software engineering MCQs – Page 67

Practise multiple-choice questions from software engineering for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

1321. What command is used with vi editor to delete three words ?
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A. 3 dd

B. $

C. 3 x

D. 3 dw
1322. To build a modularized kernel, the kernel-headers and kernel-source packages must first be installed. Where will you find the kernel-headers and kernel-source ?
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A. /usr/bin

B. /usr/sre/redhat

C. /usr/src/linux

D. /usr/local

1323. Which of the following is the main Apache configuration file ?
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A. /etc/srm.conf

B. /etc/apache.conf

C. /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

D. /etc/httpd/config.ini

1324. In an absolute loading scheme, which loader function is accomplished by assembler________________?
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A. Loading

B. Allocation

C. Linking

D. Reallocation
1325. Which command is used to copy the three files wb, collect and mon into the misc directory, under the same, when you were currently in the programs directory ?
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A. copy wb collect mon /misc

B. tar wb collect mon /misc

C. copy wb ../misc collect ../misc mon ../misc

D. cp wb collect mon ../misc
1326. What command is used to count just the number of lines contained in a file ?
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A. wc l

B. wc w

C. wc c

D. wc r

1327. What command can be used to get information about yourself ?
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A. which

B. pwd

C. who am i

D. i /4

1328. Convert the BRNE h#01E6, i assembly language instructions into hexadecimal machine language______________?
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A. DA000F

B. 40

C. 0111EF

D. 9001000000
1329. Convert the ASCII/BEAR/assembly language pseudo-ops into hexadecimal machine language________________?
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A. F8

B. 42 65 61 72

C. 03 16

D. 0111EF

1330. What is the difference between a CD-ROM and a CD-RW ?
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A. A CD-ROM holds more information than a CD-RW.

B. A CD-RW can be written to, but a CD-ROM can only be read from.

C. A CD-ROM can be written to and a CD-RW cannot.

D. They are the same just two different terms used by different manufacturers.

1331. Which of the following command can you execute to count the number of lines in a file ?
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A. wc l

B. cl

C. count

D. lc

1332. What command is used to save the standard output in a file, as well as display it on the terminal ?
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A. cat

B. more

C. tee

D. grep

1333. Multiprogramming was made possible by____________________?
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A. operating systems

B. input/output units that operate independently of the CPU

C. both A and B

D. neither A nor B

1334. Storage device found inside the computer__________________?
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A. Zip disk

B. Hard disk

C. Super disk

D. CD ROM

1335. _____________ is any part of computer that can be touched?
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A. hardware

B. application

C. device

D. peripheral

1336. A memory that contains a fine pattern of data permanently defined is__________________?
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A. EPROM

B. ROM

C. PROM

D. RAM

1337. The command chmod 761 note is equivalent to_________________?
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A. chmod u=rwx, g=rw, o=x note

B. chmo a =761 note

C. chmod 167 note

D. chmod 4=7, g=6,0 =1 note

1338. The location of some system configuration and system administrator executable files, is________________?
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A. /var

B. /sbin

C. /home

D. /proc

1339. A translator which reads an entire programme written in a high level language and converts it into machine language code is_________________?
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A. assembler

B. system software

C. translator

D. compiler
1340. In which tcp_wrappers file can you specify to allow all connections from all hosts ?
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A. /etc/hosts.allow

B. /etc/hosts.deny

C. /etc/hosts

D. /etc/tcp.conf