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

The Third Unix Test takes place in the last part of your Lab period in
Week 8 of the course.  (See the Course Outline.)

The test is 80 minutes long.  It is worth 10% of your term mark.

The test covers Chapters 1-5, 7, 8, and 10 in the Linux text, with
emphasis on Chapters 7, 8, and 10.  (Omit Chapters 6 and 9.)

The test also covers web page "Notes" files for Weeks 1-6 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.
(Don't worry about setting exit codes for this test.)

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.  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:

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

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.