The Terminal: quiz

Questions 1 to 5 of 24

1. 1. What is the difference between a terminal and a shell?

   They are the sameThe terminal is the window; the shell is the program inside that reads and runs your commandsThe shell is the window; the terminal is the programThe shell only exists on Windows
2. 2. A Windows user wants to follow the Linux commands in this course. What is the recommended route?

   Use cmd and replace the commands one by oneSwitch to a phoneSkip the terminalInstall WSL and use the Ubuntu app
3. 3. You are in /home/anisha/projects/notes. Where does cd .. take you?

   /home/anisha/home/home/anisha/projects/
4. 4. What does mkdir -p a/b/c do when none of the folders exist?

   Fails because a does not existCreates only cCreates a, then b inside it, then c inside bCreates a file called a/b/c
5. 5. A file todo.txt has the line one. You run echo two > todo.txt. What does cat todo.txt show?

   twoone and two on two linesoneNothing, the file is gone