Introduction to Linux I – Chapter 02 Exam Answers

Introduction to Linux I Chapter 02 Exam Answers

1. Which command is used in order to view the manual page for a topic?

• show
• man
• help
• doc

2. The command manual ls will provide detailed information about how the ls command functions.
True or False?

• True
• False

3. Which of the following man page sections will provide an example of how a command is executed?

• The SYNOPSIS section
• The DESCRIPTION section
• The FILES section
• The NAME section

4. The [ ] characters around day in the example cal [-smjy13] [[[day] month] year] means that day is:

• An argument that must be “day” and nothing else
• An option, not an argument
• Required
• Optional

5. The syntax [-u|–utc|–universal] means:

• These three options are different
• These three options mean the same thing
• These are required options
• This is invalid syntax

6. The command man 5 passwd will:

• Display the man page of Section 5 for passwd.
• Print the first five man pages that refer to the term passwd.
• Not work; you can’t give a numeric argument to the man command.
• Display the first five lines of the man page for the passwd command.

7. To see a list of commands that are available while viewing a man page, you can type the __ character.

• w
• h
• g
• c

8. To search for something while viewing a man page, you first type a __ character.

• >
• |
• <
• / 

9. Special file man pages are typically located in section ____.

• 3
• 4
• 1
• 2

10. System Administration man pages are typically located in section ___.

• 8
• 6
• 7
• 9

11. Shell command man pages are typically located in section ___.

• 1
• 3
• 4
• 2

12. To display your current location within the filesystem, you can type:

• whereami
• cwd
• pwd
• dir

13. The _____ command displays information about the Linux kernel:

• real
• uname
• linux
• kern

14. Which of the following are valid command lines? (choose two)

• ls -l /etc
• ls /etc -l
• -l ls /etc
• ls -/etc

15. You want to execute the ls command with two options: -r and -l. Which of the following are valid ways to run this command: (choose three)

• ls -l -r
• rl ls
• ls -rl
• ls rl
• ls -r -l
• ls –r –l

16. The _____ option to the uname command will display the kernel name.

• -s
• -x
• -k
• -n

17. A pair of single quotes ‘ will prevent the shell from interpreting any special character.

• True
• False

18. Which command will send text to the terminal display:

• print
• show
• echo
• type

19. Which two characters do you use to tell the command that you are finished providing options and that the remaining data on the command line is arguments?

• &&
• —
• **
• ||

20. You can pass arguments to long options by using which of the following techniques: (choose two)

• –option{argument}
• –option=argument
• –option~argument
• –option argument

21. Long command options are preceded by which two characters?

• —
• **
• &&
• ||