PowerShell

Question 1

*

Answer 1

Wildcard that sets up a match with any number of characters

Question 2

?

Answer 2

Wildcard that sets up a match with a single character

Question 3

$env:path

Answer 3

Shows the default path PowerShell will use to search for the script you entered.

Question 4

Get-Process

Answer 4

Shows all the currently running processes

“-Processname” allows you to specific a specific parameter

Question 5

Get-ChildItem

Answer 5

Retrives the contents of the current folder, or one you specify the path to.

Aliases: dir, ls

Question 6

get-service winrm

Answer 6

Checks if WinRM is running

Question 7

start-service winrm

Answer 7

Starts WinRM

Question 8

&$pshome\configure-wsman.ps1

Answer 8

Configures the WS-Management protocol to work with PowerShell

Question 9

Get-Host

Answer 9

The cmdlet for programmatically configuring the Windows PowerShell console.

Question 10

Clear-Host

Answer 10

Refreshes the console window and forces the immediate application of the Get-Host configuration options you just set.

Question 11

Get-History

Answer 11

Accesses the history buffer commands and inserts them into the Windows PowerShell pipeline allowing you to programmatically access and manipulate them.

Question 12

Invoke-History

Answer 12

Takes as an argument a number representing the position of a command in the history buffer.

Question 13

Get-PSProvider

Answer 13

Shows a listing of all providers supported by Windows PowerShell.

Question 14

Get-PSDrive

Answer 14

Displays a listing of available drives and the provider with which they are associated.

Question 15

Set-Location

Answer 15

Changes the current drive.

Aliases: sl, cd, pwd, chdir

Question 16

Read-Host

Answer 16

Pauses the script until the users presses enter

Question 17

Up arrow

Answer 17

Moves back one position in the command line history buffer

Question 18

Down arrow

Answer 18

Moves forward one position in the command line history buffer

Question 19

Page up

Answer 19

Moves to the first command stored in the command line history buffer

Question 20

Page down

Answer 20

Moves to the last command stored in the command line history buffer

Question 21

Home

Answer 21

Jumps the cursor to the beginning of the command line

Question 22

End

Answer 22

Jumps the cursor to the end of the command line

Question 23

Control+Left

Answer 23

Moves the cursor to the left a word at a time

Question 24

Control+Right

Answer 24

Moves the cursor to the right a word at a time

Question 25

Get-Member

Answer 25

Gets the properties, methods, typeinfo, and property sets of the objects given to it.

Question 26

Select-Object

Answer 26

Selects objects based on parameters set in the cmdlet command string.

Question 27

About-PSJob

Answer 27

Provides a high-level overview of how to work with background jobs.

Question 28

Start-PSJob

Answer 28

Creates and executes a new local or remote background job.

Question 29

Receive-PSJob

Answer 29

Retrieves output generated by a background job. Once retrieved, the output is removed and no longer retrievable, unless you use the -keep argument.

Question 30

Wait-PSJob

Answer 30

Instructs PowerShell to wait for a background job to complete.

Question 31

Stop-PSJob

Answer 31

Halts the execution of a background job. Can use either its session ID or its state,

Question 32

Get-PSJob

Answer 32

Retrieves information about the status of a background job using the session ID number.

Question 33

Remove-PSJob

Answer 33

Deletes a background job object (including all of its output).

Question 34

New-Runspace

Answer 34

Sets up a persistent runspace in which to execute remote jobs.

Question 35

Get-Service

Answer 35

Gets a list of services.

Question 36

Start-Sleep

Answer 36

Puts your PowerShell script to sleep for a specified period of time (in seconds).

Question 37

Where-Object

Answer 37

Removes objects failing to meet a specified criteria. A filter.

Question 38

$_

Answer 38

A special variable created and maintained by Windows PowerShell. It is automatically assigned the name of the current object in the pipeline and can reference each object in a collection.