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

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

Subfolder

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

xcopy

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

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

".gif"

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

md

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

Command-line

What is another name for a folder?

Directory

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

Extension

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

Shutdown

What Linux command is used to create a new directory?

mkdir

The exact location of a file is called its ________.

Path

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

Eight

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

/?

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

F1

Which symbol is called a pipe?

|

What Linux command displays the current working directory?

pwd

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

?

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

-R

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

Root

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

C:

Which Windows command will copy encrypted files?

Robocopy

Windows uses a ________ to organize the contents in drives.

Hierarchical directory tree

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

\\ (Backslash if isn’t showing)

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

Root directory

What separates a filename and its extension?

Period

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

Directory

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

dir

Which Linux command lists the contents of a directory?

ls

A Windows command switch is expressed by using which character?

/

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

man

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

Start Menu

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

cd ..