Linux Commands and Concepts Quiz

An ideal place for a regular user (not a super user), to place their shell scripts would be:

• /sbin

• /home/john/bin

• /usr/local/sbin

• /bin

Password aging policy for individual users can be set using the command.

• corge

• chage

• change

• charge

If no desktop environment is installed, which of the following display managers is likely to be used?

• lightdm

• kdm

• xdm

• gdm

The command is used to display the value of a specific variable.

• value

• var

• echo

• set

Which script is executed when you exit the shell?

• /etc/bashrc

• ~/.bash_profile

• ~/.bashrc

• ~/.bash_logout

The _ command can be used to display group membership for a particular user.

• groups
• whoami
• members
• users

The chage command cannot be used to:

• Delete a user

• Update information related to password expiry

• View password aging policies

• Enforce a password changing and expiry policy for specific user accounts

Which command is used to list all available locales on the system?

• locale

• locale -l

• locale –A

• locale –a

Which environment variable is used to find the time zone?

• TZ

• SYSTIME

• TIME

• TZONE

Which of the following commands can be used to view the current contents of a crontab file?

• crontab –l

• crontab –p

• crontab –r

• crontab –v