Linux B Grade A Q&A
You've created a new file, but you are unable to find that file using the locate command.
Which option best explains this behavior? - (correct answer)The database hasn't been
updated yet
Which of the following information are present in the /etc/group file? - (correct
answer)Name of the group
The group's password
GIDs of the group
Which of the following options are used with the chown command to change the
ownership of all the subdirectories of a specified directory? - (correct answer)-R
--recursive
(the two above are effectively analogous)
Which of the following package formats does Slackware use? - (correct answer)Tarballs
Which symbol is appended with a command to run it in the background? - (correct
answer)&
Which of the following commands stores the output of the date command in a variable?
- (correct answer)myvar='date'
Which find command options can be used to locate files owned by a specific user? -
(correct answer)-user
, -uid
Which of the following files in the /var/log directory summarizes services started via
SysV startup scripts? - (correct answer)boot.log
In which year was the terminal emulator program that would eventually become the
Linux kernel created? - (correct answer)1991
Which of the following are core Unix tools? - (correct answer)GNU tool set
X window system
Which of the following organizations bases its philosophy on software licensing on a
strong moral imperative that users should be able to modify their software? - (correct
answer)FSF (Free Software Foundation)
Which regular expression string is used to match any sequence of characters of any
length? - (correct answer)."
Which of the following groupadd options are used to create a new group with a specific
group ID? - (correct answer)-gid
-g
Which of the following statements is true of the /etc/skel directory? - (correct
answer)The files in this directory are automatically copied to a new user's home
directory when the user is created.
You've created a new file, but you are unable to find that file using the locate command.
Which option best explains this behavior? - (correct answer)The database hasn't been
updated yet
Which of the following information are present in the /etc/group file? - (correct
answer)Name of the group
The group's password
GIDs of the group
Which of the following options are used with the chown command to change the
ownership of all the subdirectories of a specified directory? - (correct answer)-R
--recursive
(the two above are effectively analogous)
Which of the following package formats does Slackware use? - (correct answer)Tarballs
Which symbol is appended with a command to run it in the background? - (correct
answer)&
Which of the following commands stores the output of the date command in a variable?
- (correct answer)myvar='date'
Which find command options can be used to locate files owned by a specific user? -
(correct answer)-user
, -uid
Which of the following files in the /var/log directory summarizes services started via
SysV startup scripts? - (correct answer)boot.log
In which year was the terminal emulator program that would eventually become the
Linux kernel created? - (correct answer)1991
Which of the following are core Unix tools? - (correct answer)GNU tool set
X window system
Which of the following organizations bases its philosophy on software licensing on a
strong moral imperative that users should be able to modify their software? - (correct
answer)FSF (Free Software Foundation)
Which regular expression string is used to match any sequence of characters of any
length? - (correct answer)."
Which of the following groupadd options are used to create a new group with a specific
group ID? - (correct answer)-gid
-g
Which of the following statements is true of the /etc/skel directory? - (correct
answer)The files in this directory are automatically copied to a new user's home
directory when the user is created.
