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  1. Memory allocation of variables declared in a program is?a) allocated in RAM.b) allocated in ROM.c) allocated on stack.d) assigned to registers.

  2. Who can I contact if I continue having problems with my Broadband service?

  3. How would you using the commands ps, cut, tr and kill, along with pipes, write a command that will find all sleep processes running on the system and kill them?

  4. How do you define a function in a shell script? -

  5. How do you stop a process?

  6. If $ stands for triple and # for negation, what is the value of #$#3-#5

  7. You want to make it possible for your users to mount floppy disks. What do you need to do? Choose one:a. Tell your users the password for root as floppies can only be mounted by root.b. Edit the mtab file and add the user option on the floppy entry.c. Edit

  8. You want to delete the following directories and their files/home/bob/letters/home/bob/salesso you issue the command rmdir /home/bob/letters but the command fails. What went wrong? Choose one:a. You need to first delete the sales subdirectory and its files

  9. What is the default Crystal Report that PeopleSoft Query tool creates?

  10. What is the height of room if after entering the room with a watch your head strikes a hanging bulb?

  11. You have set quotas for all your users but half of your users are using more space than they have been allotted. Which of the following could be the problem? Choose one:a. You have too many users on your system.b. Users' home directories are located on

  12. Fit gap analysis --- implementation and upgrade

  14. You have a file called administration with the following attributes-rw-rw-r-- 1 root admin 7202 Sep 17 9:10 administrationGeorge is a member of the admin group and Bob is a member of the sales group. Both George and Bob need to make changes to this file.

  15. ? Trace 255 command line option produces the trace file with the name?

  16. Which RDBMS uses Tablespace?

  17. What are the various ways to run sqr?

  18. Explain the following file systems: NTFS, Macintosh (HPFS), and FAT.

  19. Which one of the following tree types is NOT supported in the PeopleSoft tree manager?

  20. When is the most important time to restore a file from your backup? Choose onea. On a regular scheduled basis to verify that the data is available.b. When the system crashes.c. When a user inadvertently loses a file.d. When your boss asks to see how restor

  21. Where can u write the peoplecode?

  22. How we can configure remote desktop(i mean how we can see windows system present working desktop*as well as another os like linux )

  23. PeopleSoft reserves ALL WinHelp context numbers (in Utilities, PeopleTools Options) up to which number?

  24. Tell me few peoplecode functions you worked with?

  25. What is DYNAMIC SQL method ?

  27. What is diffrence between Process and Daemon?

  28. What does this mean '$^0'? tell briefly plse..

  29. Will Tuxedo continue to be used in a PeopleSoft/WebSphere or PeopleSoft/WebLogic environment

  30. Differences between State and temp records.

  31. Are disconnected mobile applications supportedin PeopleTools 8.1x

  32. Which command shuts down an application server domain using a ?forced? shutdown method?

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