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Command line basics. cd.
  • 1. A directory is equivalent to a
A) Word Document
B) Any document
C) File
D) File System
E) Folder
  • 2. A path is a chain of ______
A) Directories
B) Teddy Bears
C) Hard Drives
D) Documents
E) Files
  • 3. Your home directory is
A) The default directory to store your files
B) A default path that looks like a house
C) The default directory where programs are
D) Your home address
E) A special system directory that stores my passwords
  • 4. the path / stands for
A) down one level
B) the current directory
C) up one level
D) empty path
E) Root directory
  • 5. the path ~ stands for
A) up one level
B) Root directory
C) down one level
D) empty path
E) Home directory
  • 6. if pwd outputs /User/james/test/" you are in what directory?
A) james under root under test
B) test under james under User
C) Test under james
D) test under root
E) User under james under test
  • 7. if pwd outputs /User/jane/programs/output then cd .. will take you to
A) /User/jane/
B) programs/
C) /User/
D) /User/jane/programs/
E) /User/jane/programs/data
  • 8. if pwd outputs /myfiles/modeling/airplanes/biplanes/ then assuming cd ../../data/ succeeds, pwd would now output:
A) /myfiles/modeling/airplanes/biplanes/data
B) /myfiles/modeling/
C) /myfiles/modeling/data
D) /myfiles/data/
E) /myfiles/modeling/airplanes/biplanes/../
  • 9. if pwd outputs "/Dog/Cat/mouse/" what commands should be used to list all the files in Dog/Cat/mouse/flea/?
A) ls
B) pwd flea
C) cd flea; ls
D) ls -l
E) cd flea
  • 10. if pwd outputs "/Dog/Cat/mouse/" what command(s) should be used to list all the files in Dog/Cat/mouse/flea/?
A) ls -l
B) pwd flea/ ; ls
C) cd mouse/flea; ls
D) ls flea/
E) list files flea
  • 11. if pwd outputs "/Dog/Cat/mouse/" and you type ls you will see:
A) the path to the mouse directory
B) a commercial for buger king
C) all the files in the "flea" directory
D) all the files in the "mouse" directory
E) all the files in Dog, Cat and mouse directories
  • 12. if pwd outputs /Dog/Cat/mouse/ and then you issue a cd ~ how do you get back to the original directory?
A) cd orig-dir
B) cd ~/Dog/Cat/mouse
C) cd /Dog/Cat/mouse
D) cd dog/cat/mouse
E) cd /dog/cat/mouse
  • 13. let's say pwd outputs /Users/john/ Now, you have a file /dog/cat/mouse.dat and want to copy it to /dog/cat/rat.dat what command would you issue?
A) mv /dog/cat/mouse.dat rat.dat
B) cp /Users/john/mouse.dat rat.dat
C) cp /dog/cat/mouse.dat /dog/cat/rat.dat
D) cp /dog/cat/mouse.dat rat.dat
E) mv /dog/cat/mouse.dat /dog/cat/rat.dat
  • 14. let's say pwd outputs /dog/cat/ Now, you have a file /dog/cat/mouse.dat and want to copy it to /dog/cat/rat.dat what command would you issue?
A) cp /dog/cat/mouse /dog/cat/rat
B) mv /dog/cat/mouse.dat /dog/cat/rat.txt
C) mv mouse.dat rat.dat
D) mv cp ls pwd
E) cp mouse.dat rat.dat
  • 15. let's say pwd outputs /dog/cat/ Now, you have a file /dog/cat/mouse.dat and want to copy it to /dog/cat/rat.dat what command would you issue?
A) cp /dog/cat/mouse /dog/cat/rat
B) mv mouse.dat rat.dat
C) cp /dog/cat/mouse.dat /dog/cat/rat.dat
D) cp /dog/cat/mouse.dat rat
E) mv /dog/cat/mouse.dat /dog/cat/rat
  • 16. let's say pwd outputs /dog/cat/ Now, you have a file /dog/cat/mouse.dat and want to move it to /dog/cat/rat.dat what command is equivalent to mv mouse.dat rat.dat
A) mv mouse.dat rat
B) cp mouse.dat rat.dat
C) find -space -time -travel
D) mv /dog/cat/mouse.dat rat.dat
E) mv /dog/cat/rat.dat mouse.dat
  • 17. let's say pwd outputs /dog/cat/ Now, you have a file /dog/cat/mouse.dat and want to move it to /dog/cat/rat.dat what command is NOT equivalent to mv mouse.dat rat.dat
A) mv mouse.dat ../cat/rat.dat
B) mv /dog/cat/mouse.dat /dog/rat.dat
C) mv mouse.dat /dog/cat/rat.dat
D) mv /dog/cat/mouse.dat rat.dat
E) mv ../cat/mouse.dat rat.dat
  • 18. let's say pwd outputs /dog/cat/ Now, you have a file /dog/cat/mouse.dat. You type cp mouse.dat rat.dat; cp rat.dat ../mice.dat then:
A) /dog/cat has two files, /dog has one file
B) /dog/ has three files, /dog/cat/ has two.
C) /dog/cat has a file named mouse.dat
D) /dog/cat/mouse.dat has a file called rat.dat
E) /dog/cat has three files
  • 19. let's say pwd outputs /p/g/ Now, you have a file /p/g/out.dat. You type cp out.dat rat.dat; cp rat.dat ../mice.dat; cd ..; mv g/out.dat ." what would ls produce?
A) p g mice.dat out.dat
B) mice.dat out.dat
C) out.dat rat.dat mice.dat
D) out with mice and rats!
E) mice.dat
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