201-450 · Question #185
What command can be used to configure the baud rate on a serial port?
The correct answer is A. setserial. setserial (option A) is the correct Linux command for configuring serial port parameters, including baud rate, IRQ, and I/O address - it directly interfaces with the kernel's serial driver to set or display these settings. The distractors are all fabricated: serialconfig (B)…
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- Asetserial
- Bserialconfig
- Cttyconfig
- Dsetty
- Eserialmode
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(15 responses)- A73% (11)
- B7% (1)
- C13% (2)
- E7% (1)
Explanation
setserial (option A) is the correct Linux command for configuring serial port parameters, including baud rate, IRQ, and I/O address - it directly interfaces with the kernel's serial driver to set or display these settings.
The distractors are all fabricated: serialconfig (B), ttyconfig (C), setty (D), and serialmode (E) are not real Linux commands. They're plausible-sounding combinations of relevant terms ("serial," "tty," "baud") designed to test whether you know the actual tool.
Memory tip: Think of setserial as "set + serial" - you're setting properties of a serial port. The pattern matches other Linux configuration commands like setfont or setxkbmap, where the verb "set" prefixes the thing being configured.
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