CS 2204 Quiz – Week of 12/3/2001

 


1.      Most UNIX system configuration files are located in which directory?

a.  /

b.  /config

c.  /etc

d.  /startup

Answer: c

 

2.      System administration tasks must generally be performed by which username?

a.       admin

b.      root

c.       nobody

d.      sysadm

Answer: b

 

3.      Which of the following pieces of information is not contained in the passwd file?

a.       a user’s unencrypted password

b.      a user’s login name

c.       a user’s preferred shell program

d.      a user’s group ID

Answer: a

 

4.      What is the fstab file used to describe?

a.       physical filesystems that should be mounted in the system’s virtual filesystem

b.      the external storage devices attached to a system

c.       free space on the system’s hard disks

d.      statistics of “Florida State TAilBacks”

Answer: a

 

5.      What is the purpose of the symbolic links in the directory rc2.d on the lab machines?

a.       to define which scripts from the directory init.d should be executed

b.      to define the order in which initialization scripts should be executed

c.       both a. and b.

d.      neither a. nor b.

Answer: c