CIM/WMI cmdlets in PowerShell - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to get all running processes using CIM cmdlet.

PowerShell

Get-[1] -ClassName Win32_Process

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AGet-WmiObject

BGet-Process

CGet-Service

DGet-CimInstance

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Common Mistakes

Using Get-Process which does not use CIM/WMI.

Using Get-Service which lists services, not processes.

The Get-CimInstance cmdlet retrieves instances of CIM classes, such as Win32_Process, which lists running processes.

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medium

Complete the code to filter processes with the name 'notepad' using WMI cmdlet.

PowerShell

Get-[1] -Class Win32_Process -Filter "Name = 'notepad.exe'"

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AGet-WmiObject

BGet-Process

CGet-Service

DGet-CimInstance

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using Get-CimInstance which uses -Query instead of -Filter.

Using Get-Process which does not support -Filter.

Get-WmiObject is the older cmdlet to query WMI classes and supports the -Filter parameter for filtering.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to get the operating system info using CIM cmdlet.

PowerShell

Get-CimInstance -ClassName [1]

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AWin32_Service

BWin32_Process

CWin32_OperatingSystem

DWin32_ComputerSystem

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Common Mistakes

Using Win32_Process which lists processes, not OS info.

Using Win32_Service which lists services.

The class Win32_OperatingSystem contains information about the OS, so it must be used here.

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hard

Fill both blanks to get the total visible memory size from the operating system using CIM cmdlet.

PowerShell

$os = Get-CimInstance -ClassName [1]
$totalMemory = $os.[2]

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AWin32_OperatingSystem

BWin32_ComputerSystem

CTotalVisibleMemorySize

DFreePhysicalMemory

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Common Mistakes

Using Win32_ComputerSystem which does not have this property.

Using FreePhysicalMemory which shows free memory, not total.

The Win32_OperatingSystem class has the property TotalVisibleMemorySize which shows total memory in kilobytes.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to query services that are running using WMI cmdlet.

PowerShell

Get-[1] -Class [2] -Filter "State = '[3]'"

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AGet-WmiObject

BWin32_Service

CRunning

DGet-CimInstance

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using Get-CimInstance which uses -Query instead of -Filter.

Using incorrect class or state value.

Get-WmiObject queries WMI classes like Win32_Service. Filtering by State = 'Running' gets running services.