1.5 - Windows cmd CLI

Question 1

In cmd occasionally need to type certain commands in elevated privileges. How would you do this?

Answer 1

Run cmd as an administrator.

Question 2

What is a keyboard shortcut for running cmd as admin?

Answer 2

Ctrl + Shift + Enter

Question 3

What’s the cmd command to change directory?

Answer 3

cd or chdir
use a backslash to specify the volume or folder name

Question 4

What’s the cmd command to list all the contents of a directory?

Answer 4

dir

Question 5

What command in cmd can you use to list out details on how a command works?

Answer 5

help
i.e. help dir, help chkdsk, help sfc, etc… - you can also use [command] /? like: dir /?, chkdsk /?, sfc /?

Question 6

Which cmd command can you type to navigate back one working directory?

Answer 6

cd { _ } ..

(2 dots/full-stops)

Question 7

Which cmd command can be used to make a directory?

Answer 7

mkdir or md

Question 8

Which cmd command can be used to change the directory you are in?

Answer 8

chdir or cd

Question 9

Which cmd command can be used to remove/delete a directory?

Answer 9

rmdir or rd

Question 10

Which key can you press in the Windows command prompt that autocompletes a word?

Answer 10

Tab

Question 11

In MS Windows what is used in a filepath in place of a forward slash to separate the hight and lower level of the directory tree?

Answer 11

Backslash “ \ “

Question 12

Which cmd command can be used to ensure that the files on a disk are ok (if using NTFS)?

Answer 12

chkdsk

Question 13

When running the chkdsk command in cmd, what attribute should you also add that fixes the files after they are checked?

Answer 13

chkdsk /f

Question 14

What security priviledge is needed to use the chkdsk /f command in cmd?

Answer 14

Admin
Run cmd as aministrator (Ctrl + Shift + Enter)

Question 15

Which attribute of the cmd command “chkdsk” can be used to locate bad sectors of a drive and recovers readable information?

Answer 15

chkdsk /r
this implies /f

Question 16

Which cmd command can be used to wipe a drive entriely and get a new and clear FS on it?

Answer 16

format

BE CAREFUL AS YOU CAN LOSE DATA! CREATE A BACKUP BEFORE! - do your backup of the whole system just in case you type an incorrect drive letter

Question 17

Which cmd command can be used to manage the disk configurations in a Windows system?

Answer 17

DiskPart

Question 18

The DiskPart utility in Windows requires which privileges to execute the command in cmd?

Answer 18

For most things you’ll need to “Run as administrator”

Question 19

Which cmd command is used to duplicate a file?

Answer 19

copy
/v - verifies the new files are written correctly.
/y - suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an existing destination file.

Question 20

What’s the syntax to use the cmd command “copy”?

Answer 20

copy file_name drive_letter
e.g. copy thedoes.pdf j:

The drive letter is for the destination of the copied file.

Question 21

Use the cmd “copy” command to copy “jane.pdf” to the d drive

Answer 21

copy jane.pdf d:

Question 22

Use the cmd “copy” command to copy “john.pdf” to the d drive

Answer 22

copy john.pdf d:

Question 23

Which cmd command has been introduced in later versions Windows (10/11) that creates a “robust copy”?

Answer 23

robocopy

Question 24

Why use “robocopy” instead of “copy”?

Answer 24

There are many more options available with “robocopy”

Question 25

Use the cmd "copy" command to copy "john.pdf" to the d drive ensuring the file is also verfied.

Answer 25

copy /v john.pdf d:

Question 26

Use the cmd "copy" command to copy "john.pdf" to the d drive ensuring the file is also verfied and the prompt to overwrite is bypassed.

Answer 26

copy /v /y john.pdf d:

Question 27

Which cmd prompt can be used to view the name of the device that you're using?

Answer 27

hostname

Question 28

How do you change a Windows device's hostname?

Answer 28

In the **system settings**.

Question 29

Which cmd command can be used to view the Windows OS Version of the machine you're working on?

Answer 29

winver

Question 30

Which cmd command can be used to see which user account you're using?

Answer 30

whoami

Question 31

How would you get every bit of information about the user account you're using?

Answer 31

whoami /all

Question 32

What is usually **updated at login** regarding security for a PC that's part of an AD domain?

Answer 32

**Group Policy**

Question 33

Using cmd on windows which prompt can be use to force a group policy update?

Answer 33

gpupdate Syntax: gpupdate /target:{computer|user} /force gpupdate /target:user /force

Question 34

Which cmd prompt can be used to verify which group policy settings are currently active for a computer or user?

Answer 34

gpresult /r

Question 35

Which cmd prompt can be used to scan the integrity of all protected system files?

Answer 35

sfc *use /scannow*

Question 36

Which cmd prompt is used to display all IP config info?

Answer 36

ipconfig

Question 37

Which protocol does **ping** use?

Answer 37

Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)

Question 38

Which cmd prompt is used to display the network statistics?

Answer 38

netstat

Question 39

When using the netstat command in cmd what attribute can be added to show all active connections?

Answer 39

-a *netstat -a*

Question 40

When using the netstat command in cmd what attribute can be added to show the binary info of the active connections?

Answer 40

-b *netstat -b*

Question 41

Which privilege do you need to run **netstat -b**?

Answer 41

Elevated

Question 42

When running the netstat cmd prompt (Windows) it will show the DNS name by default. Which attribute can be used to ensure it'll only show the IP address?

Answer 42

-n *netstat -n*

Question 43

Which cmd prompt can be used to find information of DNS servers (in a Windows cmd prompt)?

Answer 43

nslookup

Question 44

Which cmd prompt can be used in a Windows OS to view various network info?

Answer 44

net

Question 45

When using the **net** cmd prompt in a Windows OS what would be the syntax to view network resources?

Answer 45

net view \\serverName\ net view \workgoup: workgroupName

Question 46

When using the **net** cmd prompt in a Windows OS what syntax can be used to map a network drive?

Answer 46

net use drive: \\ {serverName} \ {shareName}

Question 47

When using the **net** cmd prompt in a Windows OS what syntax can be used to view user account information and reset passwords?

Answer 47

net user {username} net user {username} * /domain