Why cmdlets are the building blocks in PowerShell - Test Your Understanding

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to list all services using a cmdlet.

PowerShell

Get-[1]

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

AProcesses

BService

CItems

DContent

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'Get-Process' instead of 'Get-Service' when listing services.

Using 'Get-Content' which reads file content, not services.

The cmdlet 'Get-Service' lists all services on the system. Cmdlets are simple commands that perform specific tasks.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to stop a service named 'Spooler' using a cmdlet.

PowerShell

Stop-[1] -Name Spooler

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

AProcess

BItem

CContent

DService

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'Stop-Process' which stops a process, not a service.

Using 'Stop-Item' which deletes files or folders, not services.

The cmdlet 'Stop-Service' stops a service. Cmdlets are building blocks that let you control system features easily.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to get the status of the 'Spooler' service.

PowerShell

Get-Service -Name [1]

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

AspoolerService

Bspooler

CSpooler

DSPOOLER

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using incorrect service names like 'spoolerService' which does not exist.

Using all lowercase which might still work but is less standard.

Service names are case-insensitive but usually written with the first letter capitalized. 'Spooler' is the correct service name.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create a cmdlet that gets all running services and sorts them by name.

PowerShell

Get-Service | Where-Object [1] -eq 'Running' | Sort-Object [2]

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

A-Property

BStatus

CName

D-Name

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '-Property' in Where-Object which is incorrect syntax.

Sorting by 'Status' instead of 'Name'.

The 'Where-Object' filters services where Status equals 'Running'. Then 'Sort-Object' sorts them by 'Name'.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to create a hashtable of service names and their statuses for services starting with 'Win'.

PowerShell

$services = @{}; foreach([3] in (Get-Service | Where-Object Name -like 'Win*')) { $services[[3].[1]] = [3].[2] }

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

AName

BStatus

C$service

Dsvc

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using variable names not defined in the loop.

Swapping keys and values in the hashtable.

We create a hashtable with keys as service.Name and values as service.Status for each service in the filtered list.