Chapter 15 Quiz (ITN107) - Working with the Command Line Interface

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

Subfolder

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What Windows command can be used to copy entire directories, including subdirectories?

xcopy

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

Prompt

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4

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

".gif"

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

md

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

Command-line

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What is another name for a folder?

Directory

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The part of a filename following the period (.) is called the ________.

Extension

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9

Which Windows command will power down a local or remote computer?

Shutdown

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What Linux command is used to create a new directory?

mkdir

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The exact location of a file is called its ________.

Path

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

Eight

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

/?

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

F1

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Which symbol is called a pipe?

|

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What Linux command displays the current working directory?

pwd

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

?

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

-R

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

Root

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

C:

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Which Windows command will copy encrypted files?

Robocopy

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Windows uses a ________ to organize the contents in drives.

Hierarchical directory tree

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

\ (Backslash if isn’t showing)

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

Root directory

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What separates a filename and its extension?

Period

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

Directory

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

dir

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Which Linux command lists the contents of a directory?

ls

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A Windows command switch is expressed by using which character?

/

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

man

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A common way to access the command-line interface in Windows is through the ________.

Start Menu

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

cd ..

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