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Understanding the Double Dot in CD Command

The document contains a series of questions and answers related to software licensing, operating systems, and command-line operations. It includes correct and incorrect responses to various technical questions, covering topics such as closed code licenses, Ubuntu's distribution origin, and commands in Linux. The document serves as a quiz or assessment tool for understanding key concepts in software and system administration.

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Understanding the Double Dot in CD Command

The document contains a series of questions and answers related to software licensing, operating systems, and command-line operations. It includes correct and incorrect responses to various technical questions, covering topics such as closed code licenses, Ubuntu's distribution origin, and commands in Linux. The document serves as a quiz or assessment tool for understanding key concepts in software and system administration.

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CORRECT- See Section 1.2.

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A license for which you cannot access the source code is called:

• ✔ Closed code

CORRECT- See Section 1.2.4


Which distribution does Ubuntu derive from?

• ✔ Debian

CORRECT- See Section 1.3.1


A maintenance cycle:
• ✔ Describe how long the software version will receive support

CORRECT- See Section 1.3.1


If a software version is in a stage of many new features that have not been
Software that has not been rigorously tested is generally referred to as beta software. True or false?

• ✔ True

CORRECT - See Section 1.3.5


Other commercial UNIXes:
• ✔ They are certified by UNIX

CORRECT- See Section 2.2.1


The Samba application is:
• ✔ File server

CORRECT- See Section 2.2.1


Which of the following software pieces is not focused on file sharing?
(select three)
• ✔ X-Window

CORRECT- See Section 2.2.1


POP and IMAP refer to the following:
• ✔ Email

CORRECT - See Section 3.2


A server is likely to run in graphical mode. True or false?
• ✔ False
CORRECT- See Section 3.3
What application running in graphical mode can you reach the shell?
• ✔ terminal

CORRECT- See Section 3.5


If you want to write a report that you need to print, you are likely to use:
• ✔ LibreOffice

CORRECT- See Section 3.7


What are the benefits of increasing the level of privacy you have in your web browser?
• ✔ The sites may not function correctly

WRONG- See Section 4.12.1


A pair of double quotes (" ") will prevent the shell from interpreting any metacharacters. True or
false?
• ✗ True

CORRECT- See Section 4.5


To see the output messages on the screen, we use the command _______:
• ✔ echo

CORRECT- See Section 4.4


The command _______ will print a list of commands you have previously executed.
• ✔ history

WRONG- See Section 5.2.7


The command man-k is the same as the command apropos. True or false?
• ✗ False

WRONG- See Section 5.4.2


The directory where additional documentation can most likely be found
software packages are:
• ✗ /var/lib/doc

CORRECT- See Section 6.2


The top-level directory in a Linux system is represented as:
•✔/

CORRECT- See Section 6.2.5


The double dot (..) can be used with the cd command to represent:
• ✔ The directory above the current working directory

CORRECT- See Section 6.2.4


Which directory will the cd command take you to by itself?
• ✔ To your home directory

CORRECT- See Section 6.2.4


What command will allow you to change the current working directory?
• ✔ cd

CORRECT- See Section 7.1


The compression of a file works through:
• ✔ The removal of redundant information

CORRECT- See Section 7.2


How would you obtain an output similar to the following? compressed uncompressed ratio
278168
• ✔ gzip –l tags

CORRECT- See Section 7.3


In the command tar -cvjf [Link] a b c what do the letters a, b, c refer to?
• ✔ The file names that are added to the packaged file

CORRECT- See Section 8.11.4


Which of the following commands will show only the lines that begin with start?
• ✔ grep ^start [Link]

CORRECT- See Section 9.4.1


$1 represents the first argument passed to the script.
• ✔ It is the first argument passed to the script.

CORRECT- See Section 9.4.1


Which shell command accepts user keyboard input?
• ✔ read

CORRECT- See Section 10.2


A CPU flag...
• ✔ ...defines the features supported by the CPU.

WRONG- See Section 10.3


Which command shows the SMBIOS information?
• ✗ dmibios

CORRECT- See Section 12.2


Which of the following would be considered a host?
• ✔ A printer connected to the network via an IP address.

CORRECT- See Section 12.2


A service is ...
• ✔ ...a feature provided by one computer to another.

CORRECT- See Section 12.6.7


Which of the following commands will allow you to log in to a remote machine?
• ✔ ssh

WRONG- See Section 12.6.4


What option of the netstat command contains the information displayed as numbers instead of
names?
• ✗ -r

CORRECT- See Section [Link]


The RSA fingerprint key allows the dig command to connect to remote systems.
Trueorfalse?
• ✔ False

CORRECT- See Section 13.2.4


Which of the following commands will show the group(s) to which the user belongs?
• ✔ id

CORRECT- See Section 14.7.1


In a system that does not use UPG, the useradd command will also create a user group.
Example, user bob, the group bob. True or false?
• ✔ False

CORRECT- See Section 14.7.1


The useradd command will create a home directory by default for a user.
Trueorfalse?
• ✔ True

WRONG- See Section 15.6.2


Which of the following commands sets the "others" permissions for the file to r-x?
• ✗ Remove read and write permissions for others on the file.

WRONG- See Section 15.6.2


The sysadmin user will be able to change the permissions of the file because they are its owner. ----r--r-- 1
True or False?
• ✗ False

CORRECT- See Section 15.6.3


Octal notation uses the following values for granted permissions:
• ✔ r = 4, w = 2, x = 1

CORRECT- See Section 15.6


A user cannot delete a file if they are not its owner. True or false?
• ✔ False

CORRECT- See Section 16.6


Which of the following commands will set the 'sticky bit' on the /shared directory?
• ✔ chmod 1777 /shared

CORRECT- See Section 16.5


Which of the following commands will set setgid on the /shared directory?
• ✔ chmod 2777 /shared

CORRECT- See Section 2.2.1


The main purpose of a mail transfer agent is:
• ✔ Deliver the email between the servers
CORRECT - See Section 2.2.1
If you want to allow sharing files from a Linux machine with clients and servers
Windows, you would use:
• ✔ Samba

WRONG- See Section 2.3.1


The name Richard Stallman is associated with:

• ✗ The Open Source Initiative

WRONG- See Section 2.3.1


The main difference between the GPLv2 and BSD licenses is:
• ✗ Only BSD allows commercial use

CORRECT- See Section 2.3.2


A generic term for Open Source and Free Software is:
• ✔ FLOSS

WRONG- See Section 2.3.1


The difference between the GPL and LGPL is:

• ✗ LGPL allows you to distribute the software only in binary form

CORRECT- See Section 2.3.1


Your company creates a hardware firewall that runs a customized Linux kernel. What are
your obligations under the GPLv2?
• ✔ You must make your kernel source available.

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