Unix Operating System Set 2

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This set of Unix Operating System Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Unix Operating System Set 2

Q1 | The command cal j 1997 would give the output as
  • the calendar of jan, june and july 1997
  • only calendar of jan 1997
  • an error
  • none of the above
Answer: an error
Q2 | The output of command banner “Unix shell programming” would be
  • a banner showing ‘unix’,’shell’ and ‘programming’ words displayed in separate lines
  • a banner showing ‘unix shell’ in one single line
  • nothing
  • a banner showing ‘unix shell programming’ in one line.
Answer: a banner showing ‘unix shell’ in one single line
Q3 | To see the last access time of various files in a file system the command is
  • is-iu
  • is-i
  • is-acc
  • is-mt
Answer: is-iu
Q4 | To ascertain what are the contents of the file in your the system the best way would be
  • do a cat command on each file and find its contents
  • use the command cat*
  • use the command file*
  • none of the above
Answer: use the command file*
Q5 | Which of these is not a command of Unix related with DOS
  • dosdir a:proj
  • doscopy trial a:/
  • doscp/home/proj/prg a:/
  • dosls
Answer: doscopy trial a:/
Q6 | Which of following commands do not belong to multiple file editing commands
  • :n!
  • :q!
  • :rnew!
  • all the above
Answer: all the above
Q7 | The difference between the commands ps –e and ps –a is
  • ps –e gives details of every process running in memory whereas ps –a gives output for all the process that you have launched
  • ps –e gives details of every process running in memory whereas ps –a gives details of all user processes
  • no difference , both give same output
  • none of the above
Answer: ps –e gives details of every process running in memory whereas ps –a gives details of all user processes
Q8 | The father of all processes is
  • root
  • sh
  • sched
  • init
Answer: sched
Q9 | The process id numbers of the processes vhand,bdflush,sched and init are
  • 1,2,3 and 4
  • 2,3,0 and 1
  • 3,4,1 and 2
  • 0,1,2 and 3
Answer: 2,3,0 and 1
Q10 | Which of the following is not true regarding the command $ nohup cat *.let | nohup sort >f1 &
  • the process would die if the user logs out before the command’s execution is over
  • if the user logs out the output of sort would be dtored in a file nohup.out
  • it is optional to give nohup before sort
  • this background process is also known as a deamon process
Answer: the process would die if the user logs out before the command’s execution is over
Q11 | Which of the following is not true regards the kill command
  • super user can kill deamon processes
  • for sure kill the signal no is 9
  • there is no surety that the shell process will get killed by the command kill
  • using kill command you can kill other user’s processes too
Answer: super user can kill deamon processes
Q12 | Which of the following is not true
  • the at command permits you to receive messages only by mail
  • a person’s login name appears in the file at.allow if he is not allowed to use the at command
  • both are false
  • both are true
Answer: both are false
Q13 | For a person to receive messages he should have his terminal set to a parameter which will allow him receive messages.The command to set this parameter is
  • message –on
  • msg –o
  • mesg –y
  • message–y
Answer: mesg –y
Q14 | If the user has read a news item he cannot read it again because of creation of the file
  • _news_time
  • news.time
  • .news.time
  • .news_time
Answer: .news_time
Q15 | To read the stale news the option available is
  • news –a
  • delete the file /usr/news
  • delete the file _news.time
  • delete the file .news_time
Answer: news –a
Q16 | The message of the day is stored in a file called
  • /etc/profile
  • /etc/motv
  • .profile
  • autoexec.bat
Answer: /etc/motv
Q17 | The incoming mail of user with the login name aa12 is stored in the file
  • /usr/spool/mail/aa12
  • /usr/aa12/mbox
  • /spool/mail/aa12
  • /usr/aa12/.mbox
Answer: /usr/spool/mail/aa12
Q18 | .mailrc is the file
  • which stores the incoming mail
  • which is used to type the mail to be sent
  • which is invoked when the mail command is executed
  • which permits you to customize the vi environment
Answer: which is invoked when the mail command is executed
Q19 | The escape sequence \033[4m is used to
  • underlying characters
  • mark them as bold
  • display them in reverse video
  • none of the above
Answer: mark them as bold
Q20 | Which of the following assignments is illegal
  • a=’ls’
  • b=’ls –l’
  • c=’1972’
  • d=’who | grepaal’
Answer: c=’1972’
Q21 | Which of the following assignment is illegal
  • a=’cat file’
  • a=100 b=50
  • age=25
  • all the above
Answer: age=25
Q22 | A null variable a can be created using
  • a=
  • a=’’
  • a=””
  • all the above
Answer: all the above
Q23 | The shell metacharacter $# represents
  • total number of arguments supplied to the shell script
  • total number of files in the current directory
  • total number of users who have logged in
  • total number of processes running in the background
Answer: total number of arguments supplied to the shell script
Q24 | When we are executing a shell script the shell acts as
  • an interpreter
  • a compiler
  • an operating system
  • none of the above
Answer: an interpreter
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