Linux Essentials — Chapter 02 Exam Answers

Linux Essentials — Chapter 02 Exam Answers

1. 1. Question

   The Samba application is a:

   •  Security Server
   •  Mail Server
   •  Web Server
   •  File Server

2. 2. Question

   Which of the following are examples of desktop software?
   (choose two)

   •  Music player
   •  Web browser
   •  File share
   •  Compiler
   •  Web server

3. 3. Question

   If you wanted to set up a blog, which software would be most helpful?

   •  Postfix
   •  MySQL
   •  Samba
   •  WordPress
   •  Dovecot

4. 4. Question

   Which of the following pieces of software deal with file sharing?
   (choose three)

   •  PostgreSQL
   •  X-Windows
   •  Netatalk
   •  Samba
   •  NFS

5. 5. Question

   If you wanted to create and print an invoice, which software could you use?

   •  Evolution
   •  LibreOffice
   •  Compiz
   •  GNOME
   •  Firefox

6. 6. Question

   POP and IMAP are related to:

   •  Email
   •  Reading and writing music
   •  Letting users log in to multiple servers with 1 set of credentials
   •  Sharing files
   •  Serving web pages

7. 7. Question

   When a computer boots, it can get its network information through:

   •  DNS
   •  SMTP
   •  DHCP
   •  LDAP
   •  X11

8. 8. Question

   Which of the following are examples of text editors?
   (choose four)

   •  emacs
   •  yum
   •  nano
   •  pico
   •  vim

9. 9. Question

   A package manager:
   (choose two)

   •  Downloads software from the Internet
   •  Can optionally repartition your disk to make room for Linux
   •  Performs a fresh install of Linux
   •  Emails you when software is out of date
   •  Keeps track of which files belong to which packages

10. 10. Question

    An interpreted programming language:
    (choose two)

    •  Is converted into machine specific instructions as the program runs
    •  Takes fewer resources to run than a compiled language
    •  Tends to offer more features than compiled languages
    •  Requires a compilation step but no linking step
    •  Requires a linking step but no compilation step

11. 11. Question

    Which of the following are true about compiled programming languages?

    •  Ruby is a compiled language
    •  A programmer is usually more productive when using a compiled language
    •  C is a compiled language
    •  Perl is a compiled language
    •  Compiled languages are great for system administration tasks like scripting

12. 12. Question

    Which package manager is used in Fedora, a Red Hat derived system?

    •  tar
    •  apt-get
    •  bash
    •  vim
    •  yum

13. 13. Question

    The Linux shell:
    (choose three)

    •  Has a scripting language
    •  Is customizable
    •  Is responsible for tracking the location of configuration files
    •  Allows you to launch programs
    •  Has a built in text editor

14. 14. Question

    Which application would you use to edit and piece together sound files to make podcast?

    •  GIMP
    •  Thunderbird
    •  Audiolicious
    •  Audacity
    •  Bash

15. 15. Question

    The two main families of Linux shells are:
    (choose two)

    •  Python Shell
    •  C Shell
    •  Bourne Shell
    •  Korn shell
    •  emacs

16. 16. Question

    Which server software would you use to create a company directory that you could search and authenticate against?

    •  bind
    •  OpenLDAP
    •  Netatalk
    •  Samba
    •  ISC DHCP

17. 17. Question

    A Mail Transfer Agent’s primary purpose is to:

    •  Act as a gateway between faxes and email
    •  Serve email to end clients
    •  Manage the end user’s inbox
    •  Deliver mail between servers
    •  Filter out spam

18. 18. Question

    Which of the following are examples of a web server?
    (choose two)

    •  postfix
    •  WordPress
    •  Nginx
    •  Apache
    •  NFS

19. 19. Question

    If you wanted to let a Linux machine share files with Windows clients and servers, you would use:

    •  bind
    •  Netatalk
    •  DNS
    •  Samba
    •  NFS

20. 20. Question

    Richard Stallman is associated with:

    •  The Free Software Foundation
    •  The Open Source Initiative
    •  The Apache foundation
    •  BSD Unix
    •  Microsoft

21. 21. Question

    A “copyleft provision” in a software license means:

    •  You give up your copyright to the software
    •  You must provide free copies of the software if you use it
    •  You may not link against third party closed source software
    •  If you redistribute the software, you must distribute the source to any changes you make
    •  You must provide support for your modifications

22. 22. Question

    The largest difference between the GPLv2 and BSD licenses is:

    •  GPLv2 requires assigning copyright to the FSF
    •  BSD has no copyleft provision
    •  GPLv2 is not approved by the OSI
    •  Nothing, they are virtually identical
    •  Only BSD allows commercial use

23. 23. Question

    The Free Software Foundation believes that:
    (choose two)

    •  No money should ever change hands
    •  Software should not have copyright
    •  People should write software with no expectation of making money
    •  Software should be free to modify
    •  Software should be free to share

24. 24. Question

    Which of the following licenses was made by the FSF?

    •  GPLv3
    •  MIT
    •  Creative Commons
    •  BSD
    •  Apache

25. 25. Question

    A permissive free software license:
    (choose two)

    •  Places no restrictions on sharing modifications
    •  Means you can use the software for anything you want
    •  Requires you share software changes but not binaries
    •  Does not allow the software to be locked to certain hardware
    •  Places the software in the public domain

26. 26. Question

    Linux is distributed under which license?

    •  GPLv2
    •  MIT
    •  BSD
    •  GPLv3
    •  Linux Foundation

27. 27. Question

    Who founded the Open Source Initiative?
    (choose two)

    •  Bruce Perens
    •  University of California at Berkeley
    •  Linus Torvalds
    •  Richard Stallman
    •  Eric Raymond

28. 28. Question

    A generic term for Open Source and Free Software is:

    •  Libre Software
    •  SLOFF
    •  GPL
    •  OS/FS
    •  FLOSS

29. 29. Question

    Which are examples of permissive software licenses?
    (choose two)

    •  MIT
    •  BSD
    •  LGPLv3
    •  GPLv3
    •  GPLv2

30. 30. Question

    What does it mean when a work is placed in the public domain?

    •  You must redistribute changes to the software
    •  The author has died
    •  You may not use the work for commercial purposes
    •  The author has relinquished the copyright on the work
    •  The work was done by a government agency

31. 31. Question

    Creative Commons licenses allow you to:
    (choose three)

    •  Specify whether or not changes must be shared
    •  Receive royalties on the use of the work
    •  Allow or disallow commercial use
    •  Get a veto on where the work is used
    •  Specify whether or not people may distribute changes

32. 32. Question

    If a podcast is licensed under the CC BY-ND license, you may:
    (choose two)

    •  Post it to your website
    •  Sell it as part of a compilation
    •  Use an interview or song from it for your own podcast
    •  Share it as long as you give credit to the author
    •  Add ads to it and post it to your website.

33. 33. Question

    How can you make money from open source software?
    (choose three)

    •  Charge a yearly fee for the right to use the software
    •  Sell hardware that’s built to work with the software
    •  Provide paid consulting services for users
    •  Unlock premium features for people that pay
    •  Take payments for fixing bugs

34. 34. Question

    To place software under an open source license, you must give up your copyright.
    True or False?

    •  True
    •  False

35. 35. Question

    The difference between the GPL and LGPL licenses are:

    •  LGPL is shorter than GPL
    •  LGPL was made by the OSI while GPL was made by the FSF
    •  LGPL allows linking to non GPLed software
    •  LGPL allows you to distribute the software in binary-only form
    •  LGPL applies to web services

36. 36. Question

    Permissive free software licenses:
    (choose three)

    •  Can allow software to be used inside closed source software
    •  Are not approved by the FSF
    •  Are not approved by the OSI
    •  Don’t have a copyleft provision
    •  Include the GPLv2 and BSD

37. 37. Question

    The Creative Commons version of Public Domain licensing is:

    •  No Rights Reserved
    •  Attribution-NonCommercial
    •  Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
    •  NoAttribution-ShareAlike
    •  Attribution

38. 38. Question

    Your company makes a hardware firewall that runs a custom Linux kernel. What are your obligations under GPLv2?

    •  You must make the source to your kernel available
    •  You must ensure your custom kernel runs on a regular Intel machine
    •  There are no requirements
    •  You must make the source to your custom web interface available
    •  You must make your hardware designs available

39. 39. Question

    Participating in open source projects can improve your technical skills, even if it is not your day job.
    True or False?

    •  True
    •  False