1.
Which
of the following UNIX commands will not take the user student5 to
his personal home directory?
a.
cd
b.
cd
/~
c.
cd
~
d.
cd
~student5
2.
What
is a shell in UNIX?
a.
a
program through which users can issue commands to UNIX
b.
a
window management system
c.
the
login screen
d.
the
thing that rides on the back of a turtle in UNIX
Answer: a
3.
What
is the generic syntax for all UNIX commands?
a.
command
name, followed by arguments, followed by options
b.
command
name followed by arguments
c.
command
name followed by options
d.
command
name, followed by options, followed by arguments
Answer: d
4.
Which
of the following represents an absolute path?
a.
../home/file.txt
b.
bin/cat
c.
cs2204/
d.
/usr/bin/cat
Answer: d
5.
Which
of these commands will set the permissions on file textfile to read and
write for the owner, read for the group, and nothing for everyone else?
a.
chmod
046 textfile
b.
chmod
640 textfile
c.
chmod
310 textfile
d.
chmod
rw r nil textfile
Answer: b
6.
Which
of the following is not a UNIX file type?
a.
plain
file
b.
special
file
c.
batch
file
d.
directory
file
Answer: c
7.
When
you use the ln command, which of the following occurs?
a.
a
file is created that points to an existing file
b.
a
file is created that is a copy of an existing file
c.
a
file is moved from one location to another
d.
a
file is renamed
Answer: a
8.
What
UNIX command is used to update the modification time of a file?
a.
time
b.
modify
c.
cat
d.
touch
Answer: d
9.
Which
command will print the contents of all files in the current directory whose
names start with the character ‘a’ and end with a period (‘.’) followed by any
two characters followed by a number?
a.
ls
a*.??[0-9]
b.
ls
a*.??#
c.
cat
a*.??[0-9]
d.
cat
a?.**#
Answer: c
10.
The
apropos command is used to:
a.
obtain
a list of commands whose description contains given keywords
b.
change
the system language to French
c.
get
help on a particular command
d.
create
a new binary file
Answer: a