Review Questions for Test 1

What command will list all partitions on all hard drives?

fdisk
fdisk -l
partprobe
FDISK

what is wrong with this statement?

dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/mytest.img bs-1024 count-10000

wrong of file type
cannot have zeroes in an img file
typing error
if and of in the wrong order

Which directory usually contains the GNU/Linux boot files?

/
/root
/boot
/home directory of user who is booting the system

The user password are stored in which file?

/etc/passwd
/etc/shadow
/etc/password
none of above

Grub is a boot loader. It is used to load Linux kernel & driver module files in to memory by reading the configuration file. The name and path of GRUB configuration file is

/etc/grub/grub.conf
/root/grub.conf
/etc/grub.conf
/boot/grub.conf

resize2fs command is used ?

to enlarge or shrink the size of partitions on harddisks
to change the physical volumes (PVs)
to enlarge or shrink the size of Logical Volumes (LVM)
to enlarge or shrink the ext2 and ext3 file systems

The Name and path of the linux kernel is

/boot/vmlinux.2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686
/boot/initrd.2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686
/boot/Linus.torvalds.2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686
/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26.3-29.fc9.i686

Linux need at least two minimum partitions for installation named

/root & swap
/root & /boot
/ & swap
/root & /red knot

File system must requires a container. The container may be

Disk Partition
File
Logical volume (LVM)
All of above

To mount a new file system permanently, so that it is available automatically across the rebooting,a entry is required to made in a file, The name of the file is

/etc/inittab
/etc/fstab
/boot/grub/grub.conf
/etc/automounttab

What is the purpose of the sudo command?

to allow a permitted user to execute ftp
to start the Suse linux kernel
to allow a permitted user to execute a command as the superuser or another user
to switch to the root user

What command would you use to set the maximum mount count of the file system to 100?

tune2fs /dev/sda7 -c 100
tune2fs /dev/sda2 -m 100
resize2fs /dev/sda3 -c 100
resize2fs /dev/sda5 -m 100

There is one line "#chkconfig: 3 92 08" in your script file. Its name is carpal and it is saved in /etc/init.d/ directory. When you execute the command "chkconfig --add carpal", What will happen?

to produce links: "/etc/rc5.d/S92carpal" and "/etc/rc3.d/K08carpal"
to produce links: "/etc/rc5.d/S92carpal" and "/etc/rc0.d/K08carpal"
to produce links: "/etc/rc3.d/S92carpal" and "/etc/rc0.d/S08carpal"
to produce links: "/etc/rc3.d/S92carpal" and "/etc/rc0.d/K08carpal"

Different Linux distributions uses different tools to install a package. Which one of following statements is true ?

Ubuntu uses apt-get, Opensuse uses zypper and Fedora uses yum or pkcon
Ubuntu uses pkcon or zypper, Opensuse uses yum and Fedora apt-get
Ubuntu uses zypper, Opensuse uses apt-get and Fedora uses yum or pkcon
Ubuntu uses yum, Opensuse uses pkcon and Fedora uses yum or apt-get

How to unpack the file "linux-2.6.26.tar.bz2"?

tar cvjf linux-2.6.26.tar.bz2
tar xvjf linux-2.6.26.tar.bz2
tar tvjf linux-2.6.26.tar.bz2
gunzip linux-2.6.26.tar.bz2|tar cvf -

How to compile kernel and modules?

make oldconfig
make
make modules
rpmdev-setuptree
make modules_install

How to create a initial ram disk image?

initrd (hd1,0)/initrd-2.6.26.5-45.fc9.i686.img
initrd /initrd-2.6.26.5-45.fc9.i686.img
mkinitrd -k vmlinuz-2.6.26 -i initrd-2.6.26
mkinitrd (hd1,0)/initrd-2.6.26.5-45.fc9.i686.img

What is a daemon?

Just a process to stop another program
A software process that runs in the background and provides the service to client upon request
A process that runs one time. Once done it will stop
A process that prevents multiple occurances from running at one time

What's the default run-level in Fedora ?

1
2
3
4
5
7

Which command can reboot the system?

init 0
init 2
init 4
init 6
telinit 6
reboot

Circle one, which is true for findfs command ?

find a filesystem by label or UUID
find a filesystem by label and UUID
find a filesystem by UUID
none of the above

Arrange them in proper order, going first process to last process

A) kernel loads the needed kernel modules
B) init program
C) GRUB
D) ROM BIOS loads loader from MBR
E) loader finds and loads linux kernel and initial ram disk

D C E A B

The file system structure in GNU/Linux is like a inverted tree. The top of this inverted tree is started from

/root
/
/etc/root
/boot

option two (2) / is correct

What is the command to label as "videogames" the filesystem in the device /dev/bdisk ?

resize2fs /dev/bdisk videogames
fdisk /dev/bdisk videogames
e2label /dev/bdisk "videogames"
resize2fs /dev/bdisk videogames
e2label /dev/bdisk videogames

What is the device represented in the file grub.conf as (hd0,0) ?

/dev/hda3
/dev/sdc2
/dev/hda2
/dev/sda1
/dev/sdd2
/dev/sda2
/dev/sdb1

What is the device represented in the file grub.conf as (hd1,0) ?

/dev/hda3
/dev/sdd2
/dev/hda2
/dev/sdc2
/dev/sda1
/dev/sda2
/dev/sdb1

What is the device represented in the file grub.conf as (hd1,1) ?

/dev/sdb2
/dev/hda2
/dev/sdd2
/dev/sda1
/dev/sdc2
/dev/sda2
/dev/sdb1

What is the device represented in the file grub.conf as (hd0,2) ?

/dev/hda3
/dev/hda2
/dev/sda2
/dev/sda3
/dev/sdb1
/dev/sdc2
/dev/sdd2

pvcreate command is used for ?

Initialize a disk or partition for use by LVM
Creating a LVM
Scanning a LVM
none of above

_____ command is used to scan all the disks for volume groups and rebuild caches

vgchange
lvcreate
vgscan
lvm

When is a good time to use the "partprobe" command ?

After creating, deleting or modifying partitions
After reboot the system
Sometimes
In a sunny day

What does the command "partprobe" do ?

Query a database
Query the kernel version
Look for modifications in the partitions of the system and then if something was modified, load the new informations in to the kernel
Look for new partitions

Which command can be used to fill your hard drive with 0s ?

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=1M
ff
e2fs
fdisk

Which linux command can be used to make a image ?

dd
mkisofs
dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/device
mkimage

What does the command losetup do ?

It associates a file to a device (Ex:losetup /dev/loop0 fakedisk)
nothing
reboot the computer
It erases the setup (lose setup)

The Operating system on our computers, we usually call it Linux. But Linux is actually a name for

Operating System
Kernel
boot loader
none of above

The easiest way to recover the root password for GNU/LINUX in case we lost it, is

open the /etc/passwd file in vi editor & look for root password
boot the computer form CD/DVD in run level 5 and run the passwd command
boot the computer with MS-Linux Xp/Vista Live CD then click Start->Control Panel->Change MSlinux Password option.
boot the system in single user mode & change the root password with /usr/bin/passwd command

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Review Questions for Test 1

What command will list all partitions on all hard drives?

what is wrong with this statement?

Which directory usually contains the GNU/Linux boot files?

The user password are stored in which file?

Grub is a boot loader. It is used to load Linux kernel & driver module files in to memory by reading the configuration file. The name and path of GRUB configuration file is

resize2fs command is used ?

The Name and path of the linux kernel is

Linux need at least two minimum partitions for installation named

File system must requires a container. The container may be

To mount a new file system permanently, so that it is available automatically across the rebooting,a entry is required to made in a file, The name of the file is

What is the purpose of the sudo command?

What command would you use to set the maximum mount count of the file system to 100?

There is one line "#chkconfig: 3 92 08" in your script file. Its name is carpal and it is saved in /etc/init.d/ directory. When you execute the command "chkconfig --add carpal", What will happen?

Different Linux distributions uses different tools to install a package. Which one of following statements is true ?

How to unpack the file "linux-2.6.26.tar.bz2"?

How to compile kernel and modules?

How to create a initial ram disk image?

What is a daemon?

What's the default run-level in Fedora ?

Which command can reboot the system?

Circle one, which is true for findfs command ?

Arrange them in proper order, going first process to last process

The file system structure in GNU/Linux is like a inverted tree. The top of this inverted tree is started from

What is the command to label as "videogames" the filesystem in the device /dev/bdisk ?

What is the device represented in the file grub.conf as (hd0,0) ?

What is the device represented in the file grub.conf as (hd1,0) ?

What is the device represented in the file grub.conf as (hd1,1) ?

What is the device represented in the file grub.conf as (hd0,2) ?

pvcreate command is used for ?

_____ command is used to scan all the disks for volume groups and rebuild caches

When is a good time to use the "partprobe" command ?

What does the command "partprobe" do ?

Which command can be used to fill your hard drive with 0s ?

Which linux command can be used to make a image ?

What does the command losetup do ?

The Operating system on our computers, we usually call it Linux. But Linux is actually a name for

The easiest way to recover the root password for GNU/LINUX in case we lost it, is

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