B.C.A. (Semester (CGPA) Examination Oct/Nov-2017
LINUX SHELL PROGRAMMING
Day Date: Tuesday, 14-11-2017 Max. Marks: 70
Time: 10.30 AM to 01.00 PM
Instructions: Q.1 and Q.7 are compulsory.
Attempt any two questions from Q. 3 and 4.
Attempt any one question from Q. 5 and 6.
Q.1 Choose the single correct alternatives: 14
command is used to display the operating system name.
os Unix
uname kernel
Which option of 1s command used to view file inode number?
-inum

Which of the following is the feature of Linux Operating System?
Multi User Multi Process
Multi-Tasking All the above
The kill command is used to terminate premature processes.
True False
General syntax of Linux command is
Command [options] [arguments]
Command [arguments] options
Command [arguments] [option]
None of these
Which of the following statement is FALSE?
Linux supports multiple users.
Linux is an open source operating system and the source code is shared
Shell takes care of inter process communication
Shell provides the feature of I/O Redirection
How do you get help about the command "cp"?
Help cp cd?
Man cp cd
Which command is not related to the directory?
cd pwd
cat mkdir
If a file is removed in Linux using then the file can be recovered by a
normal user.
True False
10) Any attribute information is stored in which structure on the disk.
Inode block Data blocks
File blocks Directory file
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SLR-CD-19
11) While executing a command, the shell loads a special program to take care
of the execution.
True False
12) Which command is used to debug a shell script program?

debug db
13) Shell is an interface between Kernel and Hardware.
True False
14) is not related to the Linux file system.
/bin /dev
/admin /etc
Q.2 Explain KDE and GNOME 05
Describe the structure of i-node block. 05
Differentiate foreground and background jobs. 04
Q.3 Explain mount command with suitable example. 05
Explain ping and finger command with suitable example. 05
List out different types of security provided by Linux. 04
Q.4 Write a shell program to print a multiplication table of a number given from
command line.
05
Explain find command with suitable example. 05
Write a note on LDAP. 04
Q.5 Answer the following:
Write briefly on fgrep and sort commands with examples. 07
Write a script to display all hard links and soft links from a current directory. 07
Q.6 Answer the following:
List the different characteristics of vi editor and explain the command mode. 07
How to provide permission to a file with suitable example? 07
Q.7 Write short notes on the following (Any two) 14
Archive and File compression.
Configuration of Apache and MySQL.
NFS and NIS.