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Linux Basic Question

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who developed Linux?

a)

Dennis Ritchie

b)

Linus Torvalds

c)

Ken Thompson

d)

Prof. Andrew

2.

Who is primarily responsible for the smooth functioning of the system?

a)

System Advisor

b)

System coordinator

c)

System Manager

d)

System Administrator

3.

Single dot (.) with cd refers to ___

a)

Change directory

b)

Created directory

c)

Current directory

d)

Parent directory

4.

User directories are created under…?

a)

Bin directory

b)

Tmp directory

c)

Dev directory

d)

Home directory

5.

The user who creates the file is called as the

a)

Group owner

b)

System owner

c)

File owner

d)

Other users

6.

mnt stands for

a)

move

b)

moving

c)

mounting

d)

mount

7.

The first ___ always represents the root directory.

a)

– minus

b)

 / slash

c)

* asterisks

d)

+ plus

8.

Which version of UNIX was handled by the students of the University of Helsinki?

a)

Linux

b)

Unix

c)

Minix

d)

Xenix

9.

All directories are stored under one main directory called ____

a)

Server

b)

Home

c)

Folder

d)

Root

10.

The prompt of the other users is

a)

@

b)

%

c)

#

d)

$

11.

The Vi editor, makes the keyboard to play a ___ role.

a)

Single

b)

Multiple

c)

Dual

d)

Solo

12.

The prompt of the root user is

a)

@

b)

#

c)

%

d)

$

13.

Help for all commands is available at

a)

Man command

b)

Help command

c)

Join command

d)

Tput command

14.

Which of the following is used to append the contents of a file?

a)

=

b)

>>

c)

<

d)

>

15.

____ command clears the screen.

a)

Clear

b)

Cls

c)

Clear all

d)

Clean screen

16.

Which of the following is called as the redirection operator for output?

a)

=

b)

<<

c)

<

d)

>

17.

The complete path name of a file or directory is

a)

Root name

b)

Tree name

c)

Relative path name

d)

Absolute path name

18.

In Linux, if all the members of the group share their files, they are called as

a)

File owner

b)

Other users

c)

File users

d)

Group users

19.

Which command copies the contents of the source file after creating the destination file?

a)

.mv

b)

cp

c)

cat

d)

.rm

20.

Which was widely distributed over the Internet?

a)

Linux

b)

Unix

c)

Minix

d)

Xenix

21.

Which command displays the contents of a file?

a)

cat

b)

pipe

c)

ls

d)

tee

22.

What is mainly used for creating, deleting and editing the files?

a)

Editors

b)

Compilers

c)

Interpreter

d)

Word processors

23.

All the users of the system who are not members of a project group are referred to as

a)

Group users

b)

File owner

c)

Group owner

d)

 Other users

24.

We should be careful about the lower case and upper case letters when the system is

a)

Case sensitive

b)

Case caful

c)

Case destinictive

d)

Case respective

25.

Is command with the -a option will display

a)

sorted files

b)

all files including hidden fields

c)

all files

d)

sub directories

26.

Which symbol allows you to search the pattern in the text?

a)

plus (+)

b)

question mark (?)

c)

astrisk (*)

d)

minus (-)

27.

Which keys are substituted for the cut facility?

a)

nyy

b)

nkk

c)

ndd

d)

nhh

28.

The cd command stands for

a)

complete directory

b)

created directory

c)

change directory

d)

current directory

29.

Which key should be pressed to save a file in line editing mode?

a)

x

b)

s

c)

n

d)

w

30.

A directory under a directory is called as

a)

root directory

b)

parent directory

c)

sub directory

d)

user directory