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NDG Linux Essentials Chapter 2 Answers
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The Samba application is a:
- File Server
- Mail Server
- Security Server
- Web Server
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Which of the following are examples of desktop software?
(choose two)
- Compiler
- File share
- Web browser
- Web server
- Music player
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If you wanted to set up a blog, which software would be most helpful?
- Samba
- MySQL
- Postfix
- Dovecot
- WordPress
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Which of the following pieces of software deal with file sharing?
(choose three)
- Samba
- Netatalk
- PostgreSQL
- NFS
- X-Windows
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If you wanted to create and print an invoice, which software could you use?
- Firefox
- LibreOffice
- GNOME
- Compiz
- Evolution
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POP and IMAP are related to:
- Letting users log in to multiple servers with 1 set of credentials
- Reading and writing music
- Sharing files
- Serving web pages
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When a computer boots, it can get its network information through:
- SMTP
- LDAP
- DHCP
- X11
- DNS
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Which of the following are examples of text editors?
(choose four)
- pico
- nano
- yum
- vim
- emacs
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A package manager:
(choose two)
- Can optionally repartition your disk to make room for Linux
- Emails you when software is out of date
- Performs a fresh install of Linux
- Downloads software from the Internet
- Keeps track of which files belong to which packages
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An interpreted programming language:
(choose two)
- Requires a compilation step but no linking step
- Takes fewer resources to run than a compiled language
- Requires a linking step but no compilation step
- Tends to offer more features than compiled languages
- Is converted into machine specific instructions as the program runs
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Which of the following are true about compiled programming languages?
- Ruby is a compiled language
- Compiled languages are great for system administration tasks like scripting
- Perl is a compiled language
- C is a compiled language
- A programmer is usually more productive when using a compiled language
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Which package manager is used in Fedora, a Red Hat derived system?
- apt-get
- vim
- tar
- bash
- yum
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The Linux shell:
(choose three)
- Is responsible for tracking the location of configuration files
- Is customizable
- Has a built in text editor
- Has a scripting language
- Allows you to launch programs
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Which application would you use to edit and piece together sound files to make podcast?
- Bash
- GIMP
- Thunderbird
- Audiolicious
- Audacity
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The two main families of Linux shells are:
(choose two)
- Bourne Shell
- C Shell
- emacs
- Korn shell
- Python Shell
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Which server software would you use to create a company directory that you could search and authenticate against?
- Netatalk
- OpenLDAP
- bind
- ISC DHCP
- Samba
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A Mail Transfer Agent’s primary purpose is to:
- Manage the end user’s inbox
- Deliver mail between servers
- Act as a gateway between faxes and email
- Filter out spam
- Serve email to end clients
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Which of the following are examples of a web server?
(choose two)
- postfix
- Apache
- WordPress
- NFS
- Nginx
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If you wanted to let a Linux machine share files with Windows clients and servers, you would use:
- NFS
- Samba
- Netatalk
- DNS
- bind
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Richard Stallman is associated with:
- The Free Software Foundation
- BSD Unix
- The Apache foundation
- Microsoft
- The Open Source Initiative
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A “copyleft provision” in a software license means:
- You may not link against third party closed source software
- You give up your copyright to the software
- You must provide support for your modifications
- You must provide free copies of the software if you use it
- If you redistribute the software, you must distribute the source to any changes you make
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The largest difference between the GPLv2 and BSD licenses is:
- GPLv2 is not approved by the OSI
- Only BSD allows commercial use
- BSD has no copyleft provision
- Nothing, they are virtually identical
- GPLv2 requires assigning copyright to the FSF
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The Free Software Foundation believes that:
(choose two)
- People should write software with no expectation of making money
- Software should be free to share
- No money should ever change hands
- Software should be free to modify
- Software should not have copyright
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Which of the following licenses was made by the FSF?
- MIT
- Apache
- Creative Commons
- BSD
- GPLv3
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A permissive free software license:
(choose two)
- Places no restrictions on sharing modifications
- Means you can use the software for anything you want
- Does not allow the software to be locked to certain hardware
- Requires you share software changes but not binaries
- Places the software in the public domain
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Linux is distributed under which license?
- Linux Foundation
- GPLv3
- GPLv2
- MIT
- BSD
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Who founded the Open Source Initiative?
(choose two)
- Linus Torvalds
- Richard Stallman
- Eric Raymond
- University of California at Berkeley
- Bruce Perens
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A generic term for Open Source and Free Software is:
- FLOSS
- Libre Software
- GPL
- OS/FS
- SLOFF
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Which are examples of permissive software licenses?
(choose two)
- GPLv3
- MIT
- BSD
- GPLv2
- LGPLv3
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What does it mean when a work is placed in the public domain?
- You must redistribute changes to the software
- You may not use the work for commercial purposes
- The author has relinquished the copyright on the work
- The author has died
- The work was done by a government agency
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Creative Commons licenses allow you to:
(choose three)
- Specify whether or not changes must be shared
- Specify whether or not people may distribute changes
- Get a veto on where the work is used
- Allow or disallow commercial use
- Receive royalties on the use of the work
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If a podcast is licensed under the CC BY-ND license, you may:
(choose two)
- Add ads to it and post it to your website.
- Sell it as part of a compilation
- Share it as long as you give credit to the author
- Use an interview or song from it for your own podcast
- Post it to your website
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How can you make money from open source software?
(choose three)
- Charge a yearly fee for the right to use the software
- Sell hardware that’s built to work with the software
- Provide paid consulting services for users
- Unlock premium features for people that pay
- Take payments for fixing bugs
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To place software under an open source license, you must give up your copyright.
True or False?
- True
- False
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The difference between the GPL and LGPL licenses are:
- LGPL was made by the OSI while GPL was made by the FSF
- LGPL allows linking to non GPLed software
- LGPL applies to web services
- LGPL allows you to distribute the software in binary-only form
- LGPL is shorter than GPL
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Permissive free software licenses:
(choose three)
- Are not approved by the FSF
- Don’t have a copyleft provision
- Can allow software to be used inside closed source software
- Include the GPLv2 and BSD
- Are not approved by the OSI
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The Creative Commons version of Public Domain licensing is:
- Attribution-NonCommercial
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
- No Rights Reserved
- Attribution
- NoAttribution-ShareAlike
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Your company makes a hardware firewall that runs a custom Linux kernel. What are your obligations under GPLv2?
- You must make the source to your custom web interface available
- You must make your hardware designs available
- You must make the source to your kernel available
- You must ensure your custom kernel runs on a regular Intel machine
- There are no requirements
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Participating in open source projects can improve your technical skills, even if it is not your day job.
True or False?
- True
- False