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What to Study for the Fourth Unix Test
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-IAN! idallen@ncf.ca

The Fourth (Final) Unix Test takes place in the last part of your Lab
period in Week 10 of the course.

The test is 105 minutes long.  I will hand out the test sheets five
minutes after the class starts.  The test is worth 30% of your term mark.

The test covers Chapters 1-5, 7, 8, 10, and 11 in the Linux text, with
emphasis on Chapters 10 and 11.  (Omit Chapters 6 and 9.)  I will not
have time to cover topics in Chapter 14 or 15 this term.

The test also covers web page "Notes" files for Weeks 1-7 and the
Chapter notes files and Floppix labs mentioned in those weekly files.
You need to know how to write the Script Header given in the Week 7 notes.

Comments, exit codes, and programming style (as given in the Week 7 notes)
will be considered when your scripts are marked.

What you must bring to the test:

 1. You will need your Floppix diskettes (and your backup copies).
    You must know how to boot Floppix with DHCP enabled.

 2. You will need a pencil to write in answers to multiple-choice questions.

 3. You will need your Linux textbook.

 4. Your name and EMail must be registered with me before the test, using
    the registration form on the course web page.

You will work on Floppix, ACADAIX, and on my Linux Machine on my office
desktop.  You will save a lot of time if you know how to use telnet on
Floppix to get to the other machines, instead of having to reboot into
Windows to use telnet and then reboot back into Floppix.

Knowing how to switch among the three Floppix consoles will also save
you a lot of time.

The test is open-book, open-note, and open-terminal.  You may use any
online or written resources available to you; but, you may not consult
with or communicate with anyone except the instructor in any way during
the test period.

I will not touch any of your existing files in your accounts on ACADAIX
or the Linux Machine.  You may store scripts or notes there to assist
you during the test.

Multiple-choice answers will be written down on mark sense forms.
Some questions will require you to execute commands on any of the three
machines and save the results into files.  You may be asked to download
and upload files using FTP between any of the three machines.

You will not have enough time to try every multiple-choice question
on the computer or to look up all the terms in the textbook.  Some
multiple-choice questions may contain statements that could wipe out all
the files in your account, if you were to actually try them.  Be careful!
You must know your material before the test.

Many of the questions can be answered quickly, without a computer, from
the knowledge you have acquired in lectures and by doing the weekly
readings and homework material.

Strategy:

 1. Answer the questions you know, first.

 2. Come back later to the questions for which you require a computer.

 3. Think before you type something into the computer - you could wipe
    out your files or render your session unusable.  If you don't know
    what it means, don't do it!

You will not have enough time to try every question on the computer.

For more strategy on writing Unix tests see:  test_preparation.txt

The Linux Machine will be unavailable to everyone except people taking the
test from 10AM Thursday until 12noon Friday of the test week.  Only people
actually taking the test will be permitted onto the machine during their
test period.  General open access resumes at 12noon on Friday.