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Managing software generally involves all of the following tasks EXCEPT:
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| | A) | Reviewing software archives on a regular basis.
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| | B) | Reading Unix news sources.
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| | C) | Talking with other administrators about program revisions.
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| | D) | Required compiler certification.
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The main advantage of separating function sets into libraries is:
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| | A) | The check-in / check-out procedure is enforced.
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| | B) | The function set can be reused by multiple programs without having to be written into each program.
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| | C) | The program compiles faster since the program is smaller.
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| | D) | Source code accountability is maintained.
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The main disadvantage of using the /tmp directory to store uninstalled software is which of the following:
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| | A) | The /tmp directory is in its own small partition that may run out of disk space.
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| | B) | The /tmp directory is a temporary location that system administrators regularly empty without warning.
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| | C) | The /tmp directory is readable by the public and thus a security risk
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| | D) | Access to the /tmp directory is usually restricted to administrators.
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The usual steps in installing Unix software from source code are:
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| | A) | Download, compile, configure, install.
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| | B) | Download, configure, Compile, install.
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| | C) | Download, compile, configure.
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The following are advantages of package management systems EXCEPT for which option:
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| | A) | Makes installing software a simple process, often with issuing a single command.
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| | B) | The package management systems often create and maintain a database of the software installed on your system.
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| | C) | The installed software has been preconfigured to fit as many situations as possible.
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| | D) | Software that is never available as source code and is only available in a precompiled binary format is available under certain package management systems.
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To uninstall a package using RPM, issue the following command:
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| | A) | "rpm -d packagename".
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| | B) | "rpm -e packagename".
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| | C) | "rpm -u packagename".
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| | D) | "rpm -U packagename".
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Common architecture designations for RPM package names include the following EXCEPT for which option:
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| | A) | "i386" for Intel386.
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| | B) | "mac" for Macintosh.
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| | C) | "alpha" for DEC Alpha.
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| | D) | "sparc" for Sun Sparc.
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The following are good naming conventions to assign to a new printer EXCEPT for which option:
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| | A) | The type of printer (for example, HPLASERJET1).
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| | B) | The manufacturer's name (for example, CANON2).
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| | C) | Generic names (for example, PRINTER1).
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| | D) | The person allocated that printer (for example, BOBSPRINTER).
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When adding a printer using CUPS, the device name refers to which of the following:
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| | A) | The type of printer
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| | B) | The manufacturer of the printer
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| | C) | The IP address of the printer
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| | D) | The port connection to which the printer is attached.
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Two machines are on the same subnet if the following parts of each machine's IP address are the same.
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| | A) | First three numbers.
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| | B) | Last three numbers.
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| | C) | Only the first two numbers.
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| | D) | The last number.
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