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🔄 Last updated: 2026-07-27

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Q1. What is the minimum RAM Linux can operate with as mentioned?

🔹 A. 8 MB
🔹 B. 16 MB
🔹 C. 32 MB
🔹 D. 64 MB

💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: B

Q2. A developer wants to port a UNIX application that uses a non‑POSIX system call to Linux. Which strategy best ensures compatibility?

🔹 A. Rewrite the call using only POSIX functions
🔹 B. Use a compatibility library that emulates the call
🔹 C. Ignore the call and hope it works
🔹 D. Run the application in a virtual machine

💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: A

Q3. Explain the relationship between Linux’s adherence to traditional UNIX file system semantics and its ability to support POSIX standards.

🔹 A. They are unrelated concepts
🔹 B. UNIX semantics provide the foundation that POSIX builds upon
🔹 C. POSIX replaces UNIX semantics entirely
🔹 D. Linux ignores both UNIX and POSIX

💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: B

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