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ITS 2320
Review for Final Exam
The following questions are provided to help you study for the
final. Do not expect to see these exact questions on the test.
- What is the Desktop environment in Linux?
- What is the Windows server/Windows manager in Linux? What was
the only one available for many years?
- What are the desktop managers in KDE and GNOME?
- What is the basic difference between a user ID and a system
ID?
- What is the purpose of the /etc/login.defs file?
- What is the effect of using a dot as the first character of a
filename?
- What was the original purpose of the /etc/passwd file? What
file serves this purpose now?
- What are the three possibilities for the value stored in the
second field of any record in the /etc/passwd file?
- What command does the text suggest you use to display the
entry in the passwd file for a particular user?
- As far as Linux is concerned, there are three main components
of an email system. What purpose is served by the MTA, MDA, and
MUA components?
- How many layers are in the ISO-OSI networking model? How about
the DoD model?
- Which layer has processes that find other networks? Which
layer has processes that provide reliable connections?
- In the IPv4 address 104.211.98.14, we cannot be sure which
part identifies the network. What else do we need to know?
- What are the two legacy commands that show you relevant IP
information on Windows and Linux machines? What is the newer
command for Linux?
- If you start with the network address of your current device,
then set all host bits to 0s, what is the name of the resulting
address?
- What are the well known port numbers used by
- Where do you expect to find network configuration files on a
Red Hat type system?
- What are the three DHCP clients listed in the text for Linux?
- Why would tracepath be a good thing to try if traceroute does
not work for your target? Why is it likely that traceroute might
fail?
- What would you expect the env command to do in Linux?
- Write a command to set a variable equal to your user name.
- Write a command to change that variable to contain your first
and last name, in that order.
- What is the purpose of using accents grave?
- When you start a shell script with three command line
arguments how might you display the second one on the screen?
- What are the purposes of sequence, selection, and iteration
structures?
- What is the difference between the .bash_profile file and the
.bashrc file?
- Give an example of calculating an integer math value on the
command line.
- What utility does bash include for doing floating point math?
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