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Command line basics. cd. - Quiz
  • 1. A directory is equivalent to a
A) File System
B) Any document
C) Word Document
D) File
E) Folder
  • 2. A path is a chain of ______
A) Documents
B) Files
C) Teddy Bears
D) Directories
E) Hard Drives
  • 3. Your home directory is
A) The default directory to store your files
B) A special system directory that stores my passwords
C) Your home address
D) A default path that looks like a house
E) The default directory where programs are
  • 4. the path / stands for
A) empty path
B) up one level
C) the current directory
D) down one level
E) Root directory
  • 5. the path ~ stands for
A) Home directory
B) down one level
C) up one level
D) Root directory
E) empty path
  • 6. if pwd outputs /User/james/test/" you are in what directory?
A) test under root
B) james under root under test
C) test under james under User
D) User under james under test
E) Test under james
  • 7. if pwd outputs /User/jane/programs/output then cd .. will take you to
A) /User/jane/programs/data
B) programs/
C) /User/jane/
D) /User/
E) /User/jane/programs/
  • 8. if pwd outputs /myfiles/modeling/airplanes/biplanes/ then assuming cd ../../data/ succeeds, pwd would now output:
A) /myfiles/modeling/data
B) /myfiles/modeling/
C) /myfiles/data/
D) /myfiles/modeling/airplanes/biplanes/../
E) /myfiles/modeling/airplanes/biplanes/data
  • 9. if pwd outputs "/Dog/Cat/mouse/" what commands should be used to list all the files in Dog/Cat/mouse/flea/?
A) cd flea; ls
B) ls
C) cd flea
D) ls -l
E) pwd 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) list files flea
B) cd mouse/flea; ls
C) ls -l
D) pwd flea/ ; ls
E) ls flea/
  • 11. if pwd outputs "/Dog/Cat/mouse/" and you type ls you will see:
A) all the files in Dog, Cat and mouse directories
B) all the files in the "flea" directory
C) the path to the mouse directory
D) a commercial for buger king
E) all the files in the "mouse" directory
  • 12. if pwd outputs /Dog/Cat/mouse/ and then you issue a cd ~ how do you get back to the original directory?
A) cd ~/Dog/Cat/mouse
B) cd /dog/cat/mouse
C) cd orig-dir
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 /dog/cat/mouse.dat rat.dat
C) cp /dog/cat/mouse.dat /dog/cat/rat.dat
D) cp /Users/john/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) mv cp ls pwd
B) cp mouse.dat rat.dat
C) mv /dog/cat/mouse.dat /dog/cat/rat.txt
D) mv mouse.dat rat.dat
E) cp /dog/cat/mouse /dog/cat/rat
  • 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.dat rat
B) cp /dog/cat/mouse.dat /dog/cat/rat.dat
C) cp /dog/cat/mouse /dog/cat/rat
D) mv mouse.dat rat.dat
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) find -space -time -travel
C) mv /dog/cat/mouse.dat rat.dat
D) mv /dog/cat/rat.dat mouse.dat
E) cp mouse.dat rat.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 /dog/cat/mouse.dat rat.dat
B) mv /dog/cat/mouse.dat /dog/rat.dat
C) mv ../cat/mouse.dat rat.dat
D) mv mouse.dat ../cat/rat.dat
E) mv mouse.dat /dog/cat/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/mouse.dat has a file called rat.dat
B) /dog/cat has three files
C) /dog/cat has two files, /dog has one file
D) /dog/cat has a file named mouse.dat
E) /dog/ has three files, /dog/cat/ has two.
  • 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) out.dat rat.dat mice.dat
B) mice.dat
C) out with mice and rats!
D) p g mice.dat out.dat
E) mice.dat out.dat
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