Learning outcome 1
Describe and discuss the role and basic functions of an operating system.
Skill drills that assess this outcome
- CSCD240-E1-A-Q02 primary performance io Give a single command that does a long listing of the current directory and scrolls the output one page at a time.
- CSCD240-E1-A-Q18 primary essay process-definition Define what a process is.
- CSCD240-E1-A-Q19 primary essay job-vs-process Define what a job is and explain how jobs differ from processes.
- CSCD240-E1-A-Q21 primary predict_output jobs-output Firefox running in background; nothing else. What does typing jobs print?
- CSCD240-E1-A-Q22 primary trick reading-comprehension 3 jobs: 1) firefox 2) gedit 3) code. Bring kate to foreground — give the command.
- CSCD240-E1-A-Q30 primary performance archive Create gzip-compressed tarball backup.tar.gz of all .txt files in pwd.
- CSCD240-E1-A-Q32 primary essay help-system Explain man and --help. When to use each?
- CSCD240-E1-A-Q33 primary performance sys-id SSH-in; confirm machine name, kernel version, and architecture in one command.
- CSCD240-E1-A-Q49 primary performance type-vs-which Tell if cd is a builtin, alias, function, or external program.
- CSCD240-E1-B-Q24 primary essay process-def Define process including PID and memory.
- CSCD240-E1-B-Q29 primary predict_output jobs-output ./beacon &. What exact line does jobs print?
- CSCD240-E1-B-Q30 primary trick trick Jobs: 1) beacon 2) tunnel 3) listener. Bring exfil to foreground.
- CSCD240-E1-B-Q45 primary essay help-system Contrast man vs --help. When to use each.
- CSCD240-E1-B-Q46 primary performance type Show whether cd is a builtin / alias / function / external.
- CSCD240-E1-B-Q50 primary performance archive-evidence Create gzip-compressed tarball evidence.tar.gz of every .log in /var/log/.
- CSCD240-E1-C-Q10 primary multiple_choice discovery Which command shows whether cd is a builtin, alias, function, or external?
- CSCD240-E1-C-Q49 primary scenario safety About to run rm -rf ~/workspace/*. Preflight command to see what would match?