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May 2026 term · System Commands · BSSE2001

System Commands Quiz 1: 19 July 2026 (May 2026 term)

The IIT Madras BS System Commands (System Commands) Quiz 1 paper sat on 19 Jul 2026, in the May 2026 term: 15 questions for 47 marks in 120 minutes. Every question is below with its answer. Take it as a timed mock test to be marked, or read it through first.

Questions
15
Marks
47
Duration
120 min
Numerical
1
MSQ
4
MCQ
10
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Question 1

+3 marksNumerical answer
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Correct answer: 9498

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Question 2

+3 marksOne or more correct options

Select all that apply.

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
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  • A
  • B
  • D
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Question 3

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An administrator uses different variations of regular expressions to extract specific log entries.
Which of the following statements is/are TRUE regarding the execution and matching behavior of these commands?

Select all that apply.

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
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  • B
  • C
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Question 4

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  2. B
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  4. D
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  • A
  • B
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Question 5

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Which of the following statements correctly describes which files are matched by this command and why?

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
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  • B
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Question 6

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A DevOps engineer is configuring secure, passwordless SSH access from a local administration workstation to a remote Linux cloud server. Which of the following operations is correctly described regarding the placement and management of the keys?

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
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  • C
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Question 7

+3 marksOne correct option

Match the following Vi/Vim and Emacs commands to their correct functionality. Vi / Vim Commands

Which of the following option combinations is correct?

  1. A

    Vi: 1-C, 2-D, 3-B, 4-A | Emacs: 1-B, 2-D, 3-A, 4-C

  2. B

    Vi: 1-C, 2-D, 3-A, 4-B | Emacs: 1-B, 2-A, 3-D, 4-C

  3. C

    Vi: 1-D, 2-C, 3-B, 4-A | Emacs: 1-C, 2-D, 3-A, 4-B

  4. D

    Vi: 1-D, 2-C, 3-A, 4-B | Emacs: 1-C, 2-A, 3-D, 4-B

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Correct answer

  • A

    Vi: 1-C, 2-D, 3-B, 4-A | Emacs: 1-B, 2-D, 3-A, 4-C

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Question 8

+3 marksOne correct option

What is the operational outcome of executing this specific command?

  1. A
  2. B

    The command results in a syntax error because the same file cannot be used for multiple redirections in a single command.

  3. C
  4. D
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  • C
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Question 9

+3 marksOne correct option
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  2. B
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  • A
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Question 10

+3 marksOne correct option
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  • A
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Question 11

+3 marksOne correct option

The above command is used to

  1. A

    retrieve information about a domain name, such as its server and IP address.

  2. B

    looks up the number of pings to the domain name "google.com".

  3. C

    Gets the DNS of the domain on google.com

  4. D

    none of these

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  • A

    retrieve information about a domain name, such as its server and IP address.

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Question 12

+3 marksOne correct option
  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
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  • D
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Question 13

+4 marksOne or more correct options

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  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
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  • B
  • D
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Question 14

+4 marksOne correct option
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  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
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  • A
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Question 15

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Which of the following statements correctly describes the final outcome and system state after these commands are run?

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
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Correct answer

  • C
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