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