7.2 Powershell Basics 2

Question 1

Powershell Scripting Features

Answer 1

cmdlets - Perform common system admin tasks. EG managing registry, services, processes, event logs, windows management unstrumentation
Task Oriented
Consistent design
Simple to use
Object based
Extensible interface

Question 2

Powershell Scripting

Answer 2

Variables
- Named objects
Creating Variables
- Variable name starts with $ and can contain alphanumeric characters and underscore in their names. Variable name must be valid.

Question 3

Operators

Answer 3

Arithmetic
Assignment
Comparison
Logical
Redirectional
Split and Join
Type
Unary
These operators manipulate variables

Question 4

Arithmetic Operators

Answer 4

\+
-
*
/
% (modulus) Divides left hand operand by right hand operand and returns remainder

Question 5

Comparison Operators

Answer 5

eq (equals)
ne (not equals)
gt (greater than)
ge (greater than or equal to)
lt (less than)
le (less than or equal to)

Question 6

Assignment Operators

Answer 6

=
+=
-=

Question 7

Logical Operators

Answer 7

AND
OR
NOT