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Unix Administration interview questions part 1
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Total Questions: 20
1. Which command can give disk usage summary?
A. chkdsk
B. fdisk
C. du
D. df
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Correct Answer is :
du
2. Following file contains the encrypted password of the users.
A. /etc/passwd
B. /etc/shadow
C. /etc/gshadow
D. /etc/user.conf
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Correct Answer is :
/etc/shadow
3. Choose the correct from below to search for lines beginning with the pattern using grep.
A. ^pattern
B. pattern^
C. $pattern
D. pattern$
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Correct Answer is :
^pattern
4. How can you execute ‘date’ command staying within vi editor?
A. !date
B. :!date
C. :>date
D. Noe of the above
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Correct Answer is :
:!date
5. Identify the command to remove a directory from directory stack.
A. pushd
B. popd
C. eject
D. enqueue
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Correct Answer is :
popd
6. The system administrator is also known as _____
A. master user
B. superuser
C. root user
D. master and super user
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Correct Answer is :
master and super user
7. Which of the following functionalities is carried by the root user?
A. managing disk space
B. performing backup
C. changing attributes of a file
D. managing disk space, performing backup, changing attributes of a file
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Correct Answer is :
managing disk space, performing backup, changing attributes of a file
8. What is the login name of system administrator?
A. root
B. su
C. master
D. admin
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Correct Answer is :
root
9. What is the prompt for system administrator?
A. $
B. %
C. #
D. &
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Correct Answer is :
#
10. When we log in as root user we are placed in ____
A. /bin
B. /root
C. /system
D. /admin
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Correct Answer is :
/root
11. The PATH for superuser doesn’t include current directory.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
C.
D.
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Correct Answer is :
TRUE
12. Which command is used for acquiring superuser status?
A. pu
B. su
C. admn
D. super
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Correct Answer is :
su
13. Which of the following is used for creating user’s environment?
A. su
B. su –
C. -su
D. su – –
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Correct Answer is :
su –
14. User’s environment mode created using su – is terminated using ____
A. ctrl-v
B. ctrl-q
C. ctrl-d
D. ctrl-f
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Correct Answer is :
ctrl-d
15. Which command is used by the system administrator to set the date of the system?
A. dt
B. su
C. date
D. chdt
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Correct Answer is :
date
16. ____ command allows superuser to communicate with users.
A. comm
B. cron
C. date
D. wall
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Correct Answer is :
wall
17. ____ command is used for setting limits on file size.
A. limit
B. flimit
C. ulimit
D. flim
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Correct Answer is :
ulimit
18. The access to the use of at and batch is restricted and controlled by ___ and ____
A. at.allow, batch.allow
B. at.allow, at.deny
C. at.allow , batch.deny
D. batch. deny, batch.allow
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Correct Answer is :
at.allow, at.deny
19. If both at.allow and at.deny are not present, only the system administrator can access at and batch command.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
C.
D.
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Correct Answer is :
TRUE
20. ____ command is used by the superuser for changing root’s password.
A. pd
B. password
C. pswd
D. pwd
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Correct Answer is :
pswd
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