Chapter 8 LINUX Answers
1. You have obtained a new utility, called watchit, to monitor security on your computer, and you decide to run the utility in the background. Normally, to start the utility you would enter watchit at the command line.Which of the following commands enables you to start and run this utility in the background?
b. watchit&
2. You’ve obtained over a hundred large graphics files to use in publications, but you want to be sure there is enough available disk space on your computer to store these files.Which of the following commands should you use?
a. df
3. Your company is launching a marketing campaign, and to start, you’ve created a file called promotion in normal uppercase and lowercase letters that will be used to place text for ads on the Internet and in newspapers.When you show the promotional text to your boss, she is curious about how it would look in all uppercase letters for emphasis.Which of the following commands enables you to convert the text and save the result to the file, promotion_uppercase?
d. dd if=promotion of=promotion_uppercase conv=ucase
4. Which of the following can you restore from a backup tape made via the dump command? (Choose all that apply.)
a. a file
b. a partition of directories and files
c. a directory
d. a subdirectory
5. Your network has a combination of Linux and MicrosoftWindows computers.There is aWindows server that offers shared files for clients to access.Which of the following enables you to access the shared files from your Linux computer?
c. Samba
6. You help manage the Linux server for your department. Right now the server has no protection against power failures and there have been several power failures recently.To help make your case for a power protection device, you want to keep track of the amount of time the server has been running since the last power outage that caused it to go down.What command enables you to track how long the server has been up?
b. uptime
7. You’ve purchased a new program for your
b. watchit&
2. You’ve obtained over a hundred large graphics files to use in publications, but you want to be sure there is enough available disk space on your computer to store these files.Which of the following commands should you use?
a. df
3. Your company is launching a marketing campaign, and to start, you’ve created a file called promotion in normal uppercase and lowercase letters that will be used to place text for ads on the Internet and in newspapers.When you show the promotional text to your boss, she is curious about how it would look in all uppercase letters for emphasis.Which of the following commands enables you to convert the text and save the result to the file, promotion_uppercase?
d. dd if=promotion of=promotion_uppercase conv=ucase
4. Which of the following can you restore from a backup tape made via the dump command? (Choose all that apply.)
a. a file
b. a partition of directories and files
c. a directory
d. a subdirectory
5. Your network has a combination of Linux and MicrosoftWindows computers.There is aWindows server that offers shared files for clients to access.Which of the following enables you to access the shared files from your Linux computer?
c. Samba
6. You help manage the Linux server for your department. Right now the server has no protection against power failures and there have been several power failures recently.To help make your case for a power protection device, you want to keep track of the amount of time the server has been running since the last power outage that caused it to go down.What command enables you to track how long the server has been up?
b. uptime
7. You’ve purchased a new program for your