First PowerShell command - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to display the text "Hello, World!" in PowerShell.

PowerShell

Write-[1] "Hello, World!"

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AHost

BOutput

COutputLine

DHostLine

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using Write-Output instead of Write-Host for direct console display.

Misspelling the command name.

Using commands that do not exist in PowerShell.

The Write-Host command in PowerShell prints text directly to the console.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to store the number 5 in a variable named $num.

PowerShell

$num = [1]

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A"5"

B5

C$5

Dfive

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Putting the number inside quotes, which makes it a string.

Using invalid variable names like $5.

Writing the number as a word instead of a digit.

In PowerShell, to assign a number to a variable, just use the number without quotes.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly display the value of $name variable.

PowerShell

Write-Host [1]

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A"name"

Bname

C$name

D'$name'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Omitting the $ sign before the variable name.

Putting the variable name inside quotes which prints the literal text.

Using single quotes which do not expand variables.

To display the value of a variable, you must use the variable name with the $ sign.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a loop that prints numbers 1 to 3.

PowerShell

for ($i = 1; $i [1] 3; $i[2]) { Write-Host $i }

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A-le

B++

C-lt

D--

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using '-lt' instead of '-le' causing the loop to stop early.

Using '--' which decreases the counter instead of increasing.

Using incorrect operators causing syntax errors.

The loop runs while $i is less than or equal to 3, and increments $i by 1 each time.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a hashtable with keys 'Name' and 'Age' and print the 'Name'.

PowerShell

$person = @{ [1] = 'John'; [2] = 30 }`nWrite-Host $person.[3]

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AName

BAge

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using quotes around keys in the hashtable.

Accessing the hashtable with wrong key names.

Mixing up keys when printing the value.

The hashtable keys are 'Name' and 'Age'. To print the name, access $person.Name.