McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Master of Computer Applications (MCA) , Programming Languages .
Chapters
| 1. |
Physical partitioning can be done using: |
| A. | fdisk |
| B. | Disk Driud |
| C. | Both (a) and (b) |
| D. | None |
| Answer» C. Both (a) and (b) | |
| 2. |
RPM stands for |
| A. | Random Process Management |
| B. | Red Hat Package Manager |
| C. | Both (a) and (b) |
| D. | None |
| Answer» B. Red Hat Package Manager | |
| 3. |
IP address is a |
| A. | Static address |
| B. | Dynamic address |
| C. | Both (a) and (b) |
| D. | None |
| Answer» C. Both (a) and (b) | |
| 4. |
NFS stands for |
| A. | New file system |
| B. | Network file system |
| C. | Netware file system |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Network file system | |
| 5. |
By default, one can mount |
| A. | CDs onto your device as root |
| B. | Floppy disk onto your device as root |
| C. | Pen drive |
| D. | Magnetic tapes |
| Answer» A. CDs onto your device as root | |
| 6. |
The agency that sits between the user and the LINUX system is called the |
| A. | logic |
| B. | shell |
| C. | .profile |
| D. | .exec |
| Answer» B. shell | |
| 7. |
Which is the earliest and most widely used shell that came with the UNIX system? |
| A. | C shell |
| B. | Korn shell |
| C. | Bourne shell |
| D. | Smith Shell |
| Answer» C. Bourne shell | |
| 8. |
In Bourne shell, which file sets the Unix environment for the user when the logs into his HOME directory. |
| A. | .exec |
| B. | .last login |
| C. | .profile |
| D. | .mbox |
| Answer» C. .profile | |
| 9. |
The seventh field of /etc/password is |
| A. | password |
| B. | login |
| C. | shell |
| D. | home |
| Answer» C. shell | |
| 10. |
The UNIX file system stores a date in physical blocks of |
| A. | 1,024 bytes |
| B. | 512 bytes |
| C. | 2,048 bytes |
| D. | 256 bytes |
| Answer» B. 512 bytes | |
| 11. |
Which of the following is not the component of LINUX? |
| A. | CPU |
| B. | Kernel |
| C. | Shell |
| D. | Utilities |
| Answer» A. CPU | |
| 12. |
What hardware architectures are not supported by Red Hat? |
| A. | SPARC |
| B. | IBM-compatible |
| C. | Alpha |
| D. | Macintosh |
| Answer» D. Macintosh | |
| 13. |
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 | |
| 14. |
How many primary partitions can exist on one drive? |
| A. | 16 |
| B. | 4 |
| C. | 2 |
| D. | 1 |
| Answer» B. 4 | |
| 15. |
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 | |
| 16. |
What command is used to query for a specific package with RPM? |
| A. | rpm –q |
| B. | rpm –a |
| C. | rpm –d |
| D. | rpm –l |
| Answer» A. rpm –q | |
| 17. |
What script is run for setting bash global defaults for all users? |
| A. | /etc/.profile |
| B. | /etc/.bashrc |
| C. | /etc/.log |
| D. | /etc/profile |
| Answer» D. /etc/profile | |
| 18. |
Who founded the Linux Kernel? |
| A. | Bill Gates |
| B. | Ben Thomas |
| C. | Richard Stallman |
| D. | Linus Torvalds |
| Answer» D. Linus Torvalds | |
| 19. |
____ tool allows you to change your default X Window desktop. |
| A. | Utilinux |
| B. | Cempre |
| C. | Switchdesk |
| D. | Window |
| Answer» C. Switchdesk | |
| 20. |
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 | |
| 21. |
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 | |
| 22. |
Which command can force all buffers to disk? |
| A. | save |
| B. | sync |
| C. | edbuff |
| D. | flush |
| Answer» B. sync | |
| 23. |
How many extended partitions can exist on one drive? |
| A. | 16 |
| B. | 4 |
| C. | 2 |
| D. | 1 |
| Answer» D. 1 | |
| 24. |
The location of some system configuration and system administrator executable files, is: |
| A. | /home |
| B. | /proc |
| C. | /var |
| D. | /sbin |
| Answer» D. /sbin | |
| 25. |
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 | |
| 26. |
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 |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 27. |
Which of the following tool is used to partition your hard drive? |
| A. | mkfs |
| B. | fdisk |
| C. | fsck |
| D. | mount |
| Answer» B. fdisk | |
| 28. |
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 | |
| 29. |
Which of the following tool allows the user to change the default X Window desktop? |
| A. | Switchdesk |
| B. | Intrc |
| C. | Xinitre |
| D. | Xchange |
| Answer» A. Switchdesk | |
| 30. |
What command is used to halt a Linux system? |
| A. | init 0 |
| B. | Shutdown –t |
| C. | Shutdown -g -y0 |
| D. | Ctrl+Alt+Del |
| Answer» A. init 0 | |
| 31. |
SVR4 was developed by |
| A. | Sun Microsystems |
| B. | AT&T |
| C. | University of Berkeley |
| D. | Sun and AT&T jointly |
| Answer» D. Sun and AT&T jointly | |
| 32. |
Which of these is not a Unix Flavor? |
| A. | BSD |
| B. | MAC |
| C. | AIX |
| D. | IRIX |
| Answer» B. MAC | |
| 33. |
Which of the following statement is FALSE? |
| A. | Unix supports multiple users |
| B. | Linux is an open source operating system and the source code is shared |
| C. | Shell takes care of inter process communication |
| D. | Shell provides the feature of I/O Redirection |
| Answer» C. Shell takes care of inter process communication | |
| 34. |
Which of the following UNIX flavor is from IBM? |
| A. | BSD |
| B. | Solaris |
| C. | HP-UX |
| D. | AIX |
| Answer» D. AIX | |
| 35. |
x86-32 uses which programming model? |
| A. | IP16 |
| B. | IP32 |
| C. | ILP16 |
| D. | ILP32 |
| Answer» D. ILP32 | |
| 36. |
What are the sizes of (Integer/Long/Pointer) in LP64 programming model? |
| A. | 8/8/8 |
| B. | 4/4/8 |
| C. | 4/8/8 |
| D. | 4/8/4 |
| Answer» C. 4/8/8 | |
| 37. |
Which among the following is used to write small programs to control Unix functionalities? |
| A. | Shell Commands |
| B. | Shell Script |
| C. | Filters |
| D. | C Language |
| Answer» B. Shell Script | |
| 38. |
What control character signals the end of the input file? |
| A. | ctrl + a |
| B. | ctrl + b |
| C. | ctrl + c |
| D. | ctrl + d |
| Answer» D. ctrl + d | |
| 39. |
How do the user gets the help about the command “cp”? |
| A. | help cp |
| B. | man cp |
| C. | cd ? |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. man cp | |
| 40. |
UNIX/Linux kernel is? |
| A. | Monolithic |
| B. | micro |
| C. | Exo |
| D. | nano |
| Answer» A. Monolithic | |
| 41. |
To increase the response time and throughput, the kernel minimizes the frequency of disk access by keeping a pool of internal data buffer called |
| A. | Pooling |
| B. | Spooling |
| C. | Buffer cache |
| D. | Swapping |
| Answer» C. Buffer cache | |
| 42. |
At start of process execution, STDOUT & STDERR |
| A. | Point to current terminal device |
| B. | Are closed |
| C. | Point to special files on the system |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Point to current terminal device | |
| 43. |
wtmp and utmp files contain: |
| A. | Temporary system data |
| B. | User login-logout log |
| C. | The user’s command execution log |
| D. | The user’s su and sudo attempts |
| Answer» B. User login-logout log | |
| 44. |
Which is the core of the operating system? |
| A. | Shell |
| B. | Kernel |
| C. | Commands |
| D. | Script |
| Answer» B. Kernel | |
| 45. |
ILP32 stands for |
| A. | 32 bit Integer, Long & Pointer |
| B. | 32 bit Integrated Long & Pointer |
| C. | 32 bit Intelligent Long & Pointer |
| D. | 32 bit Long & Pointer |
| Answer» A. 32 bit Integer, Long & Pointer | |
| 46. |
Single Unix Specification Version 2 provides enhanced support for |
| A. | 16 bit Unix |
| B. | 32 bit Unix |
| C. | 64 bit Unix |
| D. | 8 bit Unix |
| Answer» C. 64 bit Unix | |
| 47. |
Under UNIX the key board is the default input device and the monitor is the default output device |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | none |
| D. | all |
| Answer» A. True | |
| 48. |
Which among the following interacts directly with system hardware? |
| A. | Shell |
| B. | Commands |
| C. | Kernel |
| D. | Applications |
| Answer» C. Kernel | |
| 49. |
Applications communicate with kernel by using: |
| A. | System Calls |
| B. | C Programs |
| C. | Shell Script |
| D. | Shell |
| Answer» A. System Calls | |
| 50. |
Solaris is the name of a flavor of UNIX from |
| A. | HP |
| B. | IBM |
| C. | Digital Equipment Corp |
| D. | Sun Microsystems |
| Answer» D. Sun Microsystems | |
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