Unix interview questions part 1
Unix interview questions part 1
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Total Questions: 20
1. Which command is used to change your password?
Correct Answer is : passwd
2. Which command will display a calendar?
Correct Answer is : cal
3. Which command can be used to display the contents of a file on the screen?
Correct Answer is : cat
4. Which command allows you to determine if a host is connected to the Internet?
Correct Answer is : ping
5. Which command would you use to create a sub-directory in your home directory?
Correct Answer is : mkdir
6. Pathname is a sequence of symbols and directories indicating the location of a file.
Correct Answer is : TRUE
7. What is a relative pathname?
Correct Answer is : pathname relative to parent and current directory
8. Which of the following cryptic symbols are used in relative pathname?
Correct Answer is : ( . ) and ( . . )
9. $ cd . . is used to move ___ level up in the file hierarchy.
Correct Answer is : one
10. $ cp file_01 . copies the file named file_01 in ____ directory
Correct Answer is : current
11. cd /bin/user/directory/abc is an example of relative pathname.
Correct Answer is : FALSE
12. The output of $HOME is an example of absolute pathname.
Correct Answer is : TRUE
13. The output of the following command is __________ $ cp abd/ .user_06
Correct Answer is : copies .user_06 file in current directory
14. For moving two level up in the file hierarchy system using cd command once, we separates ( . . ) by which symbol?
Correct Answer is : /
15. Every file system has a directory structure headed by ____
Correct Answer is : root
16. Every file is associated with a table which contains all possible information about a file, that table is called as _________
Correct Answer is : inode
17. Which of the following is not a content of inode?
Correct Answer is : file name
18. Which of the following is not stored in inode?
Correct Answer is : file name and inode number
19. Which option is used with ls command for knowing the inode number of the file?
Correct Answer is : -i
20. Two files can have a same inode number in the same file system.
Correct Answer is : FALSE
