Subject: Networking Essentials

Passed today with a 948. The brain dumps were great, as I saw many of the questions I had on the exam. I will only report on those that have varied since the last update, or where I had a different answer. Five down, one to go! Then, on to MCSE + Internet.

1. Your company has 78 locations, 50 to 100 comuters in each location...high turnover...MS95 used by all. Going to NT server. What should be a part of your implementation plan:

 A. Centralized administration of accounts with user level security

B. Centralized administration of accounts with share level security

C. Peer to peer with resource password security on all shared resources

D. Peer to peer with user level security on all shared resources

 Chose A because of the change to NT sever. Older version or other version does not have this permutation, and answer would be C. Read carefully because there are two versions of this questions.

 2. You are installing a network in a building with 1 foot space in a suspended ceiling. What kind of cable should you use?

A. STP

B. Coax

C. Fiber Optic

D. UTP

Plenum cable is the answer.That is a special coax, so B is the answer.

3. Got the situation with:

Required: protect servers from hardware failure with 2hrs downtime max. Implement reasonable controls for data loss

Optional: Virus protection and logging attempts to access resources

Solution:UPS, disk striping with parity, virus software, daily backups stored off site, and access rights setup.

 Since they never mentioned auditing, I chose b, meets required and 1 optional. I commented to Sylvan about this, since they used language that could have meant auditing, but they never came out and said it. I assumed they were not talking about auditing per se.

4. You can ping a server by it's IP address, but can't reach it by name. Answer was name is misspelled. Didn't get option of Server not registered.

5. Two computers have the same name, WINS server on network what will happen?

Answer was only one will register with server, but you can ping both.

 6. DOS and Windows 95 computers - connect both. Using Netware DOS redirector. Which protocol:

A. NetBeui

B. NWLink

C. XNS

D. DLC

Was tempted to answer A, but the Netware redirector means Novel is involved so I chose B. By the way, since I have seen many questions on DLC and what it is, it connects you with an IBM mainframe. XNS is th Xerox Network Services.

 7. Three similar questions on computers can't consistantly connect to the network, or can't connect at all. You test with and Ohm meter.

Version one - network has some RG58 A/U and some RG58 U cable. The two types are not compatible, so you replace cable with one type. One answer offered was RG 62. DON'T PICK. This is used for ARCNet only.

 Version two gave readings of resistance. - Cable from core to outside - infinity, T-connecors - infinity. Answer - replace T-connectors.

Version three like version two, but cable from core to outside was 0. That answer was replace cable.

8. Know your topologies.

9. Know what a repeater, hub, switch, bridge, brouter, and gateway do. Many questions about segmenting a network to reduce utilization, but you need to read the question to see if protocol translation is needed, reducing broadcast storms is needed, check what protocols are being kept (very important if NetBEUI is one of the protocols since it's non-routable).

10. Got three questions on Nancy can't connect to the network....

A. one version is wrong frame type. Clue is no hardware problem, and IP/SPX is mentioned as a protocol. That means Novel is involved, so frame types are very relevant.

B. one version is Nancy can NO LONGER connect to the network. Check for a loos cable is the answer to that one

C. One version is that software initializes, blah blah, can't access network. That answer is transceiver setting wrong.

 Read carefully. You start to think you are getting the same question again, but you're not.

Good luck. Those are the variations. I also used Exam Cram as a study guide.

I have never failed a test that I used those books for. And, don't forget this site. I know it saved me on a few questions on this exam. Especially the one with the 24 modems, 8 on a leg connecting at 28800. Does this give 1 Mbpsof transmission? I would have multiplied 8 X 28800 and said no. Found formula on this site that changed my answer and the score I received reflected this site's help.

Thanks, Robert.