Advanced Linux Administration: Jeopardy Review
Review the ALA course in classic Jeopardy style. Five categories covering files and archives, permissions and ACLs, networking and DNS, system and shell scripting, and boot, services, and legacy tools. Pick a category, read the clue, answer in the form of a question. Clear the board.
~25 min
Game
All Levels
How to Play
- Select any cell on the board to reveal a Jeopardy-style clue
- The clue is phrased as an "answer"; think of the matching "question"
- Click Reveal Response to see the correct question (or press Space / Enter)
- Self-judge: mark correct to earn the value, or wrong to lose it
- Higher values = harder clues; start low if warming up
- Build a streak of correct answers for bonus glory
- One cell on the board is the Daily Double: wager any amount from $5 up to the higher of your current score or $500. Correct = win your wager, wrong = lose it.
- Clear all 25 cells to see your final score and category breakdown
The board shows "answers" and you respond with "questions." For example, if the clue is This command displays the first 10 lines of a file, the correct response is What is head? Always phrase your answer as a question.
Streak:
0
Files & Archives: head, cp -r, mkdir, touch, tar. Permissions & ACLs: chown, sticky bit, minimum ACL, setfacl, getfacl. Networking & DNS: ip link, ping -w, MX records, /etc/resolv.conf, Ctrl-C. System & Shell: /etc/fstab, swap, uptime, let, shell comments. Boot, Services & Legacy: Boot from Hard Disk, chkconfig, rcapache2, Traffic-vis, rsync.
Game Complete
Category Breakdown
Board cleared. Ready to log your score?