Exam 16: Working With the Command-Line Interface

The cipher command works on _______________.

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

If the current working directory is C : \Users/Paul and a USB thumb drive is mounted as drive E:, what command moves the working directory to the thumb drive?

What does the format command do?

In Windows, what character in a path is used to indicate a subdirectory within a directory?

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

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

What does the tilde (~) character represent in Mac OS X and Linux?

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

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

How can a user view the contents of a Windows directory?

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

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

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

If the Pictures subfolder under /home/sally on a Linux hard drive contains the file selfie.Jp g , what is the full path to that file?

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

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

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

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

Program filenames use the extension _______________ or _______________.