Linux Fundamentals Quiz

Ananya is conducting a digital forensic investigation for her cybersecurity class project. She needs to choose a Linux distribution that is most commonly used for such investigations. Which distribution should she select?

• Ubuntu

• Fedora

• Kali Linux

• CentOS

Neha is trying to monitor the performance of her Linux system. What command should she use to view all currently running processes?

• ls

• top

• ps

• who

During a cybersecurity class, Sneha and Aditi are tasked with investigating a potential network breach. They need to capture and analyze network traffic to understand what happened. Which Linux tool should they use for this purpose?

• Wireshark

• Netstat

• Tcpdump

• Both A and C

Tisha is trying to understand the structure of her Linux system. She comes across the /etc directory and wonders what its purpose is. What is the role of the /etc directory in Linux?

• It contains user files.

• It stores system configuration files.

• It holds log files.

• It is used for temporary storage.

During a computer science class, Prisha is trying to troubleshoot an issue with her Linux system. She remembers that there is a command that can help her view messages related to system events and errors. What is the primary function of the dmesg command?

• Display system log messages.

• List running processes.

• Show disk usage.

• Change user permissions.

Anika is trying to find out how much disk space each of her project directories is using on her computer. Which command should she use to display disk usage by directories?

• df

• du

• ls

• find

Avani is organizing her computer's file system and wonders what the /var directory is typically used for:

• Storing user data.

• Log files and dynamically changing content.

• System binaries.

• Configuration files.

Siya is trying to create an empty file in her Linux system for her project. Which command should she use?

• touch

• cat

• nano

• vim

Myra is trying to access a new external hard drive she just bought. What is the function of the mount command?

• Install software.

• Attach a storage device to the file system.

• Monitor network activity.

• Format a disk.

Aditi is exploring the Linux filesystem hierarchy for her computer science project. She wants to know what the root directory is. Can you help her?

• /root

• /

• /home

• /bin