DCOM 142 STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔If you wanted to create and print an invoice, what could you use? - ✔✔LibreOffice
✔✔The Linux shell: (choose three) - ✔✔Is customizable
Allows you to launch programs
Has a scripting language
✔✔The FSF's general principal principles are summarized by the term ___ ,which refers
to using copyright laws for purposes that are in some ways contrary to copyright's
original intent. - ✔✔Copyleft
✔✔Which of the following are examples of a web server? (choose two) - ✔✔Nginx
Apache
✔✔Which of the following pieces of software deal with file sharing? (choose three) -
✔✔Netatalk
Samba
NFS
✔✔Which server software would you use to create a company directory that you could
search and authenticate against? - ✔✔OpenLDAP
✔✔What is the meaning of a public domain license? - ✔✔The author has relinquished
the copyright on the work
✔✔If you wanted to set up a blog, which software would be most helpful? -
✔✔WordPress
✔✔A generic term for Open Source and Free Software is: - ✔✔FLOSS
✔✔Which are examples of permissive software licenses? (choose two) - ✔✔MIT
BSD
✔✔An interpreted programming language: (choose two) - ✔✔Tend to offer more
features than compiled languages
Is converted into machine specific instructions as the program runs
✔✔If you wanted to let a Linux machine share files with Windows clients and servers,
you would use: - ✔✔Samba
✔✔A "copyleft provision" in a software license means: - ✔✔You must distribute the
source to any changes you make
, ✔✔Which package manager is used in Fedora, a Red Hat derived system? - ✔✔yum
✔✔Linux is distributed under which license? - ✔✔GPLv2
✔✔Which of the following licenses was made by the FSF? - ✔✔GPLv3
✔✔Richard Stallman is associated with: - ✔✔The Free Software Foundation
✔✔POP and IMAP are related to: - ✔✔Email
✔✔A Mail Transfer Agent's primary purpose is to: - ✔✔Deliver mail between servers
✔✔Which of the following are examples of desktop software? (choose two) - ✔✔Web
browser
Music player
✔✔A permissive free software license: (choose two) - ✔✔Means you can use the
software for anything you want
Places no restrictions on sharing modifications
✔✔The two main families of Linux shells are: (choose two) - ✔✔C Shell
Bourne Shell
✔✔Which application would you use to edit and piece together sound files to make a
podcast? - ✔✔Audacity
✔✔The largest difference between the GPLv2 and BSD licenses is: - ✔✔BSD has no
copyleft provision
✔✔Which of the following are true about compiled programming languages? - ✔✔C is a
compiled language
✔✔Which of the following are examples of text editors? (choose four) - ✔✔Pico
Emacs
Vim
Nano
✔✔The Free Software Foundation believes that: (choose two) - ✔✔Software should be
free to modify
Software should be free to share
✔✔The Samba application is a: - ✔✔File Server
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔If you wanted to create and print an invoice, what could you use? - ✔✔LibreOffice
✔✔The Linux shell: (choose three) - ✔✔Is customizable
Allows you to launch programs
Has a scripting language
✔✔The FSF's general principal principles are summarized by the term ___ ,which refers
to using copyright laws for purposes that are in some ways contrary to copyright's
original intent. - ✔✔Copyleft
✔✔Which of the following are examples of a web server? (choose two) - ✔✔Nginx
Apache
✔✔Which of the following pieces of software deal with file sharing? (choose three) -
✔✔Netatalk
Samba
NFS
✔✔Which server software would you use to create a company directory that you could
search and authenticate against? - ✔✔OpenLDAP
✔✔What is the meaning of a public domain license? - ✔✔The author has relinquished
the copyright on the work
✔✔If you wanted to set up a blog, which software would be most helpful? -
✔✔WordPress
✔✔A generic term for Open Source and Free Software is: - ✔✔FLOSS
✔✔Which are examples of permissive software licenses? (choose two) - ✔✔MIT
BSD
✔✔An interpreted programming language: (choose two) - ✔✔Tend to offer more
features than compiled languages
Is converted into machine specific instructions as the program runs
✔✔If you wanted to let a Linux machine share files with Windows clients and servers,
you would use: - ✔✔Samba
✔✔A "copyleft provision" in a software license means: - ✔✔You must distribute the
source to any changes you make
, ✔✔Which package manager is used in Fedora, a Red Hat derived system? - ✔✔yum
✔✔Linux is distributed under which license? - ✔✔GPLv2
✔✔Which of the following licenses was made by the FSF? - ✔✔GPLv3
✔✔Richard Stallman is associated with: - ✔✔The Free Software Foundation
✔✔POP and IMAP are related to: - ✔✔Email
✔✔A Mail Transfer Agent's primary purpose is to: - ✔✔Deliver mail between servers
✔✔Which of the following are examples of desktop software? (choose two) - ✔✔Web
browser
Music player
✔✔A permissive free software license: (choose two) - ✔✔Means you can use the
software for anything you want
Places no restrictions on sharing modifications
✔✔The two main families of Linux shells are: (choose two) - ✔✔C Shell
Bourne Shell
✔✔Which application would you use to edit and piece together sound files to make a
podcast? - ✔✔Audacity
✔✔The largest difference between the GPLv2 and BSD licenses is: - ✔✔BSD has no
copyleft provision
✔✔Which of the following are true about compiled programming languages? - ✔✔C is a
compiled language
✔✔Which of the following are examples of text editors? (choose four) - ✔✔Pico
Emacs
Vim
Nano
✔✔The Free Software Foundation believes that: (choose two) - ✔✔Software should be
free to modify
Software should be free to share
✔✔The Samba application is a: - ✔✔File Server
