Module 1, day 1

Question 1

What is my main instructor for this course’s name?

Answer 1

Cindy Quach.

Question 2

What is my course instructor’s career?

Answer 2

Site Reliability Engineer

Question 3

which OS will I learn in this course?

Answer 3

Linux and Windows

Question 4

What inputs text commands instead of relying on a GUI?

Answer 4

command line

Question 5

To get my IP Support Professional certificate, what must I do?

Answer 5

pass all graded assignments in all 5 courses of the program, each passing grade of over 80%

Question 6

what interfaces will I learn for navigating windows?

Answer 6

GUI and CLI, graphical user interface and Command Line Interpreter

Question 7

What interface will I learn for Linux?

Answer 7

Command Line

Question 8

What in LInux is called a shell?

Answer 8

CLI

Question 9

What is the language I’ll use to interact with a Shell in Linux?

Answer 9

Bash

Question 10

what will make it easier for me to understand what I am learning in this course?

Answer 10

Practicing on my own computer

Question 11

where will I keep commands?

Answer 11

in my flashcards on Brainscape

Question 12

Navigating from one directory to another
getting file information
removing files and directories

Answer 12

What does Basic Operating system navigation involve?

Question 13

searching through your directories
find a specific file
copy and paste
chaining commands

Answer 13

file and text manipulation

Question 14

What is a cross platform task automation solution made up of a command-line shell, scripting language, and a configuration management framework, and runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS?

Answer 14

PowerShell

Question 15

what is PowerShell commonly used for?

Answer 15

automating management of systems.

Question 16

What is CLR?

Answer 16

Common language runtime, what PowerShell is built on.

Question 17

What does it mean that all inputs and outputs are .NET objects?

Answer 17

no need to parse text output to extract information from output.

Question 18

what is a management framework in PowerShell that enables you to manage your enterprise infrastructure with configuration as code?

Answer 18

PowerShell desired state configuration

Question 19

Easiest way to find powershell?

Answer 19

type in “Powershell” in the search bar

Question 20

how many versions or shortcut versions of Powershell will I have if I am using 64 bit version?

Answer 20

4

Question 21

what are the x86 suffixes on the PowerShell shortcuts telling me?

Answer 21

it’s 32 bit windows PowerShell

Question 22

How can I run PowerShell as a domain user who is a local administrator?

Answer 22

right click on shortcut, and Run as administrator

Question 23

what can’t be run without running PowerShell as admin?

Answer 23

UAC

Question 24

what is the execution policy in PowerShell designed for?

Answer 24

to prevent a user from unknowingly running a script

Question 25

what is some supplemental reading I can look at later?

Answer 25

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/learn/ps101/01-getting-started?view=powershell-7.4

Question 26

link for bash?

Answer 26

https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html

Question 27

older command lines in Windows

Answer 27

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/windows-commands