I guess I should have included the right answers too in the original
paper. Here's the (revised) quiz with the answers and pointers:
Linux Quiz
----------
Q1. What was Linux named after?
a. Its creator, Linus Torvalds
b. As a pun on Loonies
c. As an extension of Minix
d. None of the above
[A: a]
Q2. Which of the following companies has announced support for Linux?
a. Oracle
b. SGI
c. Corel Computer
d. SAP
e. All of the above
[A: e]
Q3. How long after announcement of the infamous Teardrop network
exploit was a fix available for Linux?
a. 1 day
b. 1 week
c. 1 month
e. Never, Linux is still vulnerable
[A: a]
Q4. According to IDC, by what percentage did Linux server shipments
grow in 1997-98?
a. 12 percent
b. 112 percent
c. 212 percent
d. 312 percent
[A: c]
Q5. Which of the following architectures does Linux run on? (tick all
that apply)
a. Intel
b. iMac
c. Compaq Alpha
d. IBM PowerPC
e. SGI MIPS
f. All of the above
[A: a+b+c+d+e OR f]
Q6. Are there any Y2K certified Linux distributions?
a. Yes
b. No
[A: a. RedHat's Y2K statement can be found at
http://www.redhat.com/legal/y2k_statement.html. Caldera's Y2K
statement is at
http://www.calderasystems.com/news/1999/19990823y2k.html. Other
distributions may also be Y2K certified... seek and thou shalt find]
Q7. The GNU General Public License (GPL) prohibits
a. Selling of GPL software
b. Commercial support of GPL software
c. Putting GPL software on commercial CD's
d. Proprietary enhancements to GPL software
e. All of the above
[A: d]
Q8. Which web server has more market share than all other web servers
combined?
a. Freeware NCSA web server
b. Freeware Apache web server
c. Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS)
d. Netscape Enterprise server
e. Lotus Domino server
[A: b]
Q9. Which of the following applications does Linux NOT support?
a. Office Automation, Word Processing and Spreadsheets
b. Intranets
c. RDBMS
d. ERP
e. Security and VPN's
f. Games
g. None of the above (i.e. it supports all)
[A: g. SAP, the ERP vendor, has announced Linux support this year and
will be shipping SAP for Linux in the 4th quarter of 1999. I'd search
more for Linux on SAP, but the saps use Javascript for submitting
search forms, and I'm unwilling to leave Lynx and load Netscape just
for performing a search]
Q10. Which of the following would you turn to if you got stuck with a
Linux issue?
a. Linux Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
b. Linux HOWTO's
c. Linux Distributions
d. None of the above
[A: b]
Q11. Is commercial support available for Linux?
a. No
b. Yes, from distribution makers
c. Yes, from third-parties
d. Yes, from hardware vendors
e. Yes, from (b), (c) and (d)
[A: e]
Q12. Which of the following network protocols does Linux support?
a. SMB (Windows networking)
b. IPX/SPX (Novell networking)
c. Appletalk (Apple/Mac networking)
d. X.25 (OSI networking)
e. All of the above
f. None of the above
[A: e]
Copyright (C) 1999 Raju Mathur. Please use, modify and distribute
under the terms of the GPL.
>>>>> "Johan" == Johan Swenker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Johan> Hello Raju,
>> Hi,
>>
>> Here's a Linux advocacy paper thinly disguised as a Linux Quiz.
>> We're
Johan> Nice!
>> planning to give this to people on the Linux Demo Day on the
>> 19th, pick people who've answered correctly (or maybe not
>> correctly) out of a hat and give them the CD's we got as
>> prizes.
Johan> I do have some goodies to distribute. This is the way to do
Johan> it.
>> Please feel free to enhance or comment on the quiz. My
>> 12-year-old son Shiv got about 10 of the 12 answers correct, so
>> I expect a hit
Johan> I don't know how many I will get right. And I don't want to
Johan> promote wrong answers. So please distribute the correct
Johan> answers as well.
>> rate of about 50% at the LDD itself (Shiv is pretty smart and
>> tending towards geekdom ;-)
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> -- Raju
>>
>> Q1. What was Linux named after?
>>
>> a. It's creator, Linus Torvalds b. As a pun on Loonies c. As
>> a pun on Unix d. None of the above
Johan> Wasn't it Lars Wirzenius who came up with the name. It does
Johan> nicely fit with Unix, it looks very similar to Linus. So
Johan> what was the reason Lars choose this name?
>> Q6. Are there any Y2K certified Linux distributions?
>>
>> a. Yes b. No
Johan> Probably yes. But who certified it. Where can I verify it.
>> Q9. Which of the following applications does Linux NOT
>> support?
>>
>> a. Office Automation, Word Processing and Spreadsheets b.
>> Intranets c. RDBMS d. ERP
Johan> Does Linux realy support ERP. Can you give an example.
>> e. Security and VPN's f. Games g. None of the above (i.e. it
>> supports all)
>>
>>
Johan> Regards, Johan -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Johan> "Some people claim that the UNIX learning curve is
Johan> steep, but at least you only have to climb it once"
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