Computer Science - Linux MCQs Part 1
1. What command is used to count the total number of lines, words, and characters contained in a file?
A.
countw
countw
B.
wcount
wcount
C.
wc
wc
D.
count p
count p
E.
None of the above
None of the above
Answer Option C
2. What command is used to remove files?
A.
dm
dm
B.
rm
rm
C.
delete
delete
D.
erase
erase
E.
None of the above
None of the above
Answer Option B
3. What command is used to remove the directory?
A.
rdir
rdir
B.
remove
remove
C.
rd
rd
D.
rmdir
rmdir
E.
None of the above
None of the above
Answer Option D
4. What command is used with vi editor to delete a single character?
A.
x
x
B.
y
y
C.
a
a
D.
z
z
E.
None of the above
None of the above
Answer Option A
5. What hardware architectures are not supported by Red Hat?
A.
SPARC
SPARC
B.
IBM-compatible
IBM-compatible
C.
Alpha
Alpha
D.
Macintosh
Macintosh
E.
None of the above
None of the above
Answer Option D
6. The physical layer of a network
A. constructs packets of data and sends them across the network
B. controls error detection and correction
C. defines the electrical characteristics of signals passed between the computer and communication devices
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer Option C
7. What TCP/IP protocol is used for remote terminal connection service?
A. UDP
B. RARP
C. FTP
D. TELNET
E. None of the above
Answer Option D
8. How many networks and nodes per network, are allowed by the Class B network?
A. 127 networks and 16,777,216 nodes per network
B. 16,384 networks and 65,534 nodes per network
C. 2,097,152 networks and 254 nodes per network
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer Option B
9. What service is used to translate domain names to IP addresses?
A. NFS
B. SMB
C. NIS
D. DNS
E. None of the above
Answer Option D
10. Which of the following command is used to create a Linux installation boot floppy?
A. mkboot disk
B. bootfp disk
C. ww and rawwrite
D. dd and rawrite
E. None of the above
Answer Option D
11. How can you add Amit, a new user, to your system?
A. Using useradd
B. Using adduser
C. Using linuxconf
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer Option D
12. What file specifies the order in which to use specified name services?
A. /etc/services
B. /etc/nsorder
C. /etc/nsswitch.conf
D. /etc/hosts
E. None of the above
Answer Option C
13. How many primary partitions can exist on one drive?
A. 16
B. 4
C. 2
D. 1
E. None of the above
Answer Option B
14. In which directory can you store system user default files used for creating user directories?
A. /usr/tmp
B. /etc/default
C. /etc/skel
D. /etc/users
E. None of the above
Answer Option C
15. How could you install the file ipchains-1.3.9-5.i386.rpm?
A. rpm -qip ipchains
B. rpm -Uvh ipchains
C. rpm -i ipchains* .i386.rpm
D. rpm -e ipchains-1.3.9-5.i386.rpm
E. None of the above
Answer Option C
16. What does FSF stand for?
A. Free Software File
B. File Server First
C. First Serve First
D. Free Software Foundation
E. None of the above
Answer Option D
17. Which of the following is a valid format for mounting a CD-ROM drive?
A. mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom / mnt/cdrom
B. mount /dev/cdrom
C. mount /mnt/cdrom
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer Option D
18. What command do you use to create Linux file systems?
A. fdisk
B. mkfs
C. fsck
D. mount
E. None of the above
Answer Option B
19. Which of the following command can you execute to count the number of lines in a file?
A. lc
B. wc - l
C. cl
D. count
E. None of the above
Answer Option B
20. Which of the following is not a communication command?
A. grep
B. mail
C. mesg
D. write
E. None of the above
Answer Option A
21. What command is used to display the characteristics of a process?
A. au
B. ps
C. du
D. pid
E. None of the above
Answer Option B
22. What command is not used to list the files chap01, chap02 and chap04?
A. ls chap*
B. ls chap[124]
C. ls - x chap0[124]
D. ls chap0[124]
E. None of the above
Answer Option B
23. What command is used with vi editor to replace text from cursor to right
A. S
B. s
C. R
D. r
E. None of the above
Answer Option C
24. What sign is used to back up over typing errors in vi?
A. !
B. $
C. #
D. @
E. None of the above
Answer Option C
25. What sign is used to erase or kill an entire line you have typed and start you are on a new line (but not display a new prompt)?
A. !
B. $
C. #
D. @
E. None of the above
Answer Option D
26. What command is used to sort the lines of data in a file in alphabetical order?
A. sort - r
B. st
C. sh
D. sort
E. None of the above
Answer Option D
27. What command is used with vi editor to save file and remain in the editing mode?
A. x
B. q!
C. :w
D. :q
E. None of the above
Answer Option C
28. What command is used with vi editor to move back to the beginning of a word?
A. w
B. e
C. a
D. b
E. None of the above
Answer Option D
29. What command is used with vi editor to search a pattern in the forward direction?
A. ??
B. //
C. ?
D. /
E. None of the above
Answer Option D
30. What command is used to add printing jobs to the queue?
A. lpd
B. lpr
C. lpq
D. lpc
E. None of the above
Answer Option B
31. What protocol(s) is(are) allowed a user to retrieve her/his mail from the mail server to her/his mail reader?
A. POP3
B. FTP
C. MAP
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer Option A
32. What project is currently developing X server support?
A. XFree86 Project, Inc.
B. RHAD Labs
C. GNOME Project
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer Option A
33. What X-based tool is available for configuring the X Window system?
A. XConfigurator
B. XF86Setup
C. xf86config
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer Option B
34. Which of the following server is used with the BIND package?
A. httpd
B. shttp
C. dns
D. named
E. None of the above
Answer Option D
35. What port does squid listen, by default?
A. 4322
B. 2314
C. 7334
D. 3128
E. None of the above
Answer Option D
36. Which of the following is the main Apache configuration file?
A. /etc/apache.conf
B. /etc/httpd/config.ini
C. /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
D. /etc/srm.conf
E. None of the above
Answer Option C
37. Which of the following command is used to access an SMB share on a Linux system?
A. NFS
B. SMD
C. smbclient
D. smbserver
E. None of the above
Answer Option C
38. Which of the following command is used to see the services running in NFS server?
A. rpcinfo
B. serverinfo
C. NFSinfo
D. infserv
E. None of the above
Answer Option A
39. In which tcp_wrappers file can you specify to allow all connections from all hosts?
A. /etc/hosts.allow
B. /etc/hosts.deny
C. /etc/hosts
D. /etc/tcp.conf
E. None of the above
Answer Option A
40. What does GNU stand for?
A. GNU's not Unix
B. Greek Needed Unix
C. General Unix
D. General Noble Unix
E. None of the above
Answer Option A
41. What shell's wild-card is used to match any number of characters including none?
A. *
B. ?
C. [!ijk]
D. [ijk]
E. None of the above
Answer Option A
42. What command is used to list contents of directories?
A. tar
B. dir
C. lp
D. ls
E. None of the above
Answer Option D
43. What command is used with vi editor to append text at end of line?
A. I
B. i
C. a
D. A
E. None of the above
Answer Option D
44. What command is used to copy directory structures in and out?
A. copy
B. cp - p
C. cpio
D. cp
E. None of the above
Answer Option C
45. In OSI network architecture, the dialogue control and token management are responsible of
A. data link layer
B. transport layer
C. network layer
D. session layer
E. None of the above
Answer Option D
46. Layer one of the OSI model is
A. network layer
B. transport layer
C. link layer
D. physical layer
E. None of the above
Answer Option D
47. What layer of OSI determines the interface of the system with the user?
A. Session
B. Data-link
C. Application
D. Network
E. None of the above
Answer Option C
48. What command is used to remove jobs from the print queue?
A. lpq
B. lpr
C. lprm
D. lpc
E. None of the above
Answer Option C
49. How can you navigate around virtual consoles?
A. Alt+Function Key
B. Ctrl+Function Key
C. Ctrl+Alt+Del
D. Alt+a+w+Function Key
E. None of the above
Answer Option A
50. Which of the following NIS clients, finds and stores information about an NIS domain and server?
A. ypwhich
B. ypbind
C. ypcat
D. yppoll
E. None of the above
Answer Option B
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