Chapter $21$ Assignment Questions

$1.$ What is DSC$?$

$2.$ What is a prerequisite for running DSC$?$

$3.$ In PowerShell v$5$ how many types of native DSC resources are available

$4.$ What is the file format used by DSC$?$

$5.$ What is the meaning of $$idempotent$$ regarding DSC$?$

$6.$ What are the three default parameters in a DSC configuration file?

$7.$ Explain in brief what each of the above configuration parameters is used for.

a$)$ InstanceName

b$)$ OutputPath

c$)$ ConfigurationData

From the above picture of a sample PS script, answer the below questions $8$ to $11$:

$8.$ That is the reason for the comment $[$#$]$ in line one?

$9.$ What does line three indicate?

$10.$ What does the $$node$$ declaration in line six mean?

$11.$ How many DSC resource types are defined in this script and name them.

$12.$ What is the PS cmdlet to get the DSC configuration?

$13.$ After creating the MOF configuration file for a node what cmdlet would you use to start

the DSC configuration?

$14.$ What is the parameter used to view the progress of the Start$-$DscConfiguration cmdlet?

$15.$ What does the below command perform?

Get$-$DscResource $-$Module @$\{$ModuleName$=$'xHyperV';RequiredVersion$=\text{'}3\mathrm{.}0\mathrm{.}0\mathrm{.}0\text{'}\}$