IT Fundamental Quiz 3

In a linked list, to reach the 5th block, how many links do you have to follow?

• 0

• 2

• 1

• 5

• 4

A hard link in a file system points at the file while a soft link points at a file’s directory entry.

• True

• False

The /proc top level directory is different from most other Linux top level directories because it ...

• ... is writeable by both root and all users.

• ... never changes so it never has to be backed up.

• ... is not stored on disk but instead stored in memory.

• None of the above: there is nothing different about /proc from other top-level directories.

• ... is only used if your computer has multiple processors.

In Linux, the system administrator’s home directory is stored under ...

• /bin

• /sbin

• /sys

• /home

• /root

Which of the following tasks would not be possible for a system administrator to do on the file system?

• Mount and unmount specific partitions

• Establish disk quotas

• Encrypt portions of the file system

• All of the above are possible.

• Add remote storage to be accessed over network

If a hard disk contains 4 platters, how many read/write heads will the hard disk contain?

• 16

• 4

• 8

• 1

• 2

The zip and tar programs can be used to create ...

• ... archives.

• ... partitions.

• ... lossy compressed files.

• ... directories.

• ... copies of files.

In Linux, devices like the disk drives, USB drives, network devices and monitor are treated as files. These “files” are stored under which directory?

• /mnt

• /sbin

• /etc

• /dev

• /bin

The surface of a hard disk is broken into which types of regions?

• sectors and blocks

• blocks (only)

• blocks and partitions

• tracks and segments

• tracks and sectors

In both Windows and Linux, partitions are denoted by using different letters as in C: and D:.

• True

• False