Windows Command Line Tools

Question 1

What is the difference between administrative and standard user-command prompts?

Answer 1

Administrative command prompts provide elevated privileges compared to standard user-command prompts.

Question 2

How do you view directories and files using a command?

Answer 2

Use the dir command, utilizing * and ** for pattern matching.

Example: dir *.txt
Shows all files in the directory that have the extens

Question 3

How do you navigate to a directory using a relative path?

Answer 3

Use the cd command with a relative path, such as cd Users\student01\Documents.

Question 4

How do you navigate to a directory using an absolute path?

Answer 4

Use the cd command with an absolute path, such as cd C:\Users\Student01\Documents.

Question 5

What is the purpose of the chkdsk command?

Answer 5

It is an error-checking program that locates bad sectors and recovers readable information.

Question 6

What does the /r switch do in the chkdsk command? chkdsk /r

Answer 6

Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information, implying /F when /scan is not specified.

Question 7

What is the sfc command used for?

Answer 7

It is the System File Checker used to scan and repair system files.

Question 8

What does the /scannow switch do in the sfc command? sfc /scannow

Answer 8

Scans all protected system files and repairs any issues.

Question 9

What does the format command do?

Answer 9

It formats a specified drive to a particular file system, such as NTFS.

Question 10

How do you format a drive using the format command?

Answer 10

Examples:
format <driveletter>: /q /fs:NTFS to perform a quick format to NTFS.
format<driveletter>: fs</driveletter></driveletter>

Question 11

What is the purpose of the diskpart command?

Answer 11

It is a disk management CLI used to manage disk partitions.

Question 12

How do you create a primary partition using diskpart?

Answer 12

Use diskpart
list disk
select disk <disknumber>
create partition primary.
list volume <volumenumber></volumenumber></disknumber>

Question 13

How do you copy a file from one location to another using the copy command?

Answer 13

Example:
copy <driveletter>:\Software\program.iso C:\Users\<username>\Downloads\Programs.</username></driveletter>

Question 14

How do you copy and rename a file using the copy command?

Answer 14

Examples:

copy memo.doc letter.doc – a copy of the document with a new name

copy robin.txt c:\birds – places a copy of robin.tx in c:\birds directory

Question 15

What does the xcopy command do?

Answer 15

It copies files and directories, including their structure, from one location to another.

Question 16

How do you copy files using xcopy while preserving folder structure?

Answer 16

xcopy C:\Users<username>\Documents\MyFolder01 C:\Users<username>\Documents\MyFolder02 /t /e.

Question 17

How do you copy files using xcopy?

Answer 17

xcopy <driveletter>:\Users\<username>\test01.txt <new>:\Documents\test01.txt</new></username></driveletter>

Question 18

What is the robocopy command used for?

Answer 18

It is used for robust copying of files and directories, including options for filtering and bandwidth limitations.

Question 19

How do you move files that are more than 14 days old using robocopy?

Answer 19

robocopy C:\SourceFolder D:\DestinationFolder /move /minage:14.

Question 20

How do you copy files using robocopy?

Answer 20

robocopy c:\share\ c:\it\dst /e
Copies all files and folders from the folder c:\share to the folder c:\it\dst. The /e added to the command tells robocopy to include empty subdirectories.

Question 20

What is the dism command used for?

Answer 20

Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM.exe) is used to mount and service Windows images or virtual hard disks.

Question 21

How do you apply an image using dism?

Answer 21

Use DISM.exe /Apply-Image /ImageFile:<path_to_image_file></path_to_image_file>

Question 22

What is the “net use” command used for?

Answer 22

To assign the disk-drive device name E: to the “letters” shared directory on the \Financial server, type:

net use e: \financial\letters