Computer Lab Exam Topics

• Windows command prompt:
  • file management: copy, move, ren, mkdir, rmdir, dir, robocopy
  • using pipes and redirecting output: |, >, »
  • using findstr and more
  • for loops over file or file content
  • BAT files
• Linux command prompt: only simple command used in the pythonanywhere shell: cp, rm, ls, mv, …
• Simple git commands: pull ,push, add, commit, branch, checkout
• VSCode: using vscode including extensions, settings, creating and managing tasks, debugging, …
• Manging the PATH environment variable
• HTML and JavaScript
• Manging Google Calander
• Understanding the Internet
• Basic LaTeX, MS-Word and Excel
• Using SysInternals autoruns.exe tool
• Zip, Unzip files and folders
• File Management in Windows
• Running/Installing programs in windows
• Using TaskMgr in windows to find/kill processes.
• Understanding and using VPNs and Proxies.
• Using Azure DevOps: Pull Requests, Pipelines
• Compiling, Linking, Building C/C++ code.
• Using search/google/stackoverflow/… to troubleshoot/fix problems.
• Updating github website.

• Following instructions to make changes to your windows computer.

• During the exam you can use all/any resource you want. You CANNOT communicate in any way with ANYONE except the instructor.