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John is a system administrator and he uses a text-based interface to interact with the operating system. What is this interface called?
CLI
GUI
IOU
GPL
Shell
Imagine you are using a computer system where you interact with icons, windows, widgets, and screens. What is this interface with the operating system called?
GUI
CLI
IOU
GPL
Shell
Imagine you are working on a computer system. Which component would you use to directly communicate with the kernel?
Shell
GPL
IOU
GUI
CLI
Imagine you are a system administrator for a large corporation. You are considering switching your company's servers to LINUX. What are some reasons for its growing popularity? (Choose all that apply)
It's free of cost
It's user-friendly
It can operate on older hardware
It has robust support
Imagine you are studying the history of computer systems and you come across the Unix system. Can you tell who wrote the first Unix system?
Ken Thompson
Bill Gates
Brian Kernihan
Linus Torvolds
Imagine you are studying the history of operating systems and you come across the LINUX kernel. Can you tell who wrote it?
Linus Torvolds
Bill Gates
Steve Jobs
Brian Kernihan
Imagine you are researching the history of open-source software and you come across the Free Software Foundation. Can you identify who founded this organization?
Linus Torvalds
Ken Thompson
Andrew Tanenbaum
Richard Stallman
Imagine you are participating in a quiz competition. The host asks, 'In what year was the GNU project initiated?'
1991
1984
1985
2001
1492
You are participating in a tech quiz and the quizmaster asks, 'What does the acronym GNU stand for?'
Global Network Users
GNU is not UNIX
Great New UNIX
Global Network UNIX
Imagine you are a software developer and you are planning to create a new Linux distribution. You decided to base it on an existing distribution. Which distribution did the creators of Ubuntu choose for this purpose?
Red Hat
OpenSUSE
Fedora
Debian
You are setting up a new Linux system and you need to install a boot loader. What is the name of the boot loader you would typically use in Linux?
GRUB
Kernel
INIT
BIOS
Imagine you are using a computer. What role does the kernel play in this scenario?
It starts up the computer
It allows you to type commands into the terminal
It manages the computer's resources
It interprets the commands you type
You are planning to buy a new mobile device and you want it to have a Linux based operating system. Which of the following options would you choose?
iOS
Ubuntu
Android
Raspberry Pi
John is setting up a network for his new startup. He is considering using Linux but is unsure if it is compatible with servers or just desktop computers. Is this statement true or false: 'Linux is only compatible with desktop computers not servers'?
True
False
You are setting up a new Linux system and need to partition the hard drive. Which two partitioning methods would you likely use? (Select two)
GPT
NTFS
MBR
Extended
You just bought a new hard drive and you're setting it up. What would be the primary characteristic of the primary partition you're creating?
It's bootable
It can hold up to 2.2 TB
It can be sub-divided into logical drives
It acts as virtual memory
You have a computer and you want to create an extended partition on its hard drive. What would be the primary characteristic of this extended partition?
It can be used to boot the computer
It can hold up to 2.2 TB of data
It can be sub-divided into logical drives
It acts as virtual memory
You are a system administrator and you are tasked with choosing a Linux distro for your company's servers. You are considering CentOS7. Can you identify the source for the CentOS7 Linux distro?
Debian
OpenSUSE
UNIX
Red Hat
Consider the scenario where John, a software developer, creates a program and decides to give up all rights to it, making it impossible for anyone to enforce any rights on it. Is this program considered public domain software?
True
False
John found a software online that is open source. He believes that this means the software is public domain. Is he correct?
True
False
You are working as a computer technician in a company. Your manager asked you to list down all the hardware components in the computers of the office for inventory purposes. Which of the following would you include in your list? (Select all that apply)
Motherboards
Processors
Power Supplies
Optical drives
Linux OS
Imagine you are a computer science student studying the history of operating systems. You come across a fact that the Linux Operating System is derived from an earlier system. Can you name that system?
UNIX
ROBLOX
UNIT
MINECRAFT
Imagine you are a historian researching the history of computer systems. In which year was the first UNIX system written?
1969
1968
1970
1999
Reorder the following in years they were released:
UNIX
MINIX
Linux
Imagine you are setting up a new computer for your office work, but you don't want to spend money on Microsoft Windows Office. Which of the following products could you use instead that are free to clients?
MOS
Libre Office
Google Docs
Open Office
Imagine you are starting a new software development project. Which two types of software licensing could you potentially use?
Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)
Proprietary Software
Free Software
Openware
Match the following with their definition:
ND
Attribution Required
CC
ShareAlike
BY
No Derivatives
NC
Non-Commercial
SA
Creative Commons
Match the following name to the reason we use it:
Fedora
You are a manager and you want a good support contract
Linux Mink
You want Red Hat without the support contract from Red Hat
CentOS
You want a point-clicky hacking interface
RedHat
You want Red Hat on your laptop/desktop
Kali
You want a personal graphical desktop to play movies, music and games.
Imagine you are working on an embedded system project. Which of the following Linux applications could you potentially use in your project?
Android OS
Raspberry Pi projects
AppleOS
Medical Equipment
Automobile and space flight controls
True or False: The kernel directs which program gets access to the system resources.
(a)
Consider a scenario where you are using your computer. The Kernel, which is the core part of the operating system, manages the system's resources and communicates between _______ and ______ components. What are these components?
Hardware
Software
Freeware
Embedded
Reorder these into boot order sequence:
BIOS
MBR
GRUB
Kernel
INIT
Imagine you are building a computer from scratch. Which component on the motherboard would initiate the booting process of a Linux system?
BIOS
RunLevel
MBR
GRUB
Match the following logos with their distribution:
Debian
Redhat
Ubuntu
OpenSUSE
Fedora
John is setting up his new computer and he needs to connect two main types of devices to it. These devices are:
Input
Output
Throughput
Peripherals
The backbone of the computer is the
(a)
Consider a scenario where you are using a computer. This computer, like all others, has both _____ term memory and _____ term memory.
Long
Short
Saved
Volatile
John is learning about computer hardware and he came across a term 'CPU'. Can you tell him what CPU stands for?
Central Processing Unit
Central Processor Unit
Central Process Unit
Central Processing Unity
Match the following components to their slots on the Motherboard:
24-Pin Power
RAM
ZIF Socket
CPU
Case Fan Power
GPU
Memory
Motherboard Power Supply
PCI-E x16
Fan to cool off the internal PC
John is a computer technician and he was explaining about different types of Motherboards to his team. Can you recall the 4 types of Motherboards he mentioned today?
RATX
EATX
ATX
micro-ATX
mini-ITX
Reorder the following the motherboards from smallest to largest:
mini-ITX
micro-ATX
ATX
EATx
True/False: Some components on a motherboard are removeable.
(a)
Imagine you are building a gaming PC. You need to decide on the type of cooling system to use. There are two main types of cooling systems used in computers, they are:
Active
Passive
Internal
External
Imagine you're building a computer. You're deciding on a cooling method for your CPU. You come across a method that doesn't require any power source and uses things like Thermal Paste and Heat Sinks. What is this method called?
Passive
Active
Internal
External
You are building a computer and need to choose the type of RAM. The two common types you come across are:
DIMM
SODIMM
Mini-DIMM
Micro-DIMM
John is building a gaming PC. He needs to choose a cooling system that will require power to operate. Common options include case fans or liquid cooling. What type of cooling is John considering?
Active
Passive
External
Internal
In a high-speed data center, _______ processing means data is processed through multiple channels simultaneously to ensure quick data transfer.
Parallel
Serial
DDR
Lane
You are a computer technician and a client asks you which version of PCI is backwards compatible with another version. How would you respond?
PCI-X
PCI
PCIe
You are building a high-performance gaming PC. Which version of PCI should you use to ensure the fastest data transfer?
PCIe
PCI
PCI-X
You are building a computer and you have a motherboard that supports LGA sockets. Which processor manufacturer will you likely be using?
Intel
AMD
LGA stands for:
(a)
John is building a computer and he has chosen an AMD processor. Which socket type should he use?
LGA
PGA
PGA stands for:
(a)
