questions & answers
When using command-line terminal, specific letters that start with a dash ("-") and appear after
command names are considered to be: - ANSWERSOptions
What utility in the sysstat package measures the flow of information to and from disk devices? -
ANSWERSiostat
What is the term for a ZFS managed filesystem that is created from ZFS pools? - ANSWERSZFS
volume
What file under the proc directory contains information regarding what modules are currently
loaded into the Linux kernel? - ANSWERSmodules
What using the compress utility, each file specified for compression is renamed with what
extension? - ANSWERS.Z
What tool below was designed as a secure remote access utility that encrypts information that
passes across the
network? - ANSWERSSecure Shell (SSH)
What Linux command can be utilized to display your current login name? - ANSWERSwhoami
What viewing the version number for a Linux kernel, what number indicates the stability of the
kernel? - ANSWERSMinor number
, What section of a filesystem contains information about the filesystem in general? -
ANSWERSsuperblock
What switch below can be added to the ls command to show a list of files and their type? -
ANSWERS-F
(T or F) The more filesystems that are used on a system, the less likely a corrupted filesystem
will interfere with normal
system operations, right. - ANSWERStrue
What command can be used to see what network services are running on your network? -
ANSWERSnmap
(T or F) SCSI devices that act as a gateway are associated with a unique Logical Unit Number
(LUN) - ANSWERStrue
When used with the uncompress command, what option displays the contents of the compress
file to Standard Output? - ANSWERS-c
What command below can be used at a BASH command prompt to obtain a web page? -
ANSWERScurl
What kill signal terminates a process by taking the process information in memory and saving it
to a file called core on the hard disk in the current working directory? - ANSWERSSIGQUIT
What of the following is not one of the three main types of Linux commands? - ANSWERSdevice
calls