250+ TOP MCQs on File Management and Answers

Linux / Unix questions and answers is useful for various certification exams on Linux like Redhat certification exam, CompTIA exam, Ubuntu/SuSE certification, LPI certification exam, etc.

1. Which of the following time stamps need not exist for a file on traditional unix file system
a) Access Time
b) Modification Time
c) Creation Time
d) Change Time
Answer: c
Clarification: None.

2. Which command is used to set limits on file size
a) fsize
b) flimit
c) ulimit
d) usize
Answer: c
Clarification: None.

3. Which option of rmdir command will remove all directories a, b, c if path is a/b/c
a) –b
b) –o
c) –p
d) –t
Answer: c
Clarification: None.

4. Which represents the user home directory
a) /
b) .
c) ..
d) ~
Answer: d
Clarification: None.

5. If a file is removed in Unix using ‘rm’ then
a) The file can be recovered by a normal user
b) The file cannot be recovered by a user
c) The file can be fully recovered provided the sytem is not rebooted
d) The file will be moved to /lost+found directory and can be recovered only by administrator’s intervention
Answer: b

6. Executing the ‘cd ..’ command when at the root level causes
a) Error message indicating the user can’t access beyond the root level
b) Behavior is unix-flavor dependent
c) Results in changing to the ‘home’ directory
d) Nothing happens
Answer: d
Clarification: None.

7. How do you rename file “new” to file “old”?
a) mv new old
b) move new old
c) cp new old
d) rn new old
Answer: a
Clarification: None.

8. What command is used to copy files and directories?
a) copy
b) cp
c) rn
d) cpy
Answer: b
Clarification: None.

9. When mv f1 f2 is executed which file’s inode is freed?
a) f1
b) f2
c) new inode will be used
d) no inode is freed
Answer: b
Clarification: None.

10. Any file’s attribute information is stored in which structure on the disk
a) Inode
b) Data blocks
c) File blocks
d) Directory file
Answer: a
Clarification: None.