Exercises

Here are the exercises for this chapter:

1. How can you list all imported modules in the current PowerShell session?
2. What is the purpose of the -Global parameter when importing a module?
3. How do we import a module that isn’t in a path specified in the $ENV:PSModulePath variable?
4. We want to import a module that contains functions that have the same name as cmdlets that already exist in our session. What are two ways we can get around this?
5. By default, all the functions of a module are exported. What are two ways we can control what functions are exported?
6. What is the purpose of the HelpInfoURI key in a module manifest?
7. What might be in a file with the.ps1xml extension?
8. If we load a module with the .dll extension, what sort of commands will we get?
9. Why don’t we write CDXML modules?