Unix Shell Variables MCQs

Shell Variables MCQs : This section focuses on "Variable" in Shell Progamming in Unix. These Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) should be practiced to improve the unix skills required for various interviews (campus interviews, walk-in interviews, company interviews), placements, entrance exams and other competitive examinations.

1. The name of a variable can contain ________.

A. numbers
B. letters
C. underscore character
D. All of the above

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2. Unix shell variables will have their names in _____.

A. Uppercase
B. Lowercase
C. First character Uppercase and all other character Lowercase
D. First character Lowercase and all other character Uppercase

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3. Whch of the following is invalid variable names?

A. VAR_1
B. _ALI
C. VAR1
D. VAR_A!

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4. Shell variables are of ____ types.

A. 3
B. 4
C. 2
D. 5

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5. Which of the following command is used to display the environment variables only?

A. sh
B. set
C. env
D. var

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6. How many prompt shell has?

A. 4
B. 2
C. 3
D. 5

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7. Which keyword is used to remove the variable?

A. remove
B. readonly
C. unset
D. delete

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8. We cannot use the unset command to unset variables that are marked ____________.

A. read
B. write
C. readonly
D. writeonly

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9. Which one of the following is not an environment variable?

A. env
B. Path
C. Home
D. User

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10. $# is used to show?

A. The number of arguments supplied to a script.
B. The filename of the current script.
C. The exit status of the last command executed.
D. The process number of the last background command

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