MICROSOFT COMMAND LINE TOOLS

Question 1

DIR

Answer 1

LISTS FILES AND FOLDERS IN A DIRECTORY

Question 2

CD

Answer 2

CHANGES YOUR CURRENT LOCATION TO THE SPECIFIED FOLDER

Question 3

network command: IPCONFIG

Answer 3

DISPLAYS INTERNET CONFIGURATION (IP ADDRESS, ETC)

EX: IPCONFIG /ALL(DISPLAYS ALL INFO. FOR ALL INSTALLED NETWORK ADAPTERS)

Question 4

network command: PING

Answer 4

CHECKS CONNECTIVITY

EX: PING 8.8.8.8 CHECKS CONNECTIVITY TO THE SPECIFIED IP ADDRESS

Question 5

network command: TRACERT

Answer 5

TRACES ROUTE TO THE SPECIFIED IP ADDRESS OR SERVER

EX: TRACERT WWW.EVANSVILLE.NET

Question 6

network command: NETSTAT

Answer 6

DISPLAYS NETWORK STATISTICS (LISTS TCP CONNECTIONS)

Question 7

network command: NSLOOKUP

Answer 7

DISPLAYS IP ADDRESS OF SPECIFIED DOMAIN OR SERVER OR DISPLAYS DOMAIN OR SERVER ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIFIED IP ADDRESS
EX: NSLOOKUP MICROSOFT.COM (DISPLAYS THE IP ADDRESS FOR MICROSOFT.COM)

Question 8

network command: NET USE

Answer 8

MANAGES CONNECTIONS TO SHARED NETWORK RESOURCES

Question 9

network command: NET USER

Answer 9

MANAGES AND LISTS NETWORK USERS

Question 10

system command: SHUTDOWN

Answer 10

SHUTS DOWN, HIBERNATES, OR RESTARTS A LOCAL OR NETWORK SYSTEM

Question 11

system command: DISM

Answer 11

DEPLOYMENT IMAGE SERVICING AND MANAGEMENT; REPAIRS WINDOWS IMAGES, INCLUDING IMAGE USED BY SYSTEM FILE CHECKER

-REQUIRES ELEVATED COMMAND PROMPT

Question 12

system command: SFC

Answer 12

SYSTEM FILE CHECKER, VERIFIES WINDOWNS SYSTEM FILES, FOLDERS AND PATHS AND REPLACES CORRUPT VERSIONS

-REQUIRES ELEVATED COMMAND PROMPT

Question 13

system command: CHKDSK

Answer 13

SCAN, DETECTS AND REPAIRS FILE AND DIRECTORY STRUCTURE ISSUES ON DRIVES

-REQUIRES ELEVATED COMMAND PROMPT

Question 14

system command: GPUPDATE

Answer 14

IMMEDIATELY APPLIES GROUP POLICY UPDATES

Question 15

system command: GPRESULT

Answer 15

DISPLAYS CURRENT USER’S OR COMPUTER’S GROUP POLICY SETTINGS

Question 16

system command: TASKKILL

Answer 16

KILLS TASK SPECIFIED BY PROCESS ID(PID) OR APP NAME, USE TASKLIST TO SEE RUNNING TASKS

Question 17

disk/file management command: FORMAT

Answer 17

PREPARES A BLAND DRIVE FOR USE OR CLEARS THE CONTENTS OF A USED DRIVE

-STAY AWAY FROM RUNNING!

Question 18

disk/file management command: DISKPART

Answer 18

ADVANCED DISK MANAGEMENT TOOL

-SOME COMMANDS CAN CAUSE DATA LOSS IF MISUSED (SUCH AS CLEAN ALL)

Question 19

disk/file management command: COPY

Answer 19

CREATES A COPY OF SPECIFIED FILES ON THE TARGET DRIVE

Question 20

disk/file management command: XCOPY

Answer 20

CREATES A COPY OF SPECIFIED FILES AND FOLDERS(DIRECTORIES)

Question 21

disk/file management command: ROBOCOPY

Answer 21

COPIES OR MOVES FILES AND FOLDERS WITH OPTIONS TO LOG, RETRY FAILURES, USE MULTITHREADING, AND MORE

-GUI’S AVAILABLE TO MAKE USE EASIER