Sunday, February 24, 2008

Chapter 3 Review Questions

1. Which of the following commands can you use to obtain a brief description of the FIND command?
a. man find

2. Which manual page section contains system administration commands that require root user access?
d. 8

3. Which section of a manual page contains the syntax of the command?
a. Synopsis

4. What command could you type at a command prompt to search Section 5 of the manual pages for help on the inittab file?
man 5 innitab

5. Which commands can be used to search the manual pages database for entries that have the word logged in the name or description?
a. man -k logged
c. apropos logged

6. What button can you press at the info utility to display a help screen?
h

7. You are attempting to locate documentation for a program that you have recently installed on your system. Where should you look?
a. /usr/share/doc

8. You wish to search the internet for a step-by-step list of instructions that will allow you to create a new file system. Where should you look?
b. www.tldp.org

9. Which key can you press to obtain help in most graphical programs?
a. F1

10. What would you type in the Location bar of Konqueror to search the info pages for information about the who command?
info:who

Monday, February 11, 2008

Chapter 2 Questions

1. Which of the Following is not a reason to install Linux without a GUI?
C. to improve the usability of a system.

2. Which X Window System component is used to draw the actual graphical images on your screen?
a. X server.

3. Which X Window System component is used to change the size of window frames?
c. Window manager.

4. What version of the X Window System is used is SLES 9?
XFree86 4.x

5. What two desktop environments are available is SLES 9?
KDE and GNOME

6. What is the purpose of a desktop environment?
b. It standardizes the look and feel of the desktop.

7. What is the default desktop environment in SLES9?
KDE

8. Which of the following statements is true?
b. the X server and client applications typically reside on the same computer.
c. the X server and client applications communicate using the TCP/IP protocol.

9. Which of the following can you use to start applications in the KDE desktop environment?
b. The KDE Kicker
c. Konqueror
d. The KDE menu

10. How many virtual desktops are configured by default in SLES 9?
b. 2

11. you wish to add an icon for a recently installed application to your KDE menu. What should you do?
d. Right-click the KDE menu icon and choose Menu Editor.

12. Which icon on your KDE kicker can you use to start the Konqueror file manager?
The blue house icon.

13. How can you start the GNOME Desktop environment from the login screen?
Session Type> GNOME

14. Which key combination can you use to switch to your first virtual terminal in order to obtain a command-line interface login prompt?
a. Ctrl + Alt + F1

15. Which virtual terminal refers to your GUI?
c. tty7

Monday, February 4, 2008

Chapter 1 Questions

1. Which of the following operating systems is closely related to Linux?
d. UNIX

2. Which of the following are benefits of using the Linus operating system?
a. Linux supports multiple hardware platforms.
c. Linux is a multiuser and multitasking OS.
d. Linux is developed under the GPL.

3. how does SUSE Linux Enterprise Server differ from SUSE Linux Professional?
d. It contains fewer packages and has a longer life cycle.

4. Which of the following are the minimum system requirements for SLES?
a. 256MB RAM, 1GB HD Space.

5. The SLES Linux kernel contains many new features compared to older Linux kernels. How many CPU's can SLES Linux kernel support?
d. More than 64.

6. Which of the following is the best practice when planning partitions that will be used by linux?
d. Select the number and size of partitions for your purpose.

7. Where can you find SUSE Linus installation information?
www.novell.com

8. Which of the following keys can u press to select the location of the SUSE source files?
c. F4

9. Which optino could u try next at the initial installation screen?
b. Safe Settings

10. Which of the following are configured after the first boot following a SUSE Linux installation?
a. Root user Password
d. Network configuration parameters

11. Which services are set up by default following a SLES install?
a. certificate authority.
d. LDAP

12. Which method should u select if you wish to allow authentication from Windows computers?
c. LDAP

13. After you have succesfully installed, what items should you document.
a. Insallation choices
b. Configuration Settings
c. Configuration changes
d. System baseline perfomrance imformation

14. How can you use system baseline performance information to find the solution to the performance problem?

Baseline performance information can be used to compare current performance with baseline performance under normal operating conditions to help identify and performance issue.

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