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This section includes 746 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Technical Programming knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 401. |
The list of available frame buffers are stored in |
| A. | /proc/[PID]/fb |
| B. | /proc/fb |
| C. | /proc/etc/fb |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. /proc/etc/fb | |
| 402. |
The directory /proc/[PID]/tasks contains |
| A. | hard links to any task that have been started by this process |
| B. | files that containing tasks that have been started by this process |
| C. | sub-direcories of various tasks |
| D. | sub-direcories of various tasks |
| Answer» B. files that containing tasks that have been started by this process | |
| 403. |
Which one of the following is a symlink to the root path as seen by the process? |
| A. | /proc/[PID]/root |
| B. | /proc/[PID]/path |
| C. | both /proc/apm and /proc/[PID]/path |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. /proc/[PID]/path | |
| 404. |
Which file contains the boot options passed to the kernel? |
| A. | /proc/cmdline |
| B. | /proc/root |
| C. | /proc/boot |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. none of the mentioned | |
| 405. |
Which one of the following contains various bits of information about the state of power management? |
| A. | /proc/acpi |
| B. | /proc/apm |
| C. | both /proc/acpi and /proc/apm |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. none of the mentioned | |
| 406. |
Obtaining of the PID can be done by the utility |
| A. | pgrep |
| B. | pidof |
| C. | ps |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 407. |
Which one of the following operating system does not supports proc filesystem? |
| A. | IBM AIX |
| B. | QNX |
| C. | Solaries |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 408. |
/proc/partitions contains |
| A. | major number of each partition |
| B. | minor number of each partition |
| C. | number of block and partition name |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 409. |
The file /proc/modules is a text list of |
| A. | static modules |
| B. | dynamic modules |
| C. | modules that have been loaded by the system |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. none of the mentioned | |
| 410. |
Which file of the proc filesystem can be used instead of “syslog” system call to read kernel messages? |
| A. | /proc/kmsg |
| B. | /proc/moudle/kmsg |
| C. | /proc/module/msg |
| D. | /proc/msg |
| Answer» B. /proc/moudle/kmsg | |
| 411. |
The proc filesystem records the number of interrupts |
| A. | per CPU only |
| B. | per IO device only |
| C. | per CPU per IO device |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. none of the mentioned | |
| 412. |
The file /proc/cpuinfo is a collection of |
| A. | cpu items |
| B. | architecture independent items |
| C. | both cpu items and architecture independent items |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. architecture independent items | |
| 413. |
The file /proc/devices is the |
| A. | text listing of major numbers |
| B. | text listing of device groups |
| C. | text listing of major numbers & device groups |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. none of the mentioned | |
| 414. |
Proc filesystem does not contains |
| A. | sub-directories for installed buses |
| B. | device files |
| C. | list of registered DMA |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. list of registered DMA | |
| 415. |
“ps” command uses the file _____ to provide the information. |
| A. | /proc/[PID]/stat |
| B. | /proc/[PID]/smaps |
| C. | /proc/[PID]/oom_score_adj |
| D. | /proc/[PID]/oom_score |
| Answer» B. /proc/[PID]/smaps | |
| 416. |
What is /proc/[PID]/root? |
| A. | symbolic link that points to the process’s root directory |
| B. | regular file which holds all the PID of the system |
| C. | root directory |
| D. | does not exists in the proc filesystem |
| Answer» B. regular file which holds all the PID of the system | |
| 417. |
The file /proc/[PID]/maps contains the |
| A. | currently mapped memory regions |
| B. | available memory regions |
| C. | memory regions which are free to map |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. available memory regions | |
| 418. |
The file /proc/[PID]/limits displays the ______ for each of the process’s resource limits. |
| A. | hard limit |
| B. | soft limit |
| C. | units of measurement |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 419. |
The entry for each file opened by the process is present in |
| A. | /proc/[PID]/fd |
| B. | /proc/[PID]/file |
| C. | /proc/[PID]/maps |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. /proc/[PID]/file | |
| 420. |
Which one of the following file contains the environment for the process? |
| A. | /proc/[PID]/environ |
| B. | /proc/[PID]/env |
| C. | /proc/[PID]/path |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. /proc/[PID]/env | |
| 421. |
What is /proc/[PID]/cwd? |
| A. | symbolic link to current directory of the process |
| B. | regular file containing the information about the current status of the process |
| C. | directory containing various sub-directories |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. regular file containing the information about the current status of the process | |
| 422. |
The file /proc/[PID]/cmdline holds the complete command line for the process, unless the process is a |
| A. | child process |
| B. | zombie process |
| C. | orphan process |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. orphan process | |
| 423. |
The file /proc/[PID]/cgroups |
| A. | describes control groups to which the process belongs |
| B. | contains the information about all groups of the system |
| C. | provides the information about the group which has generated the process |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. contains the information about all groups of the system | |
| 424. |
The /proc directory contains |
| A. | numerical sub-directory for each running process |
| B. | sub-directories for installed buses |
| C. | a text listing of filesystems which are supported by the kernel |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 425. |
Proc filesystem provides the information about |
| A. | processes |
| B. | processor |
| C. | proxy server |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. processor | |
| 426. |
Which one of the following is not true about proc filesystem? |
| A. | proc filesystem is a pseudo-filesystem |
| B. | proc filesystem is used as an interface to kernel data structures |
| C. | some files in proc filesystem allow kernel variables to be changedsome files in proc filesystem allow kernel variables to be changed |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 427. |
Any file or directory present in the ______ directory may not be reserved between the invocation of the program. |
| A. | /var |
| B. | /tmp |
| C. | /etc |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. /etc | |
| 428. |
The directory /srv contains |
| A. | site-specific data which is served by the system |
| B. | all the system files |
| C. | all the service files provided by the specific user |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. all the system files | |
| 429. |
The directory /opt is reserved for |
| A. | installation of add-on application software packages |
| B. | optional booting files |
| C. | optional user specific files |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. optional booting files | |
| 430. |
Kernel modules are present in |
| A. | /lib directory |
| B. | /root directory |
| C. | /boot directory |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. /root directory | |
| 431. |
Which one of the directory does not contain binary files? |
| A. | /bin |
| B. | /sbin |
| C. | /etc |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. none of the mentioned | |
| 432. |
The /boot directory stores the data that is used |
| A. | before the kernel begins executing user mode programs |
| B. | after the kernel begins executing user mode programs |
| C. | before the bootloader is loaded in the RAM |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. after the kernel begins executing user mode programs | |
| 433. |
What is /bin/sh ? |
| A. | bourne shell |
| B. | hard or symbolic link to the real shell command |
| C. | bash shell |
| D. | both bash shell and bourne shell |
| Answer» C. bash shell | |
| 434. |
The directory /media is the |
| A. | mount point for removable media |
| B. | mount point for filesystem |
| C. | mount point for removable media & filesystem |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. mount point for filesystem | |
| 435. |
Host specific configuration files are installed in |
| A. | /etc directory |
| B. | /lib directory |
| C. | /root directory |
| D. | /bin directory |
| Answer» B. /lib directory | |
| 436. |
When we install a new package in linux system, then |
| A. | all the files of the packages are installed in a single directory |
| B. | different files are installed at different locations of the file system |
| C. | package works just after extraction, installation is not required |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. package works just after extraction, installation is not required | |
| 437. |
Superuser can change the _______ permissions of any file. |
| A. | owner |
| B. | group |
| C. | other |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 438. |
In linux filesystem, the passwords of different users are stored in |
| A. | /etc/passwd file |
| B. | /bin/passwd file |
| C. | /etc/shadow file |
| D. | /bin/shadow file |
| Answer» D. /bin/shadow file | |
| 439. |
Linux filesystem contains mainly |
| A. | ordinary files |
| B. | device files |
| C. | directory files |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 440. |
Static files of the bootloader are installed in |
| A. | /boot directory |
| B. | /root directory |
| C. | /bin directory |
| D. | /sbin directory |
| Answer» B. /root directory | |
| 441. |
The contents of root filesystem is responsible to |
| A. | boot the system |
| B. | recover the system |
| C. | repair the system |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 442. |
The /dev directory contains the |
| A. | device drivers |
| B. | device files |
| C. | kernel modules of device drivers |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. kernel modules of device drivers | |
| 443. |
System binaries are stored in |
| A. | /sbin directory |
| B. | /usr/sbin directory |
| C. | /usr/local/sbin directory |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 444. |
What is /root? |
| A. | root filesystem |
| B. | home directory of the root user |
| C. | the directory which contains all the directories of the filesystem |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. the directory which contains all the directories of the filesystem | |
| 445. |
Which one of the following is a mount point for a temporarily mounted filesystem? |
| A. | /mnt directory |
| B. | /media directory |
| C. | /dev directory |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. /media directory | |
| 446. |
Operating system kernel must be located in |
| A. | / |
| B. | /boot |
| C. | either in / or in /boot |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. none of the mentioned | |
| 447. |
In awk program, the name of the array can not be same with the |
| A. | name of variable |
| B. | value of the array element |
| C. | name of variable & value of the array element |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. value of the array element | |
| 448. |
Which one of the following is used by awk to control the conversion of numbers to string? |
| A. | RS |
| B. | OFMT |
| C. | SUBSEP |
| D. | RSTART |
| Answer» C. SUBSEP | |
| 449. |
RSTART is set by invoking the |
| A. | match function |
| B. | index function |
| C. | asort function |
| D. | split function |
| Answer» B. index function | |
| 450. |
What is FNR? |
| A. | FNR is the current record number in the current file |
| B. | FNR is the number of fields in the current input record |
| C. | FNR is an array contains the value of environment |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. FNR is the number of fields in the current input record | |