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A collection of UNIX sysadmin tests

29 pointsby lut4rpabout 15 years ago

5 comments

lil_cainabout 15 years ago
We have a similar collection of tests used by one of the societies I was involved with in college, at <a href="http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/help/exams/" rel="nofollow">http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/help/exams/</a>
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barrkelabout 15 years ago
I found this one amusing:<p><pre><code> Rick knows that Jane never lies. Jane knows that Mike never lies. Mike knows that Sara never lies. Jane tells Rick that Mike told her that Sara told him that her dog died. Should Rick believe the news? </code></pre> One could view this in a number of different ways. Jane's statement looks like this: Sara -&#62; Mike -&#62; Jane -&#62; Rick. Interpreting the "truth-telling" as a kind of chain of trust, it too looks like Sara -&#62; Mike -&#62; Jane -&#62; Rick - so Rick should believe the news, right?<p>But Rick doesn't know that Mike tells the truth, so even if Jane tells Rick something Mike said, that in itself may be true, but that doesn't mean that Rick knows that Mike tells the truth.<p>But maybe Jane also told Rick that she knows Mike never lies, so it's OK; the same conversation could have happened all along the chain... but that's assuming something not stated...
dreurabout 15 years ago
Thanks - there is some good stuff in there ... even if there is a lot of repetition.
JoachimSchipperabout 15 years ago
Somewhat surreal in places, e.g. the last part of #14:<p><pre><code> How is a hacked computer different from one that hasn't been hacked? What is a name?</code></pre>
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Subgunabout 15 years ago
a little dated but fun