Cet 130

Front 1

What stipulates that the source code of any software published under its license must be freely available.

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GNU Public License

Front 2

What software type is software that is distributed free of charge, but the source code is not available?

Back 2

Freeware

Front 3

Which type of open source license ensures that the source code of a program is freely available while also allowing the original author of the source code some control over the changes made to it?​

Back 3

Artistic

Front 4

A(n) _________________________ is a computer or special hardware device that provides interconnection between company networks, home networks, and institutional networks.

Back 4

router

Front 5

What Linux distribution is the most commonly used distribution within organizations today?

Back 5

Red Hat

Front 6

The Linux kernel was developed and released in 1991 by:​

Back 6

​Linus Torvalds

Front 7

When viewing the version number for a Linux kernel, what number indicates the stability of the kernel?

Back 7

minor number

Front 8

________________ are a collection of programs and tools designed to allow for the creation, modification, manipulation, maintenance, and access of information from databases.​

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Database Management Systems

Front 9

Dennis Ritchie invented what programming language, which was then used to rewrite the UNIX operating system?​

Back 9

C

Front 10

Open Source Software (OSS) is freely developed and continuously improved by a large community of software developers

Back 10

True

Front 11

Which of the following is the greatest expense for companies using Linux?

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Hiring people to maintain the Linux system

Front 12

What service provides a method for the efficient transfer of files over the Internet?

Back 12

FTP

Front 13

The _________________________ is the core component of the Linux operating system.

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linux kernel

Front 14

An archive of files that usually contain scripts that install the software contents to the correct location on the system is referred to as a:

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tarball

Front 15

The two different implementations of X Windows are called:​

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X.org

XFree86

Front 16

Proxy servers keep track of the information passed to each client by maintaining what type of table?​

Back 16

​Network Address Translation (NAT)

Front 17

What piece of software tells the operating system how to use a specific hardware device?

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device driver

Front 18

Many programming function libraries and UNIX-like commands appeared in the 1980s as a result of the work on the GNU project.​

Back 18

True

Front 19

​What two Linux distributions below utilize the Debian package manager by default?

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Ubuntu

Linux Mint

Front 20

What two options below are examples of common UNIX flavors?​

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​HP-UX

Macintosh OS X

Front 21

The term hacker refers to someone who illegally uses computers for personal benefit or to cause damage.

Back 21

False

Front 22

What computer system was the first to run the UNIX operating system?​

Back 22

DEC-PDP-7

Front 23

In Linux, the core component of the GUI is known as:

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X Windows

Front 24

​The overall cost of using a particular operating system is known as?

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Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

Front 25

The __________ implementation of X Windows is the latest implementation, and is based on the original MIT X Windows project that was released as OSS in 2004.​​

Back 25

X.Org

Front 26

The iptables software on Linux is an example of what kind of software?​

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Firewall

Front 27

​The QT toolkit is utilized by which GUI environment?

Back 27

KDE

Front 28

On closed-source operating systems, hot fixes for software bugs are deployed very quickly.​

Back 28

False

Front 29

The GNU General Public License (GPL) was developed by which organization?​

Back 29

Free Software Foundation (FSF)

Front 30

​Because Linux has the ability to manage thousands of tasks at the same time, including allowing multiple users to access the system simultaneously, it is referred to as an operating system that is:

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multitasking

multiuser

Front 31

The two main competing GUI environments available in Linux are:​

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​K Desktop Environment (KDE)

​GNU Network Object Model Environment (GNOME)

Front 32

In what year was the source code for the Linux kernel released?

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1991

Front 33

The mutt software is an example of what type of mail service software on Linux?​

Back 33

Mail User Agent

Front 34

The ability for a computer to increase workload as the number of processors increases is known as _________________________.

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Scalibility

Front 35

Each computer on a network requires a unique way to identify itself and to refer to other computers. This is accomplished by using IP addresses.

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true