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1. Who wrote Linux Kernel?
A. Richard Stallman
B. Brian Kernighan
C. Linus Torvalds
D. Dennis Ritchie
2. Maximum number of processes exists in Linux system?
A. 16384
B. 1024
C. 2048
D. 32768
3. SSH stands for _____.
A. Super Shell
B. Synchronous Shell
C. Secure Shell
D. System Shell
4. What is the linux mascot?
A. Elephant
B. Hat
C. Penguin
D. Gecko
5. What makes up a Linux kernel?
A. Gnome
B. Base Kernel
C. Kernel Modules
D. B & C
6. Which is a Linux ‘Desktop Environment’?
A. KDE
B. Gnome
C. XFCe
D. All of these
7. GRUB stands for?
A. GNU Released UNIX Booter
B. Gentoo’s Regular Booter
C. Grand Unified Boot Loader
D. Great UNIX Boot Loader
8. Ubuntu is based on…
A. Gentoo
B. Slackware
C. Fedora
D. Debian
9. Fedora Linux uses _____ packages.
A. rpm
B. deb
C. deb_src
D. ebuild
10. Which firewall is most commonly used on Linux?
A. ipfw
B. iptables
C. pf
D. ipchains
11. LVM is…
A. Light Video Manager
B. Logical Volume Manager
C. Linux Volume Manager
D. Linux Video Manager
12. Which of the following is not an editor?
A. vi
B. expr
C. ex
D. emacs
13. The Linux OS is not affected by malware.
A. False
B. True
14. Which is the core of the operating system?
A. Shell
B. Script
C. Commands
D. Kernel
15. Maximum how long can a Linux filename be?
A. 32 Bytes
B. 64 Bytes
C. 128 Bytes
D. 255 Bytes
16. System structure of Linux is?
A. Monolithic Kernel
B. UNIX
C. Microsoft Windows
D. Window Vista
17. FSF stand for?
A. First Serve First
B. Free Software Foundation
C. Free Software File
D. None of the above
18. The OS which is not based on Linux is?
A. Redhat
B. BSD
C. CentOs
D. Ubuntu
19. File name that handle interrupts in Linux is
A. Access file
B. Control file
C. Proc interrupts file
D. Interrupts file
20. Which command is used to remove files?
A. erase
B. rm
C. dm
D. delete