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What is Unix?

1. Unix is a programming language

2. Unix is a software program

3. Unix is an operating system

4. Unix is a text editor

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The Unix shell is both _______ and _______ language.

1. scripting, interpreter

2. high level, low level

3. interactive, responsive

4. interpreter, executing

✅ Correct Answer: 1

In which language UNIX is written?

1. C++

2. C

3. JAVA

4. Python

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following is the first UNIX editor?

1. vi

2. emacs

3. ed

4. ed

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following is not a feature of Unix?

1. multiuser

2. easy to use

3. multitasking

4. portability

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following is not true about Unix?

1. UNIX was not written in â€˜Câ€™ language

2. Linux is also known as a version of UNIX

3. A user can run multiple programs at the same time; hence UNIX is called a multitasking environment

4. Many people can use a UNIX based computer at the same time; hence UNIX is called as a multiuser system

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which editor is used by the Unix system to edit files?

1. word

2. notepad++

3. vi

4. notepad

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following is not a part of all the versions of Unix?

1. System Calls

2. Graphical user interface

3. Kernel and Shell

4. Commands and utilities

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which part of the Unix operating system interacts with the hardware?

1. Application program

2. Vi editor

3. Shell

4. Kernel

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which command is used to display the documentation of commands in Unix?

1. man

2. whatis

3. help

4. search

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which Unix command is used for changing the current directory?

1. pwd

2. rm

3. cd

4. cp

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which command is used for printing the current working directory?

1. dir

2. HOME

3. cd

4. pwd

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which command is used for listing files in a directory?

1. list

2. ls

3. wc

4. ps

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which command is used by the user to change their login password in Unix?

1. cp

2. man

3. reset

4. passwd

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which command is used for displaying the contents of a file in Unix?

1. mkdir

2. cat

3. rm

4. cp

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which command is used to compress files?

1. gzip

2. gunzip

3. comm

4. cmp

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which command is used for displaying the beginning of a file in Unix?

1. lp

2. begin

3. pr

4. head

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which symbol is used with the tail command to print the file from the selected line? d)

1. %%

2. ^

3. +

4. â€“

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which command is used to delete all files in a directory?

1. del *

2. rm *

3. mv *

4. rmdir *

✅ Correct Answer: 2

echo command is used for _________

1. displaying diagnostic messages

2. displaying date and time

3. displaying errors

4. displaying operating system details

✅ Correct Answer: 1

What is the function of cp command in Unix?

1. delete a given file

2. change the directory

3. list all the available files in the current directory

4. cp is a command used for copying files and directories

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which command is used for removing/deleting files in Unix?

1. rm

2. mv

3. rmdir

4. del

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which command is used for renaming files in Unix?

1. rename

2. move

3. mv

4. cp

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which command is used for comparing two files?

1. comp

2. cmp

3. comm

4. diff

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which Unix command is used for counting words, lines, and characters in a file?

1. wc

2. man

3. count

4. diff

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which command is used for saving and quitting the vi editor simultaneously?

1. â€˜:xâ€™

2. :f

3. :q

4. :w

✅ Correct Answer: 1

How can we escape to the UNIX shell without quitting vi editor?

1. using â€˜:shâ€™ command and using ctrl-Z

2. using â€˜:shâ€™ command

3. using ctrl-Z

4. using ctrl-D

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following files are known as special files in Unix?

1. /dev/null

2. sample.txt

3. /dev/null and /dev/tty

4. /dev/tty

✅ Correct Answer: 3

What is the output of the following Unix command? $ wc -c *.c

1. size of each .c file

2. total size of .c files

3. erroneous

4. undefined

✅ Correct Answer: 2

In Unix, for what purpose bc command is used?

1. for copying files

2. as a process table viewer

3. as an editor

4. as a calculator

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which process is immediately set up by the kernel when we log on to a Unix system?

1. System

2. bash

3. shell

4. parent

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which command shows some attributes of a process?

1. HOME

2. ps

3. $$

4. pid

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following system call is used for creating a new process in Unix?

1. new

2. wait

3. read

4. fork

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which Unix command is used for locating files?

1. type

2. loc

3. find

4. search

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which command is used for preparing a file for printing?

1. pr

2. print

3. cat

4. cd

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which command is used for sorting a file on specified fields?

1. pr

2. cut

3. tail

4. sort

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which Unix command is used for locating repeated and non-repeated lines?

1. cut

2. paste

3. uniq

4. sort

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which command is used for translating characters?

1. paste

2. tr

3. trans

4. sort

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following command will be used for searching â€œdirectorâ€ in emp.lst?

1. grep â€œdirectorâ€ emp.lst

2. grep -director emp.lst

3. grep -v â€œdirectorâ€ emp.lst

4. grep â€œdirectorâ€

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following command is used for searching for a pattern in one or more file(s)?

1. paste

2. grep

3. cd

4. cp

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following commands is known as stream editor?

1. grep

2. tr

3. sed

4. td

✅ Correct Answer: 3

What is a shell script?

1. group of functions

2. a file containing a series of commands

3. a file containing special symbols

4. group of commands

✅ Correct Answer: 2

To run the script, we should make it executable first by using _____

1. chmod +w

2. chmod +rwx

3. chmod +x

4. chmod +r

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which command is used to find out the consumption of a specific directory?

1. mem

2. dv

3. du

4. df

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which filter apart from perl, is the most powerful?

1. awk

2. grep

3. cut

4. sed

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which filter apart from perl, is the most powerful?

1. awk

2. grep

3. cut

4. sed

✅ Correct Answer: 1

For running a Unix command within awk, weâ€™ve to use ____ function.

1. split

2. system

3. substr

4. length

✅ Correct Answer: 2

To extract specific columns from a file ____ command is used.

1. cut

2. pr

3. head

4. tail

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following cannot be performed by cat command?

1. appending files

2. deleting files

3. creating files

4. displaying files

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What is the default delimiter used by the cut command for cutting fields?

1. space

2. underscore

3. tab

4. double tab

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following is not an internal command used by mailx?

1. d

2. N

3. a

4. q

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which command is used for printing the current working directory?

1. HOME

2. cd

3. pwd

4. dir

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which command is used for changing the current directory?

1. cd

2. cp

3. pwd

4. rm

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which command is used for creating directories?

1. rmdir

2. mkdir

3. cd

4. cp

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which command is used for creating directories?

1. rmdir

2. mkdir

3. cd

4. cp

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What does the following command do? $ mkdir dir dir/dir_01/dir_02

1. create dir, dir_01 and dir_02

2. creates dir_02

3. creates dir only

4. throws an error

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Sometimes we are unable to create a directory because ______________

1. the directory may already exist in the current directory

2. there may be an ordinary file by the same name in the current directory

3. the permissions set for the current directory does not allow the creation

4. the directory may exist, there may be an ordinary file, the permissions set for the current directory does not allow the creation

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which command is used for removing an empty directory?

1. mkdir

2. rmdir

3. del

4. remove

✅ Correct Answer: 2

If rmdir dir001 fails, what could be the reason(s)?

1. dir001 doesnâ€™t exist

2. dir001 is not empty

3. permissions of dir001 doesnâ€™t allow to remove it

4. dir001 doesnâ€™t exist, dir001 is not empty and permissions of dir001 doesnâ€™t allow to remove it

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following keys is used to replace a single character with new text?

1. S

2. s

3. r

4. C

✅ Correct Answer: 2

$ cp file_01 . copies the file named file_01 in ____ directory

1. current

2. parent

3. root

4. user

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The output of the following command is __________ $ cp abd/ .user_06

1. copies .user_06 file in current directory

2. copies .user_06 file in parent directory of directory named abd

3. undefined behaviour

4. erroneous output

✅ Correct Answer: 1

For moving two level up in the file hierarchy system using cd command once, we separates ( . . ) by which symbol?

1. ?

2. $

3. *

4. /

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which command is used for listing files in a directory?

1. ps

2. list

3. ls

4. wc

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which option is used with ls command for long listing of files with seven attributes?

1. -a

2. -l

3. -x

4. -i

✅ Correct Answer: 2