Linux Operating System Quiz 2

Which of the following tools is best suited to installing a software package and all its dependencies on a Debian computer?

• yum

• zypper

• dmesg

• rpm

• apt-get

What are the two most popular utilities used as the first process that the Linux kernel runs, aside from itself? (Choose two.)

• grub

• servicectl

• systemd

• kthread

• init

Where do most log files reside on a Linux computer?

• /var/log

• /etc/logging

• /usr/log

• /home/logging

• /log/usr

True or false: When using suitable commands, you can normally install a program and be sure that all the software on which it depends will also be installed, provided you have an Internet connection.

• True

• False

True or false: By default, the first process listed in top is currently consuming the most CPU time.

• True

• False

True or false: The dmesg command may produce different output after a computer has been rebooted.

• True

• False

Most Linux distributions maintain information on what packages are installed in the ____.

• kernel

• package database

• graphical desktop

• /usr/lib directory

• Software updater

You’re using Bash, and you type emacs to launch the emacs editor. In this case, emacs is Bash’s ____ process.

• child

• parent

• server

• client

• parallel

General system messages are likely to be found in /var/log/messages or /var/log/____, depending on your distribution.

• secure

• dmesg

• syslog

• mail

• wtmp

The command you use to read messages generated during the boot process and stored in the kernel ring buffer is the ____ command.

• ls

• dmesg

• chmod

• cat

• pwd