802 Exam - Command Line Question

Brane84

Hi guys! I just found this forum recently, and I wanted to thank everyone for their contribution in helping answer people's questions regarding the A+ Exam. I have a question myself, a couple weeks ago I passed my 801...now I'm prepping for my 802. I know that there will be emphasis on the command line and knowing commands, and how to differentiate let's say tracert from nslookup...my question is, if I'm given a certain question and it requires me to do something at the command line...will I be able to 1) access the help function ( /? ), and 2) will I be able to use it without a penalty? I ask because I have no idea if we're expected to know every parameter and switch by memory (netstat /b, ping /t, xcopy /s) or if we're allowed to access the help of the command line? Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

[Deleted User]

From my recollection (although I may be wrong), CompTIA may allow you to access certain features of the command line utilities. If they don't for some reason, it will be clearly stated with something along the lines of "This is not a supported feature of this question." I would for the exam go over the switches for the commands and know how they work and when to use them.

Here is a link that I hope helps you out Good luck on you exam and studying!! What Is A Performance-Based Question?

Snow.bros

I will be adding to the above mentioned,

Because you are curious about what might appear in the exam the best option to keep track on what to expect in the exam is to print out a copy of the Exam Objectives, in addition to answering your question, for any performance based question that you will answering will be performed on a simulator (console) and last I recall you could only type in the command that you were requested only any other command will be unrecognizable, I think its configured to do only the task that is required by the user and nothing else.

Welcome to the forums and all the best for your next exam and let us now how it goes!!!