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1. What command is used to count the total number of lines, words, and characters contained in a file?
A. countw B. wcount C. wc D. count p

2. What command is used to remove files?

A. dm B. rm C. Delete D. erase

3. What command is used to remove the directory?

A. rdir B. remove C. rd D. rmdir

4. What command is used with vi editor to delete a single character?

A. x B. y C. a D. z

5. What hardware architectures are not supported by Red Hat?

A. SPARC B. IBM-compatible C. Alpha D. Macintosh

6. The physical layer of a network

A. constructs packets of data and sends them across the network
B. controls error detection and correction
C. defines the electrical characteristics of signals passed between the computer and communication devices
D. All of the above

7. What TCP/IP protocol is used for remote terminal connection service?

A. UDP B. RARP C. FTP D. TELNET

8. How many networks and nodes per network, are allowed by the Class B network?
A. 127 networks and 16,777,216 nodes per network B. 16,384 networks and 65,534 nodes per network
C. 2,097,152 networks and 254 nodes per network D. All of the above

9. What service is used to translate domain names to IP addresses?

A. NFS B. SMB C. NIS D. DNS

10. Which of the following command is used to create a Linux installation hoot floppy?
A. mkboot disk B. bootfp disk C. ww and rawwrite D. dd and rawrite

11. How can you add Amit, a new user, to your system?
A. Using useradd B. Using adduser C. Using linuxconf D. All of the above

12. What file specifies the order in which to use specified name services?
A. /etc/services B. /etc/nsorder C. /etc/nsswitch.conf D. /etc/hosts

13. How many primary partitions can exist on one drive?

A. 16 B. 4 C. 2 D. 1

14. In which directory can you store system user default files used for creating user directories?
A. /usr/tmp B. /etc/default C. /etc/skel D. /etc/users
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Explanation:
The /etc/skel directory contains files and directories that are automatically copied over to a new user's home
directory when such user is created.

15. How could you install the file ipchains-1.3.9-5.i386.rpm?

A. rpm -qip ipchains B. rpm -Uvh ipchains
C. rpm -i ipchains* .i386.rpm D. rpm -e ipchains-1.3.9-5.i386.rpm

16. What does FSF stand for?

A. Free Software File B. File Server First C. First Serve First D. Free Software Foundation

17. Which of the following is a valid format for mounting a CD-ROM drive?
A. mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom / mnt/cdrom B. mount /dev/cdrom
C. mount /mnt/cdrom D. All of the above

18. What command do you use to create Linux file systems?

A. fdisk B. mkfs C. fsck D. mount

19. Which of the following command can you execute to count the number of lines in a file?
A. lc B. wc – l C. cl D. count

20. Which of the following is not a communication command?

A. grep B. mail C. mesg D. write

21. What command is not used to list the files chap01, chap02 and chap04?
A. ls chap* B. ls chap[124] C. ls - x chap0[124] D. ls chap0[124]
Answer: Option B

22. What command is used with vi editor to replace text from cursor to right
A. S B. s C. R D. r

23. What sign is used to back up over typing errors in vi?

A. ! B. $ C. # D. @

24. What sign is used to erase or kill an entire line you have typed and start you are on a new line (but not
display a new prompt)?
A. ! B. $ C. # D. @

25. What command is used to sort the lines of data in a file in alphabetical order?
A. sort – r B. st C. sh D. sort

26. What command is used with vi editor to save file and remain in the editing mode?
A. x B. q! C. :w D. :q

27. What command is used with vi editor to move back to the beginning of a word?
A. w B. e C. a D. b
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28. What command is used with vi editor to search a pattern in the forward direction?
A. ?? B. // C. ? D. /

29. What command is used to add printing jobs to the queue?

A. lpd B. lpr C. lpq D. lpc

30. What protocol(s) is(are) allowed a user to retrieve her/his mail from the mail server to her/his mail
reader?
A. POP3 B. FTP C. MAP D. All of the above

31. What project is currently developing X server support?

A. XFree86 Project, Inc. B. RHAD Labs C. GNOME Project D. All of the above

32. What X-based tool is available for configuring the X Window system?
A. XConfigurator B. XF86Setup C. xf86config D. All of the above

33. Which of the following server is used with the BIND package?
A. httpd B. shttp C. dns D. named

34. What port does squid listen, by default?

A. 4322 B. 2314 C. 7334 D. 3128

35. Which of the following is the main Apache configuration file?

A. /etc/apache.conf B. /etc/httpd/config.ini
C. /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf D. /etc/srm.conf

36. Which of the following command is used to access an SMB share on a Linux system?
A. NFS B. SMD C. smbclient D. smbserver

37. Which of the following command is used to see the services running in NFS server?
A. rpcinfo B. serverinfo C. NFSinfo D. infserv

38. In which tcp_wrappers file can you specify to allow all connections from all hosts?
A. /etc/hosts.allow B. /etc/hosts.deny C. /etc/hosts D. /etc/tcp.conf

39. What does GNU stand for?

A. GNU's not Unix B. Greek Needed Unix C. General Unix D. General Noble Unix

40. What shell's wild-card is used to match any number of characters including none?
A. * B. ? C. [!ijk] D. [ijk]

41. What command is used to list contents of directories?

A. tar B. dir C. lp D. ls

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42. What command is used with vi editor to append text at end of line?
A. I B. I C. a D. A

43. What command is used to copy directory structures in and out?

A. copy B. cp - p C. cpio D. cp

44. What command is used to remove jobs from the print queue?
A. lpq B. lpr C. lprm D. lpc

45. What command is used to save the standard output in a file, as well as display it on the terminal?
A. tee B. grep C. cat D. more

46. What command is used to count just the number of lines contained in a file?
A. wc – r B. wc – w C. wc – c D. wc - l

47. Which class network is used for a collection of a small number of networks with a large number of nodes?
A. Class A B. Class B C. Class C D. All of the above

48. RPM
A. stands for Red Hat Package Manager B. is used to install, uninstall, and manage packages
C. is used to keep track of the users D. assigns a dynamic IP address

49. What command is used to query for a specific package with RPM?
A. rpm –q B. rpm –a C. rpm –d D. rpm -1

50. What script is run for setting bash global defaults for all users?
A. /etc/.profile B. /etc/.bashrc C. /etc/.log D. /etc/profile

51. Who founded the Linux Kernel?

A. Bill Gates B. Ben Thomas C. Richard Stallman D. Linus Torvalds

52. Which of the following is not a part of default Red Hat Linux email system?
A. Pine B. The MTA C. The MUA D. procmail

53. _____ tool allows you to change your default X Window desktop.
A. utilinux B. cempre C. switchdesk D. window

54. In what file can you specify which users are not allowed to access a system via FTP?
A. /etc/ftpusers B. /etc/hosts.deny C. /etc/ftpaccess D. All of the above

55. Which program is used to schedule particular jobs or programs at particular times on the system?
A. vi B. Outlook C. Scheduler D. cron

56. Which command can force all buffers to disk?

A. save B. sync C. edbuff D. flush

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57. How many extended partitions can exist on one drive?
A. 16 B. 4 C. 2 D. 1

58. For you to create a swap partition by using fdisk, what must the partition's system ID type be?
A. 83 B. 82 C. 5 D. 4

59. What file contains the list of port numbers (and associated names) monitored by inetd?
A. /etc/services B. /etc/nsorder C. /etc/nsswitch.conf/ D. /etc/hosts

60. The location of some system configuration and system administrator executable files, is:
A. /home B. /proc C. /var D. /sbin

61. The location for subdirectories for local programs and executables for user and administrative commands,
is:
A. /usr B. /tmp C. /opt D. /mnt

62. Which of the following is not a filter command?

A. sort B. wc C. grep D. cat

63. What command is used to display a file contents in octal form?

A. oct B. of C. od D. cd

64. What command is used to assign executable permission to all of the files named "report"?
A. chmod ugo + x report B. chmod u + x report
C. chmod ugo + rw report D. chmod ugo + r report

65. What command is used to change the working directory?

A. cdir B. chdir C. changedir D. cd

66. What command is used to count the number of files in the current directory by using pipes?
A. ls | ws – c B. ls | wc – w C. ls | wc – l D. ls | wc

67. What command is used to count just the number of characters in a file?
A. wc – r B. wc – w C. wc – c D. wc - 1

68. LILO
A. stands for Linux loader B. is the Linux boot loader
C. is a tool used to boot the Kernel on x86 hardware D. All of the above

69. How can you rebuild the RPM file to include the new patches?
A. - - recompile B. - - rebuild C. - - generate D. - - execute

70. What command is used to set user and group quotas?

A. /sbin/usrquota B. /sbin/edquota C. /sbin/quotaon D. /sbin/quota

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71. NIS
A. is Network Information Service
B. is a simple directory service whose main purpose is to allow remote authentication of systems on local
network systems
C. was formerly known as yellow pages
D. allows configuration-such as password and group files

72. In order to increase the amount of memory available for a system, what is the maximum size of a swap
partition (with kernel version 2.2.x)?
A. 2GB B. 128MB C. 64MB D. 32MB

73. Which file is used to configure which filesystems are mounted?

A. /etc/mount.sys B. /etc/filesys C. /etc/sysconfig D. /etc/fstab

74. Who has developed the Linux?

A. Bob Young B. Mark Eving C. Richard Stallman D. Linus Torvalds

75. What does OSS stand for?

A. Open System Software B. Original Source Software C. Open Source Software D. Original System
Server

76. Which of the following subdirectory(ies) contains the device files?

A. /dev B. /bin C. /etc D. /home

77. Which of the following subdirectory(ies) contains the system boot scripts.
A. /dev B. /bin C. /etc D. /home

78. What of the following tool is used to check and repair Linux file systems?
A. mkfs B. fdisk C. fsck D. mount

79. Which of the following tool is used to partition your hard drive?
A. mkfs B. fdisk C. fsck D. mount

80. Where can system and mail logs be found in Ret Hat Linux?
A. /var/log B. /etc/log C. /mail D. All of the above

81. What command is used to display and create files?

A. lyrix B. ed C. vi D. cat

82. Which of the following command can be used to rename a file in UNIX?
A. ren B. mv C. remove D. change

83. What command is used to remove a file?

A. del B. mv C. rm D. remove

84. What command is used to display the top of the file?

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A. grep B. more C. head D. cat

85. What command can be used to get information about yourself?

A. which B. pwd C. i /4 D. who am i

86. What command is used to sort the lines of data in a file in reverse order?
A. sort – r B. st C. sh D. sort

87. What command is used to print a file?

A. lp B. pg C. prn D. print

88. The command chmod 761 letter is equivalent to

A. chmod 4=7, g = 6, o = 1 letter B. chmod a = 761 letter
C. chmod u = rwx, g = rw, o = x letter D. chmod 167 letter

89. What command is used with vi editor to move forward to the end of a word?
A. c B. d C. b D. e

90. What command is used to halt a Linux system?

A. init 0 B. Shutdown –t C. Shutdown -g -y0 D. Ctrl+Alt+Del

91. Which daemon is used for the Apache server?

A. apached B. httpd C. html D. shttp

92. What can he used to set up a firewall on a Linux system?

A. netstat B. route C. trace D. ipchains

93. Which program is used to automatically install Red Mat Linux on identical hardware?
A. bzimage.img B. tar C. ghost D. mkkickstart

94. What service is not monitored by inetd ?

A. SSH B. time C. ntalk D. finger

95. What shell's wild-card is used to match a single character?

A. [!ijk] B. [ijk] C. ? D. *

96. What command is used to copy a file?

A. tar B. cpio C. cp D. copy

97. What command is used to display your current working directory?

A. path B. pwd C. prompt $p$g D. dir

98. What command is used with vi editor to move the cursor to the left?
A. h B. k C. j D. i

99. What command do you use to add routes to a Linux router?

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A. addroute B. route C. netstat D. net

100. Which of the following command is used to mount NFS filesystems?

A. nfsmount B. knfsd C. mount D. All of the above

101. To build a modularized kernel, the kernel-headers and kernel-source packages must first be installed.
Where will you find the kernel-headers and kernel-source?
A. /usr/local B. /usr/src/linux C. /usr/sre/redhat D. /usr/bin

102. After you have compiled your kernel, what do you have to edit to boot your new kernel image?
A. /boot/lilo.conf B. /etc/conf.modules C. /etc/named.boot D. /etc/lilo.conf

103. To create an installation boot floppy disk from Linux (or another Unix) machine, what command could
you use?
A. fdisk B. fsck C. dd D. rawrite

104. You just added a new user, kara, to the system. What group is kara added to by default?
A. root B. kara C. group D. user

105. What are the appropriate Hex codes for setting Linux swap and Linux native partition types in fdisk?
A. 82 and 83 B. 92 and 93 C. 63 and 64 D. 82 and 85

106. What command do you use to delete a file?

A. rename B. delete C. rm D. cp

107. Which of the following command lists the last 10 lines of a file?
A. grep B. tail C. head D. cat

108. What command is used to terminate a process?

A. kill B. cancel C. haltsys D. shutdown

109. What command is used with vi editor to delete three words?

A. 3$d B. 3 dw C. 3 x D. 3 dd

110. What command is used to assign only read permission to all three categories of the file'letter'?
A. chmod u + r, g + r, o - x letter B. chmod ugo = r letter
C. chmod a - rw letter D. chmod go + r letter

111. What command is used with file named 'letter' to remove the executable permission from the user and
assign read permission to the group and others?
A. chmod go + x, u - x letter B. chmod g - x, uo + r letter
C. chmod go + r, u + x letter D. chmod u - x, go + r letter

112. What command is used to assign executable permission to the owner of the file named "letter"?
A. chmod ugo + x letter B. chmod u + x letter C. chmod u + w letter D. chmod g + x letter
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113. What command is used to compare the files?
A. Ccp B. Du C. Cmp D. Comp

114. What command is used to summarize the disk usage?

A. disk B. du C. fdisk D. chkdsk

115. What command is used to list the jobs currently in print queues?
A. lpq B. lpr C. lprm D. lpc

116. Which of the following format of partition tables does Linux use?
A. Linux B. BSD C. UnixWare D. DOS