Question 401) The new password must differ from the old one for atleast __ charters
a 2
b 3
c 4
d 8
Ans: b
Question 402) What does a physical device name consist of?
a Slashes
b Instance numbers
c Node names
d SCSI controller numbers
Ans: a,c
Question 403) In Bourne shell, how to export variable ?
a export variable
b export $variable
c setenv variable
d set variable
Ans: a
Question 404) The command that may be used to identify the users who are logged in on other systems on the network is
a rusers
b rcp
c telnet
d rup
Ans: a
Question 405) Which of the following are the valid software configuration cluster?
a Core
b End User
c Enterprise
d Developer
Ans: a,b,d
Question 406) Which of the following commands will modify the /etc/dumpdates
a ufsdump 0c /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s2
b ufsdump 0cf /dev/rmt/0 /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s2
c ufsdump 0cf /dev/rmt/0n /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s2
d ufsdump 0ucf /dev/rmt/0 /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s2
Ans: d
Question 407) If you have multiple dump files in a magnetic tape and you want to be sure that the tape drive will skip to the end of the recorded media before you dump more files into the media, choose one of the following commands
a mt eom
b ufsdump 0ucf /dev/rmt/0n /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s1
c mt retension
d mt forward
e mt fsf 10
f mt last
Ans: a
Question 408) Which command removes print jobs ?
a cancel
b enable
c stop
Ans: a
Question 409) NFS servers can share peripherals like modems and printers. The above statement is
a true
b false
Ans: b
Question 410) In Bourne shell, set 1234=4567, which one is variable
a 1234
b 4567
c set
d set and 1234
Ans: a
Question 411) Which is the configuration file for nfs server?
a /etc/nfstab
b /etc/nfs/nfstab
c /etc/dfs/dfstab
d /etc/sharetab
e /etc/vfstab
f /etc/mnttab
Question 412) What is the command that is used to find out the nfs resources shared by a server?
a nfshares
b nfsshares
c shares
d dfshares
e netshares
Ans: d
Question 413) Which 2 commands should be used to acquire online information about the /etc/vfstab file?
a man -s4 vfstab
b man vfstab(5)
Ans: a,b
Question 414) Which PROM command boots the system using a different file system?
a boot -a
b boot -d
c boot -f
d reboot
Ans: a
Question 415) Which of the following is the spooling directory for pending print requests?
a /var/spool/lp
b /var/lp/spool
c /etc/spool
d /etc/lp/spool
e /tmp/lp/spool
Ans: a
Question 416) What are the functions of Print Filters ?
a to identify the terminfo database entry containing the control sequences to initialize the printer
b to print forms and forms with text and graphics instead of blank paper
c to initialize a printer before sending a print job to the printer
d to convert the content of requests to the type of content accepted by the destination printer
e to track the status of every job to enable users to remove jobs and system administrators to manage print jobs
Ans: d
Question 417) Environment variables are known in all ___ created after the variable defined
a sub-shells
b aliases
c processes
d jobs
Ans: a
Question 418) Where is the ASCII definition database which describes the capabilities of terminals and printers ?
a /etc/termcap
b /usr/share/lib/terminfo
c /etc/terminfo
d /usr/lib/termcap
Ans: b
Question 419) Which directory contains the database entries that dictate the control sequences to initialize the printer?
a /usr/lib/lp/
b /etc/lp/
c /usr/share/lib/terminfo
d /etc/lp/terminfo
Ans: c
Question 420) Which command is used to build a new file system on the raw special device at c0t3d0s5?
a newfs /dev/rdsk/c0t3d0s5
b newfs /devices/rdsk/c0t3d0s5
Ans a
Question 421) Which of the following evaluate the command literally ?
a back quote (` `)
b double quote (" ")
c single quote (' ')
d parentheses (( ) )
Ans: a
Question 422) Which of the following user environment variables may be used to specify the default printer?
a LPRCONF
b PRINTERS
c PRINTER
d LPDEST
e LPDEFAULT
Ans: c,d
Question 423) Which command in PROM mode can display the default Boot device that system boot from ?
a banner
b probe-scsi
c devaliase
d printenv
Ans: d
Question 424) Which of the following command cannot be used to manipulate print requests?
a continue
b cancel
c enable
d disable
e accept
f reject
Ans: a
Question 425) Which of the following commands may be used to move a print request from one queue to the other?
a lp -c
b lp -x
c lpadmin
d lpmove
Ans: d
Question 426) What is the command to send a print request to printer printer1 to print file1 without banner?
a lp file1
b lp -n printer1 file1
c lp -d printer1 -o nobanner file1
d lp -p printer1 -o nobanner file1
e lp -p printer1 -b file1
Ans: a,b,c,d,e
Question 427) Which command list hidden files ?
a ls -l
b ls -a
c ls -h
d ls -IF
Ans: b
Question 428) To execute the reducelog command at 11 P.M. every Sunday evening, which entry should be placed in a crontab file?
a 11 00 * * 0 reducelog
b 0 23 * * 0 reducelog
c * * 23 0 0 reducelog
d reducelog 11 00 * * 0
Ans: b
Question 429) What is the command to display all status information output and the acceptance and idle or busy status of all printers?
a lp -a
b lp -d
c lp -o
d lp -p
e lp -s
f lp -t
Ans: f
Question 430) Which environment variable is used to set default printer?
a PRINT
b DEFAULTPRINTER
c LPDEST
d DEFAULT
Ans: c
Question 431) What is the command to display the idle or busy status and availability of all printers?
a lp -a
b lp -d
c lp -o
d lp -p
e lp -s
f lp -t
Ans: d
Question 432) What is the result of using the following command?
# mkdir -p dir1/dir2/dir3
a it creates 3 directories, named dir1, dir1/dir2, and dir1/dir2/dir3 respectively.
b it is not a valid command
c it creates directories names dir1,dir2,dir3 respectively
Ans: a
Question 433) What are the commands to cancel a specific printer request waiting in the queue or the print request currently printing?
a lp -k <request-ID
b lp -k <printer
c lp -k <request-ID <printer
d cancel -u <user <printer
e cancel <request-ID <printer
Ans: d,e
Question 434) What is the terminology used to describe a named group of printers created with the lpadmin command?
a cluster
b group
c class
d circle
e school
Ans: c
Question 444) Which error message this command will generate
cd /usr/bin ~letters
a Too many arguments.
b No such directory.
Ans: a
Question 445) Which of the following commands are valid to create a class of printers and enable them to queue jobs?
a#lpadmin -p printer1 -c class1
#lpadmin -p printer2 -c class1
#accept class1
b#lpadmin -p printer1 -c class1
#lpadmin -p printer2 -c class1
#enable class1
c#lpadmin -d printer1 -g class1
#lpadmin -d printer2 -g class1
#enable class1
d#lpadmin -d printer1 -g class1
#lpadmin -d printer2 -g class1
#accept class1
Ans: a
Question 447) What does the command "df -k" do ?
a It shows the size of each file partition in byte
b It shows the size of each file partition in megabyte
c It shows the size of folders and files in your home directory in kilobyte
d It shows the amount of disk usage in percentage
Ans: d
Question 448) What is the command that will movee a specified print job to the top of the queue?
a lp -q print-request -H top
b lp -u userid -H first
c lp -i print-request -H immediate
d lp -p print-request -H first
Ans: c
Question 449) Which of the following command will set the priority to n while printing a file?
a lp -d printer -P n file
b lp -p printer -b n file
c lp -d printer -q n file
d lp -p printer -P n file
e lp -d printer -p n file
Ans: c
Question 450) The stick bit has NO effect to which of the following ?
a file owner
b any member of the group
c anybody access the directory
Ans: a
Question 451) Which command is used to change the system boot device?
a use disk2 as boot-device
b set boot-device disk2
c setenv boot-device disk2
d set boot-dev disk2
e setdev boot disk2
Ans: c
Question 452) When you use the command #reject printer1 ,
a printer1 will reject additional print requests on the printer
b printer1 will move or cancel any requests that are currently queued to the printer
c printer1 will be temporarily unavailable (equivalent to pressing "online/offline" on the printer itself
d printer1 will will accept print jobs
Ans: a,b
Question 453) When you use the command #disable printer1
a printer1 will reject additional print requests on the printe r
b printer1 will move or cancel any requests that are currently queued to the printer
c printer1 will be temporarily unavailable (equivalent to pres sing "online/offline" on the d printer itself
e printer1 will accept print jobs
Ans: c,e
Question 454) Which of the following command may be used to check the status of the print queues?
a lp -q
b lp -s printername
c lp -q printername
d lpstat -o
e lpstat -p printername
Ans: d,e
Question 455) In order to redefine available set of commands you can execute,which variable must you modify ?
a DISPLAY
b PATH
c HOME
d PS1
Ans: b
Question 456) Which of the following files may be use to control the usage of crontab?
a /etc/crontab/cron.allow
b /etc/crontab/cron.deny
c /etc/cron.d/cron.allow
d /etc/cron.d/cron.deny
e /etc/cron.access
f /etc/crontabACL
Ans: c,d
Question 457) Which daemon may execute commands repeatedly ?
a cron
b at
c cronat
d crontab
Ans: a
Question 458) Which of the following may be considered as serial devices?
a serial ports
b SCSI ports
c alphanumeric terminals
d modems
e serial printers
Ans: a,c,d,e
Question 459) What does R means: in the S column of the output of ps command?
a The process is running.
b The process is on the running queue
c This process is a regular process.
d This is a sleeping process.
Ans: a
Question 450) What are the serial interfaces?
a Small Computer System Interface
b Serial Device Peripheral Interface
c Data Terminal Equipment
d Data Communications equipment
e Serial Data Interface
f Serial Communication Equipment
Ans: c,f
Question 451) Which command does a full backup of all files in the /export/home file system to the /dev/rmt/1 remote tape device attached to the workstation "mars".
a ufsdump Of mars/dev/rmt/1 /export/home
b dd 0f mars/dev/rmt/1 /export/home
c cpio > i mars/dev/rmt/1 /export/home
Ans: a
Question 452) Pin 2 of the RS-232-C 25 pin connector for a Data Terminal Equipment is used to
a transmit signal
b receive signal
Ans: a
Question 453) Which of the following are true of null modem cable ?
a A null modem cable provides meAns: for two DTE devices to communicate with each other without a modem
b A null modem cable crosses pins 2 and 3
c A null modem cable crosses pins 7 and 8
d Only pins 2,3 and 7 are required for communications between two DTE devices
Ans: a,b,d
Question 454) The tip command
a may be used to connect a remote host using a modem
b uses full duplex connection over a parallel line
c will cause a file called .tiprc in the user's home directory to be executed
d may use the following environment variables REMOTE, PHONES, HOST, HOME, SHELL
e uses the following files /etc/phones, /etc/remote, /var/adm/aculog and ~/.tiprc
Ans: a,b,c,d,e
Question 455) Root user is
a user ID=0, group ID=0
b user ID=0, group ID=1
c user ID=1, group ID=0
d user ID=1, group ID=1
Ans: b
Question 456) Which Sun system will halt and poweroff when "init 5" is executed ?
a sun3
b sun4
c sun4c
d sun4m
e sun4d
Ans: d
Question 457) Which of the following module is used to perform standard terminal I/O processing?
a ldterm
b sacadm
c pmadm
d ttyadm
e nlsadmin
Ans: a
Question 458) Password is verified against which file ?
a /etc/shadow
b /etc/passwd
Ans: a
Question 459) The SAF (Service Access Facility)
a may be used for monitoring of the parallel ports
b uses the port monitor process to manage the USB port
c uses ttymon to manage serial ports
d manages network ports using the listen daemon
Ans: a,b,c,d
Question 460) Which of the following daemons is used for detecting incoming login requests and dispatching these requests appropriately, setting terminal modes and baud rates?
a listen
b logind
c ttymon
d ttyd
e seriald
Ans: a,b,c,d,e
Question 461) Which of the following command copy files to remote system ?
a rcp
b rsh
c ftp
d telnet
Ans: a
Question 462) Which option of the usermod command allows the use of duplicate user IDs?
a -o
b -i
c -u
Ans: a
Question 463) What does .login commonly have ?
a environment variables
b shell variables
Ans: a
Question 464) What file is created by ttymon and contains successful logins information ?
a /var/adm/logins
b /var/ttylogs
c /var/tty/logins
d /var/adm/utmp
e /var/logs/ttylog
Ans: d
Question 465) What command can be used to set the values of the positional parameters?
a setenv
b setparam
c setpos
d setpp
e set
Ans: e
Question 466) When is the system profile executed?
a After the .profile in the home directory of the user account
b Before the .profile in the home directory of the user account
c Instead of the .profile in the home directory of the user account
Ans: b
Question 467) The sh command is a useful one to debug shell scripts. Which option of the sh command may be used to print commands and their arguments as they are executed?
a -v
b -s
c -x
d -d
e -c
Ans: c
Question 468) What type of file is this?
drwxr_xr_x 1 tom users 512 Sep 1 0826 devices
a block
b Directory
c Symbolic link
d Device
e Regular
Ans: b
Question 469) How to terminate an application ?
a Ctrl-c
b kill command
c quit from window for any window applications
d suspend command
Ans: a,b,c
Question 470) What is the block size that df shows disk space in,by default?
a 256 bytes
b 512 bytes
c 1024 bytes
d 2048 bytes
Ans: b
Question 471) Which of the following command show the patches installed?
a pkginfo
b patchadd -p
c showrev -p
d patchinfo
Ans: b,c
Question 472) Which command, similar to tar in syntax, produces an archive which compresses each file before archiving it?
a tar
b Zcat
c cpio
Ans: b
Question 473) What value represents Sunday in the day of week field in crontab?
a 0
b 1
c 6
d 7
Ans: a
Question 474) Which process tool can you use to find the current working directory for a process?
a ps
b pwdx
c dir
Ans: b
Question 475) How do you find all the patches that have been applied to the package SUNWtest?
a showrev -p |grep SUNWtest
b pacthinfo SUNWtest
c showpacth -p SUNWtest
Ans: a
Question 476) If you are on a VT220 terminal and there is no stop key on the keyboard, which of the following is true
a A break signal cannot be sent to the machine from the terminal.
b A break signal can be sent by pressing CTRL, ALT and Del together.
c Check the VT220 terminal manual to find out he key to generate the break signal.
d Power down the VT220 terminal to send the break signal.
Ans: c
Question 478) Your current working directory is the /export/home_a/user/ directory. Which 2 commands strings put you into the /export/home_b/user 20 directory?
a cd ../../home_b/user 20
b cd /export/home_b/user 20
Ans a,b
Question 479) What are the 3 default Solaris 8 shells?
a c,bourne,korn
b bash,korn,bourne
c sun,korn,bourne
Ans: a
Question 480) What affect does setting ignoreeof environment variable have ?
a Shell will ignore Control-D, so you cat not log out with it
b can not end letter using mail command since Control-D will be ignored
Ans: a
Question 481) How many shells are available in solaris 8 operating environment?
a 3
b 4
c 8
d 6
Ans: d
Question 482) In order to monitor system message on the console,uncomment CONSOLE=/dev/console in which file ?
a /etc/default/su
b /etc/default/login
c /etc/default/init
d /etc/default/passwd
Ans: a
Question 483) Which of the following command shows the processes associated with the local terminal?
a ps -e
b ps -ef
c ps -a
d ps
Ans: c
Question 484) How will u change all the occurences of "Solaris" into "Solaris Operating Enviroment" in a file?
a %s/Solaris/Solaris Opearating Environment/g
b %r/Solaris/Solaris Opearating Environment/g
c %c/Solaris/Solaris Opearating Environment/g
Ans: a
Question 485) Which directory does "cd .." change to ?
a parent directory
b child directory
c home directory
d root directory
Ans: a
Question 486) What are the ways to quit vi?
a wq
b w
c q
d ZZ
e quit
Ans: a,b,d
Question 487) What is the correct sequence of file type ?
a owner other group
b other group owner
c owner group other
d group other owner
Ans: c
Question 488) Siva has taken a position with a competing firm. How would you go about locking his account so that he can no longer gain access to the system? Choose all that apply.
a use the admintool to delete his account.
b i userdel ram12
c i passwd -l ram12
d using the admintool remove him from the accounting group
e None of the above
Ans: c
Question 489) In relative path, which is the default in the directory hierarchy ?
a look down the directory
b look up the directory
Ans: a
Question 490) From the command line, how would you delete users directory and login at the same time?
a userdel -d siva
b userdel -r siva
c userdel -l siva
d userdel -o siva
Ans: b
Question 491) How to display disk usage in terms of kilobyte ?
a df -k
b du -k
c df
d du
Ans: a
Question 492) If you have drwxrwsrwx, how to disable de setgid bit?
a chmod 0777
b chmod g-s
c chmod 2755
d chmod 2777
Ans: b
Question 493) The right way to use these two commands chown, chgrp
a chown new_owner filename
b chown filename new_owner
c chgrp new_group filename
d chgrp filename new_group
Ans: a,c
Question 494) What is the command displaying a trailer character in order to recognize what is the file type?
a ls -A
b ls -F
c ls -d
d ls -l
Ans: d
Question 495) What does r-x mean ?
dr-xr-xr-x
-r-xr-xr-x
a writable, executable
b readable, searchable
c readable, executable
d read only
Ans: b,c
Question 496) You suspect that someone has been trying to login to the network. What would you have to do set up the system to record failed login attempts?
a Nothing, account logging is on by default in ver 8\par
b Uncomment the line initializing logging in the startup script
c Enable the logging daemon
d Create a file called loginlog in /var/adm/
e None of the above
Ans: d
Question 497Which of the following is the first phase in the Solaris boot process?
a init
b Boot PROM or BIOS
c Boot programs
d Kernel initialization
Ans: b
Question 498) What is illegal character in host name ?
a letter
b number
c slash (/)
d underscore (_)
Ans: c
Question 499) Where does the command who look for information about users currently on the system?
a /var/adm/who
b /var/adm/utmpx
c /var/sadm/ucmp
c /var/sadm/all
Ans: b
Question 500) What does t mean in -rwx-----t ?
a readable
b searchable
c setgid
d sticky bit
Ans: d

Question 501) Which option of patchadd command does not backup the files to be patched?
a -u
b -f
c -v
Ans: a
Question 502) What permissions are needed to change to a directory and list its contents ?
a r--
b rw-
c r-x
Ans: c
Question 503) Which commands will create a file ?
a touch filename
b cat filename
c ls filename
d cat blah filename
Ans: a,d
Question 504) You go to a users desk and find that the technician has su'd to root and left the station still logged in. You have 5 junior admins under you. What command can you use to determine who the culprit is?
a who am i
b who
c last
d finger
Ans: a
Question 505) The cron daemon
a schedules jobs to run
b executes jobs to run
Ans: b
Question 506) You want to print a file with the highest priority, how do you do this ?
a lp -q 0 filename
b lp -q high filename
c lp -q immediate filename
d lp -q
Ans: a
Question 507) What is denoted by the following permissions on the file taxes1999? -r-sr-xr-x
a the file is not executable by anyone but root
b world readable-writable by all users
c file has been locked to all users
d The current owner and root of the file can execute it.
e None of the above
Ans: d
Question 508) Who can remove print job ?
a root
b file owner
c job owner
Ans: a,b
Question 509) Which of the following executes a task at 700pm once?
a at 700pm task
b at 1900
at task
c at 700pm
at task
at ctrl-d
d at 1900
at ctrl-d
task
Ans: c
Question 510) What is the purpose of the PROM? Choose all that apply.
a Boot the operating system
b Test the hardware
c Initialize daemons
d Share resources via NFS
e None of the above
Ans: a,b
Question 511) In Bourne shell, how to assign value to variable EDITOR ?
a EDITOR=/bin/vi
b set EDITOR /bin/vi
Ans: a
Question 512) You wish to run extensive diagnostics on your sun box during bootup, what should you do?
a Nothing, it will run an extensive POST by default.
b Press and hold the stop key while powering on the system.
c Press and hold the stop key as well as the S key
d Press and hold the stop key while pressing the M key.
e None of the above
Ans: e
Question 513) What do you choose to use the new disk from the format menu?
a new
b disk
c select
d
Ans: b
Question 514) If you have an umask of 022, and you create a new empty file, which permissions will it have?
a 644
b 755
c 666
d 123
Ans a
Question 515) If you type the word Mississipi3 for the passwd command
a It is correct
b It is and invalid password
c The passwd command shows you an error message
d The passwd command displays a warning message
Ans: b

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