General Windows PowerShell MCQs

1. Cmdlets that are contained in the Windows PowerShell Microsoft.PowerShell.Management module for managing Windows?

2. Which cmdlet can be used to configure the Windows PowerShell Web Access web application in IIS?

3. Which module is a .NET framework assembly that contains a compiled code, e.g. C# code?

4. If you want to use Microsoft Excel for manipulating/viewing the output of a command, then which PowerShell cmdlet should be used?

5. While working with scripts in Windows PowerShell ISE, which keyboard shortcut can be used to show snippets in the Script and Command panes?

6. Suppose that you are working with the Script pane in Windows PowerShell ISE. You are searching a particular text that has multiple occurrences in the script. Which of the following keyboard shortcuts is used to find the next occurrence of that text in the script?

7. Correct format of the cmdlet that will display the following message?

8. Which keyboard shortcut is used to display call stack while debugging a script in the Script pane?

9. Which PowerShell module contains cmdlets that are used to manage data from performance counters and event logs?

10. The PowerShell.exe command can be used to start a Windows PowerShell session. Which options are the valid parameters of this command?

11. Which operation cannot be performed by the Enable-PSRemoting cmdlet?

12. With respect to Windows PowerShell Web Access cmdlets, which one is the correct cmdlet that can be used to return a set of Windows PowerShell Web Access Authorization rules?

13. With respect to the PowerShell.exe command, which parameter is used to run a specified script in the local scope?

14. Which option is mandatory parameters of the Debug-Job cmdlet?

15. Function of the Invoke-Command cmdlet while working with Windows PowerShell?

16. In relation to the Windows PowerShell ISE object model hierarchy, the $psISE object is the root object

17. While working with the Test-Connection cmdlet, which options are the valid values that can be used for the 'Protocol' parameter?

18. Which option is the principal root object in Windows PowerShell ISE?

19. We can integrate PowerShell runtime into .NET applications.

20. Which task can be performed while enhancing the functionality of Windows PowerShell ISE?

21. Which statements are correct about the Restart-Computer cmdlet in Windows PowerShell?

22. With respect to the PowerShellTabCollection object in Windows PowerShell, which option is NOT a valid method?

23. Get-DscResource cmdlet cannot be used to discover the resources that are installed in the PSModulePath?

24. Which Windows PowerShell command is used to end an interactive session with a remote computer?

25. Which statement is INCORRECT about the Suspend-Workflow activity in Windows PowerShell?

26. In relation to the New-PSWorkflowExecutionOption cmdlet in Windows PowerShell ISE, the -MaxDisconnectedSessions parameter is used to specify the maximum number of disconnected remote sessions. What is the default value of this parameter?

27. Which command can be used to start a Windows PowerShell background job on a local computer?

28. Which keyboard shortcut is used to start the Windows PowerShell console (PowerShell.exe)?

29. Maximum value of the Zoom property of the ISEOptions object?

30. Which statement is incorrect about Windows PowerShell workflow?

31. Which keyboard shortcut is used to show/hide the Script pane while customizing a view?

32. While debugging scripts in Windows PowerShell ISE, which functional key can be used to set a line breakpoint?

33. Which cmdlet, contained in the Windows PowerShell Microsoft.WSMan.Management module, is used to configure a local computer for remote management?

34. With respect to the Get-LocalGroupMember cmdlet in Windows PowerShell, which parameter is optional?

35. In relation to Windows PowerShell ISE, which are the valid methods of the ISEEditor object?

36. Windows PowerShell uses the Web Services for WS-Management protocol and the WinRM service for which of the following types of configuration?

37. Which file extension is used to represent a module manifest file?

38. Which cmdlet of the Windows PowerShell Microsoft.PowerShell.Security module can be used to get the security descriptor for a resource, such as a file or registry key?

39. While formatting the output of a command in PowerShell, which of the following parameters of the Format-List cmdlet is used to send errors through the pipeline?

40. The Set-StrictMode cmdlet affects which of the following scopes?

41. Which statements is correct?

42. Which UNIX command can be used inside Windows PowerShell?

43. Which are correct about Windows PowerShell and DOS?

44. Suppose that you want to search the cmdlets that do not have the Session parameter but have the ComputerName parameter, and support remoting without special configuration. Which option is the correct format of the command that can be used to find these cmdlets?

45. Suppose that you are working in the Console pane while debugging scripts in Windows PowerShell ISE. Which of the following keyboard shortcuts, designed for Windows PowerShell console, should you use to display the console debugging commands?

46. Which are INCORRECT about the Connect-PSSession cmdlet?

47. Suppose that you are working with the Script pane in Windows PowerShell ISE. You are searching a particular text that has multiple occurrences in the script. Which of the following keyboard shortcuts is used to find the previous occurrence of that text in the script?

48. Which cmdlet is used to send specified objects to the next command in the pipeline?

49. In the Windows PowerShell ISE debugging environment, which breakpoints can be set by using the menu or keyboard shortcuts?

50. Suppose that you are an administrator and you start a Windows PowerShell session from the command line of another tool such as cmd.exe. If you use a -WindowStyle parameter to set the style for the session, then which of the following are the valid values that can be used?

51. With respect to the Test-Connection cmdlet in Windows PowerShell, which are the valid values for the parameter, -WsmanAuthentication?

52. With respect to theNew-PSWorkflowSessioncmdlet in Windows PowerShell ISE, which are the valid values of the -Authenticationparameter?

53. In Windows PowerShell ISE, which object represents a Windows PowerShell runtime environment?

54. In Windows PowerShell, which options are the optional parameters of the Invoke-History cmdlet? 1. WhatIf 2. Confirm 3. Id

55. The Test-Path cmdlet is used to check the existence of all the elements of a path. Which option is returned if any of the elements is missing?

56. In Windows PowerShell ISE, which keyboard shortcut is used to maximize the Script pane?

57. Which encoding options are supported by Windows PowerShell ISE?

58. Which are correct about Windows PowerShell providers?

59. The Set-ExecutionPolicy cmdlet is used to change the default execution policy. If you want to run scripts, the execution policy can be set to which of the following options?

60. Which are the valid profile types that can be created and used in Windows PowerShell ISE?

61. Which command can be used for configuring a computer for receiving remote commands without asking for user confirmation?

62. Which statement is correct about the Get-IseSnippet cmdlet?

63. In Windows PowerShell, the Debug-Job cmdlet is designed to debug which of the following jobs?

64. While working with Windows PowerShell Remoting, which option is the valid cmdlet that is used to start an interactive session with a single remote computer?

65. In Windows PowerShell, variables are specified with which symbol?

66. While working with scripts in Windows PowerShell ISE, which keyboard shortcut can be used to stop a running script?

67. When the Receive-PSSession cmdlet is used to connect to a session where no commands are running/suspended, then no output is returned.

68. Which parameter of the Assert-MockCalled cmdlet is mandatory to be used?

69. In Windows PowerShell, which options are the correct parameters of Test-ScriptFileInfo cmdlet that can be used to specify a path to one or more locations?

70. While importing performance counter data through the Import-Counter cmdlet in Windows PowerShell, which file can be used to import data?

71. Keyboard shortcut to run a selected portion of a script in the Scripts pane of Windows PowerShell ISE.

72. Which PowerShell command is used to import the commands from a different session and save them in a Windows PowerShell module?

73. Which PowerShell cmdlet can be used to display a single property of an object at a time?

74. Function of the PowerShell cmdlet, Clear-Item?

75. Which statement is correct about Windows PowerShell?

76. By default, PowerShell Remoting and WinRM listen on which port?

77. Which statement is correct about remoting?

78. In Windows PowerShell, the Export-Counter cmdlet is designed to export which of the following types of data?