1.2 Commands

Question 1

help

Answer 1

is used to list commands and description of what they do

Question 2

dir

Answer 2

list files and folders

Question 3

/?

Answer 3

Give help on the command similar to help to explain

Question 4

cd

Answer 4

is used to move from one folder to another

Question 5

md(mkdir)

Answer 5

is used to make new folders

Question 6

rd(rmdir)

Answer 6

is used to delete empty folders

Question 7

del

Answer 7

is used to delete files

Question 8

tree

Answer 8

list files and folder within the current folder and all sub folders

Question 9

Winver

Answer 9

Shows what version of windows you are on

Question 10

cls

Answer 10

clears terminal screen

Question 11

copy

Answer 11

is used to copy files from
one folder to another

Question 12

xcopy

Answer 12

it can copy folders, subfolders, and all the files with them

Question 13

robocopy

Answer 13

more advanced copy
task than xcopy

Question 14

ping

Answer 14

Uses ICMP to return the
status of a unicast

Used for troubleshooting to test

Host/Server reachiability
Internet connection
Network interface card
test DNS issues

Question 15

ping -n

Answer 15

change the number of
pings sent.

Question 16

ping-l

Answer 16

change the size of the ping
packets

Question 17

ping-t

Answer 17

pings continously

Question 18

ping-4

Answer 18

force an IPv4 ping

Question 19

ping-6

Answer 19

force an IPv6 ping

Question 20

ipconfig

Answer 20

Displays interface
configurations.

Question 21

ipconfig /all

Answer 21

: displays more
detailed information.

Question 22

ipconfig /renew

Answer 22

request configurations from a DHCP server

Question 23

ipconfig /release

Answer 23

removes configurations obtained through
DHCP.

Question 24

ipconfig /displaydns

Answer 24

displays the
local DNS cache

Question 25

ipconfig /flushdns

Answer 25

clears the local DNS cache.

Question 26

net use

Answer 26

used to connect to a network share net use x: \\servername\sharename

Question 27

netstat

Answer 27

Displays active network connections

Question 28

netstat -a

Answer 28

displays all connections, including listening ports

Question 29

tracert

Answer 29

Uses ICMP to return a hop count

Question 30

net user

Answer 30

Used to manage/create user accounts

Question 31

pathping

Answer 31

Performs a ping and a traceroute at the same time

Question 32

nslookup

Answer 32

Identifies the current DNS server and displays IP Addresses for a provided name.

Question 33

hostname

Answer 33

displays a computer’s hostname

Question 34

chkdsk

Answer 34

scans a disk in hopes of recovering corrupted files

Question 35

chkdsk /f

Answer 35

Fixes errors on the disk

Question 36

chkdsk /r

Answer 36

Fixes errors and Locates bad sectors

Question 37

Format

Answer 37

erases a disk file applying a file system

Question 38

format /fs

Answer 38

specifies the type of the file system (FAT, FAT32,exFAT,NTFS)

Question 39

format d: /fs:ntfs

Answer 39

will format the D drive as ntfs

Question 40

format /q

Answer 40

performs a quick format

Question 41

format d: /fs:fat32/q

Answer 41

will quick format the D drive as FAT32

Question 42

Convert

Answer 42

changes FAT/FAT32 filesystem to NTFS without erasing files

Question 43

convert /fs

Answer 43

Specifies that the volume will be converted to NTFS * Cannot convert NTFS to any other file system

Question 44

Diskpart

Answer 44

is a command line partition management tool

Question 45

sfc

Answer 45

is the system file checker used to repair system files

Question 46

sfc /SCANNOW

Answer 46

scans integrity of all protected system files and repairs files

Question 47

sfc /VERIFYONLY

Answer 47

Scans system files but does not repair them

Question 48

shutdown

Answer 48

will send a signal to turn off the system

Question 49

shutdown /p

Answer 49

Turn off the local computer with no time-out or warning

Question 50

shutdown /r

Answer 50

Full shutdown and restart the computer

Question 51

Gpupdate

Answer 51

Updates the latest group policy setting

Question 52

Gpresult

Answer 52

shows what group policy is applied to the computer