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

The Second Unix Test takes place in the last part of your Lab period in
Week 6 of the course.  (See the Course Outline.)

The test is 65 minutes long.  It is worth 10% of your term mark.

The test covers Chapters 1-5 in the Linux text, with emphasis on the last two.

The test also covers web page "Notes" files for Weeks 1-5 and the Chapter
notes files and Floppix labs mentioned in those weekly files.

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.

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.  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.

Answer the questions you know, first.  Come back to the questions for
which you require a computer.