1.
What command starts recording the users session
activities?
a.
record
b.
script
c.
save
2.
What is the default prompt for Korn shell for
root?
a.
#
b.
$
c.
%
3.
What command is used to change the priority of a
process?
a.
nohup
b.
nice
c.
priority
4.
Which
command changes the file permissions of files after their creation?
a.
chmod
b.
umask
c.
groups
5.
User secondary group’s information is stored in
which file?
a.
/etc/shadow
b.
/etc/group
c.
/home/users
6.
A hard link cannot be made to a directory on
different filesystem, but , you can make a hard link to a directory on the same
filesystem.
a.
True
b.
False
7.
The cmp command is used to get information about
what needs to be changed in files so that they become exactly same.
a.
True
b.
False
8.
Name the command used to eliminate duplicate rows
from a file.
______________________________________
9.
The command cp f1 f2 f3 will copy the content of
file f1 & f2 into file f3.
a.
True
b.
False
10.
Write a single command that will display all
processes for user suresh.
_____________________________________
11.
Any user can change the system date
a.
True
b.
False
12.
The command to display and set terminal
characteristics like intr and backspace key is
_____________________________________
13.
When you encrypt a file using crypt it encrypts
the original file.
a.
False
b.
True
14.
User’s use this command to change their
password.
a.
chgpass
b.
passwd
c.
newpass
15.
The command used to remove an empty directory is
______________
a.
rmdir
b.
rm –r
c.
deldir
16.
UNIX is a multiuser, but single tasking
operating system
a.
true
b.
false
17.
UNIX is a multitasking, but single user
operating system
a.
false
b.
true
18.
rm * would delete only a file named *, but would
not delete any other file?
a.
true
b.
false
19.
Only file owners can move their files.
a.
true
b.
false
20.
When you
move a file or rename a file using the mv command in the same filesystem, it
will retain its inode number.
a.
true
b.
false
21.
Only the super user can encrypt a file using the
crypt command?
a.
true
b.
false
22.
User’s are not allowed to work with multiple
shells?
a.
false
b.
true
23.
The nice command is used to increase the
priority of a process by ordinary users?
a.
true
b.
false
24.
The environment variable to display a users home
directory is:
a.
$HOME
b.
$home
c.
home
25.
The default file used to record activities of a
user session is _____________
26.
Which command will you use to look for a pattern
in a file?
a.
wc
b.
grep
c.
find
27.
The encrypted passwords of users are stored here
a.
/etc/passwd
b.
/etc/password
c.
/etc/shadow
28.
The date command can be used by the system
administrator to change the
a.
date
b.
time
c.
both
d.
none
29.
The
default permissions for a directory after having a umask of 027 is
a.
rw-rw-rw
b.
rwxr-x---
c.
r-xr-xr-x
30.
The default permissions for a file with a umask
of 022 is
a.
777
b.
644
c.
764
