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  1. LILO

  2. A.

     stands for Linux loader

    B.

     is the Linux boot loader

    C.

     is a tool used to boot the Kernel on x86 hardware

    D.

     All of the above

    E.

     None of the above


  3. How can you rebuild the RPM file to include the new patches?

  4. A.

     - - recompile

    B.

     - - rebuild

    C.

     - - generate

    D.

     - - execute

    E.

     None of the above


  5. What command is used to set user and group quotas?

  6. A.

     /sbin/usrquota

    B.

     /sbin/edquota

    C.

     /sbin/quotaon

    D.

     /sbin/quota

    E.

     None of the above


  7. NIS

  8. A.

     is Network Information Service

    B.

     is a simple directory service whose main purpose is to allow remote authentication of systems on local network systems

    C.

     was formerly known as yellow pages

    D.

     allows configuration-such as password and group files

    E.

     None of the above


  9. 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)?

  10. A.

     2GB

    B.

     128MB

    C.

     64MB

    D.

     32MB

    E.

     None of the above


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

  12. A.

     /etc/mount.sys

    B.

     /etc/filesys

    C.

     /etc/sysconfig

    D.

     /etc/fstab

    E.

     None of the above


  13. Who has developed the Linux?

  14. A.

     Bob Young

    B.

     Mark Eving

    C.

     Richard Stallman

    D.

     Linus Torvalds

    E.

     None of the above


  15. What does OSS stand for?

  16. A.

     Open System Software

    B.

     Original Source Software

    C.

     Open Source Software

    D.

     Original System Server

    E.

     None of the above


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

  18. A.

     /dev

    B.

     /bin

    C.

     /etc

    D.

     /home

    E.

     None of the above


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

  20. A.

     /dev

    B.

     /bin

    C.

     /etc

    D.

     /home

    E.

     None of the above