Subject: 70-058 tips

I took the exam on 17 July 98 and passed with 827/100. This is my second attempt. Very 1000 thanks for the tips found in this site. Without it, I don't think I can clear this exam. Believe it or not, I failed the first attempt for not believing that the tips in this site is useful.

I used the Study Guide from Sybex but don't really find it very useful. Instead, I find that the MCSE Testprep from QUE is much more efficient. It contains almost more than 500 MCQs for you to practise. In addition, it also include some short summarised notes at every chapters for you to concentrate on. Likewise, I also tried out the MCSE Prep software downloadable from the Microsoft website.

I couldn't really remember much. Just some of them.

Tips :

A few question on which layer of OSI does bridge,repeater,router, gateway belong to. (repeater->physical,bridge->data link,router->network,gateway->all layer)

What device to use to connect network of Ethernet and token ring without degrade of data and minimise cost. (router if bridge is not one of the option)

Which device is most efficient for broadcast storm? ->router

which protocol is used for file transfering ?

TCPIP,IPX/SPX,SMP,NFS,Netbeui,NWLink,SMB,Appletalk? (I think is NFS)

Installed a Ethernet network card,software initialised properly,still can't connect to server. Why? (Wrong Transceiver)

Installed a network card and uses NWlink to connect to a netware server. Software initalised properly, still can't connect to server. Why? (Wrong frame size)

WAN with Variable bandwidth selection. (I think it is frame relay, I'm not sure)

WAN that produce relieable transmission ->X.25

WAN that is able to transmit at bandwidth >100mps

Setting up a network between 2 building. Need security. Which medium should use? (UTP, STP, Coaxial,Fiber Optic)->Fiber Optic

What device to use to monitor broadcast storm -> Protocol Analyser

(Given :TDR, Cable tester,Protocol Analyser,DVM)

What is the IRQ for Com 1 (IRQ 4)

Which is the non-routable protocol out of the given ones. (Netbeui)

2 Scenerio questions on how to reduce network untilisation by 50% Both proposed answer didn't meet the required solution (reduce network utilisation of 50%) They suggest change to UTP Cat 3 to 5, Install Router etc. All this only improve network traffic.

2 scenerio questions on the 3 cities. To interconnect them together ensuring 1Mps at all times when any one of them is down. One of the scenerio propose is using 3 x 9600bps lines and the other using 3 x 16 port hub connected to 3 RAS Server,3 x 8 x 28.8 kps lines.

If you copy from Ethernet to Token Ring a file it takes 30 seconds. from TR to Eth 5 minuts. Why? <--Different packets lenght.

Hopefully the above tips is of any use to those who are going to take the exam. Good luck to you. I shall be on my way to take the next exam. Wish me good luck!

Alan