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Q. Which command is used to view and manage disk partitions interactively?

  • (A) fdisk
  • (B) diskman
  • (C) mount
  • (D) lsblk

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Q. Which option with the 'rm' command is used to prompt before every removal?

  • (A) -f
  • (B) -i
  • (C) -r
  • (D) -p

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Q. Which command will compress files using bzip2 compression?

  • (A) gzip
  • (B) zip
  • (C) bzip2
  • (D) compress

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Q. Which of the following commands will change the hostname of a Linux machine?

  • (A) change-hostname
  • (B) hostnamectl set-hostname
  • (C) sethost
  • (D) hostctl

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Q. What does the 'alias' command do?

  • (A) Creates symbolic links
  • (B) Changes file ownership
  • (C) Assigns shortcuts to commands
  • (D) Changes shell

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Q. Which command is used to find the location of a command binary?

  • (A) whereis
  • (B) which
  • (C) locate
  • (D) find

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Q. Which file is used to configure network interfaces in older Debian systems?

  • (A) /etc/network/interfaces
  • (B) /etc/netconfig
  • (C) /etc/networking
  • (D) /etc/inet/interfaces

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Q. What does the 'export' command do in Linux?

  • (A) Exports files to another directory
  • (B) Exports variables to the environment
  • (C) Creates archive backups
  • (D) Transfers files over the network

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Q. Which option with 'grep' makes the search case-insensitive?

  • (A) -i
  • (B) -c
  • (C) -v
  • (D) -n

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Q. Which command shows real-time log updates?

  • (A) view /var/log/syslog
  • (B) tail -f /var/log/syslog
  • (C) cat /var/log/syslog
  • (D) read /var/log/syslog

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