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Question 1: Which of the following companies has never offered its own branded version of
Linux?
Correct Answer: IBM
Your Answer: Oracle
Even SCO briefly offered its own Linux product. Big Blue, despite being an enthusiastic
Linux backer, has always partnered with other distributors instead of packaging its ownversion of the OS.
Question 2: What is one reason why you might want to install the GRUB boot loader instead
of LILO?
Correct Answer: You want to boot from a network
Your Answer: You want to create a system that can boot both Windows and Linux
LILO supports a wide variety of boot configurations, but you'll need the more modern GRUB
if you want to boot from a network.
Question 3: Which of the following software packages will not help you to run Windows
software on a Linux system?
Correct Answer: Samba
Your Answer: SambaWhile Samba emulates Microsoft's SMB networking protocol, it only lets Linux systems
connect to Windows servers. It won't actually help you run Windows software.
Question 4: What is a "shebang"?
Correct Answer: A unique sequence of characters that indicates the start of a shell script
Your Answer: A nickname for the Ctrl-Alt-Del keyboard sequence
Short for "shell bang," shebang is a hash or pound sign (#) followed by an exclamation mark
(!), known in Unix parlance as a "bang."
Question 5: Which of the following Linux distributions is least like the others?
Correct Answer: Novell Suse Linux Enterprise
Your Answer: Fedora Core
CentOS, Fedora, and Oracle all base their Linux distributions on the Red Hat Enterprise
Linux source code base. Suse follows its own path.
Question 6: Which of the following versions of the Linux kernel is likely to be the most
stable on supported hardware?
Correct Answer: 2.4
Your Answer: 2.3
In the past, odd-numbered kernels were development releases and were therefore considered
unstable; kernel Version 2.7 doesn't even exist yet. Version 2.4 is the only stable production
release on the list.
Question 7: What distinguishes the Gentoo Linux installation procedure from that of most
other distributions?Correct Answer: It builds most of the system from source code.
Your Answer: It detects most mainstream PC hardware automatically.
A comprehensive Gentoo system can take a long time to install because it builds custom
versions of the software from your own specifications.
Question 8: Which of the following companies has not released open source Linux drivers for
its graphics hardware?
Correct Answer: Nvidia
Your Answer: Via
Although most of the competition has released open source drivers for at least some of their
graphics chips, Nvidia has remained a staunch holdout.
Question 9: What is SELinux?Correct Answer: A set of kernel modifications developed by the National Security Agency
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Your Answer: A set of kernel modifications developed by the National Security Agency
If you need a hardened OS, SELinux offers security that's good enough for the U.S.
government.
Question 10: Which of the following source code version control systems will you need to
use if you want to contribute code to the Linux kernel?
Correct Answer: GitYour Answer: CVS
Linus Torvalds created git for Linux kernel development after key contributors objected to
BitKeeper's license terms.
Question 11: The current Linux kernel source tree includes approximately how many lines of
C++ code?
Correct Answer: Fewer than 500,000
Your Answer: Approximately 1 million
Besides the fact that Linux was started before good free C++ compilers were available, Linus
Torvalds is no fan of C++. Standard C and assembly language make up 99.71 percent of the
kernel.
Question 12: Who among the following has never contributed any source code to the Linuxkernel?
Correct Answer: Richard M. Stallman
Your Answer: Hans Reiser
Stallman thinks the name should be GNU/Linux, because the kernel doesn't function as an
OS without supporting code developed by the Free Software Foundation. But Stallman has
never actually written code for the kernel itself.
Question 13: If you needed to work primarily with very large multimedia files, which of the
following file systems would offer the best performance?
Correct Answer: XFS
Your Answer: Ext2fs
Originally developed by Silicon Graphics, XFS offers smooth data transfer and handles large
files very efficiently, either of which would be a boon to multimedia production.
Question 14: Of the following, which is the most widely used GUI windowing system among
major enterprise Linux distributions?
Correct Answer: X.org
Your Answer: Gnome
Trick question! Of the software projects listed, only X.org is a windowing system. The others
are desktop environments that run on top of X.org.
Question 15: What is the main benefit of the noatime mount option for Linux file systems?
Correct Answer: It improves performance by reducing the frequency of disk writes
Your Answer: It improves performance by reducing the frequency of disk writesNormally, Linux will update the time stamp on a file every time it is accessed. With the
noatime option, the kernel will update files only when their contents are changed.
Question 16: Which of the following virtualization technologies allows Windows virtual
machines to run on a Linux system?
Correct Answer: Xen
Your Answer: Xen
Most of the virtualization software listed can only launch other instances of Linux. Xen can
support Windows virtual machines also, provided your processor supports Intel VT or AMD-
V technology.
Question 17: In Linux parlance, what is a "binary blob"?
Correct Answer: A driver that is loaded into the kernel as a binary object, for which no sourcecode is available
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Your Answer: An orphaned file whose allocation information in the file system has been lost
The Linux community is divided over the practice of running closed source code as part of
the Linux kernel, but when hardware vendors refuse to release their specifications, it's often
the only option.
Question 18: Of the following Linux distributions, which does not use RPM as its primary
software distribution package format?Correct Answer: Ubuntu
Your Answer: Ubuntu
Ubuntu has its roots in Debian, which has its own package format. The rest all use the format
invented by Red Hat.
Question 19: Which of the following companies is among the top 10 corporate contributors to
the Linux kernel, according to the Linux Foundation?
Correct Answer: Intel
Your Answer: Cisco
All of the companies named have contributed a significant amount of code to the kernel. But
of the four, Intel tops the list, having been responsible for about 4 percent of recent code
changes.Question 20: Who is Larry Ewing?
Correct Answer: The creator of "Tux the penguin," the official Linux mascot
Your Answer: The creator of "Tux the penguin," the official Linux mascot
Ewing drew the affable avian with the first version of the GIMP, back in 1996.