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• Which of the following NIS clients returns the name of the NIS server used by the NIS client?
  ক

  ypwhich

  খ

  ypbind

  গ

  ypcat

  ঘ

  yppoll

  ঙ

  None of the above
• Which of the following format of partition tables does Linux use?
  ক

  Linux

  খ

  BSD

  গ

  UnixWare

  ঘ

  DOS

  ঙ

  None of the above
• What command is used to list the jobs currently in print queues?
  ক

  lpq

  খ

  lpr

  গ

  lprm

  ঘ

  lpc

  ঙ

  None of the above
• What command is used to summarize the disk usage?
  ক

  disk

  খ

  du

  গ

  fdisk

  ঘ

  chkdsk

  ঙ

  None of the above
• What command is used to compare the files?
  ক

  ccp

  খ

  du

  গ

  cmp

  ঘ

  comp

  ঙ

  None of the above
• What command is used to assign executable permission to the owner of the file named "letter"?
  ক

  chmod ugo + x letter

  খ

  chmod u + x letter

  গ

  chmod u + w letter

  ঘ

  chmod g + x letter

  ঙ

  None of the above
• What command is used with file named 'letter' to remove the executable permission from the user and assign read permission to the group and others?
  ক

  chmod go + x, u - x letter

  খ

  chmod g - x, uo + r letter

  গ

  chmod go + r, u + x letter

  ঘ

  chmod u - x, go + r letter

  ঙ

  None of the above
• What command is used to assign only read permission to all three categories of the file'letter'?
  ক

  chmod u + r, g + r, o - x letter

  খ

  chmod ugo = r letter

  গ

  chmod a - rw letter

  ঘ

  chmod go + r letter

  ঙ

  None of the above
• What command is used with vi editor to delete three words?
  ক

  3$d

  খ

  3 dw

  গ

  3 x

  ঘ

  3 dd

  ঙ

  None of the above
• What command is used to terminate a process?
  ক

  kill

  খ

  cancel

  গ

  haltsys

  ঘ

  shutdown

  ঙ

  None of the above
• Which of the following command lists the last 10 lines of a file?
  ক

  grep

  খ

  tail

  গ

  head

  ঘ

  cat

  ঙ

  None of the above
• What command do you use to delete a file?
  ক

  rename

  খ

  delete

  গ

  rm

  ঘ

  cp

  ঙ

  None of the above
• What are the appropriate Hex codes for setting Linux swap and Linux native partition types in fdisk?
  ক

  82 and 83

  খ

  92 and 93

  গ

  63 and 64

  ঘ

  82 and 85

  ঙ

  None of the above
• You just added a new user, kara, to the system. What group is kara added to by default?
  ক

  root

  খ

  kara

  গ

  group

  ঘ

  user

  ঙ

  None of the above
• To create an installation boot floppy disk from Linux (or another Unix) machine, what command could you use?
  ক

  fdisk

  খ

  fsck

  গ

  dd

  ঘ

  rawrite

  ঙ

  None of the above
• After you have compiled your kernel, what do you have to edit to boot your new kernel image?
  ক

  /boot/lilo.conf

  খ

  /etc/conf.modules

  গ

  /etc/named.boot

  ঘ

  /etc/lilo.conf

  ঙ

  None of the above
• To build a modularized kernel, the kernel-headers and kernel-source packages must first be installed. Where will you find the kernel-headers and kernel-source?
  ক

  /usr/local

  খ

  /usr/src/linux

  গ

  /usr/sre/redhat

  ঘ

  /usr/bin

  ঙ

  None of the above
• Which of the following command is used to mount NFS filesystems?
  ক

  nfsmount

  খ

  knfsd

  গ

  mount

  ঘ

  All of the above

  ঙ

  None of the above
• What command do you use to add routes to a Linux router?
  ক

  addroute

  খ

  route

  গ

  netstat

  ঘ

  net

  ঙ

  None of the above
• What command is used with vi editor to move the cursor to the left?
  ক

  h

  খ

  k

  গ

  j

  ঘ

  i

  ঙ

  None of the above
• What command is used to display your current working directory?
  ক

  path

  খ

  pwd

  গ

  prompt $p$g

  ঘ

  dir

  ঙ

  None of the above
• What command is used to copy a file?
  ক

  tar

  খ

  cpio

  গ

  cp

  ঘ

  copy

  ঙ

  None of the above
• What shell's wild-card is used to match a single character?
  ক

  ?

  খ

  *

  গ

  None of the above
• Who founded the FSF?
  ক

  Linus Torvalds

  খ

  Richard Stallman

  গ

  Bob Young

  ঘ

  All of the above

  ঙ

  None of the above
• What service is not monitored by inetd ?
  ক

  SSH

  খ

  time

  গ

  ntalk

  ঘ

  finger

  ঙ

  None of the above
• Which program is used to automatically install Red Mat Linux on identical hardware?
  ক

  bzimage.img

  খ

  tar

  গ

  ghost

  ঘ

  mkkickstart

  ঙ

  None of the above
• What can he used to set up a firewall on a Linux system?
  ক

  netstat

  খ

  route

  গ

  trace

  ঘ

  ipchains

  ঙ

  None of the above
• Which of the following tool allows you to change your default X Window desktop?
  ক

  switchdesk

  খ

  intrc

  গ

  xinitre

  ঘ

  Xchange

  ঙ

  None of the above
• What package group will you select during the custom configuration to enable the machine to communicate with Windows clients?
  ক

  SMB (Samba) Connectivity

  খ

  IPX/NetWare Connectivity

  গ

  Dial-up Workstation

  ঘ

  All of the above

  ঙ

  None of the above
• What layer protocol is responsible for user and the application programme support such as passwords, resource sharing, file transfer and network management?
  ক

  Layer 4 protocols

  খ

  Layer 5 protocols

  গ

  Layer 6 protocols

  ঘ

  Layer 7 protocols

  ঙ

  None of the above