CIS 171 - Linux I Midterm || WITH 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS!!
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Which of the following types of servers can be used to cache requested Internet resources so that they can be more quickly delivered to users requesting the same resource while at the same time reducing the burden on the external network connection to the Internet for an organization? correct answe...
CIS 171 - Linux I Midterm || WITH 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS!!
Which of the following types of servers can be used to cache requested Internet resources so
that they can be more quickly delivered to users requesting the same resource while at the
same time reducing the burden on the external network connection to the Internet for an
organization? correct answers proxy server
An archive of files that usually contain scripts that install the software contents to the correct
location on the system is referred to as a: correct answers Tarball
What piece of software tells the operating system how to use a specific hardware device?
correct answers Device driver
Which of the following types of encryption uses a pair of keys known as a public and
private? correct answers asymmetric
When viewing the version number for a Linux kernel, what number indicates the stability of
the kernel? correct answers Minor number
In Linux, the core component of the GUI is known as: correct answers X Windows
Which of the following types of cloud platforms would a webmail service offered to the
general public be considered? correct answers SaaS
What Linux distribution is the most commonly used distribution within organizations today?
correct answers Red Hat
The mutt software is an example of what type of mail service software on Linux? correct
answers Mail User Agent
What service provides a method for the efficient transfer of files over the Internet? correct
answers FTP
The iptables software on Linux is an example of what kind of software? correct answers
Firewall
Which of the following can be used to synchronize the time between a number of Linux
servers and workstations on a network with a time clock source on the Internet? correct
answers NTP
What directory under / contains the log files and spools for a Linux system? correct
answers /var
Which Linux command can be utilized to display your current login name? correct answers
whoami
What metacharacter indicates background command execution? correct answers &
, Which of the following are true of the echo command?
a. All of the other options are true.
b. When used to display text, quotation marks are optional.
c. It can be used to display shell variables by including a $ sign in front of the variable name.
d. Including a semicolon at the end of the line will not affect the text being displayed. correct
answers a. All of the other options are true.
Under the root directory in Linux, which directory contains system commands and utilities?
correct answers /usr
The apropos list command produces the same results as which command below? correct
answers man -k list
Dustin runs a command at the command line trying to find out what kernel version the system
is running. However, it doesn't give him the information he needs. He knows there is an
option that can be used to display the kernel version. How can he find out which option to
use? correct answers man uname
Select the utility below that will start and perform a thorough check of RAM for hardware
errors when run. correct answers memtest86
After a shell is no longer needed, what command can be given to exit the shell? correct
answers exit
After logging into a terminal, a user will receive an interface known as which option? correct
answers Shell
What command can be issued to confirm which directory you are in at a command line
prompt? correct answers pwd
What command is most effective at identifying different types of files? correct answers stat
Garrett wants to search through a csv file to find all rows that have either the name John or
Bob in them and display them out to the terminal. Which of the following commands could
Garrett use to perform this search?
a. grep -E "(John|Bob)" salesemployees.csv
b. grep -E (John|Bob) salesemployees.csv
c. grep (John|Bob) salesemployees.csv
d. egrep (John|Bob) salesemployees.csv correct answers a. grep -E "(John|Bob)"
salesemployees.csv
Correct. The grep command has a -E option that specifies that it should use extended regular
expressions. When used inside parentheses and the pipe symbol, you can search for lines that
contain either John or Bob. The pipe symbol is commonly used as an OR operator.
Mike has changed directory into one subdirectory after the next and has lost track of where
he's at in the directory tree. Which of the following commands can he use to tell him the full
path to the current subdirectory he is in? correct answers pwd
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