Microsoft Command-Line Tools

Question 1

What are the 2 command used for each of the following:

• Directory traversal
• LIsting ALL Directory files and sub directories

Answer 1

Traversal

• CD
• ChDir

Listing Dir

• DIR
• DIR * . *

Question 2

What are the 2 command used for each of the following:

• Creating a new Directory
• Deleting a Directory
  (Provide both names)

Answer 2

Creating

• md
• mkdir

Deleting

• rd
• rmdir

Question 3

What are 2 reasons the command-line utility Netstat is used for

Answer 3

• Displaying TCP/IP Connections
• Displaying network protocol statistics

Question 4

If you wanted to obtain an FQDN-to-IP address mapping, what command-line tool would you use?

Answer 4

nslookup

Question 5

What Command Prompt utility allows you to verify the file system integrity and fix logical file system errors on a disk?

Answer 5

chkdsk

Question 6

Describe what the commands below display:

• net use
• net share

Answer 6

• Current connections TO shared resources
• Shared Resources FROM the computer

Question 7

Describe what the commands below display:

• net user
• net accounts

Answer 7

• Lists user accounts for the computer
• Lists Account Policies for the computer

Question 8

A network command-line utility in MS Windows that tracks and displays the route taken by IP packets on their way to another host is known as:

Answer 8

tracert

Question 9

For a newly added storage drive, this command-line command allows to configure it with a file system enabling Windows to store information on the drive

Answer 9

format

Question 10

copy command

• What is it used for?
• What does the “/v” switch do?
• What does the “/y” switch do?

Answer 10

• Used to copy one or more files from one location to another
• Verifies that the new files are written correctly
• Suppresses the confirmation prompt about to overwrite existing file?

Question 11

What are 2 commands that allows for copying multiple files and directories, including subdirectories?
(Which offers more options?)

Answer 11

• xcopy
• robocopy (more options)

Question 12

What are the commands for the following:

• Updating multiple Group Policy settings in MS Windows
• Display Group Policy Information for machine/user

Answer 12

• gpupdate
• gpresult

Question 13

shutdown command

What are the following switches used for?
* /s
* /r
* /s /t 30
* /a

Answer 13

shutdown

• shutdown machine
• restart machine
• shutdown machine in 30 seconds
• abort shutdown

Question 14

sfc

• What does the Command Prompt utility do?
• What does the /scannow switch do?

Answer 14

• Scans the integrity of system files and replaces incorrect/old versions with correct versions
• Attempts to repair corrupted files

Question 15

What is the name of the command utility that launches a text-based, partitioning utility?

Answer 15

diskpart

Question 16

What is the name of the network command-line utility that combines the features of ping and tracert?

Answer 16

pathping

Question 17

What are 2 commands used for resetting DHCP configuration settings for all adapters?

Answer 17

• ipconfig /release
• ipconfig /renew

Question 18

netstat command

• What parameter allows to display all active TCP connections and the TCP/UDP ports on which the computer is listening?
• What parameter allows to display the name of the application involved in creating each connection or listening port?
• What parameter allows to display addresses and ports in numerical form?

Answer 18

• -a
• -b
• -n

Question 19

chkdsk command

• What does the /f switch mean?
• What does the /r switch mean?

Answer 19

• Fixes errors on the disk
• Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information. It also fixes errors on the disk (Because /r also implies /f)

Question 20

What are 2 commands that can be used to display help information related to a specific utility?

Answer 20

• [command] help
• [command] /?