System Administrator MCQs Questions Answers – UNIXBy: Prof. Dr. Fazal Rehman | Last updated: May 30, 2025 16 Score: 0 Attempted: 0/16 Subscribe 1. : A directory can be deleted by which command if it is not empty? (A) rm -r (B) rmdir (C) rm * (D) del * 2. : What option do we use with the mv command so that the destination file is not overwritten? (A) -n (B) -f (C) -b (D) -i 3. : The command used for renaming the files is _____ (A) rename (B) mv (C) cp (D) move 4. : What will happen if the destination file specified in mv command already exists? (A) it will be deleted (B) it will not be affected (C) it will be overwritten (D) an error will occur 5. : Apart from renaming the files, mv command can ____ (A) move a file (B) move a group of files (C) rename a directory (D) also move the group of files and rename the directory 6. : When -f option is used with mv command, this overwrites the existing files with no prompting messages. (A) True (B) False (C) Partially True Answer: (A) True 7. : To remove/delete files in UNIX, what command do we use? (A) rmdir (B) rm (C) del (D) mv 8. : By using the single rm command, multiple files can be deleted. (A) True (B) False (C) Partially True Answer: (A) True 9. : What do we use for deleting all files in a directory? (A) rmdir * (B) mv * (C) rm * (D) del * 10. : What option can we use with rm command if we wish to delete or remove a file forcefully? (A) -i (B) -r (C) -R (D) -f 11. : To remove file named -file.txt, what command do we use? (A) rm -file.txt (B) rm file.txtrm (C) rm — -file.txt (D) rm -f file.txt 12. : The inode number associated with a file is changed after renaming it. (A) True (B) False (C) Partially True Answer: (B) False 13. : To backup the destination file in mv command, what option do we use? (A) -b (B) -f (C) -v (D) -i 14. : By using rm command, because of permissions associated with it, some files are not deleted. (A) True (B) False Answer: (A) True 15. : With rm command, for interactive deletion, what option do we use? (A) -i (B) -f (C) -r (D) -R 16. : Recursive deletion is performed by ____ (A) -r (B) -R (C) * (D) -r and -R Related Posts:Associate System Administrator MCQs Questions AnswersSystem Support Executive UNIX MCQs Questions AnswersUnix Operating system solved MCQ’s Questions AnswersSYSTEM NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR PPSC Past paper [Pakistan]UNIX Files System MCQsMCQS for ppsc network administrator and manager computer science CS for Punjab Public Service Comission