Select-Object for properties in PowerShell - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to select only the 'Name' property from the process list.

PowerShell

Get-Process | Select-Object [1]

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A-ExpandProperty Name

B-InputObject Name

C-Property Name

D-Filter Name

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '-ExpandProperty' instead of '-Property' when you want to keep the property as an object.

Using '-InputObject' which is not valid here.

Using '-Filter' which is not a parameter for Select-Object.

Use '-Property Name' with Select-Object to select the 'Name' property.

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medium

Complete the code to select the 'Id' property from the process list.

PowerShell

Get-Process | Select-Object [1]

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A-Property Id

B-Filter Id

C-InputObject Id

D-ExpandProperty Id

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '-ExpandProperty' which extracts the value instead of keeping it as a property.

Using '-InputObject' or '-Filter' which are not valid parameters here.

Use '-Property Id' to select the 'Id' property from the process objects.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to select the 'CPU' property from the process list.

PowerShell

Get-Process | Select-Object [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-Filter CPU

B-ExpandProperty CPU

C-InputObject CPU

D-Property CPU

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '-ExpandProperty' which returns only the value, not an object with property.

Using '-InputObject' or '-Filter' which are invalid here.

Use '-Property CPU' to select the CPU property correctly. Other options cause errors or wrong output.

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hard

Fill both blanks to select 'Name' and 'Id' properties from the process list.

PowerShell

Get-Process | Select-Object [1] [2]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-Property Name

B-Property Id

C-ExpandProperty Name

D-ExpandProperty Id

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '-ExpandProperty' which only works for one property at a time.

Mixing '-Property' and '-ExpandProperty' in the same command.

Use '-Property Name' and '-Property Id' together to select both properties.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to select 'Name', 'Id', and 'CPU' properties from the process list.

PowerShell

Get-Process | Select-Object [1] [2] [3]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-Property Name

B-Property Id

C-Property CPU

D-ExpandProperty CPU

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '-ExpandProperty' which only works for one property and returns values, not objects.

Mixing '-Property' and '-ExpandProperty' in the same command.

Use '-Property' for each property to select multiple properties correctly.