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  1. How can you add Amit, a new user, to your system?

  2. A.

     Using useradd

    B.

     Using adduser

    C.

     Using linuxconf

    D.

     All of the above

    E.

     None of the above

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  3. What file specifies the order in which to use specified name services?

  4. A.

     /etc/services

    B.

     /etc/nsorder

    C.

     /etc/nsswitch.conf

    D.

     /etc/hosts

    E.

     None of the above

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  5. How many primary partitions can exist on one drive?

  6. A.

     16

    B.

     4

    C.

     2

    D.

     1

    E.

     None of the above

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  7. In which directory can you store system user default files used for creating user directories?

  8. A.

     /usr/tmp

    B.

     /etc/default

    C.

     /etc/skel

    D.

     /etc/users

    E.

     None of the above

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  9. How could you install the file ipchains-1.3.9-5.i386.rpm?

  10. A.

     rpm -qip ipchains

    B.

     rpm -Uvh ipchains

    C.

     rpm -i ipchains* .i386.rpm

    D.

     rpm -e ipchains-1.3.9-5.i386.rpm

    E.

     None of the above

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  11. What does FSF stand for?

  12. A.

     Free Software File

    B.

     File Server First

    C.

     First Serve First

    D.

     Free Software Foundation

    E.

     None of the above

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  13. Which of the following is a valid format for mounting a CD-ROM drive?

  14. A.

     mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom / mnt/cdrom

    B.

     mount /dev/cdrom

    C.

     mount /mnt/cdrom

    D.

     All of the above

    E.

     None of the above

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  15. What command do you use to create Linux file systems?

  16. A.

     fdisk

    B.

     mkfs

    C.

     fsck

    D.

     mount

    E.

     None of the above

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  17. Which of the following command can you execute to count the number of lines in a file?

  18. A.

     lc

    B.

     wc - l

    C.

     cl

    D.

     count

    E.

     None of the above

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  19. Which of the following is not a communication command?

  20. A.

     grep

    B.

     mail

    C.

     mesg

    D.

     write

    E.

     None of the above

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