1. CT 320 Midterm Study Guide

2. Midterm Exam October 7, Tuesday In class, closed book, closed notes
No laptops, smart phones, or mobile phones allowed
Non-programmable calculator allowed
Covers chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Chapter 2 is self study + Lab work
Slides and homeworks are most important

3. Question Distribution
Matching Unix / Linux terms to their definitions (10 points)
True / False (10 points)
Multiple choice question (30 points)
Short answer type question (50 points)

4. Chapter 1 - *
Section 1.1,
Basic tasks of a system administrator

5. Chapter 2 - * Familiarity with Shell scripting Unix commands
No expectation of detailed knowledge about different command options
Regular expressions

6. Chapter 3 - ** Sections 3.1 - 3.5, 3.7 Important concepts
Booting sequence
Booting process
Bootstrap loaders
Run levels and startup scripts

7. Chapter 4 - *** Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 Slides Important concepts
Ownership of files and processes
Superuser and root user
Password, password security and password management

8. Chapter 5 - *** Sections 5.1 - 5.10 Important concepts
Components of a process
Life cycle of a process
Signals and signaling processes
Process scheduling priority
Monitoring processes and the /proc file

9. Chapter 6 - *** Sections 6.1, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5 Important concepts
Pathnames
Inode structure
Hard and soft links
File types
Standard directories
File attributes and setting file permissions

10. Chapter 7 - ** Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.7 Important concepts
User account creation, disabling, removal
Steps involved, files involved
Home directory, login shell
/etc/password and /etc/shadow file organization and security
Identifying password algorithm by looking at /etc/shadow file

11. Chapter 8 - **
Sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8
Important concepts
Types of storage, performance, reliability
RAID
Logical volumes and logical volume management

12. Chapter 9 - ** Sections 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 Important concepts
Format of crontab files
crontab management
Other schedulers