Test: Linux I & II - Computer Science Engineering (CSE) MCQ

Explanation: The Linux is similar to UNIX operating system but it is entirely different for the Windows NT, MS-DOS and the Windows 3.1

Explanation: The UNIX was first described by Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson of Bell Research Labs in 1974 through an article.

Explanation: MULTICS is a multiplexed information and computing service which generate software that would allow a large number of users for accessing the computer simultaneously.

Explanation: The PDP-7 processor is the first version of the UNIX which has a new filing system and new utilities.

Explanation: With the many disadvantages of the UNIX operating system, Linux was used as an alternative source. The UNIX operating system was more expensive operating system and most of the hardware was specific to the manufacturer, which restricted the use of UNIX and developed for an alternative one, the Linux.

Explanation: The files are grouped into directories and subdirectories. This file system contains all the data files, commands, programs and special files which allow the access to the physical computer system. The file system of the Linux operating system is similar to the UNIX operating system.

Explanation: The character / is used in the beginning of the file name or the path name which is used as the starting point and is known as the root directory or root.

Explanation: The Linux was taken as a personal project by Linus Torvalds at the University of Helsinki in Finland that is similar to UNIX as an operating system.

Explanation: There are four types of Linux files. These are regular, special, directories and named pipes.

 Which filesystem of Linux have a mass storage devices?
a) physical file system
b) temporary file system
c) RAM
d) register

Explanation: The XENIX is a UNIX clone developed by the Motorola in the year 2979 and is ported to many processors.

Explanation: There are four types of Linux files. These are regular, special, directories and named pipes in which the regular file type can have any kind of data and does not have restrictions in size, the special file type represent certain terminals such as physical I/O device, the directories can hold lists of files, and the named pipes are similar to regular files but restricted in size.

Explanation: Among the Linux files, the regular file type is similar to the named pipe but these are restricted in size. On the other hand, the regular file does not have restrictions.

Explanation: The directories can hold lists of files other than the actual data, but the other file type does not have this characteristic.

Explanation: The physical file system is allocated to the parts of the logical file system. The logical file system can be implemented on a system with two hard disks by the allocation of the bin directory under the hard disk 1 and the file subsystem under the hard disk 2.

Explanation: The bin directory is on the hard disk 1 of the physical storage whereas the term, dev, etc is on the hard disk 1 of the physical logical file system.

Explanation: The allocation of the mass storage to the logical file system is known as the mounting and its reverse operation, deallocation of the mass storage is known as unmounting.

Explanation: The commands such as mount and unmount commands are used to access the removable medias like the floppy disks, through the logical file system.

Explanation: The /mnt is the target directory used in the file system of the Linux operating system but the special file names can vary from system to system.