Quiz on chapter 1 of book Linux Device Drivers (LDD3

Linux Device Drivers (LDD3)

1. A device driver provides

Policy
Mechanism
Policy and Mechanism
Neither of them


2. A piece of code that can be added to kernel at runtime is called as

Model
Program
Module
Kernel Code


3. /dev/consosle is a

Character Device
Block Device
Network Device
USB Device


4. To link an object code dynamically to the running kernel we can use the command

insert
modins
inmod
insmod


5. Who is allowed to load modules into the kernel ?

Superuser
All users
Kernel
No body


6. The linux is versioned under which license ?

GNU GPL 1
No license
GNU GPL 2
NON GNU GPL


7. Which of the following is not a class of devi ce

Character
String
Block
Network


8. Third party softwares should be treated with care to take care of the

Security of kernel
Look of the kernel
Language of the kernel
Length of the code


9. Is it possible to compile the linux kernel with not support for modules ?

Yes
No
Depends on the Compiler
Depends on the architecture


10. Linux supports only i386 architecture true or false ?

True
False
Depends on the compiler
It supports only one other architecture.