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IFT 250 Quiz – System Software Essentials (UNIX/Linux), Exams of Linux skills

Chamberlain College of NursingLinux skills

Master IFT 250 system software essentials with this quiz covering UNIX/Linux commands, file permissions, processes, vim, and package management. Perfect for IT students preparing for exams.

Typology: Exams

2025/2026

Available from 05/23/2026

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IFT 250 quiz system software
essentials
Operating system -is software that manages the computer's hardware and provides a convenient and
safe environment for running programs. It acts as an interface between programs and the hardware
(CPU, RAM, hard disk drive, printer, CD-ROM, etc).
root -On the Unix / Linux operating system, the system admin user account is
A _____________ is a component in Unix that runs on top of the kernel and provides a command line
user environment. -
Unix is written in the ________ programming language. This allows for portability across hardware
platforms. -C
Features of the Unix/Linux operating system include: -All of the above!
Which of the following commands would you use to get help while using the UNIX command line? -Help,
Info and Man
Which of the following commands would you use to change your password for your user account? -
passwd
Which of the following commands would you use to determine what directory you are current in? -pwd
Which of the following commands would you use to review the last commands executed at the command
line for the user that you are currently logged on as? -history
Which of the following commands would you use to print a string of text to the monitor? -echo
Which of the following commands would you use to see when a file was last modified? -ls -l
Which of the following commands would you use to review your terminal settings? -stty
Which of the following commands would you use to send mail to another user on the UNIX system? -mail
or mailx
Which of the following commands would you use to pull selected lines of text from a file that matches a
certain pattern? -grep
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IFT 250 quiz system software

essentials

Operating system - is software that manages the computer's hardware and provides a convenient and safe environment for running programs. It acts as an interface between programs and the hardware (CPU, RAM, hard disk drive, printer, CD-ROM, etc). root - On the Unix / Linux operating system, the system admin user account is A _____________ is a component in Unix that runs on top of the kernel and provides a command line user environment. - Unix is written in the ________ programming language. This allows for portability across hardware platforms. - C Features of the Unix/Linux operating system include: - All of the above! Which of the following commands would you use to get help while using the UNIX command line? - Help, Info and Man Which of the following commands would you use to change your password for your user account? - passwd Which of the following commands would you use to determine what directory you are current in? - pwd Which of the following commands would you use to review the last commands executed at the command line for the user that you are currently logged on as? - history Which of the following commands would you use to print a string of text to the monitor? - echo Which of the following commands would you use to see when a file was last modified? - ls - l Which of the following commands would you use to review your terminal settings? - stty Which of the following commands would you use to send mail to another user on the UNIX system? - mail or mailx Which of the following commands would you use to pull selected lines of text from a file that matches a certain pattern? - grep

Which of the following commands would you use after a command with a pipe | to control paging on the monitor - less and more Which of the following applies to file names? - Must be unique in the same directory, Limited to 255 characters, Can contain upper and lower case letters, numbers, and some special characters T or F: ACLs allow us to specify a more granular set of permissions to files and directories over the regular method of setting permissions. - True T or F: Files are containers for storing data and directories are containers for storing files. - True What is the unique number that identifies a file in the filesystem - inode number Which of the following are file types? - Link, Files, Directories, CHaracter Devices, Block Devices, Block Devices and Additional types, not listed above UNIX/Linux uses a hierarchical directory structure. True or False - True When you delete a __________ link, only the link is deleted, not the file itself. - symbolic To change the permissions associated with a file, use the ____________ command. - chmod Which directory is commonly used to store system configuration files? - /etc To set a pointer with a new name or location to an existing file without making a second copy of the file, use the ____________ command. - Ln Which mode does vim place you into when it starts - command Which commands displays the PPID? - ps - f Which vim mode allows users to add text to the contents of the file - insert What is the default nice value for a process not executed with the nice command? - 0 Which environment variable contains a value that is a list of directories that are searched when you enter the name of an executable program? - PATH You have several processes running in the background, as shown by the jobs command below: [1]+ Running gedit &[2]+ Stopped crontab e Which command will bring the gedit program to the foreground? - fg 1 A process is running in the foreground and you press Ctrl+C on the keyboard. Which signal code is sent to the process? - SIGINT You have an unresponsive process with a PID number is 4335. You attempted to stop the process with the standard kill command, but it had no effect. Which command would you use to ensure that the process will terminate? - kill - 9 4335 Which utility terminates processes by name, and not just by process ID number? - killall Once you start a process, there is no way to change its niceness level except for stopping it and restarting it with the nice command. - false Where do Debian-based distributions store the list of repositories that are configured on the system? - /etc/apt/sources.list

After you download and unpack a source code package, you enter the new directory that is provided. What files should you look for in that directory before attempting to compile and install the code? - README and Install grep scans its input for a pattern, then displays the selected pattern, lines numbers and/or the file names where the pattern occurs. - True True or false sed is a multipurpose tool that combines the work of several filters. sed performs noninteractive operations on a data stream. sed has a host of features that allow you to select lines and run instructions on them. - True True or FalseAll of the following utilities are commonly associated with the use of regular expressions: awk, grep, and sed. - true sed uses 2 styles of addressing know as: - Line Addressing