Question 1

____ is the Window Manager used for the GNOME desktop in Red Hat Fedora Core 2.

Accepted Answer

A) kwin 
B) twm 
C) metacity 
D) sawfish

Question 2

____ is a freely available version of X Windows used in many Linux distributions.

Accepted Answer

A) X.org 
B) XFree 
C) FreeX86 
D) XFree86

Question 3

The two most common desktop environments that are used on Linux are the ____ and the ____.

Accepted Answer

A) KDE; kwin 
B) KDE; Xfce 
C) Xfce; GNOME 
D) KDE; GNOME

Question 4

When the ____ command is run by the root user, hardware information is automatically detected and written to an XFree86 configuration file called /root/XF86Config.new .

Accepted Answer

A) Xorg -configure 
B) XFree86 -configure 
C) XF86Setup 
D) xf86cfg

Question 5

Why might dual-booting be necessary or desired?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Why might dual-booting be necessary or desired?...

Question 6

A Linux system in runlevel ____ is a system that has no daemons active in memory and is ready to be powered off.

Accepted Answer

A) 0 
B) 1 
C) 6 
D) 7

Question 7

What is the GRUB root partition? How does GRUB locate the GRUB root partition?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is the GRUB root partition? How...

Question 8

After configuring X Windows, you can fine-tune the vsync and hsync of the video card using the ____ utility after X Windows has started

Accepted Answer

A) xvidtune 
B) xvideotune 
C) xtune 
D) vidtune

Question 9

The Linux kernel is stored in the ____ directory.

Accepted Answer

A) / 
B) /boot 
C) /root 
D) /krnl

Question 10

GRUB must be reinstalled after editing its configuration file.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

____ of the GRUB boot loader typically resides on the Master Boot Record.

Accepted Answer

A) Stage1 
B) Stage1.5 
C) Stage2 
D) Stage2.5

Question 12

A(n)____________________ defines the number and type of daemons that are loaded into memory and executed by the kernel on a particular system.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A(n)____________________ defines the number and type of...

Exam 9: System Initialization and X Windows