Linux Startup and Shutdown MCQs

By: Prof. Dr. Fazal Rehman | Last updated: May 2, 2025

1. : Single-mode shell runs as
(A) Admin user
(B) log user
(C) single user
(D) root user

2. : initrd is a file of Linux:
(A) Containing root file-system necessary during startup
(B) Contains only scripts for running during startup
(C) both A and B
(D) None of these

3. : When the system is booted, which of the following is loaded in memory?
(A) shell
(B) scripts
(C) kernel
(D) commands

4. : The reason for starting up a computer is called
(A) Bootstrapping
(B) Booting
(C) Boot loading
(D) Boot record

5. : Another name of Bootstrapping is
(A) cold boot
(B) quick boot
(C) hot boot
(D) slow boot

6. : Shell used in Single user mode is:
(A) bsh
(B) sh
(C) csh
(D) ksh

7. : Which one is not a suitable run-level?
(A) S
(B) 8
(C) 1
(D) 0

8. : Which partition is mounted in Single user mode?
(A) boot
(B) tmp
(C) root
(D) usr

9. : Which daemon manages physical memory when additional memory is required?
(A) process daemon
(B) init daemon
(C) swap daemon
(D) sched daemon

10. : Which function is started at the end of kernel bootstrap?
(A) /etc/kernel
(B) /etc/init
(C) /etc/user
(D) /etc/swap

11. : The process ID of init is:
(A) -1
(B) 4
(C) 2
(D) 1

12. : To get the default run-level, which file is read by init?
(A) /etc/kernel
(B) /etc/boot
(C) /etc/init
(D) /etc/inittab