Commands

Question 1

taskkill

Answer 1

Terminates a process identified by a name or process ID (PID)

Switches:
/S [system name]
/IM [process image name]
/PID [process id]

Question 2

bootrec

Answer 2

Used to interact with the master boot record (MBR), boot sector, or boot configuration data (BCD) store.

Switches:
/fixboot = write a new boot sector
/fixmbr = write a new MBR
/rebuildbcd = rebuild BCD store
/scanos = scan all disks for installations the boot manager menu is not listing

Question 3

shutdown

Answer 3

Used to schedule a shutdown.

Switches:

Question 4

tasklist

Answer 4

list all running processes

Question 5

cd

Answer 5

shorthand for chdir

Question 6

md

Answer 6

shorthand for mkdir

Question 7

rd

Answer 7

shorthand for rmdir

Question 8

chdir

Answer 8

change directory

Question 9

mkdir

Answer 9

make directory

Question 10

rmdir

Answer 10

remove directory

Question 11

del

Answer 11

delete files and directories

Question 12

format

Answer 12

wipe data off disks and prepare them for new use

Question 13

diskpart

Answer 13

partition hard drives

Question 14

copy

Answer 14

copies a file to a second location

Question 15

xcopy

Answer 15

copies files and directories

Question 16

robocopy

Answer 16

robust file copy

Question 17

sfc

Answer 17

system file checker - checks and verifies versions of system files on your computer

Question 18

chkdsk

Answer 18

create and display status reports for the hard disk

Question 19

gpupdate

Answer 19

update group policy settings

Question 20

gpresult

Answer 20

shows the Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) report/values for a remote user and computer

Question 21

dir

Answer 21

list files and folders in a directory

Question 22

exit

Answer 22

closes the current environment

Question 23

expand

Answer 23

expand one or more compressed files–usually security patches or critical updates.

Question 24

help

Answer 24

gives you information on specific command