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Week 7 PART 2 | UNIX Command Quiz

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Week 7 PART 2 | UNIX Command Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is the correct syntax for a UNIX command?

$ command [options] [arguments]

$ [options] command [arguments]

$ command [arguments] [options]

$ [arguments] command [options]

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the -m option in the mkdir command specify?

Maximum file size

Permission mode

Parent directory

Modification time

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the purpose of the whoami command?

Displays current working directory

Displays the username of the current user

Displays the operating system name

Displays process IDs

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens when you type script a1script?

Creates a new script file named a1script

Runs the a1script program

Deletes the script file

Stops an existing script

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do you create a file with the content "This is file two" spanning multiple lines?

echo > file

cat > file

ls > file

touch file

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What command changes the directory using an absolute pathname?

cd ../../dir

cd /home/user/dir

cd dir

mkdir /dir

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do you exit the script session?

exit

logout

close

quit

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