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The fstab file contains information about the filesystems the system can mount. Which directory would you find this file in on most Linux systems?

/bin

/var

/etc

/dev

In which directory will you find the "cpuinfo" file on most Linux systems

/proc

/etc

/usr

/bin

Which of the below could you use to open a file from inside a vim session? Assume the file is in the same directory where you opened vim.

:g file-name

:f file-name

:e file-name

:p file-name

Which mode do you start in when you first open vim? By default, of course you can configure this.

Replace

Normal

Visual

Insert

You can only mount one disk at a time in most Linux operating systems

True

False

Which command would you use to quit a Vim session without saving edits made since the last time you saved the file?

:q!

:qn

In vim, which command could you use to "reload" a file?

:e!

:bd

Any of the above

Which directory is the starting point of the Linux file system and which character is used to represent it?

The root directory /root

Your home directory /home/user-name

You home directory /home

The root directory /

Which directory will you find binaries (the programs, utilities that we have been using like ls) in?

/proc

/dev

/usr

/etc

Using the "useradd" utility which option would you use to create a home directory for the user you are creating?

-u

-s

-p

-m

On the command line each sequence of non-blank characters is called a t...

What is the difference between > and >>?

'>' will overwrite a file '>>' will only work with error messages

'>>' will overwrite a file '>' will append to a file

'>' will overwrite a file '>>' will append to a file

There is no difference

The following command will overwrite the file every time the command is run, replacing the data with new data.

ls >> file

True

False

Standard error or stderr is represented by which number?

Standard input or stdin is represented by which number?

Which variable contains your path? Case is important, you aren't calling the variable.

Which shell feature can you use if you what to prevent redirects from overwriting a file? set -o ...

A variable created in your shell like the example below is available to child processes

VAR=10

True

False

The ~/.bashrc file is only sourced on login

True

False

Cd is a shell builtin

True

False

Which of the following would you use to search for a string inside of a man page?

Which section of the man pages is section 8?

Configuration files

Executable programs or shell commands

Games

System administration

Which section of the man pages is section 5?

Executable programs or shell commands

System administration

Games

File formats and conventions

Which section of the man pages is section 1?

File formats and conventions

Games

Executable programs or shell commands

Miscellaneous

Which section of the man pages is section 6?

Executable programs or shell commands

Games

System administration

Configuration files

Which section of the man pages is section 7?

Miscellaneous

Games

System administration

File formats and conventions

Which command below will create the following directory structure? 'dir1/dir2'

Mkdir dir1 && dir2

Mkdir -p dir1/dir2

Mkdir dir1 | mkdir dir2

Mkdir dir1 && mkdir dir2

Select the file permission that would match after running the command below.

'chmod 666 file'

The three standard Linux file permission modes are:

Read, write and execute

Read, write and delete

Create, write and delete

Create, delete and change

New users generally have sudo privileges by default

True

False

Which command will change the group of the file to osamu but not change the owner?

Chown :osamu file

Chown osamu:osamu file

Chown osamu file

Chown osamu: file

Which file contains secure user account information.

/etc/passwd

/etc/shadow

/etc/gshadow

/etc/Users

Which symbolic method would result in the same file permissions as the command below in numeric method.

`chmod 540 file-name`

Chmod u=rx,g=r,o= file-name

Chmod u=rw,g=r,o=rwx file-name

Chmod u=wx,g=x,o=r file-name

Chmod u=wx,g=w,o=rwx file-name

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