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Chapter 19


A device name of /dev/sda1 indicates this partition is on which type of device?


A, IDE


B. SATA


C. Logical Volume


D. CDROM

B. SATA

Chapter 19


Which of the following is not a common reason to create a partition


A. To support multiple operating systems on a single computer


B. To make it easier to keep home directories during a software upgrade


C. To increase the security of a filesystem


D. To increase fragmentation of free space around the disk

D. To increase fragmentation of free space around the disk

Chapter 19


Which directories are typically writable to all users


A. /tmp


B. /var/tmp


C. /


D. /home

A. /tmp


B. /var/tmp

Chapter 19


Which directory is the root file system mounted on


A. /rootfs


B. /


C. /home


D. /root

B. /

Chapter 19


Which directory does not have to be a part of the root filesystem?


A. /home


B. /lib


C. /bin


D. /etc

A. /home


Chapter 19


Which of the following filesystems does not support journaling


A. ext2


B. jfs


C. ext3


D. ext4



A. ext2


Chapter 19


A system contains Linux as well as Microsoft Windows operating system is called a


A. Multi environment system


B. The sort of system cannot exist


C. Dual Boot System


D. File Base system

C. Dual Boot System

Chapter 19


Virtual Memory is also referred to as:


A. Hard Memory


B. Swap Memory


C. Soft Memory


D. Test Memory

B. Swap Memory


Chapter 19


Which directory structure has directories which may have heavy activity for services like mail, ftp, httpd and printing.


A. /home


B. /root


C. /rootfs


D. /var

D. /var


Chapter 19


Which directory structure contains the bulk of the operating systems files


A. /usr


B. /root


C. /rootfs


D. /home

A. /usr

Chapter 19


A device name of /dev/hda1 indicates this partition is on which type of device?


A. CD/Rom


B. Logical Volume


C. SATA


D. IDE

D. IDE

Chapter 19


In which directory are you most likely to find software from a third-party publishers?


A. /var/lib


B. /usr/local


C. /usr/third


D. /opt

D. /opt

Chapter 19


In what directory are you most likely to find the user's home directories


A. /usr/local


B. /usr/third


C. /home


D. /var/lib

C. /home

Chapter 20


Which command is used from the command line, to edit your disk's partition table


A. gedit


B. parttool


C. fdsik


D. dedit

C. fdsik

Chapter 20


If you want to create a Fourth Extended Filesystem on a partition, which commands could you use


A. mkextfs


B. mkdosfs


C. mke2fs


D. mkfs

C. mke2fs


D. mkfs

Chapter 20


After running fdisk -cu /dev/sdb, what command will allow you to list the current partition table?


A. s


B. p


C. l


D. w


B. p

Chapter 20


After running fdisk -cu /dev/sdb, what command will allow you to change a partition table?


A. d


B. f


C. g


D. t


D. t



Options


A. d = delete


B. f


C. g


D. t = change filesystem types

Chapter 20


After running fdisk -cu /dev/sdb, what command will allow you to create a new current partition?


A. n


B. c


C. w


D. g

A. n = Create New Partition



Options

A. n = Create New Partition


B. c


C. w = Write


D. g

Chapter 20


After running fdisk -cu /dev/sdb, what command will allow you to delete a partition


A. s


B. d


C. r


D. g

B. d

Chapter 20


Which mke2fs option defines the block size of the filesystem?


A. -b


B. -block


C. -blk


D. -bk


A. -b

Chapter 20


Which mke2fs option defines the percentage of the filesystem that is reserved for system use?


A. -r


B. -g


C. -s


D. -m


D. -m

Chapter 20


Which option to the fdisk command is used for MS-DOS compatibility mode?


A. -m


B. -c


C. -d


D. -ms-dos

c
Wrong

C. -d = delete


Chapter 20


What option to the mkfs command allows you to specify the type of filesystem to create?


A. -f


B. -t


C. -fsyupe


D. -fs

B. -t

Chapter 20


If you want to initialize swap space that you've just created, which command would you run?


A. Swapinit


B. initswap


C. swapon


D. mkswap

unknown


Wrong


A. Swapinit


C. swapon

Chapter 20


To activate a swap space that has been initalized, you can execute?


A. Swapoff


B. Swapcontrol


C. Swapon


D. Swapctl

C. Swapon

Chapter 20


After running fdisk -cu /dev/sdb, what fdisk command will allow you to quit without saving changes?


A. q


B. h


C. g


D. w

A. q




quit without saving changes

Chapter 20


After running fdisk -cu /dev/sdb, what command will allow you to save changes and quit?


A. g


B. q


C. w


D. f

C. w




commit changes from the menu

Chapter 20


which option to the fdisk command is used to display current partitions


A. -p


B. -l


C. -a


D. -r

B. -l


Wrong


A. -p



Chapter 20


Which command is used to create a physical volume?


A. pvcreate


B. create


C. pvadd


D. createpv

A. pvcreate

Chapter 20


Which of the following commands will allow you to backup a partition table to a file and restore it at a later time?


A. sfdisk


B. edisk


C. pdisk


D. ddisk

A. sfdisk

Chapter 20


After running fdisk -cu /dev/sdb, what command will allow you to change a partition type?


A. d


B. f


C. g


D. t

D. t

Chapter 20


What command is used to create a logical volume?


A. lvcreate


B. lvadd


C. createlv


D. create

A. lvcreate

Chapter 21


If the command you used to unmount a partition fails, which commands can you use to check what is keeping the partition busy?


A. chkdsk


B. lsof


C. fuser


D. partchk



B. lsof


C. fuser

Chapter 21


What commands can display a list of mounted file systems?


A. df


B. fdisk


C. lspt


D. mount

A. df


D. mount

Chapter 21


The first field in the /etc/fsab file is used to specify


A. the dump level


B. the fsck order


C. the device to mount


D. the mount options


E. the filesystem type


F. the mount point

C. the device to mount

Chapter 21


The fifth field in the /etc/fsab file is used to specify


A. the dump level


B. the fsck order


C. the device to mount


D. the mount options


E. the filesystem type


F. the mount point

A. the dump level

Chapter 21


A mount point is:


A. A way to specify mount options


B. A device name used for mounting


C. An empty directory that is used to access a filesystem


D. A Partition

C. An empty directory that is used to access a filesystem

Chapter 21


Which mount option will remount a currently mounted filesystem?


A. mount -o reload


B. mount -o mount


C. mount -o reset


D. mount -o remount

D. mount -o remount

Chapter 21


What does the mount option ro dev mean if placed in the fourth filed etc/fstab file? Section 21.5


A. Mount the filesystem as read-only and don't permit device files


B. Mount the filesystem as read-only and permit device files


C. Nothing, there is no dev mount option


D. Nothing the option is invalid because a space is not permitted between options

Wrong


B. Mount the filesystem as read-only and permit device files

Chapter 21


Which mount option mounts a filesystem allowing suid files


A. suidset


B. allowsuid


C. setsuid


D. suid

D. suid

Chapter 21


What option to the fuser command displays verbose information about a filesystems activity


A. -info


B. -ver


C. -i


D. -v

D. -v

Chapter 21


Which command display UUIDs


A. displayid


B. setid


C. bikid


D. id

C. bikid

Which two arguments may mount command require, in order to mount a filesystem. Section 21.3


A. The filesystem size


B. The filesystem type


C. A directory pathname


D. The device pathname

Wrong


B. The filesystem type


C. A directory pathname




Book: The filesystem identifiyer and directory pathname

Chapter 21


The fourth field in the /etc/fsab file is used to specify


A. the dump level


B. the fsck order


C. the device to mount


D. the mount options


E. the filesystem type


F. the mount point

D. the mount options

Chapter 21


The sixth field in the /etc/fsab file is used to specify


A. the dump level


B. the fsck order


C. the device to mount


D. the mount options


E. the filesystem type


F. the mount point

B. the fsck order

Chapter 21


Which of the following is not a reason why the unmount command may fail?


A. A user has a directory within the filesystem as their current working directory


B. There is a file ope that is located within the filesystem


C. There are symbolic links to files within the filesystem


D. There is an executable file running that is located within the filesystem

C. There are symbolic links to files within the filesystem

Chapter 21


Which mount option mounts a filesystem allowing executable files


A. execute


B.exec


C. ex


D. noexec

B.exec

Chapter 21 Section 21.5


Which command will create disk labels on an ext3 filesystem.


A. label


B. ext3label


C. elabel


D. e2label

Wrong


A. label

Which value to you place in the dump field of the /etc.fstab for pseudo-filesystems


A. 0


B. 1


C. 2


D. 3

A. 0

Which value to you place in the fsck field of the /etc.fstab for pseudo-filesystems


A. 0


B. 1


C. 2


D. 3

A. 0

Chapter 21


The second field in the /etc/fsab file is used to specify


A. the dump level


B. the fsck order


C. the device to mount


D. the mount options


E. the filesystem type


F. the mount point

F. the mount point

Chapter 21


Which of the following will mount an ISO file named cdrom.iso?


A. mount -t cdrom cdrom.iso /mntb


B. mount -o loopback cdrom.iso /mnt


C. mount -o loop cdrom.iso /mnt


D. mount -t ufs cdrom.iso /mnt

C. mount -o loop cdrom.iso /mnt

Chapter 21 Section 21.5


Which option will mount a filesystem using the default mount options?


A. default


B. all


C. standard


D. Defaults

Wrong


C. standard

Review


Binary Devices transfer data in character-by character fashion


True or False



False

Review


The dedit command is used to edit your disls partition table


True or False

False

Review


The directory the stores device files is called the ___ directory

/dev

Review


___ used by software programs that write to CS-RW or DVD-RW drive

mkswap

Review


___ Contains most of the operating systems

Root

Review


___ To initialize swap space that you just created

udf

Review


The /usr directory structure contains the bulk of the operating system files


True or False

True

Linux requires one partition at a minimum


True or False

False

To create partitions after installation

fdisk

To monitor free space by mounted filesystems

df

To edit quotas for certain users

edquota

Filesystem ___ is when you have errors on a filesystem

corruption

What term indicates a particular device


A. Minor Number


B. Soft Limits


C. Major Number


D. Hard Limits

A. Minor Number

The ext3 filesystem supports journaling


True or False

True

Which device file represents the second serial port on system (COM2)


A. /dev/ttySO


B. /dev/tty2


C. /dev/ttyS1


D. /dev/tty2

C. /dev/ttyS1

What directory stores device files


A. MBR


B. /dev


C. tune2fs


D. /proc/devoces

/dev