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Practice Test Chapters 1 - 6 True/False
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03/05/2014

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T/F: A multi-tasking operating system is capable of executing more than one program at a time for a user.
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T/F: A single-tasking operating system executes one program at a time for many users.
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T/F: A multi-user operating system is capable of providing services for many users on the system concurrently.
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T/F: In the operating system model the service layer translates the service requests from users/programs and passes them to the kernel layer.
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T/F: The command layer or shell responds to the set of commands that are supported by the operating system.
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T/F: The kernel is the outermost layer of the operating system, and it is the only layer that interacts with the user.
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T/F: ASCII code is one of the code schemes used to represent characters in a byte.
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T/F: Mb is about one million bytes.
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T/F: Gb is about one billion bytes.
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T/F: About 95 percent of the UNIX operating system is written in C language.
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T/F: The utility layer provides the user-interface.
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T/F: The shell program is part of the UNIX kernel.
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T/F: The shell scripts are programs written in C language.
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T/F: The UNIX operating system is available only on mini computers.
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T/F: The two major versions of the UNIX operating system are AT&T's UNIX version V and Berkeley UNIX.
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T/F: UNIX is a multi-user, multi-tasking operating system.
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T/F: UNIX looks at the devices such as printers and terminals as files.
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T/F: You must login to use the system. It means that, in response to prompts you type your user Id and password.
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T/F: You terminate your session by turning off the terminal.
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T/F: Options and arguments are necessary parts of each command.
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T/F: At the end of each command line you must press the return key to signal the completion of your command.
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T/F: UNIX is not case sensitive, and you may type commands in lower or upper case letters.
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T/F: You can change your password as many times as you wish.
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T/F: Only the system administrator can change your password.
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T/F: UNIX is a case-sensitive system and command names are in lower-case.
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T/F: Every command must have at least one argument.
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T/F: The man command is issued to manage the computer resources.
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T/F: Any user can change the system date and time using the date command.
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T/F: Only the system administrator is authorized to change the system time.
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T/F: UNIX provides more than one shell and you can change your current shell to another available shell.
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T/F: The vi editor is the only editor that UNIX supports.
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T/F: The vi editor is considered as a line editor.
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T/F: Some of the basic editing jobs are: Creating files, entering text, deleting text, searching text and modifying text.
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T/F: The vi editor command mode is not case sensitive.
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T/F: You can start the vi without indicating the filename.
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T/F: Pressing the letter i in command mode places the vi in the insert mode (text mode).
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T/F: One way to exit vi is to turn the terminal off.
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T/F: The command I places the text you enter at the beginning of the current line.
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T/F: The vi editor default mode is the command mode.
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T/F: Pressing the Esc key places the vi in the command mode.
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T/F: Pressing the 0 (zero) key in command mode places the cursor in the middle of the page.
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T/F: Entering 2x in command mode deletes 2 lines, starting from letter x.
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T/F: Pressing letter R in command mode makes vi repeat the last command.
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T/F: Pressing letters U or u in text mode makes vi undo the last change/changes.
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T/F: Pressing the $ key in command mode places the cursor at the end of the current line.
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T/F: The directory structure is arranged in levels and is known as a hierarchical structure.
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T/F: Your login name and your home directory name are usually the same.
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T/F: Every UNIX file structures has a root directory named / (slash).
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T/F: Files in your current directory are immediately accessible. Files on the other directories must be identified by their pathnames.
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T/F: Absolute and relative pathnames are the same and indicate the same pathname.
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T/F: If you have just logged in, your home, current or working directories are the same.
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T/F: In UNIX filenames XYZ and xyz are indicating the same filename.
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T/F: In UNIX filename extension is absolutely necessary.
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T/F: The pwd command prints your working directory on the printer.
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T/F: The invisible files are the files that only the owner can see.
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T/F: You can use only one command option at a time on the command line.
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T/F: You can use the vi editor or the cat command to look at the content of a file.
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T/F: The / at the beginning of a pathname stands for the root directory.
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T/F: The name .HIDDEN is an example of a hidden file.
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T/F: Ý (dot) and .. (dot dot) represent the current and a level higher directories respectively.
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T/F: To cancel a print job, you only have to turn the printer off.
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T/F: You can start vi by giving it a list of filenames.
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T/F: You can invoke vi with the -R option to prevent accidental changes.
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T/F: vi lets you read (import) other files into your current editing file.
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T/F: vi lets you save your entire file but not any portion of it.
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T/F: You can copy one or more lines of text from one place in your file to another.
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T/F: The vi editor uses 9 temporary buffers named 1 to 9.
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T/F: The contents of the numbered buffers are out of your reach.
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T/F: The alphabetic buffers and numbered buffers are the same buffers named differently.
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T/F: Line numbers produced by number option become part of your text.
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T/F: To use the vi editor you must have a .exrc file in your home directory.
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T/F: You can run shell commands right from the vi command line.
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T/F: The set command lets you set the vi environment variables.
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T/F: If ignorecase option of the vi is set, everything you type is converted to lower-case letters.
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T/F: view is another name for vi and lets you edit and save your changes.
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T/F: vi provides the capability to abbreviate text.
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T/F: Using the set command while in vi editor will permanently set the vi parameters.
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T/F: vi provides file recovery option.
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T/F: vi provides macro operator that lets you assign key sequences to a single key.
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