Answer the following questions using commands entered in the Windows command prompt.

Question

Note: Due to the way the command prompt operates, you may not get the same answers using File Explorer or other tools.

Question 1 (1 point)

At the command prompt, enter the following command and press enter.

assoc
This command displays the associations between file extensions and the program that is used to run or edit the file.

Which of the following statements best describes the file association for a .pwz file?

Question 1 options:

Diagnostic Perfmon

Power Point Wizard

Outlook File

PowerShell Script

Question 2 (1 point)

At the command prompt, enter the following command and press enter.

fc /?
This command displays the help information for the fc command.

Which of the following statements best describes the purpose of the fc command?

Question 2 options:

file comparison

format clock

force command

file copy

Question 3 (1 point)

At the command prompt, enter the following command and press enter.

netstat
This command lists the network connections that are currently open between your computer and another computer.

Copy and paste the entire output of your netstat command into the space provided below.

Question 3 options:
Question 4 (1 point)

At the command prompt, enter the following command and press enter.

systeminfo
This command displays the computer's operating system information.

Enter the exact operating system name in the space provided below.

Question 4 options:
Question 5 (1 point)

At the command prompt, enter the following command and press enter.

systeminfo
This command displays the computer's operating system information.

Based on the output of the command, is this PC a 32-bit or 64-bit platform?

Question 5 options:

32-bit

64-bit

Question 6 (1 point)

At the command prompt, enter the following command and press enter.

tasklist
This command displays the currently running tasks (programs). You will see one specific program that appears over and over again in the list of running programs. This program is actually a wrapper program that runs computer instructions found in .DLL files.

Based on the output of the command, which of the following programs is the wrapper program?

Question 6 options:

svchost.exe

winlogon.exe

cmd.exe

lsass.exe

Question 7 (1 point)

At the command prompt, change to your home folder. Enter the following command and press enter.

tree
This command displays a graphical "tree view" of the folders in your home folder.

Copy and paste the entire output of your tree command into the space provided below. Be sure you have executed the command from your home folder.

Question 7 options:
Question 8 (1 point)

At the command prompt:

Change to your Downloads folder inside your home folder.
Inside your Downloads folder, create a new folder named "IT1130".
Inside the IT1130 folder, enter the following command:
date /T > now.txt
This last command creates a text file named now.txt containing the current date.

Use the more command to display the contents of the now.txt file. Copy and paste the entire output of your more command into the space provided below. There should be one line of output.

Question 8 options:
Question 9 (1 point)

At the command prompt, use the where command to locate the where.exe file.

Copy and paste the full path and filename for the where.exe file into the space provided below.

Question 9 options:
Question 10 (1 point)

Early operating systems were _____, meaning users had to type all commands.

Question 10 options:

graphical user

windows-based

line-oriented

text-based

Answer 1

Here are the answers based on the commands that you would typically run in the Windows command prompt:

Question 1: Which of the following statements best describes the file association for a .pwz file?

• Power Point Wizard (The correct association for .pwz files is typically related to the PowerPoint Wizard.)

Question 2: Which of the following statements best describes the purpose of the fc command?

• file comparison (The fc command is used for comparing files.)

Question 3: Copy and paste the entire output of your netstat command into the space provided below.

• (The output of netstat may vary depending on the current network connections, so you would need to run the command to see the actual output.)

Question 4: Enter the exact operating system name in the space provided below.

• (The output of systeminfo will show the OS name, which you need to provide based on what you see in your environment.)

Question 5: Based on the output of the command, is this PC a 32-bit or 64-bit platform?

• (Depending on the output from systeminfo, if you see "64-bit" in the system information, choose 64-bit; otherwise, choose 32-bit.)

Question 6: Based on the output of the command, which of the following programs is the wrapper program?

• svchost.exe (svchost.exe is known to be a wrapper that runs services and instructions from .DLL files.)

Question 7: Copy and paste the entire output of your tree command into the space provided below.

• (You will need to run the command tree in your home directory to get the output.)

Question 8: Use the more command to display the contents of the now.txt file.

• (After running the more command, you would see the current date as the output. It will be one line only, similar to Wed 10/05/2023 or similar depending on the current date.)

Question 9: Copy and paste the full path and filename for the where.exe file into the space provided below.

• (You would typically find where.exe in C:\Windows\System32\where.exe or a similar path depending on your system configuration.)

Question 10: Early operating systems were _____, meaning users had to type all commands.

• text-based (Early operating systems are described as text-based because they required commands to be typed in without a graphical interface.)

To obtain the exact answers for Questions 3, 4, 7, and 8, you would need to execute the respective commands in your own Windows command prompt.