Networking Essentials - 70-58
I would like to start to thank for hosting this wonderful site. I couldn't made it without it's help. Let me start with a funny story, last Monday (21/9/98) I supposed to do NT Server - but Sylvan Prometrics just thought Workstation seemed cooler I think, since that's what I received that specific day. So I studied the NT Server dumps and thought I was ready ... like I said, it was Workstation I was getting, surprisingly I scored 783/1000 (not great, but what do you expect?) -- perhaps I will dump NT WKS next week but now I would like to dump my Networking Essentials (913/1000) which I did today (24/9/98) in Holland (so English is not my native language, I apologize for any crappy wordings, but hey -- just like Microsoft ;-)
I was told that Win95 was the hardest of the MCSE track. I only needed one attempt and scored 841 or so, so I assumed N.E. would be no problem. Unfortunately, my first attempt ended at 741 (793 required) - I guess this was due to my unawareness of the phenomon called "a Braindump" ;-) -- until I was told to take a look at Braindump heaven, which I used extensively for my NT Server (read: workstation) -- for today I've "studied" half the braindumps ... succesfully. Believe it or not, but since I was lacking time, I could only start preparing since yesterday. The first time I've studied the official Microsoft crap entirely and did some Prep tests ... for this occasion, I even didn't touch the official books. I started studying 30% of the Braindumps I've printed (worth every penny of inkt and paper :-) and afterwards the Transcender with 3 exams and on each single test I scored 741 (bummer) -- so I thought I had to do more dumps and studied the feedback Transcender gives (it's great ... USE IT!) ... I've decided I needed more dumps and did 20% extra ... I especially learned dumps with people adding key words and short tricks (like chose ATM and Protocol Analyser if you are not sure (unless they are using which OSI layer this is ;-) ... then I took my second Transcender with 4 exams, test A - I scored 931 and thought I should stop right at once to boost my confendence (never thought I would score 900+ on Transcender).
I was done in 25 minutes and thought I would be nice to write down all Q's and the answers and so I did ... it took me twice the time to write this down compared to the actual exam, but I thought I could return a favour to my fellow MCSE-wannabe's. Unfortunately, the chick at the desk forced me to hand the papers ... d*mn here ... so I have to do this by heart. I'm sorry to give such long introduction, but I'm kinda excited and hope to get my MCSE even this year. 95/NT WKS/N.E down ... NT Server + Entreprise to go (electives will be TCP/IP and IIS4 .. I think I go for MCSE + Internet ...
finally ... my dumps!!!!!!!
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I had 11 (!!!) situations questions, lucky me, fortunately not the RAS crap
with the 16 modems ... I'm still not sure if the formula is correct), I
think every exam has such discussion questions, just like NT Server with the
damned mandatory profile which can/cannot logon if the PDC fails (I would
have chosen: could not log on) ... first the situations ...
Just as suggested, I marked all situations and skipped them to the end ...
just finish the easy questions which will boost your ego. All situations
were in double ... twice the same things but only with a different proposed
solution (often added with an item).
1. One crappy story with Netbeui, TCP/IP, NWLink and AppleTalk since it has
Apple users ... started looking at the prop. solution which mentioned to
skip all protocols except NWLink .. here goes your Apple users so easy: nor
required as optional was realised.
2/3. I had the classic WAN situation which is connected with 2 T1 lines ...
req: connect WAN, opt: min. of 1 Mbps + continued communication ... only the
required ... next question was idential, but this time with 3 T1 (redundant)
so that was req. + all optional
4/5. Also the classic 50% network utilisation decrease. Req. decrease with
50% - optional: minimum costs ... solution 1 is to switch from your 10mbps
network to 100mbps so changing CAT3 -> 5, all NICs, hubs and switches ... it
will do the job but NOT at minimum costs. The other solution (=next
question) was suggesting to mess with TCP Window size and sort of that crap:
this will NOT help ...
6/7 Dialup questions ... Bianca has old computer, CANNOT assign IP
automatically ---> SLIP ...
Some other question ... which protocols can be chosen (choice of two), MARK
THEM BOTHL slip and ppp
8/9. Classic NetBIOS questions for WAN implementation: unique and describing
the name or function. Sol 1. = use unique 15 hexidecimals ... it's okay but
not for description ... sol.2 is the e-mail address for user and 8/5/2 type
for server. See other dumps
10/11. OSI/NDIS questions, only other worded as expected
12/13/14. New NIC, using NWLink, not able to communicate, all others can -->
wrong frame type
15/16. New NIC, standard Ethernet not able to communicate --> wrong
transceiver settings
17/18. 802.x 10base-T --> typical is UTP - 10base-2 is BNC (T-Connectors)
19.
20. - one tricky questions I could not find in other dumps was about the
most economical solution to improve performance. It was mentioning FDDI
adapters (far too expensive), switching too ATM (heavy $$$) and switch to
16mbps Token Ring (wow, big difference -NOT- ... only option left is
Ethernet switches instead of hubs ... CHECK THIS ONE!)
21. Protocol on routers for hob counter (or similar) ... this is RIP
22. 750 win95 clients ... implement LAN with a minimum of administration
effort ... use NT server for centralised LAN (2 other choices were
peer-2-peer ... yeah ... on a 750 node LAN :) so chose for user- or share
level ... chose share since it takes less administrative effort
23. NT Workstation ... user- share level? I think only userlevel ... some
discussion here too.
24/25/26/27/28 all questions what to need for segmenting, prevent
broadcasting, protocol translation ... most were gateway (for mainframe etc)
but know the difference ... also use BROUTER for a TCP/IP AND netbeui
network.
29: remember: not routable is DLC and Netbeui ... APPLETALK IS ROUTABLE
30: had the explicit with a MESH network ...
31/32: what protocol to use on small peer-2-peer ... use NWLink if Netbeui
is not listed
33/34/36/37 know your measures such as 10-base-2 is 185m ... UTP is 100m and
10-base-5 = 500m ... over 600 use Fiber Optic.
Thicknet is good for acting as backbone ... large spaces (750+ use Fiber
optic)
38/39/40: know attenuation, impedence, crosstalk and some other terms
(beaconing, jitter)
some questions left I can't recall ... d*mn the chick ... spent 45 minutes
writing down my dumps ... I'm afraid I've lost them.
It would be a good idea to setup a heavendump with online posting (CGI/ASP)
and the ability to post comments on other posts.Perhaps I will setup such
script ... I won't use your dumps without your permission ... d*mn
www.lanscout.com if they really stole your dumps ... I don't think I have
time to make this script: time is killing me, but who knows.
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I would suggest to take a close look at dumps with scores 900+ ... and
remember ... there have been plenty of incorrect answers, don't get tempted.
I'm sure there are some incorrect stuff in my dump too, else I would have
had 1000, right?
READ ALL QUESTIONS carefully, Microsoft is master in making the sentences
really crappy. READ READ READ ...
=== KEY WORDS ... JUST APPLY THE FOLLOWING AND IT WILL HELP YOU SUCKSEED
(quoted by Mr.Clinton ;-) ==
---> use ATM if you doubt ... only if they ask about a WANwith bandwith on
demand or something similiar chose Frame Relay
---> almost everytime, Protocol Analyser is the key to succes ... trust me
(I've got 913, right? :-)
---> if a NIC fails, but software initialised succesfully with NWLink, all
other clients can connect: IT'S WRONG FRAME TYPE
---> if NIC fails but just standard Ethernet, it's the transceiver settings
---> Know the OSI model by hearth ... they are not asking stuff litterally
but you need it such as questions which handles in the transport layer and
above (gateway only)
---> know OSI and NDIS ... normally it's worded such as "Multiple protocol
bindings on NIC etc"