Software Engineering Mcqs

Which command is used to extract specific columns from the file ?

• (A)  cat
• (B)  cut
• (C)  grep
• (D)  paste

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Which of the following command lists the last 10 lines of a file ?

• (A)  grep
• (B)  tail
• (C)  head
• (D)  cat

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The field separator in cut command is specified with________________?

• (A)  -a option
• (B)  -d option
• (C)  -r option
• (D)  -x option

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What command is used to copy a file ?

• (A)  tar
• (B)  cpio
• (C)  cp
• (D)  copy

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Which of the following directories contain all the Alias created by a user, including his login directory ?

• (A)  /tmp
• (B)  /etc
• (C)  /usr
• (D)  /dev

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What TCP/IP protocol is used for transferring electronic mail messages from one machine to another ?

• (A)  FTP
• (B)  SNMP
• (C)  SMTP
• (D)  RPC

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Which command is used to count just the number of characters in a file?

• (A)  wc – 1
• (B)  wc -c
• (C)  wc -w
• (D)  wc -r

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Which command is used to copy all files having the string chap and any two characters after that to the progs directory ?

• (A)  cp chap?? progs
• (B)  cp chap* progs
• (C)  cp chap[12] /progs/*.*
• (D)  cp chap?? /progs/*

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What command is used to set user and group quotas ?

• (A)  /sbin/usrquota
• (B)  /sbin/edquota
• (C)  /sbin/quotaon
• (D)  /sbin/quota

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What command is used to assign executable permission to the owner of the file named “letter” ?

• (A)  chmod ugo + x letter
• (B)  chmod u + x letter
• (C)  chmod u + w letter
• (D)  chmod g + x letter

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