D281 / C851 LPI LINUX ESSENTIALS
EXAM 950 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS,100%CORRECT
, In order for software to be certified as open source, which of the following is not
required?
A.) The license must not discriminate against people or groups of people.
B.) The license must not require that the software be distributed as part of a specific
product.
C.) The license must require that changes be distributed under the same license.
D.) The program must come with source code, or the author must make it readily
available on the Internet.
E.) The license must automatically apply to anybody who acquires the software. -
ANSWERC. Option C does not describe an open source requirement, and so it is the
correct answer.
Which is true of Linux distributions as a whole?
A.) They're covered by the GPL or the BSD license, depending on the distribution.
B.) Sometimes they may not be copied because of the non- open source software they
may contain.
C.) They may be copied only after software using the MIT license is removed.
D.) They all completely conform to the principles of the open source movement.
E.) They all qualify as free software as the FSF uses the term - ANSWERB. Some
distributions (particularly "Enterprise" versions that are sold for money) include software
that is neither open source nor even freely redistributable, so option B is correct.
Which of the following is a characteristic of all open source software?
A.) The software cannot be sold for profit; it must be distributed free of charge.
B.) It must be distributed with both the source code and binaries.
C.) Users are permitted to redistribute altered versions of the original software.
D.) The software was originally written at a college or university.
E.) The software must be written in an interpreted language that requires no
compilation. - ANSWERC. The open source definition includes 10 points, one of which
is that users may modify the original code and redistribute the altered version.
True or false: VMS was a common OS on x86 PCs at the time Linux was created. -
ANSWERFalse. VMS was an OS for minicomputers and mainframes when Linux was
created. On x86 computers, DOS was the dominant OS in 1991.
A type of software that's distributed for free but that requires payment on the honor
system if a person uses it is called?
EXAM 950 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS,100%CORRECT
, In order for software to be certified as open source, which of the following is not
required?
A.) The license must not discriminate against people or groups of people.
B.) The license must not require that the software be distributed as part of a specific
product.
C.) The license must require that changes be distributed under the same license.
D.) The program must come with source code, or the author must make it readily
available on the Internet.
E.) The license must automatically apply to anybody who acquires the software. -
ANSWERC. Option C does not describe an open source requirement, and so it is the
correct answer.
Which is true of Linux distributions as a whole?
A.) They're covered by the GPL or the BSD license, depending on the distribution.
B.) Sometimes they may not be copied because of the non- open source software they
may contain.
C.) They may be copied only after software using the MIT license is removed.
D.) They all completely conform to the principles of the open source movement.
E.) They all qualify as free software as the FSF uses the term - ANSWERB. Some
distributions (particularly "Enterprise" versions that are sold for money) include software
that is neither open source nor even freely redistributable, so option B is correct.
Which of the following is a characteristic of all open source software?
A.) The software cannot be sold for profit; it must be distributed free of charge.
B.) It must be distributed with both the source code and binaries.
C.) Users are permitted to redistribute altered versions of the original software.
D.) The software was originally written at a college or university.
E.) The software must be written in an interpreted language that requires no
compilation. - ANSWERC. The open source definition includes 10 points, one of which
is that users may modify the original code and redistribute the altered version.
True or false: VMS was a common OS on x86 PCs at the time Linux was created. -
ANSWERFalse. VMS was an OS for minicomputers and mainframes when Linux was
created. On x86 computers, DOS was the dominant OS in 1991.
A type of software that's distributed for free but that requires payment on the honor
system if a person uses it is called?
