Module 1 Linux

What does a distribution provide to add and remove software from the system?

A license where you don t have access to the source code is called

Impaired source

Open source

Sourceless

Closed source

A release cycle

Describes how long the software will be supported for

Is always 6 months

Only applies to software you pay for

Doesnt matter in an Open Source environment

Describes how often updates to the software come out

The most important consideration when choosing an operating system is:

Whether or not it is cloud-friendly

The operating systems mascot

What the computer will do

The licensing model of the operating system

How much performance is needed

If a software release is in a state in that it has many new features that have not been rigorously tested it is typically referred to as beta software

True

False

Software is backward compatible if:

It can be upgraded without downtime

It still supports old file formats or applications

If the next version still works the same way

People still use old versions

It works across Linux/Mac/Windows

Applications make requests to the kernel and receive resources, such as memory, CPU, and disk in return

True

False

Select all that apply: Other commercial Unixes: (choose two)

Select all that apply: Open source licenses differ, but generally agree that: (choose two)

You are not allowed to sell the software

You should be able modify the software as you wish

You must redistribute your changes

You should have access to the source code of software

Select all that apply: Microsoft Windows: (choose three)

Has a short maintenance cycle

Has a new desktop version every year.

Has powerful scripting capabilities

Has a Linux compatibility mode

Has built in virtualization

Comes in desktop and server variants

A maintenance cycle

Describes how often updates for software come out

Describes how long a version of software will be supported

Only has meaning for paid software

Should be short so you always have the freshest releases

Should be long so that you have time before you need to upgrade

One of the jobs of the kernel is to:

Turn source code into machine code

Transfer mail from one machine to another

Load the operating system after the computer is turned on

Manage the systems resources

When choosing a distribution of Linux, you should consider: (choose five)

The maintenance cycle of the distribution

Whether or not the distribution is under active development

Which distributions are supported by the software you need to run

Which management tools are provided by the distribution

If you need support on the distribution itself

Popularity on social media

Open source means:

You can modify the software's source code

You can view the software's source code

You must support the software you share

You cannot charge anything for the software

You must share your changes

Select all that apply: Apple's OS X is:

The bootloaders job is to:

Load the kernel after the computer is powered on

Load the application into memory

Assign initial settings such as network address

Perform the initial installation of the kernel to hard drive

Install software from the Internet or removable media

Source code refers to:

A human readable version of computer software

The interface that software uses to talk to the kernel

The version of a program that the computer runs on the CPU

The license that dictates how you may use and share the software

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