Information Technology Foundations
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Information Technology Foundations introduces students to the fundamental concepts and components of modern information technology systems. The course covers essential topics such as computer hardware and software, networking basics, data management, security principles, and the role of information systems in organizations. Emphasis is placed on understanding the operation and integration of various IT resources, the ethical and societal implications of technology, and the development of problem-solving skills through practical applications. By the end of the course, students will have a solid foundation for further study and a practical understanding of how IT supports and shapes today's digital world.
Recommended Textbook Guide to UNIX Using Linux 4th Edition by Michael Palmer
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Chapter 1: The Essence of Unix and Linux
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Q1) UNIX-Linux are ____ systems,which let many people simultaneously access and share the resources of a server computer.
A)superuser
B)peer-to-peer
C)multitasking
D)multiuser
Answer: D
Q2) In a peer-to-peer network,the system administrator secures all the information on the network by securing the server.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) In the Linux Bash shell,the ____ key combination deletes the content of the command line from the current cursor position to the end of the command line.
A)Ctrl+b
B)Alt+d
C)Ctrl+k
D)Ctrl+a
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Exploring the Unix-Linux File Systems and File Security
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Q1) UNIX-Linux systems interpret a single dot character to mean the current working directory.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) You can use the -a option with the ls command to list ____________________ files.
Answer: hidden
Q3) is a relatively new recommendation of the FHS
A)/root
B)/usr
C)/sbin
D)/media
E)/lib
F)/proc
G)/var
H)/mnt
I)/tmp
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Mastering Editors
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Q1) in Emacs,cancels the current command
A)Ctrl+g
B)Alt+w
C)dd
D)yy
E)dot (.)
F)/
G)$
H)x
I)k
Answer: A
Q2) What is ASCII?
Answer: Each byte,or code,has been standardized into a set of bit patterns known as ASCII.ASCII stands for the American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
Q3) What is a line editor?
Answer: A line editor lets you work with only one line or group of lines at a time.Although line editors do not let you see the context of your editing,they are useful for general tasks,such as searching,replacing,and copying blocks of text.
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Chapter 4: Unix-Linux File Processing
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Q1) You can use the ____ command to create empty files.
A)touch
B)create
C)make
D)null
Q2) The ____ command is used to look for patterns in files.
A)awk
B)find
C)pattern
D)search
Q3) What is a shell script?
Q4) The join command is used to associate information in two different files on the basis of a common field or ____ in those files.
A)index
B)link
C)column
D)key
Q5) You can use the ____________________ command to associate lines in two files on the basis of a common field in both files.
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Chapter 5: Advanced File Processing
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Q1) The ____ command removes duplicate lines from a file.
A)grep
B)dup
C)uniq
D)diff
Q2) What will happen if you execute the following command?
ls -l -sbin | more
Q3) You can use the vi editor to create script files.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is a record layout?
Q5) ____________________ and transformation commands alter and transform extracted information into useful and appealing formats.
Q6) The ____ option of the uniq command instructs it to generate as output only the lines of the source file that are not duplicated successively.
A)-d
B)-s
C)-o
D)-u
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Chapter 6: Introduction to Shell Script Programming
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Q1) environment variable that holds the primary shell prompt
A)!
B)\(?\)
C)ENV
D)PS1
E)HOME
F)SHELL
G)PATH
H)~
I)BASH
Q2) The ____________________ command,used to run a shell script,includes several options for debugging.
Q3) Shell scripts can automatically access variables created and assigned on the command line.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is an operand?
Q5) What are shell variables?
Q6) What is a branch instruction?
Q7) What is a prototype?
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Chapter 7: Advanced Shell Programming
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Q1) A function name differs from a variable name because a function name is followed by a set of ____.
A)parentheses
B)curly brackets
C)square brackets
D)angle brackets
Q2) The line in the script for setting the Bash shell is: ____.
A)#!/bin/bash
B)!#/bin/bash
C)#/bin/bash
D)!/bin/bash
Q3) Each record in the -etc-passwd file is simply a record with variable-length fields separated by ____.
A)dashes (-)
B)commas (,)
C)semicolons (;)
D)colons (:)
Q4) In UNIX-Linux,all shells support the same commands and programming statements.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Exploring the Unix-Linux Utilities
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Q1) The ____ option of the ping command displays only a summary of the results.
A)-s
B)-r
C)-c
D)-q
Q2) What is NFS?
Q3) The top utility continues to produce output until you press x to terminate the execution of the program.
A)True
B)False
Q4) copies and converts input records
A)df
B)ifconfig
C)dd
D)groff
E)ps
F)dump
G)du
H)cmp
I)talk
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Chapter 9: Perl and Cgi Programming
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Q1) After you create a Web page,you can publish the page on a Web ____.
A)program
B)database
C)server
D)client
Q2) In Perl,double-quoted strings are not subject to interpolation.
A)True
B)False
Q3) ____________________ Language (Perl)is a free script language that runs on many operating systems,including UNIX,Linux,Windows,and Mac OS X.
Q4) If the ____ option is not included,the Awk program uses the first command-line argument as its program.
A)-I
B)-i
C)-F
D)-f
Q5) What is a subroutine?
Q6) How can you sort @somelist and store the result in @sortedlist?
Q7) What is a constant?
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Chapter 10: Developing Unix-Linux Applications in C and C
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Q1) A(n)____ is a group of characters,such as a name.
A)array
B)string
C)scalar
D)hash
Q2) denotes the beginning of a comment
A)main()
B)a.out
C)null
D)%
E)/*
F)stdio.h
G){
H)gcc
I)#include <stdio.h>
Q3) ____ are continuous streams of data.
A)Arrays
B)Strings
C)Files
D)Pointers
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Chapter 11: The X Window System
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Q1) What is OpenOffice.org?
Q2) a Window Manager developed by Havoc Pennington with Red Hat
A)Oroborus
B)Nautilus
C)sawfish
D)gwm
E)Konqueror
F)IceWM
G)Blackbox
H)fvwm
I)Metacity
Q3) Runlevel ____ is multiuser mode,but network services are not enabled.
A)2
B)3
C)4
D)5
Q4) Where was the X Window system originally developed?
Q5) OpenOffice.org is not available for Windows systems.
A)True
B)False
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