Exam 1: Introduction to Linux

Match each correct item with the statement below.​ a.​Beowulf clustering b.Closed source software​ c.​cracker d.​distribution e.flavor f.​GNU General Public License (GPL) g.​hacker h.​kernel i.​newsgroup j.process -​A software license, ensuring that the source code for any OSS will remain freely available to anyone who wants to examine, build on, or improve upon it.

Describe what a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) is, and how it is used, then detail how IP addresses are related to FQDNs.​

​What two Linux distributions below utilize the Debian package manager by default?

Match each correct item with the statement below.​ a.​Beowulf clustering b.Closed source software​ c.​cracker d.​distribution e.flavor f.​GNU General Public License (GPL) g.​hacker h.​kernel i.​newsgroup j.process -​A program loaded into memory and running on the processor performing a specific task.

Match each correct item with the statement below.​ a.​Beowulf clustering b.Closed source software​ c.​cracker d.​distribution e.flavor f.​GNU General Public License (GPL) g.​hacker h.​kernel i.​newsgroup j.process -​An Internet protocol service accessed via an application program called a newsreader.

Match each correct item with the statement below.​ a.​Beowulf clustering b.Closed source software​ c.​cracker d.​distribution e.flavor f.​GNU General Public License (GPL) g.​hacker h.​kernel i.​newsgroup j.process -​The software whose source code is not freely available from the original author; Windows 98 is an example.

Proxy servers keep track of the information passed to each client by maintaining what type of table?​

What stipulates that the source code of any software published under its license must be freely available.

​Discuss the difference between developmental kernels and production kernels, and explain how the minor number is used to distinguish between the two.

On closed-source operating systems, hot fixes for software bugs are deployed very quickly.​