hardware display and keyboard used to interact with a
system?
Physical Console
Virtual Console
Shell
Terminal - Answers -physical console

, Which term describes one of multiple logical consoles that can each support an
independent login session?
Physical Console
Virtual Console
Shell
Terminal - Answers -virtual console

Which term describes an interface that provides a display for output and a keyboard for
input to a shell session?
Console
Virtual Console
Shell
Terminal - Answers -terminal

Which pattern will match only filenames where the first character is not "b"?
b*
*b
*b*
[!b]* - Answers -[!b]*

Which pattern will match only filenames that contain a number?
*#*
*[[:digit:]]*
*[digit]*
[0-9] - Answers -*[[:digit:]]*

Which pattern will match only filenames that begin with an uppercase letter?
^?*
^*
[upper]*
[[:upper:]]*
[[CAP]]* - Answers -[[:upper:]]*

Which pattern will match only filenames ending with "b"?
b*
*b
*b*
[!b]* - Answers -*b

Which pattern will match only filenames beginning with "b"?
b*
*b
*b*
[!b]* - Answers -b*