Advanced Operating System MCQs

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

1. : To append files to the end of an archive, what option does tar use?
(A) -t
(B) -c
(C) -x
(D) -r

2. : To view the attributes of contents of an archive, what command do we use?
(A) tar -tvf abc.tar
(B) tar -cvf abc.tar
(C) tar -xvf abc.tar
(D) tar -t abc.tar

3. : With tar, for creating an archive, what key option do we use?
(A) -c
(B) -x
(C) -t
(D) -f archive name

4. : For creating an archive named abc.tar consisting of two files, file01 and file02, we use the command:
(A) tar -cvf abc.tar file01 file02
(B) tar -cvf file01 file02 abc.tar
(C) tar -cv abc.tar file01 file02
(D) tar -c abc.tar file01 file02

5. : To view the contents of a compressed archive, what option do we use with the unzip command?
(A) -v
(B) -t
(C) -c
(D) -x

6. : For compressing and archiving files together, what command do we use?
(A) gzip and tar
(B) gzip
(C) bzip2
(D) zip

7. : To extract the files from an archive named abc.tar, what command do we use?
(A) tar -xvf abc.tar
(B) tar -cvf abc.tar
(C) tar -tvf abc.tar
(D) tar -t abc.tar

8. : To unzip the files which are compressed using the zip command, what command do we use?
(A) gunzip
(B) gzip
(C) unzip
(D) guzip