Question 1

1) Please expand each of the following acronyms (1 pt each):

Answer

1.1) IRC Internet Relay Chat 1.2) FOSS Free and Open Source Software 1.3) OLPC One Laptop Per Child 1.4) FSF Free Software Foundation 1.5) PR Pull Request Bonus: Give the expansion for the acronym GNU. (1pt) GNU’s Not Unix

Question 2

2) What is the name of the version control system we use in this course? (1 pt) Bonus: Give the name for another version control system. (1pt)

Answer

We use git for version control in the HFOSS course. Another version control system, which we don’t use, is SVN.

Question 3

3) Please give the one-word name for the interface used in the OLPC computers & our VMs? (1 pt)

Answer

The interface used on the OLPC computers is called Sugar.

Question 4

4) Bonus: What is the short, two-letter name for the OLPC computers used in the final project for this class? (1 pt)

Answer

They are called XO.

Question 5

5) We refer to sites that host source code as “forges”. What is the name of the primary forge used in this course? (1 pt)

Answer

The main forge used in this class is Github.

Question 6

6) Bonus: Name the other forge we have used? (1pt)

Answer

The other forge we have used in this class is Gitlab.

Question 7

7) Bonus: Name another forge, one we have not used for this course. (1pt)

Answer

A forge we haven’t used in this class is Bitbucket.

Question 8

8) The GitHub-specific term to describe the process in which, starting from one repository hosted at GitHub, one creates another repository, also hosted at GitHub, but under the control of a different user account. a) repository b) branch c) remote d) fork e) clone

Answer

The answer to this question is D) fork. ##Question 9 9) A collection of related commit objects a) repository b) branch c) remote d) fork e) clone

Answer

The answer to this question is A) repositroy.

Question 10

10) A separate, but related, repository from which one may fetch or pull changes into one’s own working copy, and to which in some instances one might have permission to push changes from one’s own working copy. a) repository b) branch c) remote d) fork e) clone

Answer

The answer to this question is C) remote.

Question 11

11) The general term in git for making an exact, working copy of another repository in which changes can be tracked separately between the two versions. a) repository b) branch c) remote d) fork e) clone

Answer

The answer to this question is E) clone.

Question 12

12) A namespace in which one can track changes to a set of files within a given repository. This term applies both to the action and to the result of the action. Comparisons (‘diffs’ or patches) can be made between different such namespaces. a) repository b) branch c) remote d) fork e) clone

Answer

The answer to this question is B) branch.

Question 13

13) Consider the following (+1 for each correct, -1 for each incorrect): a) e59b627 b) 451.867 c) cf153fb32 d) dca_079 e) 9539807 f) DB6A60A g) 614@1d4 h) be34fb47c60d List which of these could be a valid commit identifier?

Answer

The answer to this question is A) and E)

Question 14

14) We’ve discussed “the four R’s” as a shorthand for the freedoms attached to software for it to be considered “free” or “open source”. List or describe each. (eg, if you can remember the “r” word you can just give that. If you cannot remember the term, but can describe the freedom involved, that also counts). Various “r” words are roughly synonymous for some of the freedoms, but we’re counting freedoms here, not synonyms so if you give two (or more) terms for the same freedom, it only counts once. For the purposes of this quiz, “remix” does not count as describing any of them. (1pt each)

Answer

10.1) Read 10.2) Revise 10.3) Reuse 10.4) Redistribute