Cita 120 Chapter 8

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$
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At the Linux command shell, when an ordinary user is logged on, the prompt ends with which of the following characters
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Several Hundred Megabytes
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Considering the Ubuntu Linux example in the chapter, which of the following would you expect to be the size of the download of a Linux distribution for the desktop?
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File
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Everything in Linux is a ____________.
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Linus Torvalds
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In spite of his key role in the development of Linux, this person receives no direct financial gain
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sudo
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Precede a Linux shell command with this command when you are logged on as an administrator, and you can temporarily run the command, even if it normally requires root-level privileges.
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Kickoff application launcher
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The KDE GUI in Fedora discussed in this chapter has a screen object resembling the Windows desktop Start menu. What is the name of this object?
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Absolute path
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The command line cd/usr/sbin is an example of the use of a/an _______________.
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X window system
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This GUI shell standard was developed in 1984 at MIT.
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/bin
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This default Linux directory contains many of the Linux commands.
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X consortium
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This group formed in 1986 to continue the development of a standard for GUI interfaces.
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live image
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This is a bootable image of the operating system that will run from disc or other bootable media without requiring that the OS be installed on the local computer.
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shell
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This is the generic term for the user interface to an OS that accepts commands and displays error messages and other screen output.
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home dictionary
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This is the one place in Linux where an ordinary user has full control.
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cp
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Use this shell command to copy files.
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chomd
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Use this shell command to modify file permissions
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Relative Path
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Using a special symbol, such as the tilde (~) or two dots (..), as a parameter to certain shell commands, you can move around directories in Linux using _______________.
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more
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What command displays the entire contents of a file, pausing when the screen is full and waiting for a keystroke to continue?
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/etc
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What directory contains settings and configuration data and is one of the directories created by default in Linux?
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OSF
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What organization was created in 1988 to lobby for an open UNIX?
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Read and Write
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What permissions are assigned by the access mode number 6?
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cd~
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Which command will change to the user's home directory, regardless of the current directory?
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userdel
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Which command will delete a user?
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Dash
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Which of the following is a search tool in the Ubuntu Unity GUI?
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GNOME
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Which of the following is an implementation of the X Windows System?
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Apache
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Which of the following is the short name for a very popular Web server first developed for UNIX, but available for Linux and other operating systems.
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The user's home dictionary is not deleted
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Which of the following is true when you delete a user in Linux?
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-a
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Which of the following options for the ls command will show a listing of all files, including hidden files?
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shutdown-h now
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Which of the following will result in an error message if you enter it at the Linux command prompt?
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sudo shutdown now
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Which of the following would you enter at the Linux command line to shut down Linux immediately and to halt (power off) the computer.
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pwd
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Which one of these commands will display the current directory?