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You copy a file to Bob's home directory that Bob needs to revise. However, when Bob attempts to open the file he is unsuccessful. What command do you need to use to give Bob ownershiop of the file?		View Answer
You issue the command ls -l memos and get the following output -rw-rw-r-- 1 bob users 17249 Sep 7 10:08 accounting -rw-rw-r-- 1 bob users 7202 Sep 17 9:10 administration -rw-rw-r-- 1 root users 13367 Sep 1 12:58 humres -rw-rw-r-- 1 bob users 9449 Sep 22 7:34 sales Bob opens the humres file and makes changes, however, he is unable to save the file after making changes. What is the problem? Choose one: a. Bob is not a member of the users group and only has read access. b. Bob's quota has been exceeded. c. Only the owner of a file can make changes to it. d. The file humres is corrupted and he needs to save his changes to another file.		View Answer
How does the locate and find commands differ in their method of searching? Choose one: a. locate uses the locatedb database and find searches the directory tree. b. find uses the finddb database and locate searches the directory tree. c. find searches the directory tree and the locate command only searches known directories. d. Both locate and find searches the directory tree.		View Answer
You need to locate a file called salesdata that one of your user's created in his home directory but you do not know which one. How could you use the find command to locate this file?		View Answer
You wish to create a link to the /data directory in bob's home directory so you issue the command ln /data /home/bob/datalink but the command fails. What option should you use in this command line to be successful.		View Answer
You have two files in two different directories with the same inode. What type of link is involved?		View Answer
You have a file called salesdata and create symbolic links to it in bob's home directory. Bob calls you and says that his link no longer works. How can you fix the link? Choose one: a. The file salesdata has been deleted. You will have to restore it from a backup. b. You will need to delete the symbolic link in bob's directory and recreate it. c. Rename the link in bob's directory to salesdata.lnk. d. Change the owner of the link in bob's directory and change the permissions to give others read and write permissions.		View Answer
You have a large spreadsheet located in the /data directory that five different people need to be able to change. How can you enable each user to edit the spreadsheet from their individual home directories? Choose one: a. Create a symbolic link in the /data directory. b. Copy the spreadsheet to each user's home directory. c. Create a hard link in each user's home directory. d. Create a script to move the spreadsheet to which ever user's home directory who needs to edit it.		View Answer
What command should you use to check the number of files and disk space used and each user's defined quotas?		View Answer
You have set quotas for all your users but half of your users are using more space than they have been allotted. Which of the following could be the problem? Choose one: a. You have too many users on your system. b. Users' home directories are located on two different partitions. c. Your kernel does not support setting disk quotas. d. You did not turn quotas on with the quotaon command.		View Answer
One of your users calls to tell you that he cannot save a new file he has created in his home directory. You check his disk quota and find that he is using less than 50 percent of the space he is allotted. What could be the problem? Choose one: a. He is presently a member of a group that has exceeded its disk space quota. b. He has not named the file correctly. c. The system is corrupt. d. He needs to specify the absolute path when naming the file.		View Answer
After copying a file to a floppy disk, what should you do before removing the disk?		View Answer
What is contained in the directory /proc? Choose one: a. System information b. Administrative procedures c. Boot procedures d. Documentation on your system		View Answer
You use the mount -a command to mount all your filesystems, however, you cannot access your CD-ROM. What could be the problem? Choose one: a. The CD-ROM is not defined in the fstab file. b. The CD-ROM cannot be mounted using the mount -a command. c. The command mount -a is not a valid command. d. The correct syntax to mount all filesystems is mount fstab.		View Answer
You want to make it possible for your users to mount floppy disks. What do you need to do? Choose one: a. Tell your users the password for root as floppies can only be mounted by root. b. Edit the mtab file and add the user option on the floppy entry. c. Edit the fstab file and add the ro option on the floppy entry. d. Edit the fstab file and add the user option on the floppy entry.		View Answer
You have a new application on a CD-ROM that you wish to install. What should your first step be? Choose one: a. Read the installation instructions on the CD-ROM. b. Use the mount command to mount your CD-ROM as read-write. c. Use the umount command to access your CD-ROM. d. Use the mount command to mount your CD-ROM as read-only.		View Answer
You issue the command mount without any options and the following output is displayed /dev/hda1 on / type ext2 (rw) none on /proc type proc (rw) /dev/hda9 on /home type ext2 (rw) /dev/hda7 on /tmp type ext2 (rw) /dev/hda5 on /usr type ext2 (rw) /dev/hda6 on /var type ext2 (rw) What does this output mean? Choose one: a. This is a listing of all the available filesystems that may be mounted on your system and is taken from the /etc/fstab file. b. This is a listing of all the mounted filesystems on your system and is taken from the /etc/mtab file. c. This is a listing of all the available filesystems that may be mounted on your system and is taken from the /etc/mtab file. d. This is a listing of all the mounted filesystems on your system and is taken from the /etc/fstab file.		View Answer
You have a file called docs.Z but do not know what it is. What is the easiest way to look at the contents of the file? Choose one: a. Use zcat to display its contents. b. Use uncompress to expand the file and then use emacs to display the files contents. c. Copy the file to a floppy disk and uncompress it under Windows. d. Use tar -xt to display the file's contents.		View Answer
You created a tarfile called myfiles.tar containing copies of all the files in your home directory. In order to save space you compress this file using gzip. After completing the operation, you do a listing of the contents of the directory to see how much smaller the compressed file is. How can you use the information from the listing to determine the percentage of compression? Choose one: a. Only the compressed file will be listed and not the tarfile. b. Divide the reported size of the tarfile by the reported size of the compressed file. c. Neither the tarfile nor the compressed file are listed as they are both moved to another directory by default. d. Divide the reported size of the compressed file by the reported size of the tarfile.		View Answer
You are using tar to create a tarfile of the files contained in the /home/bob/memos directory. After making the /home/bob/memos directory your working directory, which of the following commands will create the file? Choose one: a. tar cf memos.tar . b. tar xf memos.tar . c. tar cf memos.tar /home/bob/memos d. tar xf memos.tar /home/bob/memos		View Answer