You are taking the "Basic Linux Information" quiz. Answer the questions you see in the pages and then hit "Submit" to see which questions you got right or wrong. You may share your results with your friends afterwords about the quiz you just took or challenge them to score better than you! By the way, don't forget to support us on Patreon. We can publish more of these nice quizzes if more people join the cause. 1. Linux is technically a: File Manager Web Browser Kernel Toolkit 2. Linux is commonly known as a: File System Operating System Hardware Web browser 3. A Linux distribution is a: Software package File manager Magazine title Movement 4. A Linux distribution contains: A kernel and operating system software A kernel and Windows programs Books distributed by Linux Linux video tutorials 5. Which of the following is a Linux distribution: Chrome Emacs Ubuntu KDE 6. Linux distributions are made by: The Linux Foundation The GNU project DistroWatch Users and communities 7. The first program that runs when a computer starts is a: boot loader kernel software starter Linux 8. A boot loader is responsible for loading: The BIOS The database connection The kernel software The desktop environment 9. Which of the following is a boot loader: Debian GRUB GIMP Emacs 10. A kernel is responsible for Starting the boot loader Only making RAM work Initializing the operating system Building the BIOS 11. GRUB is maintained by The Linux Foundation The GNU Project The Free Software Foundation Google 12. Desktop environments are: Software screen drivers Networking tools Image editing programs Graphical user interfaces 13. A user interface is a: Way of accessing the system Packaging program Distribution ISO Web browser 14. Which of the following is a commercial Linux distribution: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Linux Mint Arch Linux Debian 15. To manage programs on Linux you can use: .exe file manager A package manager A software editor A web browser 16. A display manager is: A graphical login user interface A program manager The hardware that manages the screen A screen driver 17. A display server is: A graphical login user interface A program that coordinates user input and output with the operating system A program that installs and uninstalls software packages from the Internet Any screen recording program 18. GNU tools are: A set of kernels Software programs Hardware tools A C compiler and a command line interface 19. Linux and GNU are: A kernel and software tools combined into an operating system Two companies working together to maintain an operating system Linux is the hardware, GNU is the software Two programming languages 20. Linux has a graphical user interface that: Looks the same across all distributions Displays graphical programs in text format The Linux kernel does not have a graphical user interface Can only be used via the command line 5 out of 4 You have finished your quiz. Either go back to review your answers or hit "Submit" below to get your results! Time is Up! Time's up
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