Choose all that apply.
A. Kernel
B. Applications
C. User and group accounts
D. GNU utilities
E. Package management utility
2. What graphical interfaces does Linux support?
(Choose all that apply.)
A. macOS
B. GNOME
C. KDE Plasma
D. Metro
E. Cinnamon
3. The Free Software Foundation (FSF) advocates free software, which means they believe you should not have to pay money for software.
True or false:
4. Which of the following are open source software
licenses?
(Choose all that apply.)
A. MIT
B. GPL
C. BSD
D. Creative Commons
E. Apache
5. What are the three common categories for Linux systems?
A. Embedded
B. Graphical
C. Desktop
D. Industrial
E. Server
6. What are some of the recent changes seen in Linux?
(Choose all that apply.)
A. Improvements in the kernel
B. Improvements in support tools
C. Creation of new support tools
D. Creation of new distributions
E. Payment is now required to install Linux.
7. Which of the following are software suites that
allow you to set up a private cloud using Linux?
(Choose all that apply.)
A. Nextcloud
B. Zoho
C. ownCloud
D. Castero
E. Kdenlive
8. The dpkg and rpm package management utilities are both low-level tools.
True or false:
9. When working in a terminal, the shell prompt often ends in either a dollar sign or a greater-than symbol for ordinary users.
True or false:
10. Which of the following commands allow you to search
the man pages for the keyword copy?
(Choose all that apply.)
A. apropos copy
B. man -k copy
C. whereis copy
D. whatis copy
E. locate copy
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Answers
1. A, B, D, and E.
A Linux distribution bundles the Linux kernel, GNU utilities,
applications, and a package management utility to make it unique, so options
A, B, D, and E
are all correct.
User and group accounts are somewhat standard across Linux
systems based on the software packages installed, not on the distribution,
so option C is incorrect.
2. B, C, and E.
Linux supports the GNOME, KDE Plasma, and Cinnamon graphical interfaces, so options B, C, and E are correct.
Linux does not support the proprietary macOS or Metro
environments, so options A and D are incorrect.
3. False.
The FSF does advocate free software, but it defines it
in terms of freedom to do things you want to do with the software, not
the price of the software.
4. A, B, C, E.
The MIT, GPL, BSD, and Apache are all open source licenses or groups of licenses. Therefore, options A, B, C, and E are correct answers.
The Creative Commons is an organization that offers a
suite of licenses but not for software. Instead, it targets audio recordings,
video recordings, textual
works, and so on, not just software programs.
5. A, C, and E.
Linux systems are commonly used in embedded systems, as desktop workstations, and in server environments, so options A, C, and E are correct. Linux systems can use a graphical desktop in either a desktop or server environment, but graphical is not a category of Linux systems, so option B is incorrect.
Linux can be used as either a desktop, embedded system,
or server in an industrial environment, but industrial is not a category,
making option D incorrect.
6. A, B, C, and D.
In the Linux world, constant improvements are being made to the kernel and support tools and new support tools and distributions are being released, so options A, B, C, and D are all correct.
Linux is still released under the open source license,
which doesn’t prohibit charging a fee for Linux, but most Linux distributions
are still available free of charge for installing in any environment, making
option E incorrect.
7. A, C.
Nextcloud and ownCloud are both software suites that allow you to set up a private cloud using Linux, so options A and C are correct answers.
Zoho is a cloudbased office productivity suite but does not allow you to set up a private cloud, so option B is a wrong answer. Castero is a text-based podcast client that is available on Linux, but it does not provide the ability to configure a private cloud, making option D incorrect.
Kdenlive is another useful Linux application (you can
use it to perform video editing), but it is not involved with the cloud.
Thus, option E is also an incorrect choice.
8. True.
The dpkg and rpm package management utilities are both
low-level tools, and they are limited in what functions they can perform
for maintaining software packages. It’s typically better to use a higher-level
utility, such as yum or apt-get, depending on your Linux distribution.
9. True.
Typically, when working in a terminal, for regular users
(users who are not logged into the root account) the default shell prompt
ends in either in a dollar sign ($) or a greater-than symbol (>).
10. A, B, D.
The apropos, man - k, and whatis commands can all be used to search the man pages for the keyword copy. Therefore, options A, B, and D are correct answers.
The whereis program searches for files in a restricted set of locations instead of keywords within the man pages, so option C is a wrong answer.
The locate command also searches for files, but it uses a database —it does not search for keywords within the man pages. Therefore, option E is also an incorrect choice.
