CMPR 241: UNIX/Linux System Admin (ticket 1724101)
2007 Spring Semester
Homework #1 Instructions
There are 17 questions in this homework assignment. This assignment is
due next class Thursday Feb 22, 2007 but may be turned in as late as
Thursday March 15, 2007 for full credit. Prepare your answers to these
questions on a piece of scratch paper. I will show you in class next
week how to input and submit your answers for credit. I will also show
you how to determine which of your answers are correct and incorrect
and how to submit corrections in order to get a better score for this
homework.
Course Overview
This material on the Course Overview will not be covered
on quizzes or exams.
Web Assignment 1 -- Question #1
Every student in this class should have received a copy of the
course overview.
You can also read this overview on the class web site. Note
that the sections of the overview are numbered sequentially.
What section of the overview discusses installing software on a home
computer, stating that this is purely optional and totally at your
risk?
Your answer should consist of just one or two digits.
Web Assignment 1 -- Question #2
What section of the overview gives the penalties for cheating
(which includes turning in someone else's work as your own)?
Your answer should consist of just one or two digits.
Web Assignment 1 -- Question #3
What section of the overview gives quiz and exam dates, deadlines for
filing Credit/No Credit or withdrawing from the class, and any
school holidays when class will not meet (if any).
Your answer should consist of just one or two digits.
Web Assignment 1 -- Question #4
The overview covers how you will be graded in this course.
What percent of your overall course grade is based on your
in-class Final Exam result?
Your answer should consist of just one or two digits.
Web Assignment 1 -- Question #5
The overview encourages you to send email to the instructor if you
have any problems or questions (even small questions), esp. since he
does not have an office on campus.
What is the instructor's email address?
(Enter all lower-case.)
Web Assignment 1 -- Question #6
What one section of the overview describes all of the following:
Number of questions in a quiz or exam.
Which quizes and exams are open-book, open-note?
Which quizes and exams are take-home or in-class?
What is the penalty to make-up an in-class exam?
How can you avoid the penalty for a make-up exam?
Your answer should consist of just one or two digits.
Web Assignment 1 -- Question #7
How many course points do you need to get an "A" for your grade
for this class?
Your answer should consist of just one or two digits.
Web Assignment 1 -- Question #8
What percent of your overall course grade is based on your attendance?
Your answer should consist of just one or two digits.
Reference on Names of Punctuation Symbols
This material on Punctuation will not be covered
on quizzes or exams.
Web Assignment 1 -- Question #9
On the class web site is a section of Class Reference Material.
In that section is a guide to punctuation symbols and their names.
What does the circumflex character look like? i.e. input a
circumflex as your answer to this question.
Web Assignment 1 -- Question #10
To type your answer to this question,
do the following:
Enter the word: hello
enclosed in braces,
i.e. put an open brace before hello and a closing brace afterward.
Web Assignment 1 -- Question #11
What is the (main) name of the character on the next line
&
Reference on Abbreviations
This material on Abbreviations will not be covered
on quizzes or exams.
Web Assignment 1 -- Question #12
On the class web site is a section of Class Reference Material.
In that section is a guide to abbreviations commonly used by
this instructor.
What abbreviation does the instructor of this class use to indicate
a contrast and/or an opposite meaning?
x86 Partitions
The following material was covered in class #1
in audio #105: "disk partitions"
http://redhat.com
documentation (in top grey menu bar)
product drop down menu: select Red Hat Linux (5th from bottom)
Go
under Red Hat Linux 9
x86 installation guide (click this, not pdf, rpm, nor html tarball)
E. An introduction to Disk Partitions
Web Assignment 1 -- Question #13
What is the maximum number of primary disk partitions you can set up
on a typical x86 PC?
Each partition could hold a different operating system.
Enter just one or more digits for your answer.
Web Assignment 1 -- Question #14
On an x86 PC,
if you give up one primary partition, you can setup a special
type of partition that can hold multiple logical partitions.
What name do we give a partition that can hold one or more
logical partitions?
Enter a one word answer.
Web Assignment 1 -- Question #15
On an x86 PC,
one of the partitions may be given a special attribute or setting
so that the operating system within that partition will boot up
the next time the system is powered on. If you have multiple
partitions, each with a different operating systems, this is how
you control which one will boot up and run.
What is the name of this attribute or setting that makes one of
the partitions special and different from the others.
Do not enter "boot" or "bootable" as your answer.
Enter a one word answer.
Web Assignment 1 -- Question #16
Which of these values are specified in the disk partition table ?
1. The starting block number of the partition
2. The version of the Operating System in the partition
3. The type of filesystem in the partition
4. The system IP address
5. The type of disk drive
Web Assignment 1 -- Question #17
On an x86 PC,
in order to install an operating system or setup a data area,
the disk partition to be used must be prepared. What is the
name of the process used to prepare the partition so that it
can hold data or an operating system ?
Enter a one word answer.