Subject: 70-058 Network Essentials Questions
On Wednesday I passed the 70-058 exam with 827 points.
It was my first MCSE examination. However I had lectures at my university on this topic, but I have never been a network administrator and I am unexperienced in computer networks.
Books
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I prepared myself intensivly for 4 weeks.
I read following books (German translations):
- Microsoft's "Networking Essentials Training", 2nd edition
Very easy and pleasant to read, book with 800 pages, but too simple for this exam. If you are unexperienced in computer networks, you need to learn more.
- QUE "Networking Essentials"
Very good and condensed. Not so big. My recommendation.
- QUE "Networking Essentials: Test Prep"
Very good help. Many questions, short answers to it and concise summaries of all important things.
My recommendation.
NOTE: some answers are WRONG!
- Sybex's "MCSE: Networking Essentials Study Guide"
A lot of pages (ca. 700) and in my opinion too general. Control Qestions too simple, too.
- This WWW page. I didn't have much time to read these braindumps. It was my main mistake. I shuld have spent more time on it - many of the questions during the test are very similar.
- I didn't use the Transcender application, but it looks very interesting.
Rules
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I took the exam at the Siemens Nixdorf company in Berlin (Germany). I wrote the computer test in a closed room with a camera. A woman in another room observed me with this camera the whole time. According to the exam regulations I didn't talkto myself :). The questions of the tests will be sent especially for every exam participant from the USA in the last night before the exam. But I have the impression, that the question set isn't very big (hint: read these braindumps carefully, but check every answer, if you are not sure).
Questions:
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1 The OSI model was the absolut basis:
questions such as task of a layer, where is a protocol, connection device (e.g. bridge)?
2 The same as above with the 802 project.
3 Which protocol offers NetBEUI access to resource devices?
4 Such a situation: two computers with IPX/SPX don't work together. What could be the reason?
(incorrect frame settings).
5 The situation: you can access the server with IP adress but you can't do that with the character name of the computer. All other workstations in the network can connect with the server.
What is wrong?
6 You need to know all specifications of physical topologies and cables (e.g. 802.3). I had two pictures with computers, cables, their connections, lengths, and questions, what is wrong?
7 There was a very easy question: what is Fast Ethernet?
8 Do you know the whole IRQ table? The computer uses ports COM1, COM2, LPT1, LPT2. The setting of the network card is IRQ3 and it doesn't work. What is wrong?
9 You configure network card in a computer with SCSI hard drives. After it the computer could not boot from the hard drive. What is the reason?
(the IRQ conflict)
11 You have to know test hardware and software (TDR, DVM, protocoll analyzer, network monitor..).
What can you use to check the cable bandwidth?
What device can analyse the correct working of bridge, repeater, gateway?
12 Acceleration of Ethernet network efficiency with and TCP/IP and different frame sizes.
13 The copying of Ring->Ehternet and Ethernert->Ring tahes very differnt pedriods of time. Why?
(different packet size)
14 You configure new Combo Ethernet card, checking software can detect it, driver is ok, cable connections, too, but it still can't work. All other computers in the network works correctly. The probable cause? (check the type of tranceiver).
15 Two not difficult questions of access control, e.g Which of these operating systems has resources available with passwords:
- MS Windows for Worgropus,
- MS Windows 95,
- MS Windows NT Workstation,
- MS Windows NT Server?
16 500 computers mostly with MS Windows for Workgroups and Windows 95 share ressources. What control of access do you propose?
17 NETBIOS Names. The computer has to be different from the domain name, another computer name, domain name..
18 What is the cheapest solution to upgrade from 10 Mbps (Ethernet) to 100 Mbps? What do you change?
19 Your Ethernet LAN chas 3 Servers, 120 computers, two segments. It works very slowly. You have to add next 20 computers.
What can make LAN faster? The cheapest way?
20 You implement a LAN with computers for a small company, that rents room for a demonstration for a month. The cheapest loosing? Bus? Ring? Wireless?
21 Many scenary qestions. Some examples of those:
- Three cities. WAN as free connetions between every city with 8 analog modems 56kbps (in a triangle). Main target: at least 1 mbps/s. Is this ok?
- The same situation as above, but added T1 connection between every city. Does is work with 1 mpbs, if one connection is broken?
- Small isolated LAN, which protcol? Remember, that Microsoft recommends MS NWLink (IPX/SPX) in this situation.
- LAN with different UNIX Systems: choose certainly TCP/IP.
21 You should implement a WAN connection for LAN with 30 computers, those work with CAD and graphics applications with big files. What do you choose: ISDN, analog modem, T1, X.25?
22 Which WAN connetion guarantees bandwith and sometimes offers bigger bandwith? (Frame-Relay)
23 The WAN connetion with more than 100 Mbps? (ATM)
24 Differences between the SLIP and PPP protocols?
25 When you want to get a cheap guarantee for the work of the hard drive of the server choose RAID5.
Sorry, I don't remember more questions.
Some qestions are too simple to remember them.
Sorry for my terrible English.
Good luck!
Dariusz