Linux interview questions – page 3

Who is primarily responsible for the smooth functioning of the system?

1. System Advisor
2. System coordinator
3. System Manager
4. System Administrator

Which has excellent support for older hardware?

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

What is the other name of new shell?

1. Baby shell
2. Junior shell
3. Child shell
4. Assistant shell

In Linux hard disk partition, hda2, a stands for the ___

1. first hard drive
2. first partition
3. second partition
4. second hard drive

Where do the users arrive after entering exit in Linux system?

1. Login screen
2. Internet
3. Logout screen
4. Login prompt

Single dot (.) with cd refers to ___

1. Change directory
2. Created directory
3. Current directory
4. Parent directory

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A record consists of

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

The location where the user enter user name is called as

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

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

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

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

The file name should not duplicate

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

End of file is referred by

1. fd 0
2. fd 1
3. fd 2
4. fd 3

Which command takes data from one command to another command?

1. Cat
2. Pipe
3. More
4. Tee

Can the password and the user name be the same?

1. Sometimes
2. Yes
3. No
4. Not always

What is the command that saves the files when the file actually exists?

1. NN
2. DD
3. ZZ
4. YY

We do not have the control over

1. Command
2. Constant
3. Variable
4. None

Which standard of Unix was followed by Linux?

1. Byte code
2. ANSI
3. ASCII
4. Unicode

Linux systems allow many users to work

1. Simultaneously
2. Constantly
3. Separately
4. None

All directories are stored under one main directory called ____

1. Server
2. Home
3. Folder
4. Root

The full name of directory is called as

1. Physical name
2. Path name
3. Primary name
4. Proper name

The prompt of the other users is

1. @
2. %
3. #
4. $

Who developed Linux?

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

In which year Linux was developed?

1. 1989
2. 1990
3. 1991
4. 1992

The trial version of Linux is called

1. Alpha
2. Beta
3. Gamma
4. Stable

What should be the minimum length of a password?

1. 5
2. 6
3. 7
4. 8

Who can change the password of any user?

1. Everyone
2. SA
3. Supervisor
4. End-user