DCOM 142 Midterm Test Questions With Correct Answers

Unix was originally invented at: - Answer AT&T Bell Labs Microsoft Windows: (choose three) - Answer Has built in virtualization Has powerful scripting capabilities Comes in desktop and server variants Linux is written in: - Answer C Open source licenses differ, but generally agree that: (choose two) - Answer You should have access to the source code of software You should be able modify the software as you wish When choosing a distribution of Linux, you should consider: (choose five) - Answer Whether or not the distribution is under active development Which distributions are supported by the software you need to run If you need support on the distribution itself The maintenance cycle of the distribution Which management tools are provided by the distribution A maintenance cycle: - Answer Describes how long a version of software will be supported If you log in to a Linux system in graphical mode, you cannot use text mode commands in that session - Answer False One of the jobs of the kernel is to: - Answer Manage the system's resources What does a distribution provide to add and remove software from the system? - Answer Package manager The Linux platform that runs on mobile phones is called: - Answer Android Linux is not Unix because - Answer It hasn't undergone certification A release cycle - Answer Describes how often updates to the software come out Ubuntu is derived from which distribution? - Answer Debian The bootloader's job is - Answer Load the kernel after the computer is powered on Other commercial Unixes: - Answer Are UNIX certified Are tied to their vendor's hardware CentOS is a Linux distribution with a long release cycle. - Answer True The most important consideration when choosing an operating system is: - Answer What the computer will do Applications make requests to the kernel and receive resources, such as memory, CPU, and disk in return - Answer True Which distributions are made by, or clones of, Red Hat? (choose two) - Answer Fedora CentOs Software is backward compatible if: - Answer It still supports old file formats or applications Unix is (choose two) - Answer A trademark An operating system Which of the following is an example of an embedded Linux OS? - Answer Android A license where you don't have access to the source code is called: - Answer Closed Source Most of the tools that are part of Linux systems come from: - Answer The GNU project If a software release is in a state in that it has many new features that have not been rigorously tested, it is typically referred to as beta software. - Answer True The Linux kernel is derived from the BSD kernel - Answer False Source code refers to: - Answer Human readable version of computer software Open source means: (choose two) - Answer You can view the software's source code You can modify the software's source code Apple's OS X is: (choose three) - Answer Certified as UNIX compatible Derived from FreeBSD Only compatible with Apple hardware A permissive free software license: (choose two) - Answer means you can use the software for anything you want places no restrictions on sharing modifications Which of the following are examples of a web server? (choose two) - Answer Nginx Apache Richard Stallman is associated with - Answer The Free Software Foundation A package manager: (choose two) - Answer keeps track of which files belong to which packages downloads software from the Internet What is the meaning of a public domain license? - Answer The author has relinquished the copyright on the work The Free Software Foundation believes that: (choose two) - Answer Software should be free to modify Software should be free to share The Samba application is a: - Answer File Server The largest difference between the GPLv2 and BSD licenses is: - Answer BSD has no copyleft provision The two main families of Linux shells are: (choose two) - Answer C Shell Bourne Shell Which of the following pieces of software deal with file sharing? (choose three) - Answer NFS Netatalk Samba If you wanted to let a Linux machine share files with Windows clients and servers, you would use: - Answer Samba Which of the following are examples of text editors? (choose four) - Answer vim Correctc. nano Correctd. emacs Correcte. pico Which server software would you use to create a company directory that you could search and authenticate against? - Answer OpenLDAP