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Introduction to UNIX
Kate Wrightson
Joe Merlino

Basic System Administration - Part I

Multiple Choice

Click on the correct response for each question below.



1

Another name for "root" is
A)President
B)Superuser
C)Supervisor
D)Manager
2

New users are added into this file.
A)/passwd
B)/usr
C)/etc/passwd
D)/home
3

Dividing a disk into a number of logical smaller disks is called
A)Dividing
B)Partitioning
C)Fragmenting
D)None of the above
4

The different variants of Unix use different terms in describing a partition of a disk. Which of the following is NOT a term used to describe a partition.
A)Slice
B)Volume
C)Pie
D)None of the above
5

To unmount a filesystem use the
A)Unmount command
B)Dismount command
C)Umount command
D)Disconnect command
6

Removing a device that was just unmounted can cause
A)A fatal crash of the operating system
B)Physical damage to the drive
C)No problem whatsoever
D)Both A and B
7

Remote devices are managed with a service called
A)Network File Service
B)Remote Network Service
C)Remote Device Service
D)None of the above
8

To mount remote devices you must put an entry into the file
A)/etc/imports
B)/etc/exports
C)/dev/imports
D)/dev/exports
9

Which is the best example of a good password?
A)honeybee
B)bill234
C)hoNeY492c
D)user25
10

Which of the following forms of security is the hardest to control.
A)External
B)Internal
C)Physical
D)Password




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