This quiz tests what you know about the history of the UNIX Operating System and its original shells. Simply fill in the following form, and then click the "Score Quiz" button to see how you did. Good luck!

  
  1. In what year was the UNIX Operating System first created?
    1. 1989
    2. 1979
    3. 1969
    4. 1959
  2. At which of the following organizations was the UNIX system created?
    1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    2. General Electric
    3. Google
    4. Bell Labs
  3. Who were the individuals most involved in the beginnings of the UNIX system (choose 4)?
    1. Ken Thompson
    2. Bill Joy
    3. Dennis Ritchie
    4. Linus Torvalds
    5. M. D. McIlroy
    6. J. F. Ossanna
  4. In which version of the UNIX system did the pipe concept appear?
    1. First Edition (V1)
    2. Third Edition (V3)
    3. Fourth Edition (V4)
    4. Sixth Edition (V6)
  5. Which of the following characters did the shell use to denote pipes (choose 2)?
    1. <
    2. >
    3. |
    4. ^
    5. Both < and > in V3 (as an extension of the I/O redirection syntax)
    6. Both | and ^ in V4 and later (as a replacement for denoting pipes with < and >)
  6. The creators of the UNIX system were part of the Multics project prior to beginning their work on the UNIX system.
    • True (T)
    • False (F)
  7. The UNIX shell is part of the system kernel.
    • True (T)
    • False (F)
  8. The V7 Bourne shell did not support the ^ character as a synonym for the | character.
    • True (T)
    • False (F)
  9. The V7 Bourne shell did not support the "chdir" command as a synonym for the "cd" command.
    • True (T)
    • False (F)
  10. A UNIX shell serves as the primary user interface on a UNIX system.
    • True (T)
    • False (F)
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