July, 2010 A8-R4: BASICS OF OS, UNIX AND SHELL PROGRAMMING

July, 2010

A8-R4: BASICS OF OS, UNIX AND SHELL PROGRAMMING

PART ONE

(Answer all the questions)

1. Each question below gives a multiple choice of answers. Choose the most appropriate one and enter in the “tear-off” answer sheet attached to the question paper, following instructions therein. (1x10)
1.1 A permission of 664 on a file means that a file has which of the following attributes?
A) - r - - r - - r - -
B) - r – x r – x r – x
C) - r w – r w – r - -
D) - r - - r - - r w –
1.2 The find command can be used to get information about files and directories. Which of the
following pieces of information can it find?
A) File ownership
B) The last time when the file was accessed
C) Files bigger than a certain size
D) All of the above

January, 2011 A8-R4: BASICS OF OS, UNIX AND SHELL PROGRAMMING

   January, 2011 A8-R4: BASICS OF OS, UNIX AND SHELL PROGRAMMING

1.1 The hidden files in Unix
A) have special status bit associated with the file descriptor
B) have names starting with a dot
C) can be accessed only by the operating system kernel
D) None of the above
1.2 Which one of the following is use of whatis command?
A) It shows short description of command
B) It shows user logged in
C) It shows file type
D) None of the above

July, 2011 A8-R4: BASICS OF OS, UNIX AND SHELL PROGRAMMING

 July, 2011

A8-R4: BASICS OF OS, UNIX AND SHELL PROGRAMMING

PART ONE

(Answer all the questions)

1. Each question below gives a multiple choice of answers. Choose the most appropriate one and enter in the “tear-off” answer sheet attached to the question paper, following instructions therein. (1x10)

1.1 Which program searches given input for a pattern?
A) sort
B) grep
C) search
D) cat
1.2 The pwd command
A) Changes your password
B) Prints the current directory
C) Prints a file
D) None of the above

January, 2012 A8-R4: BASICS OF OS, UNIX AND SHELL PROGRAMMING

January, 2012
A8-R4: BASICS OF OS, UNIX AND SHELL PROGRAMMING

PART ONE

(Answer all the questions)

1. Each question below gives a multiple choice of answers. Choose the most appropriate one and enter in the “tear-off” answer sheet attached to the question paper, following instructions therein. (1x10)

1.1 What operating system was Linux designed to "resemble somewhat"?
A) Minix
B) Windows
C) System V
D) Vunix
1.2 Which of the following is not a Linux boot loader?
A) Lilo
B) Syslinux
C) Grub
D) None of the above