Well I just took the Essentials test under the new adaptive format.  This was my third MCSE exam, I have already taken Workstation and Server.  This is my first submission to this BrainDump site.  I didn't submit anything after the last two exams since everything had already been covered by other braindumps.  But I felt I needed to submit my experience on this exam because of the changes, and because this site has been a tremendous help to me on previous exams.  So this is my contribution to help others, as others have helped me with their contributions.  I feel I need to give the obligatory thanks to this site and to everyone else who has contributed.  I'd like to submit some info to help clarify the new format, followed by some questions "similar" to some I "may" have had on my exam.

First:

You are given 90 minutes to take the exam, which is plenty of time.  You are told that you will be given 15 to 25 adaptive type questions, then 10 questions that are not adaptive, for a maximum total of 35 questions.  There is no way to know when you have finished with the adaptive questions and started on the final 10 questions, so as you go through the exam you have no way of knowing what total number of questions you will receive.  As others have mentioned, you cannot go back and change your answers.  You will finally receive a message telling you that you have finished the exam.  I had a total of 25 questions and scored a 755.  Passing score is 552.  I am not exactly sure how they score this exam.  They tell you that your score is not based solely on the number of questions you get right or wrong, but that it is also based on the difficulty of the questions.  Ok, on with the questions!  If I felt 100% sure of the correct answer, I only included the answer I thought was correct.  If I was not sure of the answer, I included all the optional answers so you can look them up for yourself.  As I mentioned, I scored a 755, so do yourself a favor and look them all up.  Don't trust my answers because I didn't score a 1000!

#1) You connect a client computer to the network that uses NWLink IPX. You cannot access network resources, and you conclude that it is not a hardware problem.  What is the problem?

    ANS: Incorrect Frame Type

#2) You have 3 servers that run NT Server, 75 client computers that use NetBEUI.  You want the client computers to be able to access a UNIX computer.  The UNIX computer uses NFS.  You do not want to add any new software.  What device should you use?

    ANS: Gateway

#3) What is the benefit of NDIS and OSI?

    ANS: They allow network adapters to be independent of any particular transport protocol.

#4) You want to implement a WAN for 3 existing networks in Chicago, Atlanta and Los Angeles.

        REQ. Must be able to communicate with all other computers on the 3 networks and

                 the WAN link must be capable of 1Mbps.

        OPT. Provide continuous communication in case of a single link failure, and provide continuous

                communication at a minimum of 1Mbps in the event of a single link failure.

        PROP. Connect the 3 networks by using two T1 links as shown in the diagram. (Diagram shows

                    one T1 line between Chicago and Atlanta, the other between Chicago and Los Angeles)

    ANS: The proposed solution provides the required result but neither of the optional results.

#5) You are designing a peer to peer network consisting of 5 Windows 95 computers.  What protocol should you use?

    ANS: NWLink IPX

#6) Your network uses NWLink IPX. You initialize a client computer and the network software appears to load successfully, but the client is not able to access the server.  All other computers are able to access the computer.  What is the problem?

    ANS: Wrong frame type in the client computer.

#7) Match the following definition to the networking term.

        A high level networking protocol that provides file sharing services on networks that use NetBIOS?

        (Choose only one)  *Not sure of the answer on this one, so here are your choices.

        A. IPX/SPX

        B. TCP/IP

        C. DLC

        D. SLIP

        E. PPP

        F. NetBEUI

        G. SMB

        H. RIP

        I. AFP

        J. NCP

#8) You need to implement a NetBIOS naming scheme.  You will be connecting to a WAN in 2 years.

        REQ. Successfully implement a NetBIOS naming scheme and the scheme must continue to work

                 after the WAN is connected.

        OPT. Name should describe the servers department or function, and client computer names

                should describe the primary user or function.

        PROP. Assign a unique hexadecimal 15 digit number.

    ANS. The proposed solution provides the required result but neither of the optional results.

#9) You want to connect an Ethernet and Token Ring.  Both use NWLink IPX.  You want to use IPX addressing to limit the amount of traffic between the 2 networks.  What device should you use?

    ANS. Router

#10) Exhibit:     ox------+-----+-----+-----+-----xo

                    o= ground

                    x= 50ohm terminator

                    += T connector to computer

Sometimes clients on the network are not able to access the server.  What should you do to restore reliable network communication?

    ANS. Ground the network properly.

#11) Which MS operating systems give access to shared resources, to any user who has the password assigned to that resource. (Choose all)

    ANS. Windows for Workgroups, and Windows 95

#12) You install an Ethernet network adapter in a client computer.  The network software is initialized successfully but the client computer is not able to communicate with other computers on the network.  All other computers are able to communicate successfully.  What is the problem?

    ANS. The transceiver setting of the NIC is incorrect.

#13) You want to connect 2 Ethernet networks.  You want to use both NetBEUI and NWLink IPX and limit the amount of traffic between the 2 networks.  What device should you use?

    ANS. Router (Brouter was not a choice)

#14) You just converted a network from NetBEUI to TCP/IP.  The server and clients are on different subnets.  >From the clients you can ping the server by using the IP address but you cannot access the server by using the server name.  What is the problem?

    ANS. Servers name is not registered with the name server.

#15) What must you specify using UNC? (Choose 2)

    ANS. Share name, and Computer name

#16) You work for a large corporation.  The corporation has multiple subsidiary's.  The corporation uses a WAN to carry all data.  The corporation wants to implement audio conferencing and video conferencing over the WAN.  They also want to provide this to the subsidiary's.  What technology should they use as the WAN backbone?

    ANS. ATM

#17) You add a client computer named Computer2.  Computer2 is able to communicate with some servers, but not others.  All client computers on the network are able to communicate with all servers.  What is the problem?  (Not positive of the answer, so here are the choices)

    A. Invalid entry on the LMHosts file on Computer2.

    B. Invalid entry on the Hosts file on Computer2.

    C. Computer2 is not using all appropriate transport protocols.

    D. NDIS driver on Computer2 is incorrect version.

#18) You are creating a peer to peer network that will have 6 computers.  You will run Windows for Workgroups on 3.  On the other 3 you will run MS DOS and MS Net.  You want to use the least possible amount of RAM on all 6 computers.  Which transport protocol should you install?

(Not sure of the answer on this one either, so here are the choices.)

    A. TCP/IP

    B. NetBEUI

    C. XNS

    D. IPX/SPX

#19) You install a small network with 25 Win NT computers with 25 users.  All users will administer their own computers.  Only 1 user will share a directory from her computer.  This share directory will contain multiple subdirectories.  The user must be able to specify which other users will have access to specific subdirectories.  What type of security should you use? (Here are the choices)

    A. File level

    B. Share level

    C. User level

    D. Hardware

#20) You are integrating a NetWare server into an MS NT server network.  You install TCP/IP on all computers on the network including the NetWare server.  The NT server cannot connect to the NetWare server.  What additional protocol should you install on the NT server? (And the choices are....)

    A. NWLink IPX

    B. DLC

    C. NCP

    D. SMB

#21) You manage 4 NT servers directly connected to the internet.  All 4 are configured in a single NT domain.  You manage the 4 servers from another NT server located in your office.  The server in your office connects to the internet using dial-up connection.  You want to use Server Manager and User Manager to manage the 4 servers.  What should you install and configure to resolve the computer names of the servers?  (Here are your choices)

    A. DNS server on internet.

    B. WINS server in your office with only dynamic mapping.

    C. DHCP server on the internet.

    D. LMHosts file on the server in your office.

I had four more questions, but that is all I can remember.  I had no questions on IRQ's, IEEE 802, RAID, or OSI Layers.  They don't give you a breakdown on how you did in the different catagories, so it is hard to tell which questions you may have missed.  I hope this helps with the new format.

                                          Good Luck,

                                                            Squid