Linux Pro 6.0 — Unit 2 End-of-Unit Assessment

This assessment covers key objectives from Linux Pro 6.0 Unit 2: Using Linux. It is divided into sections based on the main topics and objectives. Answer each multiple-choice question by selecting the best answer (A–D). Recommended time: 35–45 minutes. Passing score: 70% or higher.

This section covers the Linux shell, help commands, and text editors (nano and vim).

Which command displays your current working directory?

What is the function of the 'man' command?

Which key combination exits nano?

The 'whoami' command outputs:

In vim, what command saves and quits?

This section covers aliases, environment variables, and shell configuration files.

To create a temporary alias for 'ls -l', use:

Which variable contains the user's home directory path?

Which file applies configuration changes for all users?

Which command lists all active environment variables?

To make an alias permanent, add it to:

This section covers redirection, piping, command substitution, and working with directories and files.

Which symbol appends output to a file?

What does the '|' operator do?

The command 'cat file.txt | grep error':

To create a new directory, use:

The command 'rm *.txt' will:

This section covers links, the filesystem hierarchy, locating/searching files, and text stream processing.

Which command creates a symbolic link?

The directory '/etc' primarily stores:

Which command finds a file by name?

To display all lines containing "root" in /etc/passwd:

The command 'cut -d: -f1 /etc/passwd' displays:

What does the 'sort' command do?

Which command removes duplicate lines in a sorted file?

Which directory stores user-specific files?

To count lines in a file, use:

To combine two files line by line, use:

Which command displays file permissions and ownership?

The 'PATH' variable controls:

Which command displays your current directory structure visually?

The '/var/log' directory is used for:

Which command merges two files by matching a common field?