Process management (Get/Stop-Process) in PowerShell - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to get the list of all running processes.

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Get-[1]

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ACommand

BProcess

CService

DItem

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Common Mistakes

Using Get-Service instead of Get-Process

Using Get-Item which is for files and folders

Using Get-Command which lists commands, not processes

The Get-Process cmdlet retrieves all running processes on the system.

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medium

Complete the code to stop a process named 'notepad'.

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Stop-Process -Name [1]

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Anotepad

Bchrome

Cexplorer

Dpowershell

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Common Mistakes

Using a wrong process name that is not running

Confusing process names with application window titles

The Stop-Process cmdlet stops the process with the specified name, here 'notepad'.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to get the process with ID 1234.

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Get-Process -[1] 1234

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AId

BName

CPID

DProcessId

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Common Mistakes

Using '-Name' instead of '-Id' to specify process ID

Using '-PID' which is not a valid parameter

The correct parameter to specify a process ID is '-Id'.

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hard

Fill both blanks to get all processes with CPU usage greater than 100.

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Get-Process | Where-Object { $_.[1] [2] 100 }

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ACPU

B>

C<

DName

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Common Mistakes

Using '<' instead of '>' for filtering

Using 'Name' property instead of 'CPU'

The CPU property shows CPU usage, and '>' filters for values greater than 100.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to stop all processes with names starting with 'chrome'.

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Get-Process -Name [1]* | Stop-Process -[2] -Force:[3]

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Achrome

BName

CTrue

DId

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Common Mistakes

Using '-Id' instead of '-Name' to stop by name

Not using the wildcard '*' to match all starting with 'chrome'

Omitting the '-Force' parameter or setting it to False

Use 'chrome*' to match all processes starting with 'chrome', '-Name' to specify by name, and '-Force:True' to force stop.