McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) , Master of Science in Information Technology (MSc IT) , Master of Science in Software Engineering (MSc SE) .
| 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 |
| Answer» C. wc | |
| 2. |
What command is used to remove files? |
| A. | dm |
| B. | rm |
| C. | delete |
| D. | erase |
| Answer» B. rm | |
| 3. |
What command is used to remove the directory? |
| A. | rdir |
| B. | remove |
| C. | rd |
| D. | rmdir |
| Answer» D. rmdir | |
| 4. |
What command is used with vi editor to delete a single character? |
| A. | x |
| B. | y |
| C. | a |
| D. | z |
| Answer» A. x | |
| 5. |
What hardware architectures are not supported by Red Hat? |
| A. | SPARC |
| B. | IBM-compatible |
| C. | Alpha |
| D. | Macintosh |
| Answer» D. Macintosh | |
| 6. |
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 |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 7. |
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 |
| Answer» C. rpm -i ipchains* .i386.rpm | |
| 8. |
What does FSF stand for? |
| A. | Free Software File |
| B. | File Server First |
| C. | First Serve First |
| D. | Free Software Foundation |
| Answer» D. Free Software Foundation | |
| 9. |
What command do you use to create Linux file systems? |
| A. | fdisk |
| B. | mkfs |
| C. | fsck |
| D. | mount |
| Answer» B. mkfs | |
| 10. |
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 |
| Answer» B. wc - l | |
| 11. |
Which of the following is not a communication command? |
| A. | grep |
| B. | |
| C. | mesg |
| D. | write |
| Answer» A. grep | |
| 12. |
What command is used to display the characteristics of a process? |
| A. | au |
| B. | ps |
| C. | du |
| D. | pid |
| Answer» B. ps | |
| 13. |
What command is used to list only the files chap0l, chap02 and chap04? |
| A. | ls chap* |
| B. | ls chap[124] |
| C. | ls - x chap0[124] |
| D. | ls chap0[124] |
| Answer» C. ls - x chap0[124] | |
| 14. |
What command is used with vi editor to replace text from cursor to right |
| A. | S |
| B. | s |
| C. | R |
| D. | r |
| Answer» C. R | |
| 15. |
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 |
| Answer» D. sort | |
| 16. |
What command is used with vi editor to save file and remain in the editing mode? |
| A. | x |
| B. | q! |
| C. | :w |
| D. | :q |
| Answer» C. :w | |
| 17. |
What command is used with vi editor to move back to the beginning of a word? |
| A. | w |
| B. | e |
| C. | a |
| D. | b |
| Answer» D. b | |
| 18. |
What command is used with vi editor to search a pattern in the forward direction? |
| A. | ?? |
| B. | // |
| C. | ? |
| D. | / |
| Answer» D. / | |
| 19. |
What command is used to add printing jobs to the queue? |
| A. | Lpd |
| B. | Lpr |
| C. | Lpq |
| D. | Lpc |
| Answer» B. Lpr | |
| 20. |
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 |
| Answer» A. POP3 | |
| 21. |
What project is currently developing X server support? |
| A. | XFree86 Project, Inc. |
| B. | RHAD Labs |
| C. | GNOME Project |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» A. XFree86 Project, Inc. | |
| 22. |
What X-based tool is available for configuring the X Window system? |
| A. | XConfigurator |
| B. | XF86Setup |
| C. | xf86config |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. XF86Setup | |
| 23. |
Which of the following server is used with the BIND package? |
| A. | httpd |
| B. | shttp |
| C. | dns |
| D. | named |
| Answer» D. named | |
| 24. |
What port does squid listen, by default? |
| A. | 4322 |
| B. | 2314 |
| C. | 7334 |
| D. | 3128 |
| Answer» D. 3128 | |
| 25. |
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 |
| Answer» C. /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf | |
| 26. |
Which of the following command is used to access an SMB share on a Linux system? |
| A. | NFS |
| B. | SMD |
| C. | smbclient |
| D. | smbserver |
| Answer» C. smbclient | |
| 27. |
Which of the following command is used to see the services running in NFS server? |
| A. | rpcinfo |
| B. | serverinfo |
| C. | NFSinfo |
| D. | infserv |
| Answer» A. rpcinfo | |
| 28. |
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 |
| Answer» A. /etc/hosts.allow | |
| 29. |
What does GNU stand for? |
| A. | GNU's not Unix |
| B. | Greek Needed Unix |
| C. | General Unix |
| D. | General Noble Unix |
| Answer» A. GNU's not Unix | |
| 30. |
What command is used to remove jobs from the print queue? |
| A. | lpq |
| B. | lpr |
| C. | lprm |
| D. | lpc |
| Answer» C. lprm | |
| 31. |
How can you navigate around virtual consoles? |
| A. | Alt+Function Key |
| B. | Ctrl+Function Key |
| C. | Ctrl+Alt+Del |
| D. | Alt+a+w+Function Key |
| Answer» A. Alt+Function Key | |
| 32. |
Which of the following NIS clients, finds and stores information about an NIS domain and server? |
| A. | ypwhich |
| B. | ypbind |
| C. | ypcat |
| D. | yppoll |
| Answer» B. ypbind | |
| 33. |
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 |
| Answer» A. stands for Red Hat Package Manager | |
| 34. |
What command is used to query for a specific package with RPM? |
| A. | rpm -q |
| B. | rpm -a |
| C. | rpm -d |
| D. | rpm -1 |
| Answer» A. rpm -q | |
| 35. |
Who founded the Linux Kernel? |
| A. | Bill Gates |
| B. | Ben Thomas |
| C. | Richard Stallman |
| D. | Linus Torvalds |
| Answer» D. Linus Torvalds | |
| 36. |
_____ tool allows you to change your default X Window desktop. |
| A. | utilinux |
| B. | cempre |
| C. | switchdesk |
| D. | window |
| Answer» C. switchdesk | |
| 37. |
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 |
| Answer» A. /etc/ftpusers | |
| 38. |
Which program is used to schedule particular jobs or programs at particular times on the system? |
| A. | vi |
| B. | Outlook |
| C. | Scheduler |
| D. | cron |
| Answer» D. cron | |
| 39. |
The location of some system configuration and system administrator executable files, is: |
| A. | /home |
| B. | /proc |
| C. | /var |
| D. | /sbin |
| Answer» D. /sbin | |
| 40. |
The location for subdirectories for local programs and executables for user and administrative commands, is: |
| A. | /usr |
| B. | /tmp |
| C. | /opt |
| D. | /mnt |
| Answer» A. /usr | |
| 41. |
Which of the following is not a filter command? |
| A. | sort |
| B. | wc |
| C. | grep |
| D. | cat |
| Answer» D. cat | |
| 42. |
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 |
| Answer» A. chmod ugo + x report | |
| 43. |
What command is used to change the working directory? |
| A. | cdir |
| B. | chdir |
| C. | changedir |
| D. | cd |
| Answer» D. cd | |
| 44. |
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 |
| Answer» C. wc - c | |
| 45. |
What command can be used to get information about yourself? |
| A. | which |
| B. | pwd |
| C. | i /4 |
| D. | who am i |
| Answer» D. who am i | |
| 46. |
Which of the following subdirectory(ies) contains the device files? |
| A. | /dev |
| B. | /bin |
| C. | /etc |
| D. | /home |
| Answer» A. /dev | |
| 47. |
Which of the following subdirectory(ies) contains the system configuration scripts. |
| A. | /dev |
| B. | /bin |
| C. | /etc |
| D. | /home |
| Answer» C. /etc | |
| 48. |
What of the following tool is used to check and repair Linux file systems? |
| A. | mkfs |
| B. | fdisk |
| C. | fsck |
| D. | mount |
| Answer» C. fsck | |
| 49. |
Which of the following is the main Apache configuration file? |
| A. | httpd.conf |
| B. | apache.con |
| C. | /etc/profile |
| D. | system.ini |
| Answer» A. httpd.conf | |
| 50. |
What command is used to display and create files? |
| A. | lyrix |
| B. | ed |
| C. | vi |
| D. | cat |
| Answer» D. cat | |
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