Automating Administration with Windows PowerShell

Question 1

Profile scripts are a Windows PowerShell feature that you can use to specify a list of commands that run every time you open a new Windows PowerShell session. True or False?

Answer 1

True

Question 2

If you want a PowerShell profile script to be loaded for All user and for both PowerShell console and PowerShell ISE, which profile script location and file name should you use?

Answer 2

$pshome
(C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0)

Question 3

Write 2 methods to monitor the use of Windows PowerShell on a computer.

Answer 3

Transcript logging, module logging, script logging

Question 4

Both -in and -contains operators support exact match, partial match and pattern match. True or False?

Answer 4

False

Question 5

What command do you use to protect a users password input?

Answer 5

Read-Host “enter password here” -AsSecureString

Question 6

If the Powershell cannot run external commands, one solution is to use “stop parsing symbol”.
Write the “stop parsing symbol” syntax:

Answer 6

–%

Question 7

Windows PowerShell 5.0 logs suspicious script blocks automatically, even if script block logging is not enabled.
True or False?

Answer 7

True

Question 8

List 2 applications in windows OS that can interact with PowerShell.

Answer 8

Powershell and Powershell ISE

Question 9

You wish to join multiple computers to the Adatum domain. The Add-Computer cmdlet’s -ComputerName parameter accepts multiple values. Which of the following is a set of valid values for this parameter?

Answer 9

-ComputerName LON-CL2,LON-CL3,LON-CL4

Question 10

What is the difference between Get-Help and Get-Command?

Answer 10

Get help prints the commands documentation to screen where get command only lists available commands.

Question 11

PowerShell is Microsoft product, so that we cannot use it to manage Linux and macOS computers. True or False?

Answer 11

False

Question 12

Which of the following cmdlet verbs is not associated with the ADUser noun?
Get
Update
New
Remove
Set

Answer 12

update

Question 13

The default value for the -protectedFromAccidentalDeletion parameter of New-ADOrganizationalUnit is $true. True of False?

Answer 13

false

Question 14

Which two parameters can you use with *-NetIPAddress cmdlets to identify a network interface?

Answer 14

-InterfaceAlias and -InterfaceIndex

Question 15

What Windows feature must you install before you can use Hyper-V cmdlets?

Answer 15

Hyper-V

Question 16

Which Windows PowerShell cmdlets should you pipe output to when you want to return specified properties of an object?

Answer 16

Select-Object

Question 17

Which Windows PowerShell cmdlets should you pipe output to descending order based on specific properties?

Answer 17

Sort-Object

Question 18

List the 3 basic formatting commands.

Answer 18

Format-Wide, Format-List and Format-Table

Question 19

Name two techniques for pipeline parameter binding.

Answer 19

ByValue and ByPropertyName

Question 20

Both Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and Common Information Model (CIM) support local, session based connection and ad-hoc connection. True or False?

Answer 20

True

Question 21

If you query a computer multiple times in a short period of time, a CIM session offers much better performance than an ad-hoc connection. True or False?

Answer 21

True

Question 22

All repository classes are well documented. True or False

Answer 22

False

Question 23

PSProviders are adapters that connect Windows Powershell to data stores. True or False?

Answer 23

True

Question 24

Both Array and ArrayList support the Add() and Remove() methods. True or False?

Answer 24

False

Question 25

An array is a data structure that is designed to store a collection of items. True or False?

Answer 25

True

Question 26

What is the PowerShell script extension in PowerShell 5.0?

Answer 26

.ps1

Question 27

An organisation requires that downloaded PowerShell scripts must be signed by a trusted publisher before they can be run. However, scripts from the local computer don't need to be signed. Which PowerShell execution policy should you set?

Answer 27

RemoteSigned

Question 28

Break stops processing the current iteration of a loop, while Continue completely stops loop processing True or False?

Answer 28

False

Question 29

The ______________construct is used to run a script block a specific number of times based on the: Initial state; Condition and Action

Answer 29

For

Question 30

Which one of following cmdlets is not correct to import data from external file to PowerShell? a. $Users=Get-Content “c:\Users.txt” b. $Users=Import-CSV “c:\Users.csv” c. $Users=Import-CliXML “c:\Users.xml” d. $Users=Import-JSON “c:\Users.json”

Answer 30

d

Question 31

Adding comments and help documentation to your script make it easier for others to use. True or False?

Answer 31

True

Question 32

How do you view the most recent error?

Question 33

A switch parameter has a value of $true or $false. True or False?

Question 34

When using Try..Catch construct to implement error handling, Finally section is optional. True or False?

Answer 34

True

Question 35

You can use Try..Catch and provide different responses for different error types. True or False

Answer 35

True

Question 36

Compared to dot sourcing, which technology is better to use when referencing functions in multiple scripts?

Answer 36

modules

Question 37

__ __________ allow you to pause script processing and interact with the variables in the script.

Answer 37

read-host

Question 38

For both non-terminating and terminating errors, you can use Try..Catch to display error messages in a friendly way. True or False?

Answer 38

True

Question 39

Name 3 Windows PowerShell cmdlets to import data in different formats for use in your scripts.

Answer 39

Import-Csv Import-Clixml Get-Content

Question 40

An Administrator creates a PowerShell script named process.ps1 and stores it in D:\ Why does administrator receive error when trying to run it using the command process.ps1?

Answer 40

They didnt specify the command path.

Question 41

Name 3 variable types.

Question 42

The following command is the most efficient way to produce a list of services that have names beginning with svc? Get-Service | Where Name –like n*svc True /False?

Answer 42

false

Question 43

Which PowerShell cmdlets are NOT correct? (Choose 2) a. ConvertTo-CSV b. Export-CSV c. ConvertTo-CliXml d. Export-CliXml e. ConvertTo-JSON f. Export-JSON g. ConvertTo-HTML h. Export-HTML

Answer 43

f and h

Question 44

When using PS Remoting, the Administrator needs to enable PS Remoting on both local and remote computers. True or False?

Answer 44

False

Question 45

When using PS Remoting, the contents of the script block or file are transmitted as literal text to the remote computers. True or False?

Answer 45

True

Question 46

Results received through remoting are static snapshot, don’t have methods or events. True or False?

Answer 46

True

Question 47

What are three types of jobs?

Answer 47

local, remote and CIM/WMI

Question 48

The Get-CIMInstance has an -AsJob parameter. True or False?

Answer 48

False

Question 49

When using Receive-Job to retrieve job results, you can use -keep to retain a copy of the results in memory. Otherwise, the results are not maintained in memory. True or False?

Answer 49

True

Question 50

Select the 3 components of a scheduled job (select 3) a. Job definition b. Job actions c. Job options d. Job principals e. Job triggers

Answer 50

actions, triggers and principals

Question 51

The PS scheduled job results are stored in _____?

Answer 51

Both disk and memory.

Question 52

Match the PS features with their correct description: 1. Implicit remoting 2. PSSessions 3. $Using a. It present a persistently running connection on the remote computer b. Which is known as scope modifier, it’s used to identify a local variable in a remote command c. Administrators do not have to install administrative tools such as Windows PowerShell commands on their local computers.

Answer 52

1-c 2-a 3-b

Question 53

ISE offers two main panes. What are they?

Answer 53

Script and console pane.

Question 54

What is the structure of the powershell cmdlet?

Answer 54

verb and noun

Question 55

What enables you to enter commands much faster and make your code less prone to errors?

Answer 55

tab completion

Question 56

Select the 3 PowerShell Active directory administration cmdlets from the list? a) Group b) VHD c) VM d) OU e) Managing routing f) User

Answer 56

a, d, f

Question 57

Select 2 cmdlets to manager IIS a. New-Website b. Get-site c. Start-site d. Stop-Website

Answer 57

a, d

Question 58

7. What are the ways to send output to a file using PowerShell? Select 2 answers a) > b) << c) Out-file d) && e) >>

Answer 58

c, e