Linux : : Important Short Questions
Unit I:
Part B:
1. Common Linux Features - (Oct 2021)
2. Linux standard directories - (Oct 2021)
3. Explain Linux file system in detail. - (Aug 2022)
4. Describe ls and cd commands. - (Aug 2022)
Part A:
1. difference between home directory and working directory - (Oct 2021, Mar 2020)
2. commands used to create files in Linux? - (Touch, cat, echo with redirection) - (Oct
2021, Mar 2020)
3. What is the role of kemel? - (Mar 2020)
4. What is the basic difference between Unix and Linux OS? - (Aug 2022)
5. What is boot block? - (Aug 2022)
Ans: The boot block in the operating system can be defined as a region of the
hard disk that stores information for loading the operating system. This region usually
reserves the first block on the first track of the storage medium.
6. What is the difference between home directory and working directory? - (Aug 2022)
Ans: Home directory is the default working directory when a user logs in. Working
directory is the user's current directory.
Unit II:
Part C:
1. File processing commands with syntax and Example. ( Ans: wc, cut, paste, find, sort,
touch, file etc) - (Mar 2020, Oct 2021, Aug 2022)
Part B:
1. process scheduling (cron,at, batch) - ( Oct 2021)
2. What are editors? Explain vi editors. - ( Oct 2021)
3. List out the usage of find command in locating files and directories. - (Aug 2022)
4. Explain mathematical commands in Linux. - (Aug 2022)
Part A:
1.How can you find the product of two numbers using expr command ? - (Oct 2021)
2. what are pipes? - (Mar 2020)
3. What is meant by redirectirig input/output? - (Mar 2020)
4. What is the usage of nohup command? - (Mar 2020)
5. What is meant by redirecting input/output? - (Aug 2022)
6. What is meant by nice value of a process in Linux? - (Aug 2022)
Ans: The nice value determines the priority of the process. The default nice value
is 0 on Linux workstations.
7. What are the different modes of vi editor? - (Aug 2022)
Unit III:
Part C:
1. Shell variables, system shell variables, shell keywords - (Mar 2020)
2. a) Explain function in shell with suitable example(6 marks).
b) How will you pass parameters in shell?(4 marks)
c) Write a shell script to copy all files with .c extension in the current working directory
to a sub directory.(5 marks) - (Oct 2021)
3. What is a shell? Compare different shells available in Linux - (Aug 2022)
Part B:
1. Conditional statement in shell scripts with syntax and examples - (Oct 2021)
2. Explain different types of shell variables - (Oct 2021, Aug 2022)
3. Describe the use of conditional statements in shell scripts with suitable example -
(Aug 2022)
Part A:
1. Types of shells - (Oct 2021)
2. Define kill and killall commands. - (Oct 2021)
3. Explain the command : $ find /home/Steve -name "jan" - (Oct 2021)
4. What is a shell environment? (Environment Variable) - (Oct 2021, Mar 2020)
5. Explain features of the BASH shell. - ( Mar 2020)
6. Give syntax of case statement. - (Oct 2021, Aug 2022)
7. Write commands to display first command line argument and total number of
command line arguments in a shell script. - (Aug 2022)
Unit IV:
Part C:
1. Roles and Responsibilities of a System administrator - (Mar 2020, Oct 2021, Aug
2022)
Part B:
1. monitoring system performance (Oct 2021)
2. Describe various tools that are used to get system information - (Aug 2022)
Part A:
1. Distinguish between groupmod -g and groupmod -n command - (Oct 2021)
2. Define mount point. - (Oct 2021)
3. Explain the use of the chmod command. - (Mar 2020)
4. Compare mounting and unmounting of a file system. - (Aug 2022)
5. Define rpm command. - (Aug 2022)
Unit V:
Part C:
1. Explain : Apache, Telnet, Samba. - (Mar 2020)
2. Write a note on Apache Server. - (Oct 2021)
3. Explain different options of grep, egrep and sed filters with various regular
expressions - (Aug 2022)
Part B:
1. What is DNS Server? - (Oct 2021)
2. Explain FTP - (Oct 2021, Aug 2022)
3. What is Telnet. What are the advantages and disadvantages - (Aug 2022)
Part A:
1. What is a filter? - (Oct 2021)
2. What is samba? - (Oct 2021, Aug 2022)
3. What is the difference between grep and egrep commands? - (Mar 2020)
4. What is FTP? - (Mar 2020)
5. What is the use of unique command? - (Aug 2022)
Others:
1. Simple filter commands: (pr, head, tail, cut, sort, uniq, tr)
2. DHCP Server
3. Squid Server
