1.Your department is developing its own set of marketing applications.

In a meeting, a
member of the department asks whether a menu can be set up in the GNOME desktop for easy
access to the new applications. What is your response?

A menu can be set up and launched from a Panel in GNOME.

A menu can be set up only through use of third-party software called CUSTOMIZE.
Menus are run by default from the Start menu on the bottom Panel.
GNOME does not support the setup of custom menus and so you recommend using KDE,
which does.
2. Once in a while after your system has been improperly shut down, such as during a
power outage, it reboots into the command line. After you log in, what command can you use to
start X Window and your desktop?

gui
xwin
startx
run gui
3.You want to delete several old files in your home directory. Which of the following is a
good tool to use for this purpose in GNOME?

Nautilus
System Tray
My Computer
GNUFile
4. Which of the following is a good tool to use for finding and deleting files in KDE?
(Choose all that apply.)

KFiler
Kabinet
Knop
Konqueror
5.Which of the following are Window Managers that can be used with X Window?
(Choose all that apply.)

fvwm
sawfish
kwm
Window Maker
6.A new inventory specialist in your company inherited a computer that has KDE
installed, but the operating system boots into the command line instead of starting KDE
automatically. What can the inventory specialist do to have her computer go into KDE
automatically at startup?

Press Ctrl+g while the system is booting.

Press Alt+g while the system is booting.
Change the .bashrc file to contain the ./KDE command.
Edit the /etc/inittab file to have the line id:5:initdefault:.
7. Which of the following would you find in the Kicker in KDE by default? (Choose all that
apply.)

applets
system monitor button
network connect launcher
K Menu
8.The colleague at the desk next to you has the habit of turning the power off on his
computer at the end of the day by turning off the power strip—even though he has windows still
open on his computer’s desktop. Which of the following is a better way to shut down the
computer?

Press Ctrl+Del.
Use a menu option in GNOME or KDE to shut down the computer.
Open a terminal window and enter stopGNOME or stopKDE to properly shut down windows and
files.
Open a terminal window and enter stopit!.
9.Sometimes when you walk away from your desk and come back you find your work
associate from a nearby cubicle using the Internet on your computer, because he says your
connection is faster. How can you best protect your computer from this type of intrusion?

Use the Panel’s postit program to display the note, Please do not use my computer while I’m
away.
Set up a screensaver and have it lock your computer when it is activated.
Turn off your monitor when you get up, but leave the CPU on.
Set the Panel or Kicker to hide mode.
10. In which locations can you have a Panel in GNOME? (Choose all that apply.)

at the top of the desktop

at the bottom of the desktop
on the left side of the desktop
on the right side of the desktop
11. You currently have four open windows in KDE and are out of space on your desktop.
Because you are feverishly working on a project, you need to leave all four windows open and
start three new windows to access other data and programs. What can you do to make your
work easier?

Use the link option to link another computer to yours.

You have no choice; you must keep the maximum open windows to four in KDE, so you have to
delay opening a new window until you are finished with one that is currently open.
Open the new windows on another desktop.
Invoke the window switcher to tile your windows for easer viewing.
12. When you have the default GNOME desktop set up, how can you quickly access the
contents of your home directory?

Double-click a blank area on the Panel.

Double-click a blank spot in the desktop area.
Right-click the Applications or Computer menu.
Double-click the icon that is labeled with your account name and the word Home.
13. You want to use a more lively desktop background than the one installed by default
via KDE. How can you set up a new desktop background?

Click the Kicker in a blank area and click Change Background.

Right-click an open spot in your current desktop background and click Configure Desktop.
Open a terminal window and enter the desk command plus the name of the file you want to use
for the background, such as zingers.png.
Click the background and drag it into the trash, which causes the Background Configure tool to
start so you can choose a new desktop.
14. Which of the following are options available from the Windows Menu button in a
GNOME window? (Choose all that apply.)

Minimize
Move
Calibrate
Place as applet in Panel
15. Another name for the X Window system is blank 1.

Win
GNUWin
Sysw.1
X11
16. When you run X Window over the network for the purpose of running applications on
a remote computer, you use which of the following essential elements? (Choose all that apply.)

Net Logon
Port software
X client
X server
17. Your new colleague is tuning the performance of her computer and is planning to set
the runlevel to 6 to speed it up. What is your advice?

A runlevel of 6 is too slow because it should be at a minimum of 8.

The runlevel affects only the speed of displaying windows. She should instead set the CPU level
to 6 for better performance.
The runlevel should never be set to 6.
6 is the ideal setting for the runlevel.
18. A new user in your organization is just starting to use Linux with the GNOME
desktop. She has opened a window, but is unsure of how to close it. What should she do?

Press Ctrl+e.
Click the Close Window button.
Drag the window off of the desktop.
Right-click the window and click End on the shortcut menu.
19. Which of the following enables you to access a Web page from KDE?

Konqueror
KWeb
Knop
Web Explorer
20. A Window Manager does which of the following? (Choose all that apply.)

controls how windows appear in the X Window system

limits the number of open windows to four because of memory constraints in X Window
is the top layer of the X Window system
establishes how users control windows in the X Window system
21. Which of the following would you find in the title bar of a window in GNOME?
(Choose all that apply.)

file launcher icon

maximize/unmaximize window button
application menu button
home folder access button
22. What is open source software?
free software that can be distributed freely. The source code is available to the
public

23. What version of X Window has been ported to PC-based UNIX and Linux
computers?
XFree86

24. What is the purpose of an applet?

An applet is usually a program or that is represented by an icon. In the X Window
GNOME desktops, an applet's icon can be placed on a Panel or on the Kicker for fast
access.

In the X Window KDE desktops, an applet's icon can be placed on a Panel or on

the Kicker for fast access.
 25. Name a file manager in either GNOME or KDE and suggest five things you can
accomplish with it.
GNOME has Nautilus and KDE has Knoqueror. Common actions you can accomplish
via both include, view files and folders, create folders, delete or move files and folders,
copy and paste files and folders, configure permissions, open a document or program,
and access the Internet.