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This section includes 20 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Unix knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The shell waits for the command to complete and normally can’t do any work while the command is executing. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 2. |
Which of the following expression is a correct wildcard pattern if we want an expression in which the last character is not numeric? |
| A. | *[!0] |
| B. | *[0-9] |
| C. | [0-9] |
| D. | *[!0-9] |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
In Shell’s interpretive cycle, the shell first scans for ____ in the entered command. |
| A. | characters |
| B. | priority |
| C. | meta-characters |
| D. | wildcards |
| Answer» D. wildcards | |
| 4. |
Which command does not terminates unless we log out of the system? |
| A. | history |
| B. | shell |
| C. | echo |
| D. | login |
| Answer» C. echo | |
| 5. |
Which shell is the most common and best to use? |
| A. | Korn shell |
| B. | POSIX shell |
| C. | C shell |
| D. | Bash shell |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
WHICH_SHELL_IS_THE_MOST_COMMON_AND_BEST_TO_USE??$ |
| A. | Korn shell |
| B. | POSIX shell |
| C. | C shell |
| D. | Bash shell |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
In Shell’s interpretive cycle, the shell first scans for ____ in the entered command.$# |
| A. | characters |
| B. | priority |
| C. | meta-characters |
| D. | wildcards |
| Answer» D. wildcards | |
| 8. |
Which_command_does_not_terminates_unless_we_log_out_of_the_system?$ |
| A. | history |
| B. | shell |
| C. | echo |
| D. | login |
| Answer» C. echo | |
| 9. |
To change the login shell in some system (like Linux) we can use ____ command. |
| A. | chshell |
| B. | chshl |
| C. | chsh |
| D. | ch |
| Answer» D. ch | |
| 10. |
Which of the following is/are true about Shell? |
| A. | Shell is a multi-faceted program |
| B. | Shell is a command interpreter |
| C. | Shell provides us with an environment to work in |
| D. | Shell is a multi-faceted, command interpreter and provides an environment to work in |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
The shell waits for the command to complete and normally can’t do any work while the command is executing.$ |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 12. |
Which_of_the_following_expression_is_a_correct_wildcard_pattern_if_we_want_an_expression_in_which_the_last_character_is_not_numeric? |
| A. | *[!0]               |
| B. | *[0-9]               |
| C. | [0-9]               |
| D. | *[!0-9]              |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
Which one of the following command will display the name of the shell we are working on? |
| A. | echo shell |
| B. | echo?# |
| C. | echo?#SHELL |
| D. | echo?#$ |
| Answer» D. echo?#$ | |
| 14. |
What is the default symbol for command prompt in C shell? |
| A. | $ |
| B. | % |
| C. | |
| Answer» C. | |
| 15. |
What is the default symbol for command prompt in Bourne shell? |
| A. | $ |
| B. | % |
| C. | |
| Answer» B. % | |
| 16. |
In UNIX there are ___ major types of shells. |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 3 |
| C. | 4 |
| D. | many |
| Answer» B. 3 | |
| 17. |
The prompt issued by the shell is called ______ |
| A. | prompt |
| B. | command translator |
| C. | command prompt |
| D. | command executor |
| Answer» D. command executor | |
| 18. |
There can be multiple kernels on a single UNIX system. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» C. | |
| 19. |
On a UNIX system, there can be ____ shells running simultaneously. |
| A. | 1 |
| B. | 2 |
| C. | many |
| D. | 4 |
| Answer» D. 4 | |
| 20. |
Shell provides us with an interface to the operating system. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |