Windows Commands

Question 1

Name 2 ways to open the windows command prompt screen

Answer 1

1. windows + instant search + cmd
2. ctrl + X

Question 2

Shutdown command

Answer 2

C:> Shutdown

Question 3

Shutdown switch — just shut down

Answer 3

-/s

Question 4

shutdown switch — shutdown and restart

Answer 4

-/r

Question 5

shutdown switch with time delay

Answer 5

-/t

Question 6

list all running tasks

Answer 6

tasklist

Question 7

stop procces by name or process id

Answer 7

taskkill

Question 8

what is the command to list all processes running and their ID

Answer 8

C:> tasklist

Question 9

What is the command to stop a task

Actual command to kill specific task

Answer 9

C:> taskkill /PID number (or name)

Question 10

What command queries DC for group policy for changes

Answer 10

gpupdate

Question 11

what command tells you what group policies have been updated

Answer 11

gpresult

Question 12

what command would make a hard drive backup?

Answer 12

xcopy c:\backup path

Question 13

What xcopy switch would copy all subdirectories?

Answer 13

-/s

Question 14

what does xcopy switch /s do?

Answer 14

copies all subdirectories

Question 15

what does xcopy switch -/v do?

Answer 15

verifies each copy

Question 16

what does xcopy switch -/h do

Answer 16

no hidden files (to be copied)

Question 17

what xcopy switch verifies each copy

Answer 17

-/v

Question 18

what xcopy switch stops copying hidden files

Answer 18

-/h

Question 19

what does robocopy do differently than xcopy

Answer 19

faster and has more file verification than xcopy

Question 20

what robocopy switch stops hidden folders from being copied?

Answer 20

-/xa:h

Question 21

what does robocopy switch -/xa:h do?

Answer 21

stops robocopy from copying hidden files

Question 22

what command would you use to format a drive?

Answer 22

format (listdrive) /FS:(File system type ex:NTFS)

Question 23

format drive /FS:NTFS

Answer 23

formats drive

Question 24

what format drive switch would perform a quick format?

Answer 24

/q

Question 25

How would you check a drive for errors?

Answer 25

chkdsk

Question 26

how would you check a disk and perform fixes?

Answer 26

chkdsk /f

Question 27

how would you perform a more thorough file check? Using what two types of commands?

Answer 27

1. system file checker 2. DISM in this order

Question 28

what command scans critical file systems and fixes them?

Answer 28

sfc /scannow

Question 29

sfc /scannow

Answer 29

scans critical system files and fixes them

Question 30

sfc /verifyonly

Answer 30

scans critical system files and tell you what errors exist

Question 31

how would you scan critical system files and verify whether any errors exist without fixing them?

Answer 31

sfc /verifyonly

Question 32

How would you find problems, check online to verify and fix problems?

Answer 32

dism /online /cleanup-image /restore

Question 33

dism /online /cleanup-image /restore

Answer 33

finds problems checks online to verify files fixes problems

Question 34

diskpart command

Answer 34

opens an interactive screen that allows you to input dispart commands

Question 35

diskpart> list disk

Answer 35

lists available disks

Question 36

what number disk is the boot?

Answer 36

0

Question 37

how would you select a disk in diskpart

Answer 37

select disk +

Question 38

how would you create a primary partition in diskpart?

Answer 38

diskpart> create partition primary

Question 39

what steps would you take to create a new primary partition? 7 steps

Answer 39

1. diskpart 2. diskpart> list disk 3. diskpart> select disk # 4. diskpart> create partition primary 5. diskpart> select partition # 6. diskpart> format FS=NTFS quick 7. diskpart> assign letter=X

Question 40

what command would you use to delete a file?

Answer 40

del filename.ext

Question 41

what command would you use to delete all files with an extension?

Answer 41

del *.ext

Question 42

del *.ext

Answer 42

deletes all files with that extension

Question 43

del * . *

Answer 43

delete everything

Question 44

copy filename.ext path

Answer 44

copies file from one location to the next

Question 45

move filename.ext path

Answer 45

moves the file (without retaining the copy in the original location) to a new location

Question 46

copy *.ext path

Answer 46

copies everything with that extention to the new location

Question 47

copy *.* path

Answer 47

copies everything in one location to the path location

Question 48

how would you create a new folder? 2 steps

Answer 48

1. make sure you’re in the folder above the location where you want the new folder to be located 2. md_name

Question 49

md_name

Answer 49

make directory (folder)

Question 50

how would you remove a directory?

Answer 50

rd_name

Question 51

rd_name

Answer 51

removes a directory

Question 52

2 help commands?

Answer 52

/? help command

Question 53

how would you clear the screen?

Answer 53

cls