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This document appears to be a sample midterm test for a System Management course. It consists of two parts - short answer questions worth 30 marks and practical questions worth 20 marks. The test covers topics like operating system functions, types of operating systems, process states, process deadlock, file permissions, and Linux commands. It provides instructions to students on the test format and asks them to answer 15 short questions and 5 practical questions related to system management concepts and skills.

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System Administration Mid Sem Test Paper Sample

This document appears to be a sample midterm test for a System Management course. It consists of two parts - short answer questions worth 30 marks and practical questions worth 20 marks. The test covers topics like operating system functions, types of operating systems, process states, process deadlock, file permissions, and Linux commands. It provides instructions to students on the test format and asks them to answer 15 short questions and 5 practical questions related to system management concepts and skills.

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MN506 - System Management - Midterm Test Sample, Trimester 3, 2015

PART

Melbourne Institute of Technology Pty Ltd

CRICOS 01545C; 03245K NSW

Mark

Out of
Mark

PART I

30

PART II

20

Total

50

Master of Networking
MN506 - System Management
Midterm Test Sample, Trimester 3, 2015

Day/Date:
Duration:
Venue:
Unit Coordinator:
Moderator:
Total Marks:

Thursday 18th December, 2015


60 minutes
Room 513
Ahmed El-Hadad
Savitri Bevinakoppa
Total marks for this test is 50 marks. Contribution to unit total mark 20%.

Instructions to Candidates:
1. Attempt all questions. Write the answers in the space allocated under each question.
2. Full marks only are awarded for correct answers with detailed explanation and justification,
and will not be awarded for incomplete/or incorrect answer.
3. This test consists of two parts: ANSWER ALL OF THE QUESTIONS
PART I - Short Answer Questions
= 30 marks
PART II Practical Questions
= 20 marks
4. This is a closed-book test no reference material or calculator may be used in this test.
Student ID:

_________________________________________________________

Student Name:

_________________________________________________________

Student S/N:

_________________________________________________________

DO NOT REMOVE THIS TEST PAPER OR ANY


PART OF IT FROM THE TEST VENUE

MN506 - System Management - Midterm Test Sample, Trimester 3, 2015

Part I - Short Answer Questions:

(15 x 2 marks = 30 marks)

1. The operating system manages the system resources in three following ways; safely,
efficiently, and in an abstract manner. Discuss this sentence.

2. There are three types of operating systems; Server, Multiprocessor and Personal
Computer operating systems. Explain and contrast each of them, giving an example of
each.

3. Using a diagram, illustrate the five possible states of a process:

4. What is the meaning of process deadlock? How it can be avoided?

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MN506 - System Management - Midterm Test Sample, Trimester 3, 2015

Part II - Practical Questions:

(5 x 4 marks = 20 marks)

1. You ran the command umask 145. Then you created a file called file1 and a
directory called dir1. What should be the permissions on each of:
a. file1

b. dir1

2. Unix system caters for different types of files that can be identified by the first
character resulted from ls -l command. What is the file type of each of the following
cases:
a. crw-r--r-- ... /etc/test.txt

b. drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 4096 Sep 11 09:30 /

c. lrwxrwxrwx ... S03xinetd -> ../init.d/xinetd

d. prw-rw---- ... /dev/sda

3. What is the function of each of the following Linux commands:


a. ls -la
..
b. cat file1 file2
..
c. umask 247
..
d. chmod 1234 lab10
..
4. file1 originally has the following set of permissions: - r-x rw- r--.
Write down file1s permissions after applying each of the following Linux commands
(individual/separate cases):
a. chmod u=rx,g= file1
..
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b. chmod g+rs,u-w file1


..
c. chmod uo=w file1
..
d. chmod 3456 file1
..
5. Explain the function of each of the following script steps. After running this script,
what would be the output on the screen?
(some easy
script from
the lab)

End of Test

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