DAT2330 Practice Test - Ian Allen - Winter 2003              20 minutes


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		  Multiple Choice - 20 Questions

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1.  What would you type to change the permissions on a file to
    rw-r-xr--?
    a. chmod 351 file
    b. chmod 654 file
    c. chmod 212 file
    d. chmod 221 file
    e. chmod 530 file

2.  Which command below removes only this five-character file
    name containing a special character (and no others):  date?
    a. rm ./date?
    b. rm date/?
    c. rm date\*
    d. rm date\\?
    e. rm ./date\?

3.  Given an existing file of yours named /a/x, what is the
    output of this sequence of three shell commands:
       echo hi >/a/x ; sort /a/x >/a/x ; wc /a/x
    a. no output
    b. 1 1 3 /a/x
    c. 2 2 4 /a/x
    d. 1 1 2 /a/x
    e. 0 0 0 /a/x

4.  Which command below removes only this five-character file
    name containing a special character (and no others):  *test
    a. rm \\*test
    b. rm ./*test
    c. rm ./\\*test
    d. rm "*test"
    e. rm ''*test''

5.  What would you type to change the permissions on a file to
    --x-wx-w-?
    a. chmod 654 file
    b. chmod 121 file
    c. chmod 122 file
    d. chmod 322 file
    e. chmod 132 file






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6.  If directory /a contains these seven two-character file
    names: aa, ab, ac, ad, a?, a*, a., then which shell command
    below will remove only the single name a* from the directory
    (and no others)?
    a. rm /a*
    b. rm /a/a?
    c. rm /a/a\*
    d. rm /a/a*
    e. rm /a/*

7.  Which command below removes only this four-character file
    name containing a special character (and no others):  abc*
    a. rm abc\\*
    b. rm abc\*
    c. rm abc*
    d. rm abc//*
    e. rm abc/*

8.  Which command below removes only this four-character file
    name containing a special character (and no others):  *xyz
    a. rm *'xyz'
    b. rm '*xyz'
    c. rm ''*xyz
    d. rm *xyz
    e. rm ''*xyz''

9.  If cow is a sub-directory that contains only the file dog,
    what happens after this command:   mv cow/dog cow/././cat
    a. the directory cow now contains only a file named cat
    b. the command fails because the name cow/././cat does not
       exist
    c. there is a second copy of the file dog in the file named
       cat
    d. the command fails because the name cat does not exist
    e. the directory cow is now empty

10. How many arguments are there to this echo command:
       echo " one '2 three' 4 "five 6 ' 7 "8 ' >out
    a. Six arguments.
    b. Four arguments.
    c. Three arguments.
    d. Five arguments.
    e. Two arguments.

11. If you type the command  sleep 60
    which of the following key sequences will interrupt it and
    take you immediately back to the command prompt?
    a. [CTRL-R]
    b. [CTRL-C]
    c. [CTRL-D]
    d. [CTRL-U]
    e. [CTRL-I]








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12. If I have a directory owned by me named /a/b/c/d, which of
    the following actions would increase its link count by
    exactly one?
    a. create one subdirectory named /a/b/c/d/e
    b. create one subdirectory named /a/b/c/d2
    c. create one subdirectory named /a/b/c/d
    d. create one file named /a/b/c/d2
    e. create one file named /a/b/c/d/e

13. Which of the following is true, given this long directory
    listing: drwxr-x--x 71 ian user 512 May 30 12:35 dir
    a. The number 512 is the inode number of this directory.
    b. The number 512 is the count of links (names) this
       directory has.
    c. The number 71 is the size of this directory.
    d. The number 71 is the count of links (names) this directory
       has.
    e. The number 71 is the inode number of this directory.

14. If you type the command  cat
    which of the following key sequences will send an EOF and
    take you immediately back to the command prompt?
    a. [CTRL-U]
    b. [CTRL-R]
    c. [CTRL-I]
    d. [CTRL-D]
    e. [CTRL-C]

15. How many arguments are there to this echo command:
       echo ' one two ' three ' four ' 5'6'
    a. Four arguments.
    b. One argument.
    c. Nine arguments.
    d. Six arguments.
    e. Five arguments.

16. Given an existing file of yours named wc, what is the output
    of this sequence of three shell commands:
       echo hi >wc ; sort wc >wc ; cat wc
    a. 0 0 0 wc
    b. 1 1 3 wc
    c. no output
    d. 2 2 4 wc
    e. 1 1 2 wc

17. In the output of the command ls -a, a dot that begins a name
    signifies what?
    a. A name that is hidden.
    b. A current file.
    c. The parent directory.
    d. The current directory.
    e. A name with an unprintable character.








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18. Which of the following is true, given this long directory
    listing: drwxr-x--x 512 ian user 712 May 30 12:35 dir
    a. The number 512 is the inode number of this directory.
    b. The number 512 is the size of this directory.
    c. The number 512 is the count of links (names) this
       directory has.
    d. The number 712 is the count of links (names) this
       directory has.
    e. The number 712 is the inode number of this directory.

19. If foo is a sub-directory that contains only the file single,
    what happens after this command:
       mv ./foo/single foo/../double
    a. the command fails because the name foo/../double does not
       exist
    b. there is a second copy of the file single in the file
       named double
    c. the directory foo now contains only a file named double
    d. the directory foo is now empty
    e. the command fails because the name double does not exist

20. If I have a directory owned by me named /a/b/c/7, which of
    the following actions would increase its link count by
    exactly one?
    a. create one file named /a/b/c/7de
    b. create one subdirectory named /a/b/c/d/e
    c. create one subdirectory named /a/b/c/7/d2
    d. create one subdirectory named /a/b/c/7e
    e. create one file named /a/b/c/7/d2































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Answer Key - DAT2330 - Ian Allen - Winter 2003 - DAT2330 Practice
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   1. b
   2. e
   3. e
   4. d
    5. e
    6. c
    7. b
    8. b
   9. a
  10. c
  11. b
  12. a
   13. d
   14. d
   15. a
   16. c
  17. a
  18. c
  19. d
  20. c

Count of a:  4	20%
Count of b:  4	20%
Count of c:  5	25%
Count of d:  4	20%
Count of e:  3	15%

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