Technical Support Engineer interview questions

What is the difference between TE & TEM mode?

What are your strong and weak point ?

Data analysis related commands like grep, find, awk etc.

What are the differences between user level and kernel level threads? how to choose one?

What will the controller do before interrupting CPU?op

Which file do you need to change to alter how the updatedb database is created?Choose one:a. /etc/which.confb. /etc/conf.updatedbc. /etc/updatedb.confd. /etc/conf.which

What will be the output of the following command sequence $ x='I am x' $sh $echo $x A. I am x B. Blank line C. x D. None of the above

The UNIX shell ....       a) does not come with the rest of the system       b) forms the interface between the user and the kernal       c) does not give any scope for programming       d) deos not allo...

How many processes are created in this snippet?

Nice command in UNIX?

In country X, democratic, conservative and justice parties have fought three civil wars in twenty years. TO restore stability an agreement is reached to rotate the top offices President, Prime Minister and Army Chief among the parties so that each?

1. All G's are H's 2. All G's are J's or K's 3. All J's and K's are G's 4. All L's are K's 5. All N's are M's 6. No M's are G's

What is the 12th term of the series 2, 5, 8, .... ?

What daemon is responsible for tracking events on your system?

Print value of present directory using UNIX command

The letters A, B, C, D, E, F and G, not necessarily in that order, stand for seven consecutive integers from 1 to 10 D is 3 less than A B is the middle term F is as much less than B as C is greater than D G is greater than ...

In Unix inter process communication take place using?.

For a motorist there are three ways going from City A to City C. By way of bridge the distance is 20 miles and toll is $0.75. A tunnel between the two cities is a distance of 10 miles and toll is $1.00 for the vehicle and driver and $0.10 for each...

How do you debug a core dump?

Ls || date will A. print the name of the files in the current directory B. print today's date and time C. (A) followed by (B) D. none of the above

The very first process created by the kernal that runs till the kernal process halts is       a) init       b) getty      c) both (a) and (b)      d) none of these

What is the name and path of the main system log?

Is Windows NT a full blown object oriented operating system? Give reasons

What utility can you use to automate rotation of logs?

What file would you edit in your home directory to change which window manager you want to use?A) XinitB) .xinitrcC) XF86SetupD) xstartE) xf86init

A frog in a well 30 ft deep jumps 3 ft slips 2 ft each day.How many days does take on the whole?

How can deadlock be detected and prevented in practical scenarios?

Is the sheduler itself a process or not.

What is signaled and non signaled state?

About ln(linking)