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What is the purpose of the Sticky Keys feature in X?. To assist users who have difficulty holding down multiple keys at once. To prevent repeated input of a single character if the key is held down. To ignore brief keystrokes according to a specified time limit. To repeat the input of a single character.

What is the purpose of a screen reader?. It reads text displayed on the screen to blind or visually impaired people. It reads the parameters of the attached monitors and creates an appropriate X11 configuration. It displays lines and markers to help people use speed reading techniques. It manages and displays files that contain e-books.

An administrator wants to determine the geometry of a particular window in X, so she issues the_____-metric command and then clicks on the window.

On a system running the KDE Display Manager, when is the /etc/kde4/kdm/Xreset script automatically executed?. When KDM starts. When a user's X session exits. When KDM crashes. When X is restarted. When X crashes.

X is running okay but you're concerned that you may not have the right color depth set. What single command will show you the running color depth while in X?. xcd. xcdepth. xwininfo. xcolordepth. cat /etc/X11.

For accessibility assistance, which of the following programs is an on-screen keyboard?. xkb. atkb. GOK. xOSK.

Why is the xhost program considered dangerous to use?. It makes it difficult to uniquely identify a computer on the network. It allows easy access to your X server by other users. It logs sensitive information to syslog. It makes your computer share network resources without any authentication. It is a graphical DNS tool with known exploits.

Your senior administrator asked you to change the default background of his machine, which uses XDM. Which file would you edit to achieve this?. /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup. /etc/X11/xdm.conf. /etc/X11/xdm/Defaults. /etc/X11/defaults.conf.

Which of the following commands shows the current color depth of the X Server?. xcd. xcdepth. xwininfo. xwininfo. cat /etc/X11.

Which of the following lines is an example of a correct setting for the DISPLAY environment variable?. hostname:displayname. hostname:displaynumber. hostname/displayname. hostname/displaynumber. hostname.

Which command can be used to investigate the properties for a particular window in X by clicking that window? (Specify ONLY the command without any path or parameters.).

The X11 configuration file xorg.conf is grouped into sections. How is the content of the section Section- Name associated with that section?. It is placed in curly brackets as in Section SectionName { ... }. It is placed between a line containing Section "SectionName" and a line containing EndSection. It is placed between the tags <Section name="SectionName"> and </Section>. It is placed after the row [SectionName]. It is placed after an initial unindented Section "SectionName" and must be indented by exactly one tab character.

What is the default name of the configuration file for the Xorg X11 server? (Specify the file name only without any path.).

What is the name of the simple graphical login manager that comes with a vanilla X11 installation? (Specify ONLY the command without any path or parameters.).

How is a display manager started?. It is started by a user using the command startx. It is started like any other system service by the init system. It is started by inetd when a remote hosts connects to the X11 port. It is started automatically when a X11 user logs in to the system console.

Which file used by XDM specifies the default wallpaper?. /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup. B. /etc/X11/xdm.conf. /etc/X11/xdm/Defaults. /etc/X11/defaults.conf.

Which of the following are tasks handled by a display manager like XDM or KDM? (Choose TWO correct answers.). Start and prepare the desktop environment for the user. Configure additional devices like new monitors or projectors when they are attached. Handle the login of a user. Lock the screen when the user was inactive for a configurable amount of time. Create an X11 configuration file for the current graphic devices and monitors.