I am having trouble answering these two questions. Can anyone help me out?

1. To refer to the file afile.txt in the directory one level above the current one, you would type __?_ afile.txt

2. What can you do locally that you can’t do from a remote login via SSH, provided both computers are configured to permit the actions?

a. Run administrative commands via sudo
b. Edit files with a text-mode text editor
c. Edit files with a GUI text editor
d. Log out from the session by typing exit
e. None of the above

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It's like you copied it straight off the sheet? _ _

1. yes
2. no

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Ahh I did not know I couldn't ask for hw help. Sorry everyone!

If pointers are permitted, I would appreciate links to lead materials to learn about what I am looking for. Thanks in advance!

To fill everyone in tried to reverse engineer the process to see how I can refer back to a certain file.

I created a file using the GUI and stored it my Downloads. Then I created a new folder within my downloads and saved another file there.

Then I entered the Terminal and did cd Downloads.

Now I am a little stuck because I want to enter the New Folder but I can't because I don't know the right command. : /

Then I was hoping to enter enter the correct command which should be the answer to question 1

No-one here has a problem with you asking for homework help. They do have issues with you asking to do your homework for you though.

You've surely covered these topics in whatever course you're doing, have you asked your tutor for clarification?

As in the rules, tell us what you've done so far, what information sources, text books, etc you're using and what exactly about the question you don't understand and you're more likely to get pointers.

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So I just started taking a linux course. Everything is brand new to me as I never dealt with type of interface before. I am not in the computer field yet either..., but hope to obtain a degree that might get me there!

This course just started. It's an online course since I work full-time. The learning materials are pretty much just readings from the book- Linux Essentials. I think the book is a little hard to follow which makes trying to find the answers to the questions a little difficult. I do best with learning from youtube videos. The problem with that is, there isn't one tailored to the course. The answers within the chapter we are on have eluded me so I have been scouring google for material.

For the fist question, the text mentions using "U" to browse one level up but that's within the info info command so I don't think that's right. The internet has said it to go back you do .. / but I don't think that's right either because I need to access a specific file within the previous folder. At least that is what I think Q1 is asking.

You really need to have a working installation to play with because you won't learn without actually trying things out - what do you have available? Keep doing this, and concentrate on the online documentation for your distribution. How do you refer to a specific file in the current directory?

Can run live or Virtualbox.

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If you enter the command you will see that the first 2 things listed are:
.
..
The first one is the current folder. The second one (..) is the parent folder.
To view a file in the current folder To view a file in the parent folder

To expand upon this. If you're running Linux in a virtual machine then I would suggest running two instances and setting up an SSH server on one (there are plenty of tutorials on the internet) or if you're running Linux as a native OS then I would recommend running a virtual machine with the SSH server process installed and, possibly, things like Apache if that's part of your course -- that way you get to "do remote administration" without having to have two computers.
If your hardware is fairly modern then virtual machines (VMs) are a great way to learn an OS -- OK, you do need to learn the basics of what a VM is and how to set one up but once that is done it's great fun.

for the first question there are two answers
the relative $PATH
and
The absolute $PATH