Linux \ Solaris Interview Question -7

Question 151) What is a host?
a A machine that requires service from another machine
b A machine that shares its disk storage and files with other machines.
c A computer system in a network computer environment.

Ans: c

Question 152) What's the default file and directory permission ?
a 644 and 766
b 644 and 755
c 655 and 766
d 655 and 755

Ans: b

Question 153) What is an IP address?
a The address of where the machine is physically located
b A number used by networking hardware to identify machines attached to the network.
c A number used by networking software to identify machines attached to the network

Ans: c

Question 154) Which of the following functions can be performed by a non administrative user with the crontab command?
a Delete the user's crontab file
b Edit the user's crontab file
c List the user's crontab file
d List another user's crontab file
e Edit another user's crontab file

Ans: a,b,c

Question 155) What is the command to quit and discard any changes in the vi text editor?
a wq!
b w!
c q!
d q

Ans: c

Question 156) What is a network?
a A group of computers in the same room.
b A group of computers which are connected
c A group of computers.

Ans: b

Question 157) What is a domain?
a A network community of users sharing the same workstations.
b A network community of users sharing the same name service database of information
c A group of computers all using the same printer.

Ans: b

Question 158) What is a partition of a disk ?
a a sector in a disk
b a slice in a disk
c a track in a disk
d a cylinder in a disk

Ans: b

Question 159) Which command display login, logout information ?
a last
b who
c whodo
d uname

Ans: a

Question 160) What is the File Manager used for?
a To navigate the file structure
b To navigate the kernel.
c To navigate the OS.

Ans: a

Question 161) The hosts file is as following, which statements are true ?
192.33.64.11 venus
192.33.64.15 mars
192.33.64.254 star
a all machines are in same subnet
b the machine may be venus
c this is a class B network
d this is a class C network

Ans: a,b,d

Question 162) Which of the following commands will add a printer to a printer class?
a lp -p laser1 -c draft
b lpadmin -d laser1 -c draft
c lpadmin -p laser1 -c draft
d lp -d laser1 -c draft

Ans: c

Question 163) What is one of the commands a user can use to close their account when they are finished working?
a bye
b exit
c close

Ans: b

Question 164) Which task is the kernel responsible for?
a managing users
b managing CPU resources
c managing Memory

Ans: b

Question 165) What is the Help Viewer?
a Provides help when you have a syntax error.
b An online help screen
c A hypertext-based help system.

Ans: c

Question 166) What is the purpose of the Console window?
a Used to enter text.
b Used to display system error messages and diagnostic information.
c Used to display active processes.

Ans: c

Question 167) What piece of information must a user provide to protect their account?
a password
b user Id
c group Id

Ans: a

Question 168) Which command gives information about packages.
a pkginfo
b pkgchk
c patchadd

Ans: a

Question 169) The command used to see data flow in ftp
a hash
b prompt
c connect
d get

Ans: a

Question 170) What is the area outside of any windows and icons referred to?
a The workspace
b The Background
c The Screen.

Ans: a

Question 171) What is the default spool directory for patches?
a) /var/sadm/patch
b) /var/spool/patches
c) /var/adm/patches
d) No default but /var/spool/patch is commonly used

Ans: b

Question 172) What is the left button on the mouse?
a Adjust
b Select
c Menu

Ans: b

Question 173) What is the center button on the mouse?

a Select
b Adjust
c Menu

Ans: b

Question 174) Which of the following is an instance name composed of?
a Full pathname and physical device number
b Driver binding name and instance number
c Logical device name and partition number
d Physical device name and instance number

Ans: b

Question 175) What is the right button on the mouse?
a Menu
b Select
c Adjust

Ans: a