Subject: Brain Dump NT Server

Firstable, I like to say thanks to all who cares in write all they can remember from the Microsoft tests, because this is very helpful to us that are in this BIG TROUBLE to obtain the famous MCSE.

Last friday I passed "Implementing and Supporting Windows NT Server 4.0" with a score of 909. This is my second test and the next is "Supporting Windows 95".

Well, the questions I can remember are the next:

Question: How can you configure the highest level of security in a RAS Server with clients dial in from DOS with DES Encryption and Windows 95 clients.

Answer: Require encrypted authentication.

Question: How can you manage printer security in a Win 95 WS with client based administrative tools.

Answer: Windows Explorer.

Question: How can you make shares remotely from the same situation.

Answer: Windows Explorer.

Question: How can you share a CD from the same situation.

Answer: Server Manager.

Question:When you add an external SCSI Tape Device, what must you do?

• Install a driver for the SCSI controller (my choose)
• Install a driver for the tape device.
• Reboot the server.

Question: USR7 is promoted from SALES department to MANAGER department, but when he tries to connect to ACCOUNT directory the access is denied.

Answer: Remove the USR7 from the SALES group because he has NO ACCESS to ACCOUNT directory in these group.

Question: Which counter you must to pay attention when the server is excessive paging?

Answer: Object: Memory Counter: Pages/sec

Question: What RAID configuration has the best average of reading data?

Answer: I choose The 3 disks and Stripe set with Parity option in my test.

Question: What do you need to do to make a NT Server network installation?

• Use STARTUP DISK created with Network Client Administrator.
• Connect to the share resourece
• Run WINNT.EXE /b in the share you connect.

Question:What happen when you move a file from an NTFS partition to a FAT partition?

• LFN are retained.
• Permissions are lost.

Question: What happen with permissions when you drag a file from one directory in a NTFS partition to a subdirectory in the same partition?

Answer: The permissions are retained.

Question: What do you need to do to convert a FAT partition to a NTFS partition?

Answer: You need to run the CONVERT utility from the command prompt. CONVERT (drive:) /fs:ntfs

Question:When the disk that contains your system and boot partitions fails and this disk is part of a mirroring array, the first thing you have to do is...

Answer: Break the mirror.

Question: The same situation, but you need to create a startup disk and choose the correct ARC naming convention with 2 disks in the array. BIOS not enable in the SCSI controller.

DISK 0: System, Data, Data

DISK 1: Data, System(mirror), Data

Answer: scsi(o)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(2)

Question: When you have an NT WS extracting information in Performance monitor about ten NT Servers and the performance in the WS is poor, you need to...

Answer: Increase the intervals you take the information.

 

Question:You are going to migrate a Netware server to NT 4.0. What do you need to install before perform this migration?

Answer: Gateway Services for Netware in the NT Server. (GSNW)

Question: One NT server, 100 Windows 95, protocol IPX/SPX. Neither clients can communicate with the server, Why?

Answer: Wrong Frame type.

Question: You have a DHCP Server and a client that dial in throug a RAS Server. What else can be assignated to the client beside the IP?

Answer: Default Gateway, WINS address, DNS address.

Question: You have a client that request an IP to a DHCP server in a non-routed network. What else the client can obtain from the DHCP server?

Answer: Subnet Mask.

Question: You have 2 NT servers, 1 PDC and 1 BDC, The first has a DAT cartridge and perform the backup of the two server and 25 Workstations, but the backup ends until the 10:00 AM. What do you need to do to reduce the backup time in the way it can be end before 8:00 AM?

Answer: Install a new DAT in the BDC. The first DAT in the PDC backs up the two servers and the second DAT in the BDC backs up the workstations.

Question: You have a Network that locally uses a 90% of Netbeui connections and a 10% of TCP/IP connections, you have to...

Answer: Put the Netbeui binding in the first position in the workstations.

This is all I can remember for now, but let me tell you there were few questions in Performance Monitor, a lot in Connectivity with Novell, RAID, RAS.

Thanks....Charly NT from Mexico City.