MCSE 70-290
12 Questions
| Attempts: 891
This is the first test required to receive the MCSE Certification
Questions and Answers
- 1.
You work for an online retail company. You have been tasked with creating a Web server farm to support your company’s new e-commerce initiative. All of your Web servers are running IIS 6.0 on Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition. You want to spread the traffic across all of your Web servers, while providing the best possible performance. Which of the following features should you use to build your Web farm?
- A.
Network Load Balancing
- B.
Microsoft Clustering Service
- C.
DNS Round Robin
- D.
Windows Media Services
Correct Answer
A. Network Load BalancingExplanation
NLB is available in all versions of Windows Server 2003. Unlike MSCS, where only one server offers the services at a time, NLB nodes all offer services at the same time. If one server goes offline, there is no transferring of services because all servers offer the services already.Rate this question:
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- 2.
Your company wants to put in two new e-mail servers. E-mail is mission critical for your company, so you want to configure your e-mail servers in the most fault tolerant manner possible. Which of the following features should you use for your e-mail servers?
- A.
Network Load Balancing
- B.
Microsoft Cluster Service
- C.
DNS Round Robin
- D.
Windows Media Services
Correct Answer
B. Microsoft Cluster ServiceExplanation
When using the Microsoft Cluster Service, only one machine at a time is actually functioning as the server and responding to requests. It owns the resources being offered. If that machine fails, then those resources failover to another machine in the MSCS cluster.Rate this question:
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- 3.
You have been hired to restructure a company’s forest. They have merged with another company and changed their name. You have upgraded all of your domain controllers to Windows Server 2003. You plan to use the domain rename tool (rendom.exe) from the server CD. Which of the following cannot be accomplished with this tool?
- A.
Rename your domains
- B.
Remove domains
- C.
Create new trees
- D.
Restructure domains within a tree
Correct Answer
B. Remove domainsExplanation
The Domain Rename tool allows you to rename any of your domains as long as all domain controllers in the forest are running Windows Server 2003. It allows you to restructure domains within a tree and create new trees. However, you cannot add and remove domains from the forest; you can only rename them and you can't reuse names.Rate this question:
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- 4.
Your company has decided to migrate from Windows 2000 to Windows Server 2003. You have migrated all of your printers and file shares from a Windows 2000 server to a Windows Server 2003 server. Everything seems to be working fine after the migration, except that you cannot get to the printers Web page on the print server. This is how you administered your printers before and you would like to continue doing it this way. What could be the cause of your problem?
- A.
The printers Web page is not included in Windows Server 2003.
- B.
IIS is not included in Windows Server 2003.
- C.
IIS is not installed by default.
- D.
Your desktop doesn't have Internet Explorer 6.0.
Correct Answer
C. IIS is not installed by default.Explanation
Microsoft has changed their approach to IIS in Windows Server 2003. No longer is IIS installed by default. When you do install IIS, it runs the IIS Lockdown tool automatically and secures your Web server.Rate this question:
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- 5.
You use a Windows Server 2003 machine as one of your file servers. Users are complaining that they cannot get to any shares on the file server. You can telnet to the server from a client’s workstation. You log on to the server and verify that the shares exist and that the users have rights. However, whenever you try to map a drive to the server, it displays the message “network path not found.” What could be the cause of the problem?
- A.
The Microsoft client has been removed from the server.
- B.
You do not have administrative rights on the machine.
- C.
ICF is enabled on the server.
- D.
The file server was promoted to a domain controller.
Correct Answer
C. ICF is enabled on the server.Explanation
The Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) functions as a personal software-based firewall and provides protection for computers connected to the Internet or unsecured networks. ICF protects LAN, VPN, dial-up, and PPPoE connections by making it easier to secure your server against attacks. With ICF, only the services that you need to offer are exposed.Rate this question:
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- 6.
Your company has decided to get rid of all their fax machines. Now, instead of each department having its own fax machine, everyone will share the same fax server. This fax server will allow you to send and receive faxes from within Outlook. Faxing is an important aspect to company business, so you have been tasked with making the Exchange e-mail servers as fault tolerant as possible. You decide to put in a two-node Windows Server 2003 cluster. Each node will have four processors and 2GB of RAM. Which version of Windows Server 2003 should you use?
- A.
Web Edition
- B.
Standard Edition
- C.
Enterprise Edition (32 bit)
- D.
Enterprise Edition (64 bit)
- E.
Datacenter Edition (32 bit)
Correct Answer
C. Enterprise Edition (32 bit)Explanation
Your cluster will have a total of eight processors. Standard Edition can handle only four processors at most, so you will need Enterprise Edition (32 bit), which can handle eight processors.Rate this question:
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- 7.
You work for a statistical analysis company. You are currently using Windows 2000 Server on a 1.4 GHz XEON machine. You need to upgrade to an Intel Itanium machine to support a new application. You want to use eight processors and 40GB of RAM. Which version of Windows Server 2003 should you use?
- A.
Web Edition
- B.
Standard Edition
- C.
Enterprise Edition (32 bit)
- D.
Enterprise Edition (64 bit)
- E.
Datacenter Edition (32 bit)
Correct Answer
D. Enterprise Edition (64 bit)Explanation
The 32-bit version of Enterprise Edition can handle 32GB of RAM at most. The 64-bit version of Enterprise Edition is designed for Itanium processors and can handle up to 64GB of RAM.Rate this question:
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- 8.
Your company is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Everyone works eight-hour shifts and there are three shifts. All three shifts share the same computers. Over the next six months, you will be rolling out Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. Your company has 1500 workstations, 4500 users, and 50 servers. Which licensing model should you use?
- A.
Per Server
- B.
Per Device or Per User
- C.
External Connector
Correct Answer
B. Per Device or Per UserExplanation
Per Device licensing is most cost effective for a network such as this one, with many servers to which clients need to connect.Rate this question:
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- 9.
You have been hired as a consultant to assist a company in migrating from Novell NetWare 5.0 and Windows 95 to Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Professional. There will be 1200 workstations and 10 servers. There are 600 users, and every user has two machines. Which licensing model should you use?
- A.
User CALs
- B.
Device CALs
- C.
Terminal Server CALs
- D.
External Connector
Correct Answer
A. User CALsExplanation
User CALs are best when you have more machines than users and your users log on to multiple machines to access the servers. Device CALs are better when you have more employees than machines and your users share machines.Rate this question:
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- 10.
Your company has partnered with another company to develop a new application. Your partner requires access to one of your company’s terminal servers in order to work on the project. There will be about 1500 users from the other company who will need to connect. Which of the following licensing models should you use?
- A.
User CALs
- B.
Per Device CALs
- C.
External Connector
- D.
Per Server CALs
Correct Answer
C. External ConnectorExplanation
New to Windows 2003 is the External Connector (EC) license. ECs enable external users to access your server without requiring that you buy CALs for them. External users are people who are not employed by your company.Rate this question:
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- 11.
Select all that apply. You have three Windows 2000 servers that need to be upgraded to Windows Server 2003. Two of your servers are running Windows 2000 Advanced Server, and one is running Windows 2000 Server. All three servers need to be running Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition. Which of the following steps should you perform?
- A.
Upgrade the servers running Windows 2000 Advanced Server to Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.
- B.
Upgrade the server running Windows 2000 Server to Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.
- C.
Perform a fresh installation of Windows Server 2003 on the machines running Windows 2000 Advanced Server.
- D.
Perform a fresh installation of Windows Server 2003 on the machine running Windows 2000 Server.
Correct Answer(s)
B. Upgrade the server running Windows 2000 Server to Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.
C. Perform a fresh installation of Windows Server 2003 on the machines running Windows 2000 Advanced Server.Explanation
Windows 2000 Advanced Server can be upgraded only to Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition; it cannot be upgraded to 2003 Standard Edition. Therefore, you will need to perform a clean installation of Windows Server 2003 on the machines running Windows 2000 Advanced Server.Rate this question:
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- 12.
You have decided to upgrade your company’s Windows NT 4.0 domain to a Windows Server 2003 domain. You install Service Pack 6a on all your NT 4.0 machines and you verify that all of the hardware is compatible with Windows Server 2003. You install and properly configure DNS on a Windows Server 2000 member server. What should you do next?
- A.
Upgrade the PDC to Windows Server 2003.
- B.
Upgrade one of your BDCs to Windows Server 2003.
- C.
Upgrade your DNS server to Windows Server 2003.
- D.
Install Service Pack 3 on your DNS server.
Correct Answer
A. Upgrade the PDC to Windows Server 2003.Explanation
Always start your upgrades with the primary domain controller (PDC), followed by the BDCs. After upgrading the PDC, you should set your forest functional level to Windows 2003 interim mode.Rate this question:
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