Cmd

Question 1

dir

Answer 1

List files and directories

Question 2

cd

Answer 2

Change working directory

Question 3

..

Answer 3

Moves backwards from current directory

Question 4

md

Answer 4

Make directory (mkdir)

Question 5

rd

Answer 5

Remove directory (rmdir)

Question 6

hostname

Answer 6

confirms name of the system you are working on in the cmd

Question 7

format

Answer 7

formats a disk for use with Windows (sets up a file system)

Question 8

copy x y

Answer 8

copys a file or folder
x = source file
y = where the copy will go

Question 9

xcopy

Answer 9

copies files and directory trees

Question 10

robocopy

Answer 10

better version of xcopy

Question 11

shutdown

Answer 11

shutdown or restart

Question 12

diskpart

Answer 12

creates particition on a disk

Question 13

what is a partition?

Answer 13

a logical division of a drive to make seperate drives on 1 storage device

Question 14

winver

Answer 14

shows windows version

Question 15

gpupdate

Answer 15

force a group policy update

Question 16

gpresult

Answer 16

shows policy settings for a computer or user

Question 17

ipconfig

Answer 17

shows ip info of machine

Question 18

ping

Answer 18

determines if two devices can communicate

Question 19

netstat

Answer 19

network statistics - shows connections to device

Question 20

nslookup

Answer 20

name server lookup - gets ip addresses of web server from domain name aka google.com = 8.8.8.8

Question 21

net user

Answer 21

shows users on windows and can make changes to accounts

Question 22

net use

Answer 22

maps a network share to a drive letter

Question 23

tracert

Answer 23

determines the route a packet is taking to get to and from destination

Question 24

pathping

Answer 24

combines ping and tracert

Question 25

[command] / ?

Answer 25

essentially the help command

Question 26

chkdsk

Answer 26

tries to fix file system errors

Question 27

sfc

Answer 27

checks for file problems