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• Test Name: Shell Programming MCQ Quiz Practice
• Type: Quiz Test
• Total Questions: 40
• Total Marks: 40
• Time: 40 minutes

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1 / 40

What does the case statement do in shell scripting?

Loop execution

Error handling

Conditional branching

2 / 40

What does the command chmod +x script.sh do?

Change script owner

Make script executable

Remove script permissions

3 / 40

Which command is used to list all files, including hidden ones, in shell scripting?

list

ls -a

dir

4 / 40

________ is used to run a command in the background in shell scripting.

bg

run

&

5 / 40

What does the grep command do in shell scripting?

Move files

Search text in files

Copy files

6 / 40

________ is used to unset a variable in shell scripting.

delete

unset

remove

7 / 40

What does the date command do in shell scripting?

Delete files

Display current date and time

Change file permissions

8 / 40

________ is used to comment a line in shell scripting.

/* */

//

#

9 / 40

Which command is used to create a new directory in shell scripting?

create dir

newdir

mkdir

10 / 40

What does the echo command do in shell scripting?

Copy files

Delete files

Print message

11 / 40

Which command is used to compare strings in shell scripting?

( )

[[ ]]

[ ]

12 / 40

________ is the symbol for concatenating strings in shell scripting.

$var1$var2

$var1+$var2

${var1}${var2}

13 / 40

________ is used to get the length of a string in shell scripting.

${#string}

len(string)

$string.length()

14 / 40

________ is used to iterate through elements in a list in shell scripting.

do

for

while

15 / 40

________ is used to redirect both stdout and stderr to a file in shell scripting.

>&

&>

16 / 40

What does the expr command do in shell scripting?

Evaluate expressions

Extract files

Execute programs

17 / 40

What is the purpose of the shift command in shell scripting?

Create symbolic links

Change file permissions

Shift positional parameters

18 / 40

________ is used to perform arithmetic operations in shell scripting.

@arithmetic@

$((expression))

$(arithmetic)

19 / 40

________ is used to terminate a shell script immediately if a command exits with a non-zero status.

break -e

exit -e

set -e

20 / 40

What is the purpose of the expr length command in shell scripting?

Get string length

Extract files

Evaluate expressions

21 / 40

________ is the symbol used for command substitution in shell scripting.

command

$(command)

%command%

22 / 40

Which command is used to remove files in shell scripting?

delete

rm

erase

23 / 40

What is the purpose of the cut command in shell scripting?

Copy directories

Extract sections from files

Rename files

24 / 40

What is the default shell in most Linux distributions?

Bash

Csh

Zsh

25 / 40

Which command is used to display the manual of shell commands?

man

info

help

26 / 40

What does the basename command do in shell scripting?

Move files

Strip directory and suffix

Copy directories

27 / 40

What is the purpose of the tee command in shell scripting?

Change file permissions

Redirect output to multiple destinations

Create symbolic links

28 / 40

What is the purpose of the awk command in shell scripting?

Display system information

Text processing

Compile code

29 / 40

What is the purpose of the grep -v command in shell scripting?

Change file permissions

Print version information

Invert match

30 / 40

________ is used to check if a variable is set in shell scripting.

-z

-v

-n

31 / 40

________ is used to define a function in shell scripting.

function

def

func

32 / 40

________ is used to assign a value to a variable in shell scripting.

set var=value

var=value

$var=value

33 / 40

Which command is used to append one file to another in shell scripting?

join file1 file2

cat file1 >> file2

append file1 to file2

34 / 40

Which command is used to concatenate files in shell scripting?

cat

join

merge

35 / 40

Which command is used to display the current shell in Unix-like systems?

current shell

echo $SHELL

show shell

36 / 40

What is the purpose of the if statement in shell scripting?

Print output

Define functions

Conditional execution

37 / 40

What does the sed command do in shell scripting?

Stream editor

Securely delete files

Shell directory

38 / 40

________ is used to exit from a shell script.

exit

end

quit

39 / 40

Which command is used to read input from a user in shell scripting?

read

get input

input

40 / 40

________ is used to check if a file exists in shell scripting.

-e

-d

-f

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