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

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to get the status of the service named 'wuauserv'.

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Get-Service -Name [1]

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Aeventlog

Bbits

Cspooler

Dwuauserv

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using the display name instead of the service name.

Forgetting the -Name parameter.

The Get-Service cmdlet with -Name wuauserv retrieves the Windows Update service status.

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medium

Complete the code to start the service named 'bits'.

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Start-Service -Name [1]

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Abits

Bwuauserv

Cspooler

Deventlog

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using the wrong service name.

Using Get-Service instead of Start-Service.

The Start-Service cmdlet with -Name bits starts the Background Intelligent Transfer Service.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to stop the 'spooler' service.

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Stop-Service [1]

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A-Name spooler

Bspooler

C-Service spooler

D-ServiceName spooler

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Passing the service name without the -Name parameter.

Using incorrect parameter names like -Service or -ServiceName.

The Stop-Service cmdlet requires the -Name parameter to specify the service name.

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hard

Fill both blanks to get the status of the 'eventlog' service and display only its status property.

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

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A-Name eventlog

BStatus

CName

D-Service eventlog

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using wrong parameter names.

Selecting the wrong property.

Get-Service -Name eventlog fetches the service, and Select-Object Status shows only the status.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to stop the 'wuauserv' service and then get its status.

PowerShell

Stop-Service [1]; Get-Service [2] | Select-Object [3]

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A-Name wuauserv

CStatus

D-Service wuauserv

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using inconsistent parameter names.

Forgetting to select the status property.

First, Stop-Service -Name wuauserv stops the service. Then, Get-Service -Name wuauserv | Select-Object Status shows its status.