Shell Scripting Exam Bank
Course Introduction
Shell Scripting is a practical course focused on teaching students how to automate tasks and manage processes within Unix and Linux operating systems using shell scripts. The course covers the fundamentals of shell environments, script syntax, variables, control structures, user input, file manipulation, and process control. Students will learn to write, execute, and debug scripts to streamline repetitive tasks, manage system operations, and enhance productivity. Emphasis is placed on best practices for script development, security considerations, and utilizing common Unix utilities. By the end of this course, students will be equipped with the skills necessary to develop efficient and reliable shell scripts for a variety of system administration and automation scenarios.
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) Stephen Bourne at AT&T Bell Labs developed the ____ shell as the first UNIX command processor.
A)Bash
B)Bourne
C)C
D)Korn
Answer: B
Q2) The UNIX-Linux ____ command displays the system date,which the system administrator maintains.
A)today
B)sysdate
C)system
D)date
Answer: D
Q3) To append output to an existing file,you use ____.
A)>
B)>>
C)<
D)<<
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Exploring the Unix-Linux File Systems and File Security
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Q1) You use the ____ command to display a directory's contents,including files and other directories.
A)dir
B)d
C)pwd
D)ls
Answer: D
Q2) this directory occupies no space on the disk
A)/root
B)/usr
C)/sbin
D)/media
E)/lib
F)/proc
G)/var
H)/mnt
I)/tmp
Answer: F
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Chapter 3: Mastering Editors
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Q1) The term ____________________ is the abbreviation for binary term. Answer: byte
Q2) A byte consists of ____ binary digits.
A)four
B)eight
C)ten
D)twelve Answer: B
Q3) Unicode offers up to ____ characters.
A)256
B)512
C)16,384
D)65,536
Answer: D
Q4) A binary digit,called a(n)____________________ for short,is in one of two states.
Answer: bit
Q5) How can you save a file without exiting vi?
Answer: You enter command mode and type :w to save the file without exiting.
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Chapter 4: Unix-Linux File Processing
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Q1) To redirect the list of the files in a directory to a file called homedir.list,you enter
A)ls < homedir.list
B)ls > homedir.list
C)homedir.list < ls
D)homedir.list > ls
Q2) The ____ option of the find command displays files that have been changed within the last n minutes.
A)-min n
B)-cmin n
C)-nmin n
D)-mmin n
Q3) When you no longer need a directory,you can use command ____ to remove it.
A)xtree
B)rmdir
C)dldir
D)deltree
Q4) Moving and renaming a file are essentially the same operation.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Advanced File Processing
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Q1) When using wc,you cannot specify all three options (-l,-w and -c)in the command line at the same time.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The ____ option of the diff command does not compare for blank lines.
A)-b
B)-B
C)-c
D)-C
Q3) The ____ option of the diff command ignores blanks that repeat.
A)-b
B)-B
C)-c
D)-C
Q4) You use the ____ command to search for a specified pattern in a file,such as a particular word or phrase.
A)find
B)grep
C)sed
D)diff
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Chapter 6: Introduction to Shell Script Programming
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Q1) A high-level language is a computer language that uses English-like expressions.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The ____ command is useful when you want your shell program to automatically remove any temporary files that are created when the shell script runs.
A)set
B)export
C)tput
D)trap
Q3) The ____ reads the lines of code that the programmer wrote in the source file and converts them to the appropriate machine-language instructions.
A)compiler
B)linker
C)assembler
D)interpreter
Q4) The ____________________ variable provides a list of directory locations where UNIX or Linux looks to find executable scripts or programs.
Q5) What is a glob pattern?
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Chapter 7: Advanced Shell Programming
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Q1) logical negation
A)-a B)!
C)-r
D)-f
E)-ne
F)-n
G)-nt
H)-s
I)-e
Q2) performs a relational integer test
A)-a
B)! C)-r
D)-f
E)-ne
F)-n
G)-nt
H)-s
I)-e
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Chapter 8: Exploring the Unix-Linux Utilities
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Q1) displays process status by process identification number and name
A)df
B)ifconfig
C)dd
D)groff
E)ps
F)dump
G)du
H)cmp
I)talk
Q2) Unlike top,the free utility runs and then automatically exits.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What is the uptime command used for?
Q4) What is a PID?
Q5) The ____ option of the ispell utility is used to ignore concatenated words.
A)-c
B)-C
C)-i
D)-I
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Chapter 9: Perl and Cgi Programming
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Q1) What is a floating-point value?
Q2) ____________________ are symbolic names that represent values stored in memory.
Q3) The Awk program does not require the programmer to explicitly set up looping structures as does Perl.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is a compiled language?
Q5) What are the two parts of the code of a Web (HTML)page?
Q6) How do you read input from the keyboard in Perl?
Q7) ____________________ Language (Perl)is a free script language that runs on many operating systems,including UNIX,Linux,Windows,and Mac OS X.
Q8) The convention is to use all uppercase letters for ____.
A)variables
B)constants
C)strings
D)filehandles
Q9) In Perl,double-quoted strings are not subject to interpolation.
A)True
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Chapter 10: Developing Unix-Linux Applications in C and C
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Q1) is a header file
A)main()
B)a.out
C)null
D)%
E)/*
F)stdio.h
G){
H)gcc
I)#include <stdio.h>
Q2) When you ____________________ a function,you declare the function's name and create the lines of code that make up the function's block of code.
Q3) Automatic variables are ____ to the function in which they are declared.
A)global
B)assigned
C)local
D)unique
Q4) What is a source code file?
Q5) What is the role of the if statement?
Q6) What is the difference between the while loop and the do-while loop?
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Chapter 11: The X Window System
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Q1) The ____ program of OpenOffice.org is a complete word processor for writing short or book-length documents.
A)Writer
B)Impress
C)Document
D)Word
Q2) a combined file manager,Web browser,and document viewer
A)Oroborus
B)Nautilus
C)sawfish
D)gwm
E)Konqueror
F)IceWM
G)Blackbox
H)fvwm
I)Metacity
Q3) ____________________ is a free version of X11 that was ported from non-PC-based UNIX computers to run on PCs.
Q4) In X Window terminology,what is the Window Manager?
Q5) What are the most popular desktops in UNIX-Linux systems?
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