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FC0-U61 · Question #521

Given the following: WMIC BIOS GET SERIALNUMBER Which of the following describes the above sequence?

The correct answer is B. A query. This question asks to characterize the command WMIC BIOS GET SERIALNUMBER based on its action.

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Question

Given the following:

WMIC BIOS GET SERIALNUMBER Which of the following describes the above sequence?

Options

  • AA database dump
  • BA query
  • CInsertion of data
  • DA function

How the community answered

(26 responses)
  • B
    88% (23)
  • C
    8% (2)
  • D
    4% (1)

Why each option

This question asks to characterize the command WMIC BIOS GET SERIALNUMBER based on its action.

AA database dump

A database dump typically involves extracting a large portion or all of a database's structure and data, which is not what this command does.

BA queryCorrect

The 'WMIC BIOS GET SERIALNUMBER' command is used to retrieve specific information (the serial number) from the BIOS component through Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). This act of requesting and retrieving specific data is fundamentally a query.

CInsertion of data

Insertion of data would involve adding new information to a system or database, not retrieving existing information.

DA function

While 'WMIC' itself is an executable that contains functions, the sequence 'WMIC BIOS GET SERIALNUMBER' describes an operation of requesting data, making it a query, not merely a generic "function" in this context.

Concept tested: Command line data retrieval (query)

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/win32/wmisdk/wmic

Topics

#command line#system information#WMI

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