IST-190 WRITTEN FINAL EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS
What is the name of the Linux time zone that Greenville Tech is located in? - Answers -
America/New_York
The highest possible address on a subnet (host part is all ones in binary) is used for
broadcast messages in IPv4 and is called the ____________________________. -
Answers - broadcast address
___________(GNU Bourne-Again shell) is the default shell for users in Red Hat
Enterprise Linux. It is an improved version of the Bourne Shell (sh). - Answers - bash
bash is an acronym for _____________________________. - Answers - Bourne Again
Shell
A _______________________ is a text-based interface which can be used to input
instructions to a computer system. - Answers - command line
_____________________________ is a computer programmer and free-software
advocate who launched the Free Software Movement by announcing to develop the
GNU operating system. He also founded the Free Software Foundation. - Answers -
Richard Stallman
_________________ was the main developer of the Linux kernel (used by Linux
distributions and other operating systems like Android). He also created the Git source
control management system. - Answers - Linus Torvalds
_____________________________ is software with source code that anyone can use,
study, modify, and share. It promotes collaboration, sharing, transparency, and rapid
innovation because it encourages people beyond the original developers to make
modifications and improvements to the software and to share it with others. - Answers -
Open source software
The Red Hat Support Tool utility, __________________________, provides a text-
based interface that allows you to search Knowledgebase articles and to file support
cases on the Customer Portal from your system's command line. The tool does not
have a graphical interface and, because it interacts with the Red Hat Customer Portal, it
requires internet access. - Answers - redhat-support-tool
The ______________________________________ is a section that provides
information about high-profile security issues, access to the Red Hat CVE Database,
the Security channel of the Red Hat Blog, and resources about Red Hat's security
response process and how we rate issues and resolve them. - Answers - Red Hat
Product Security Center
, All files on a Linux system are stored on file systems which are organized into a single
inverted tree of directories, known as a _______________________________. -
Answers - file system hierarchy
Define this Linux meta-character as it applies to file globbing:
[[:alpha:]] - Answers - Any alphabetic character.
__________________________________ grants the user the right to run the program
and also to view, modify, compile, and redistribute the source royalty-free to others. -
Answers - Open source software
________________ is a community project that produces and releases a complete,
free, Linux-based operating system. It focuses on innovation and excellence, not long-
term stability. New major updates happen every six months, and they can bring
significant changes. It only supports releases for about a year (two major updates),
which makes it less suitable for enterprise use. - Answers - Fedora
_______________ is a community-driven Linux distribution derived from much of the
open source Red Hat Enterprise Linux codebase and other sources. It is free of charge,
easy to install, and is staffed and supported by an active user community of volunteers
that operates independently of Red Hat. It is self-support only and generally not certified
by software vendors like SAS, SAP, and Oracle as a supported platform. - Answers -
CentOS
______________________________________ is Red Hat's enterprise-ready
commercially-supported Linux distribution. It is the leading platform for open source
computing, not just a collection of mature open source projects. It is extensively tested,
with a large supporting ecosystem of partners, hardware and software certifications,
consulting services, training, and multiyear support and maintenance guarantees. It
uses a subscription-based distribution model. Because this is open source software, this
is not a license fee. Instead, it pays for support, maintenance, updates, security
patches, access to the Knowledgebase on the Red Hat Customer Portal, certifications,
and so on. - Answers - Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Open source is not developed solely by an "army of volunteers". It is overwhelmingly
(a)_________________ and many (b)______________________ are paid by their
organizations to work with open source projects to construct and contribute the
enhancements they and their customers need. It is a combination of formal and informal
development that provides a highly dynamic and productive environment. - Answers -
(a) professional (b) developers
The ____________________________________ section provides a collection of web-
based applications and tools to help you improve performance, diagnose issues, identify
security problems, and optimize your configurations. (Includes the Product Life Cycle
Checker and Rescue Mode Assistant). - Answers - Customer Portal Labs
What is the name of the Linux time zone that Greenville Tech is located in? - Answers -
America/New_York
The highest possible address on a subnet (host part is all ones in binary) is used for
broadcast messages in IPv4 and is called the ____________________________. -
Answers - broadcast address
___________(GNU Bourne-Again shell) is the default shell for users in Red Hat
Enterprise Linux. It is an improved version of the Bourne Shell (sh). - Answers - bash
bash is an acronym for _____________________________. - Answers - Bourne Again
Shell
A _______________________ is a text-based interface which can be used to input
instructions to a computer system. - Answers - command line
_____________________________ is a computer programmer and free-software
advocate who launched the Free Software Movement by announcing to develop the
GNU operating system. He also founded the Free Software Foundation. - Answers -
Richard Stallman
_________________ was the main developer of the Linux kernel (used by Linux
distributions and other operating systems like Android). He also created the Git source
control management system. - Answers - Linus Torvalds
_____________________________ is software with source code that anyone can use,
study, modify, and share. It promotes collaboration, sharing, transparency, and rapid
innovation because it encourages people beyond the original developers to make
modifications and improvements to the software and to share it with others. - Answers -
Open source software
The Red Hat Support Tool utility, __________________________, provides a text-
based interface that allows you to search Knowledgebase articles and to file support
cases on the Customer Portal from your system's command line. The tool does not
have a graphical interface and, because it interacts with the Red Hat Customer Portal, it
requires internet access. - Answers - redhat-support-tool
The ______________________________________ is a section that provides
information about high-profile security issues, access to the Red Hat CVE Database,
the Security channel of the Red Hat Blog, and resources about Red Hat's security
response process and how we rate issues and resolve them. - Answers - Red Hat
Product Security Center
, All files on a Linux system are stored on file systems which are organized into a single
inverted tree of directories, known as a _______________________________. -
Answers - file system hierarchy
Define this Linux meta-character as it applies to file globbing:
[[:alpha:]] - Answers - Any alphabetic character.
__________________________________ grants the user the right to run the program
and also to view, modify, compile, and redistribute the source royalty-free to others. -
Answers - Open source software
________________ is a community project that produces and releases a complete,
free, Linux-based operating system. It focuses on innovation and excellence, not long-
term stability. New major updates happen every six months, and they can bring
significant changes. It only supports releases for about a year (two major updates),
which makes it less suitable for enterprise use. - Answers - Fedora
_______________ is a community-driven Linux distribution derived from much of the
open source Red Hat Enterprise Linux codebase and other sources. It is free of charge,
easy to install, and is staffed and supported by an active user community of volunteers
that operates independently of Red Hat. It is self-support only and generally not certified
by software vendors like SAS, SAP, and Oracle as a supported platform. - Answers -
CentOS
______________________________________ is Red Hat's enterprise-ready
commercially-supported Linux distribution. It is the leading platform for open source
computing, not just a collection of mature open source projects. It is extensively tested,
with a large supporting ecosystem of partners, hardware and software certifications,
consulting services, training, and multiyear support and maintenance guarantees. It
uses a subscription-based distribution model. Because this is open source software, this
is not a license fee. Instead, it pays for support, maintenance, updates, security
patches, access to the Knowledgebase on the Red Hat Customer Portal, certifications,
and so on. - Answers - Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Open source is not developed solely by an "army of volunteers". It is overwhelmingly
(a)_________________ and many (b)______________________ are paid by their
organizations to work with open source projects to construct and contribute the
enhancements they and their customers need. It is a combination of formal and informal
development that provides a highly dynamic and productive environment. - Answers -
(a) professional (b) developers
The ____________________________________ section provides a collection of web-
based applications and tools to help you improve performance, diagnose issues, identify
security problems, and optimize your configurations. (Includes the Product Life Cycle
Checker and Rescue Mode Assistant). - Answers - Customer Portal Labs
