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16 Cards in this Set
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1. Which acronym refers to a feature that allows a peripheral to access system memory without needing to use the CPU? |
a. IRQ b. DMA c. TCP d. MEMCP |
b. DMA |
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2. What does lsdev command do? |
a. Shows PCI devices b. Shows IO ports c. Shows DMA channels d. All of the above |
d. All of the above. |
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3. How does a peripheral notify the CPU that there is an event that needs attention? |
a. Contacts the CPU over an IO port b. Initiates direct memory access channel c. Issues an interrupt request d. Modifies the program counter of the CPU to execute code on the device. |
c. Issues an interrupt request. |
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4. A pseudo-filesystem containing information about the system is |
a. /dev b. /proc c. /usr d. /sbin |
b. /proc |
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5. What subsystem manages entries under /dev? |
a. systemd b. init c. procfs d. udev |
d. udev |
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6. A hotplug device: |
a. Doesn't need a driver b. Can be inserted and removed without rebooting the system c. Can't be removed without rebooting the system d. Is another name for a hard drive |
b. Can be inserted and removed without rebooting the system |
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7. Which of the following are not mass storage devices? |
a. Network attached drive b. Flash drive c. RAM d. CD-ROM |
c. RAM |
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8. /dev/sda3 is: |
a. A hard drive b. A logical volume c. A network adapter d. A partition on a hard drive |
d. A partition on a hard drive |
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9. A filesystem is applied to: |
a. A hard drive b. A partition c. A physical volume d. A volume group |
b. A partition |
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10. Your root volume is /dev/sda1. You mount /dev/sda2 on /usr and then /dev/sdb1 on /usr/local/. Files in /usr/bin are then stored on: |
a. /dev/sda2 b. /dev/sdb1 c. /dev/sda1 d. You can't nest mounts |
a. /dev/sda2 |
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11. When laying out hard drive partitions, which of the following is not a primary consideration? |
a. Performance b. Integration c. Backup d. Security |
b. Integration |
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12. In the logical volume manager, the hard drive partitions themselves are: |
a. Logical volumes b. Volume groups c. Physical Extents d. Physical volumes |
d. Physical volumes |
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13. The logical volume manager let's you resize disks without rebooting. |
a. True b. False |
a. True |
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14. When the kernel is under pressure to give memory to a process, and there is another process that hasn't used its memory in a while, the kernel will: |
a. Swap the old memory to disk b. Give the memory to the new process knowing it's not being used c. Compress the memory pages and give the reclaimed space to the new process d. Refuse to give memory to the new process |
a. Swap the old memory to disk |
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15. The first block on the disk is called (the): |
a. GRUB b. Bootloader c. Master boot record d. Index |
c. Master boot record |
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16. GRUB2's configuration file is called: |
a. /etc/grub2/menu.lst b. /etc/grub2/grub.conf c. /etc/grub2/grub2.conf d. /etc/grub2/grub.cfg |
d. /etc/grub2/grub.cfg |
