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  1. In order to increase the amount of memory available for a system, what is the maximum size of a swap partition (with kernel version 2.2.x)?

  2. A.

     2GB

    B.

     128MB

    C.

     64MB

    D.

     32MB

    E.

     None of the above


  3. Which file is used to configure which filesystems are mounted?

  4. A.

     /etc/mount.sys

    B.

     /etc/filesys

    C.

     /etc/sysconfig

    D.

     /etc/fstab

    E.

     None of the above


  5. Who has developed the Linux?

  6. A.

     Bob Young

    B.

     Mark Eving

    C.

     Richard Stallman

    D.

     Linus Torvalds

    E.

     None of the above


  7. What does OSS stand for?

  8. A.

     Open System Software

    B.

     Original Source Software

    C.

     Open Source Software

    D.

     Original System Server

    E.

     None of the above


  9. Which of the following subdirectory(ies) contains the device files?

  10. A.

     /dev

    B.

     /bin

    C.

     /etc

    D.

     /home

    E.

     None of the above


  11. Which of the following subdirectory(ies) contains the system boot scripts.

  12. A.

     /dev

    B.

     /bin

    C.

     /etc

    D.

     /home

    E.

     None of the above


  13. What of the following tool is used to check and repair Linux file systems?

  14. A.

     mkfs

    B.

     fdisk

    C.

     fsck

    D.

     mount

    E.

     None of the above


  15. Which of the following tool is used to partition your hard drive?

  16. A.

     mkfs

    B.

     fdisk

    C.

     fsck

    D.

     mount

    E.

     None of the above


  17. Where can system and mail logs be found in Ret Hat Linux?

  18. A.

     /var/log

    B.

     /etc/log

    C.

     /mail

    D.

     All of the above

    E.

     None of the above


  19. What command is used to display and create files?

  20. A.

     lyrix

    B.

     ed

    C.

     vi

    D.

     cat

    E.

     None of the above