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1002 A+ 2 Flashcards

1
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What is GDPR?

A

General data protection regulation.

An EU regulation.
Gives its citizens more control over information about themselves by giving them ability to remove information about themselves.

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How to remotely reboot a windows computer from command line?

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Shutdown /r /t nn

t = timer

*where “nn” = the seconds before rebooting.

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3
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How to change a Linux account password from the terminal?

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Passwd

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4
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How to display currently running windows processes from command line?

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Tasklist

To kill processes:

taskkill /im notepad.exe
taskkill /pid 1234 /t

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5
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What is the shortcut to run cmd prompt as administrator?

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Type cmd into run and press ctrl+shft+enter.

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6
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How to use help in windows command prompt?

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Help [command]

Or

[command] /?

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7
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What is the windows equivalent in command prompt of using the “ls” command to list the current directory?

A

dir

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8
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How to shut down a windows computer from the command prompt?

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shutdown /s

  • if timer is running, can abort with:
    Shutdown /a
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9
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What is dism?

A

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool.

Allows you to manage Windows Imaging format (WIM) files.

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10
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What is sfc and how to use it?

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System file checker.

sfc /scannow

Checks for damaged system files in windows.
Scans all core system files.

Verifies that malware has not modified any system files.

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11
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How to scan hard drive on windows for errors from command line?

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chkdsk /f
- fixes logical file system errors on disk.

chkdsk /r

  • locates bad sectors and recovers readable info.
  • also does logical check from /f.
  • if running from that volume, windows allows you to run chkdsk on the next startup.
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12
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What is the command line utility for managing storage devices?

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Diskpart

diskpart -> help

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13
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How to force a group policy update on a windows computer?

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gpupdate
*usually update takes affect at next login.

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

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14
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How to view group policy settings for a user or computer?

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gpresult /r = shows for that computer

gpresult /user sgc/professor /v
- checks a specific user/remote device.

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15
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How to format a drive from the command line?

A

format d:

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16
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What does the /v option mean when using “copy” from command line?

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Verifies that files copied correctly to the new location.

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17
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What does the /y option mean when using “copy” from command line?

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Suppresses any prompts to confirm you want to overwrite an existing destination file.

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18
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What does xcopy do?

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Copies all files inside a directory as well.

Can use “/s” command to also copy all sub directories.

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19
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What is a better option than xcopy?

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robocopy.

Included with windows 7, 8 and 10.

Has ability to resume copying if interrupted.
- good for times when connectivity is difficult.

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20
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Where can you restart a print spoiler in windows?

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Under “Services”.

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21
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Where to work with usernames and passwords in windows?

A

Credential manager.

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22
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What is a hypervisor snapshot?

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An image of an entire VM, kind of like making restore points in windows. If the VM crashes or is currupted, it can be entirely reloaded.

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23
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Another name for a “connection-specific DNS suffix”?

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Fully-qualified domain name.

FQDN

24
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What is the command for a more detailed ipconfig?

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ipconfig /all

25
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Ping uses what protocol?

A

ICMP

26
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How to show all active network connections on your local machine?

A

netstat -a
- use “-n” to not resolve the ip addresses to names (to see the ip’s)

Netstat -b shows binaries
- that means the name of the executable file

27
Q

What is the “command”?

A

Specific to windows.
Allows mapping out new drives (like “h:”) and moving files to it.

Net use h: \computera\info-folder

28
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What is mmc.exe?

A

A pre-built management console for windows that can control a lot of different administrative tasks.

29
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Command to start device manager from command line?

A

devmgmt.msc

30
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Is Local Security Policy available in home editions of Windows?

A

No,

Only in Enterprise, Pro, Ultimate and professional versions.

31
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How to access the Services program in Windows?

A

Services.msc
- background processes.

Used for troubleshooting startup process.

Command line:
Net start
Net stop

32
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What is Task Scheduler?

A

Control panel -> administrative tools -> task scheduler.

Schedule an application or batch file.

33
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What is ODBC?

A

Open database connectivity.

Manages list of servers, applications and other things that devices may need to communicate with.

34
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What is PCI DSS?

A

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard

a set of security standards designed to ensure that ALL companies that accept, process, store or transmit credit card information maintain a secure environment.

35
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What is iwconfig?

A

View or change wireless config.

36
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What is a stateful firewall?

A

A firewall that keeps track of the flow of data. It knows when return traffic is coming back from a server and automatically lets it in. Outside traffic that is not expected will be blocked and other such traffic.

37
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What is mstsc?

A

Microsoft Terminal Services Client.

Remote Desktop connection.
- can connect to servers to manage them.

38
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How to view currently running applications on a Linux device via command line?

A

ps

39
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What is the Linux command “dd?”

A

Restore a Linux partition from backup.

Can also make an image to be used as a backup.

40
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What is DRM?

A

Digital Rights Management

Used to manage how we are able to use software.

41
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What is FOSS?

A

Free and open source.

42
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What is PHI?

A

Personal Healthcare Information.

43
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What is PII?

A

Personally Identifiable Information.

44
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What is BCD?

A

Boot configuration database.

Formerly boot.ini

Recovery console: bootrec /rebuildbcd

45
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How to check bios version on windows computer?

A

Msinfo32

46
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What is a low-level format?

A

The formatting done at the factory, not done by users.

47
Q

How to wake computer from sleep for late-night software updates?

A

Power management tab under the network connection properties, if supported, there will be a checkbox.

48
Q

What is DSCP?

A

Differentiated services code points.

Can be managed through group policy/local computer policy.

IPv4 - ToS (type of service) field
IPv6 - Traffic Class octet

49
Q

What is the shortcut to force quit?

A

Cmd + opt + escape

50
Q

What is tar?

A

Utility for backing up Linux from the command line.
- easy to script into a backup schedule.

Also “rsync” syncs files between storage decices. Instant or scheduled.

51
Q

How to force a disk check in Linux?

A

sudo touch /forcefsck

File system consistency check.

52
Q

Examples of screen sharing apps for Linux?

A

Remmina, ultraVNC

53
Q

What is “ls -l | more”?

A

ls -l = shows current directory w details.

The “| more” = lets you step through the list one page at a time by using the space bar.

54
Q

Keyword to search in Linux?

A

grep

55
Q

Su vs sudo?

A

Sudo only executes as super user for that specific command.

Su keeps you at elevated privileges.

56
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How to shut down Linux from command line?

A

Sudo shutdown 2

*the 2 means 2 minutes.

57
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How to restart Linux from terminal?

A

Sudo shutdown -r 2

Abort:

Shutdown -c
-OR-
Ctrl-c

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