9.5 z/OS UNIX EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
The part of the traditional UNIX operating system that is most closely
associated with and "aware" of the hardware it is running on is referred
to as the UNIX - ANSWER kernel
The interactive component of traditional UNIX that provides a command
interpreter is referred to as the - ANSWER shell
A UNIX file and a UNIX file system are the same. T/F - ANSWER false
The structure of the UNIX file system is - ANSWER hierarchical
A UNIX operating system implementation from Vendor A and a UNIX
operating system implementation from Vendor B must be the same
since they both implement UNIX. T/F - ANSWER false
z/OS UNIX is an optional feature of z/OS. T/F - ANSWER false
z/OS UNIX runs alone in its own separate logical partition (LPAR) on a
System z server. T/F - ANSWER false
A person that has developed traditional UNIX skills on a non-z hardware
platform will have to re-learn everything they know in order to use z/OS
UNIX. T/F - ANSWER true
A z/OS system programmer has a need to share an ordinary z/OS UNIX
file containing data across three System z servers within a data center.
Where (what file system) should the shared file reside? - ANSWER zFS
Each z/OS UNIX file has a set of permission bits associated with it. T/F -
ANSWER true
An absolute path specification always begins at the - ANSWER root
, Each z/OS UNIX file has a unique inode number. However, the file name
is more often used by a z/OS UNIX user to refer to a file (e.g. in a UNIX
command) rather than the inode number. T/F - ANSWER true
To refer to the root directory of the z/OS UNIX file system, you should
use - ANSWER /
It is possible for the current working directory (CWD) to be the root
directory. T/F Fasle - ANSWER true
Ordinary z/OS UNIX files stored in the z/OS UNIX HFS or zFS file
system have characteristics such as record length and blocking factor
just like traditional z/OS data sets. T/F - ANSWER false
Where can a z/OS UNIX file system be mounted? (Choose all that
apply)
Correct
A. to an empty (contains no files) z/OS UNIX directory
B. to a z/OS UNIX hidden file
Correct
C. to a z/OS UNIX directory that contains files (i.e. is not empty)
D. to a z/OS UNIX special file
E. to a z/OS UNIX disk (DASD)
F. to a z/OS UNIX tape drive - ANSWER A C
Which standard z/OS UNIX directory should you use to store some data
that is of use for a very short time? Part 2, p. 15 - ANSWER /tmp
Which standard z/OS UNIX directory will contain your home directory? -
ANSWER /u
To create a link to a z/OS UNIX file that does NOT reside locally on your
z server, you should use a - ANSWER soft link
To create a link to a directory on your local z server, you should use a -
ANSWER soft link
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