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Q. The umask of 002 would produce what default file permissions?

  • (A) -rwxrwxr-x
  • (B) ———x
  • (C) -rw-rw-r–
  • (D) -rwxrwxrw-

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Q. What access rights are required for the /etc/shadow file?

  • (A) -rwxr–r–
  • (B) -r–r—–
  • (C) -rw-rw-r–
  • (D) -r——–

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Q. Which command will immediately shut down a computer running Linux?

  • (A) telinit 0
  • (B) shutdown now
  • (C) telinit 6
  • (D) shutdown

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Q. A new user (Debbie) needs access to the companies Linux system, what must be done so that she can access the system with the userid debbie?
A. useradd debbie
B. group debbie
C. shadow debbie
D. passwd debbie

  • (A) Only A
  • (B) B and C
  • (C) A and D
  • (D) A, C and D

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Q. Which command would give the owner and group of myfile the permissions of read and execute while all others have read access?

  • (A) chmod 662 myfile
  • (B) chmod 331 myfile
  • (C) chmod 554 myfile
  • (D) chmod 003 myfile

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Q. Which command would be used to view a description of the tar utility including the options available for use?

  • (A) help tar
  • (B) man tar
  • (C) grep tar
  • (D) more tar

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Q. The PS1 environment variable is used to define which of the following?

  • (A) signature file
  • (B) shell prompt
  • (C) home directory
  • (D) command path

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Q. Which of the following would change the user’s pwd to their home directory regardless of their current pwd?
A. cd
B. cd ..
C. cd~
D. cd $HOME

  • (A) A and B
  • (B) B and C
  • (C) C and D
  • (D) A, C and D

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Q. Which of the following directories is used to store system utilities used by the superuser?

  • (A) /etc
  • (B) /root
  • (C) /sbin
  • (D) /usr/local

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Q. Where are the user shells assigned?

  • (A) LILO
  • (B) /etc/profile
  • (C) /etc/passwd
  • (D) /etc/skel

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