CMD Prompts

Question 1

List active TCP/IP ports

Answer 1

NETSTAT

Question 2

Test remote connection

Answer 2

PING

Question 3

Show IP configuration, subnet mask, default gateway

Answer 3

IPCONFIG

Question 4

Trace path of IP packets

Answer 4

TRACERT

Question 5

See domain name and IP information

Answer 5

NSLOOKUP

Question 6

Display directory contents

Answer 6

DIR

Question 7

Delete a directory

Answer 7

RD

Question 8

Create a directory

Answer 8

MD

Question 9

Change directory

Answer 9

CD

Question 10

Check for errors on hard drive

Answer 10

SCANDISK.EXE

Question 11

Finds and fixes problems with file tables

Answer 11

CHKDSK

Question 12

Find and fixes certain Windows files

Answer 12

DISM or SFC

Question 13

Create new file table and blank root directory, wiping out the old table

Answer 13

FORMAT

Question 14

List contents of a directory that are hidden

Answer 14

DIR /AH

Question 15

Run a Linux cmd line with advanced privileges

Answer 15

SUDO or SU

Question 16

Change file permissions in Linux

Answer 16

chmod

Question 17

Search through text files to find specific information

Answer 17

GREP

Question 18

Displays current directory

Answer 18

PWD

Question 19

Directory in the root folder with all device files in Linux

Answer 19

/dev

Question 20

First SCSI hard disk in Linux

Answer 20

dev/sda

Question 21

Second SCSI hard disk in Linux

Answer 21

dev/sdb

Question 22

Copy files in Linux

Answer 22

cp

Question 23

Delete files in Linux

Answer 23

rm

Question 24

Delete files

Answer 24

DEL

Question 25

Copy files then delete the originals in Linux

Answer 25

mv

Question 26

General, boot, services, startup, and tools

Answer 26

MSCONFIG

Question 27

Open blank Microsoft Management Console

Answer 27

MMC

Question 28

Open RDP

Answer 28

MSTSC

Question 29

System information utility that includes all hardware and software

Answer 29

MSINFO32

Question 30

Edit the BOOT.INI file

Answer 30

BOOTCFG

Question 31

Edit the registry

Answer 31

REGEDIT

Question 32

View/edit NTFS permissions

Answer 32

CACLS

Question 33

Inspect all device drivers and verify which drivers are signed and unsigned

Answer 33

SIGVERIF

Question 34

Delete directories and subdirectories in Linux

Answer 34

rmdir -r

Question 35

Remove subdirectories switch

Answer 35

RD /S

Question 36

Take ownership of a Linux file

Answer 36

chown

Question 37

Change a user’s password

Answer 37

PASSWD

Question 38

See files that are hidden

Answer 38

DIR /A

Question 39

See folders and subfolders

Answer 39

DIR /S

Question 40

See all capabilities the DIR command can offer

Answer 40

DIR /?

Question 41

See a directory listing a page at a time

Answer 41

DIR /P

Question 42

Prepare systems for mass deployment

Answer 42

SYSPREP

Question 43

Partition hard drives

Answer 43

DISKPART

Question 44

Show active processes in Linux

Answer 44

ps

Question 45

Show active policies

Answer 45

GPRESULT

Question 46

Kill active processes

Answer 46

TASKKILL

Question 47

Show active processes and PIDs

Answer 47

TASKLIST

Question 48

Powerful copying command

Answer 48

ROBOCOPY

Question 49

Partitioning tool

Answer 49

FDISK

Question 50

Bit-by-bit copy command

Answer 50

DD

Question 51

Remove the ability of standard users to shut down or restart computers

Answer 51

GPEDIT.MSC

Question 52

List files and directories

Answer 52

LS

Question 53

List files and directories with detail

Answer 53

LS-L

Question 54

Folder management utility in Linux

Answer 54

mkdir

Question 55

Shows the status of all listening and non-listening sockets

Answer 55

NETSTAT -A

Question 56

Shows the status of all listening and non-listening sockets in numerics

Answer 56

NETSTAT -A -N

Question 57

Shows all the computers on your network

Answer 57

NET VIEW

Question 58

Shows file shares on a specific computer

Answer 58

NET VIEW w/ computer name

Question 59

See what file shares are on your network

Answer 59

NET SHARE

Question 60

Share a file with others on your network

Answer 60

NET SHARE SHAREIT=pathname

Question 61

Use someone else’s share

Answer 61

NET USE assignletter \computername\pathname

Question 62

Create user on computer

Answer 62

NET USER name password /add

Question 63

Delete user on account

Answer 63

NET USER name /delete