laboursonline – MCQs, Mock Tests | Unix/Lunux Linux MCQ Unit 2

What type of editing is possible by Ed editor?

1. One command
2. One file
3. One line
4. One page

✅ Correct Answer: 3

___ command clears the screen.

1. Clear
2. Cls
3. Clear all
4. Clean screen

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following is called as the redirection operator for output?

1. =
2. <<
3. <
4. >

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The complete path name of a file or directory is

1. Root name
2. Tree name
3. Relative path name
4. Absolute path name

✅ Correct Answer: 4

For what based of PC’s, Linux was specifically designed?

1. Intel
2. HCL
3. Wipro
4. IBM

✅ Correct Answer: 1

From where did the file system can be used to unambiguously identified and referenced?

1. Tree structure
2. Folders
3. Home directory
4. Home directory

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which feature is used to prevent overwriting an existing file the redirection operation?

1. Mkfs
2. Man
3. Cat
4. Noclobber

✅ Correct Answer: 4

When we want replace a file system we have to ____ the present file system.

1. Cancel
2. Remove
3. Unmount
4. Mount

✅ Correct Answer: 3

A record consists of

1. Files
2. Folders
3. Fields
4. Datas

✅ Correct Answer: 3

In Linux, if all the members of the group share their files, they are called as

1. File owner
2. Other users
3. File users
4. Group users

✅ Correct Answer: 4

When you are in the command mode, what takes you to the line editing mode?

1. Cursor
2. colon
3. Esc
4. Enter

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who can change his/her password with the password command?

1. Shell
2. The worker
3. Guest user
4. A user

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which command copies the contents of the source file after creating the destination file?

1. mv
2. cp
3. cat
4. rm

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which command allows you to delete a word?

1. cc
2. dd
3. cw
4. dw

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which shell provides many of the tools found in C language?

1. Minix
2. Xenix
3. Linux
4. Unix

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which was widely distributed over the Internet?

1. Linux
2. Unix
3. Minix
4. Xenix

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which was the operating system was created mainly by the efforts of Ken Thomson?

1. Unix
2. Linux
3. Minix
4. Xenix

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which command displays the contents of a file?

1. cat
2. T pipe
3. Is
4. tee

✅ Correct Answer: 1

How will you see the system date?

1. $ dd
2. $ dy
3. $ date
4. $dt

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The location where the user enter user name is called as

1. Login location
2. Login user
3. Login prompt
4. Login name

✅ Correct Answer: 3

What is mainly used for creating, deleting and editing the files?

1. Editors
2. Compilers
3. Interpreter
4. Word processors

✅ Correct Answer: 1

All the users of the system who are not members of a project group are referred to as

1. Group users
2. File owner
3. Group owner
4. Other users

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The file name should not duplicate

1. Command names
2. Primary name
3. First names
4. System name

✅ Correct Answer: 1

We should be careful about the lower case and upper case letters when the system is

1. Case sensitive
2. Case caful
3. Case destinictive
4. Case respective

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which command is used to evaluate arithmetic expression?

1. cat
2. expre
3. expr
4. lets

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Is command with the -a option will display

1. sorted files
2. all files including hidden fields
3. al files
4. sub directories

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which symbol allows you to search the pattern, backward in the text?

1. plus (+)
2. question mark (?)
3. astrisk (*)
4. slash (/)

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which keys are substituted for the cut facility?

1. nyy
2. nkk
3. ndd
4. nhh

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which Directory is assigned to the user when he/she enters into the system for the first time, by the System Administrator (SA)?

1. user
2. home
3. bin
4. usr

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which command creates a new shell?

1. ah
2. oh
3. ch
4. sh

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The cd command stands for

1. complete directory
2. created directory
3. change directory
4. current directory

✅ Correct Answer: 3

This command formats a floppy _____

1. mkfs
2. mkf
3. mks
4. man

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which key should be pressed to save a file in line editing mode?

1. x
2. s
3. n
4. w

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Hard disk partition is prefixed by

1. hd
2. hda
3. hda2
4. dha

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which command allows you to change a word?

1. co
2. dd
3. dw
4. cw

✅ Correct Answer: 4

A directory under a directory is called as

1. root directory
2. parent directory
3. sub directory
4. child directory

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which command will undo the last modification?

1. o
2. n
3. u
4. w

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Double dot (..) with cd refers to (A) (B) (C) (D)

1. created directory
2. current directory
3. parent directory
4. change directory

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which version can run on any machine available now?

1. suitable Unix
2. suitable Linux
3. suitable Xenix
4. suitable Minix

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which version can run on any machine available now?

1. suitable Unix
2. suitable Linux
3. suitable Xenix
4. suitable Minix

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following command is used for prompting?

1. man
2. echo
3. Is
4. pwd

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which key open a new line and places the cursor in the beginning of that new line?

1. P
2. p
3. O
4. o

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Command Option starts with

1. * astricks
2. / slash
3. â€“ minus
4. + plus

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Who developed an effective PC version of Unix for Minix users?

1. Dennis Ritchie
2. Ken Thomson
3. Prof. Andrew S. Tannenbaum
4. Linus Torvalds

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which command allows you to change a single character where the cursor is currently on?

1. o
2. O
3. r
4. R

✅ Correct Answer: 3

How will you go to a particular line number in Vi editor?

1. line number R
2. line number G
3. line number B
4. line number N

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What is the key used to quit Vi editor?

1. q
2. q
3. :a!
4. qi

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which sign is a substitute for our home directory?

1. ($) dollar
2. (#) hash
3. (*) astrisks
4. (~) tilde

✅ Correct Answer: 4

What is the reference of the second partition on the first hard drive?

1. hd
2. hda2
3. hda
4. dha

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which command allows you to overwrite text?

1. r
2. R
3. O
4. o

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which key places you in input mode in Vi editor after the character where the cursor is currently on?

1. n
2. i
3. a
4. s

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The pwd stands for

1. path work device
2. present work device
3. parent working directory
4. print working directory

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The file owner can change the access permission by _____ command.

1. chmod
2. ahmod
3. enmod
4. ehmod

✅ Correct Answer: 1

What command removes the entire line that the cursor is presently on?

1. cc
2. ll
3. xx
4. dd

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which symbol is used to refer the contents of a variable?

1. *
2. ""
3. $
4. #

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Establishing the connection between a file system on a storage device and our main directory tree is called as

1. sharing
2. changing
3. mounting
4. unmounting

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which command takes the input from standard input and copies into a file?

1. cat
2. T pipe
3. more
4. tee

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which command allows you to change the entire contents of a line?

1. cc
2. nn
3. cw
4. dw

✅ Correct Answer: 1

In File Access Permission, what command gives the owner of the file the execute permission?

1. s + x
2. u + x
3. o + x
4. a + x

✅ Correct Answer: 2