Deck 16: Working With the Command-Line Interface

Question 1

Which command shows the contents of the current directory in Windows?

A)dir
B)directory
C)list
D)show

Answer 1

A

Question 2

What is another name for a folder?

A)Directory
B)Program
C)System
D)Tree

Answer 2

A

Question 3

A file not within a subfolder is said to be in the _______________.

A)current directory
B)disk folder
C)root directory
D)window

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Windows uses a(n) _______________ to organize the contents in drives.

A)folder system
B)hierarchical directory tree
C)stacked sequential structure
D)linear table

Question 5

The exact location of a file is called its _______________.

A)file
B)folder
C)path
D)root

Question 6

Which of these is not a valid Microsoft Office file extension?

A).docx
B).pptx
C).gif
D).doc

Question 7

The file's ____ indicates what type of program uses the data by looking at the _______________.

A)partition; extension
B)extension; location
C)privileges; association
D)association; extension

Question 8

A common way to access the command-line interface in Windows Vista/7 is through the _______________.

A)Registry
B)Library
C)Terminal Box
D)Start Menu

Question 9

In Windows, hard drive partitions are usually start with the letter _______________.

A)A:
B)B:
C)C :
D)D:

Question 10

The part of a file name following the period (.) is called the _______________.

A)Extension
B)Designation
C)Folder
D)Command

Question 11

A text-based user interface, in which users type in instructions at a prompt, is also known as a _______________ interface.

A)command-line
B)graphical user
C)mouse-enabled
D)Windows-based

Question 12

In older Windows versions, the filename was restricted to _______________ characters.

A)two
B)six
C)eight
D)ten

Question 13

What Linux command describes the syntax and options of a specific command?

A)help
B)ls
C)man
D)xcopy

Question 14

The command-line interface tells a user that it's ready to receive commands by displaying a specific set of characters called a(n) _______________.

A)command
B)key
C)prompt
D)signal

Question 15

What Linux command displays the current working directory?

A)pwd
B)workdir
C)dir
D)ls

Question 16

In the Windows command-line syntax, a directory is referred to by which character(s)?

A)/
B)\
C):
D)..

Question 17

In Mac OS X and Linux, what is the shorthand character that represents a user's home directory?

A)/
B)\
C)~
D)@

Question 18

What character represents the root of a Linux file system?

A)\
B)>
C)&
D)/

Question 19

What separates a filename and its extension?

A)Colon
B)Comma
C)Hyphen
D)Period

Question 20

A folder inside another folder is called a(n) _______________.

A)root folder
B)root file
C)subfolder
D)sub-system

Question 21

Which Windowscommand will power down a local or remote computer?

A)restart
B)poweroff
C)shutdown
D)reboot

Question 22

What Linux command is used to create a new directory?

A)md
B)mkdir
C)make
D)dir

Question 23

Which Windows command will copy encrypted files?

A)copy
B)robocopy
C)xcopy
D)move

Question 24

What Windows command displays or alters the compression of files on NTFS partitions?

A)compact
B)cipher
C)doskey
D)xpntfs

Question 25

Which Windows command always navigates the command-line interface back to the root directory?

A)cd ..
B)cd \
C)cd /
D)cd \..

Question 26

A Windows command switch is expressed by using which character?

A)-
B):
C)\
D)/

Question 27

Which wildcard character replaces a single character in the command-line interface?

A)~
B)%
C)+
D)?

Question 28

The standard copy/move commands can work on only one _______________ at a time.

A)directory
B)file
C)program
D)prompt

Question 29

Which command deletes a directory in Windows?

A)deldir
B)delfile
C)delroot
D)rd

Question 30

Which command will allow you to go up a single directory level at a time?

A)cd SPACE
B)cd \
C)cd ..
D)cd ENTER

Question 31

In Windows, the _______________ command displays or alters the encryption of directories on NTFS partitions.

A)cipher
B)color
C)compact
D)convert

Question 32

Which Linux command lists the contents of a directory?

A)dir
B)ls
C)list
D)mv

Question 33

What character identifies a command option, or "switch", in Linux?

A)/
B)\
C)-
D)*

Question 34

The cipher command works on _______________.

A)attributes
B)directories
C)disk drives
D)tables

Question 35

Which key in the Windows command-line interface brings back the previous command, one letter at a time?

A)F1
B)F3
C)F10
D)F12

Question 36

What switch to the Linux cp command allows it to copy multiple folders and files?

A)-l
B)-R
C)-f
D)-m

Question 37

The command-line interface tells a user it is ready to receive commands by displaying a specific set of characters called a(n) _______________.

Question 38

Which program is not a built-in executable file in Linux?

A)dir
B)gnome-calculator
C)md
D)rd

Question 39

Which of these characters gives you all possible switches for a Windows command?

A)/?
B)/H
C)/S
D)/P

Question 40

Which command is used to create a new directory in Windows?

A)newdir
B)md\
C)md
D)mfolder

Question 41

In Mac OS X and Linux, the _______________ character is shorthand for the user's home directory.

Question 42

If you attempt to enter a command and receive the "Windows needs your permission to continue" dialog box, you should right-click a command-prompt shortcut and select _______________.

Question 43

On Mac OS X and on most Linux distros, the default shell is called _______________.

Question 44

The Linux command _______________ displays the current working directory.

Question 45

The cd \ command in Windows always navigates back to the _______________.

Question 46

Use the _______________ switch to get help on the syntax and switches of a Windows command.

Question 47

The prompt is pointed at the C : drive on a Windows machine.To change the focus to the D: drive, you would type _______________.

Question 48

The Linux commands ____________________, and _______________ allow a normal user to execute commands that require advanced, or root, privileges.

Question 49

In Linux, / represents the _______________.

Question 50

The _______________ of a filename informs the computer of the type or function of the file.

Question 51

On a Linux system it is considered bad manners to create files and folders in the _______________ directory.

Question 52

In Windows 8/8.1, the user should type _______________ in the Start screen's Search bar and press the Enter key to access the command-line interface.

Question 53

By default, _______________ drives get the next available drive letter after the last hard drive partition in Windows.

Question 54

Mac OS X and Linux do not use _______________ to move between drives.

Question 55

Extra text typed after a command to modify its operation, such as /w or /p after dir, is called a(n) _______________.

Question 56

If you want to go up a single directory level, you can type cd followed immediately by _______________.

Question 57

If the TEST directory in the C : drive had a subdirectory called SYSTEM, it would be shown as _______________.

Question 58

The top level directory is also known as the _______________ directory.

Question 59

The Windows _______________ command shows only filenames and arranges them in five columns across the screen.

Question 60

A(n) _______________, represented in Linux by the | symbol, connects the output of one command to the input of a second command.

Question 61

The _______________ or _______________commands copy one or more files and delete the originals.

Question 62

The Windows System File Checker, or simply _______________ .exe, scans, detects, and restores important Windows system files, folders, and paths.

Question 63

The command to find every file that starts with the letter c is _______________.

Question 64

The xcopy command with the _______________ switch is used to copy all subdirectories except for empty ones.

Question 65

Entering the command _______________ at a Command Prompt will scan, detect, and repair hard drive volume- and sector-related issues.

Question 66

To make a directory, the command _______________ or _______________ is used.

Question 67

Program filenames use the extension _______________ or _______________.

Question 68

Because xcopy works on directories, you do not have to specify _______________ as you would in copy.

Question 69

A "newer" file copy command, that was previously offered only as an add-on tool, called _______________ is now included in Windows Vista and 7.

Question 70

How is the command-line interface accessed in Windows?

Question 71

Windows comes with a tool called _______________ that enables a user to copy multiple folders and subfolders.

Question 72

For removing directories, the _______________ command works in both Windows and Linux, but _______________ works only in Windows.

Question 73

The user can delete all the files in a directory by typing _______________ at the Command Prompt.

Question 74

If a command has its own executable file, it is called a(n) _______________ program.

Question 75

The Linux command _______________ copies a folder and all its subfolders.

Question 76

The Windows _______________ can copy files between a local computer and another computer across a network.

Question 77

In the command-line interface, there are two _______________ characters: the asterisk (*) and question mark (?).

Question 78

The _______________ command will display the name of your computer.

Question 79

The Windows _______________ command will not delete a directory if it contains files or subdirectories.

Question 80

Entering the command _______________ at a command prompt will scan, detect, and restore important Windows system files, folders, and paths.