I passed Server in late December 1998 with a 945. 55 questions.

Brain dumps - lifesavers! I estimate the dumps gave me an extra 100 points. No matter how much you study, there are some very obscure questions in the test and only the dumps can point you the right way. I also used Exam Cram (go to their web site and correct your book with their updates before you start reading it. Otherwise you are asking for a lot of confusion. My book had 20 or more corrections). I audio taped the Transcender questions, answers and explanations and played them to myself frequently through a WalkMan. I also used a book at work, by Alan Carter I think, to study with. I studied much harder for this test than Workstation because of the stories I heard from previous test takers. I used the dumps HEAVILY for this test and will for Enterprise and the others too.

Let me say thanks to Microsoft. They do use some of the same questions consistently.

If they wanted to they could make these tests impossible to pass by changing the questions weekly.

I was lucky that my employer has a set of MSCE instructional video tapes from LearnKey (with instructor Heather Osterloh). You may be able to rent similar tapes by mail from http://www.videomarketplace.com/howto.htm. This is the only place I know where you can rent by mail rather than buy video tapes on computer topics.

We have a study group at work. If you can get with other people that are also studying for the test, do it (see MCSE study groups as mentioned on the net). You can drill each other with questions. The competion also forces you to stay with the program -- when the first person passes the test the pressure is on for the rest.

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Here are things that caused me to think hard.

Watch for the difference between system partition and system files and boot partition and boot files. System files are in the boot partition. Boot files are in the system partition. The boot files and the boot partition are TWO different things!

A question VERY similar to this stumped me. It seems like it would be easy to figure out but it wasn't. Know what all the auditing options mean.

\\31. You set up directory auditing as shown in the exhibit. (Click the

Exhibit button.) How will auditing be performed? Exhibit: Read Access

checked for success and failure No other boxes checked.

a) Any attempts to make changes to an existing file in a subdirectory

of Corporate Archives will be audited.

This one got me too....

The workstation that calls out with RAS does not use IPX/SPX but uses all other available protocols. The RAS server is set up to accept all RAS protocols. What CAN and what CAN"T you accomplish during a dial in when your dial up workstation is not set up for IPX/SPX?.

Know which op sytems to use (NT or DOS) to create installation disc sets, Emergency Repair Discs, network installation discs, and any other type disc that you can think of. I paid little attention to that while studying.

The INFAMOUS!!! question: You have three servers, the PDC that contains mandatory profiles goes down. What can the user do?

90% of the people in the dumps say to answer "User can't log on." This is what I answered, but the choice was also there: "The user can log in with his default profile." "User can't log in," still does not sound right to me. The PDC should replicate the mandatory profiles back to the BDCs; unless there is something real special about mandatory profiles and they will not replicate. RESEARCH THIS HARD.

Know what happens when you promote a BDC to a PDC. Does the PDC automatically demote itself? Know every step of the promotion process and what goes on.

You have four discs with a 250 meg stripe on each disc. What is the usable space? 750, the stripe takes 250?

The Q and A s below were copied and pasted from other dumps and therefore the numbers before the questions mean nothing. Some Q and A s will appear more than once as I tried to drill certain concepts into my head.

Questions and concepts that were on my test have \\ in front of them.

Special thanks to these dumps:

And all others who took the time to contribute.

Good luck,

Smokey

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\\220. RAS clients getting disconnected...

A. device.log in the registry

\\199. You have a set of users using 3rd party PPP clients and a set of users that need secure access to a SQL

database thru RAS; how do u configure RAS?

\\198. RAS configured with TCP/IP, NETBEUI, IPX/SPX, what can you access?

A. Winsock apps, NETBIOS apps, Resources on RAS server

\\188. You RAS clients complain that there RAS connection disconnect every time after they connected. What

can you do to find the problem ?

Answer: Enable Device logging in the registry to create a device.log file

\\182. RAS connection fails, where do you look.?

A) answer for this is Device.log

155. 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?

\\197. What will allow Netware clients to use NETBIOS apps?

A. NWLink ONLY !!!

\\150. You have MS Client and Non-MS Clients dialing into a RAS server and you need encryption for both. How

do you accomplish?

A: Setup one modem port with MS-CHAP and have MS clients dial-in there and setup another port with

CHAP and have third party clients dial-in there.

\\186. There is 20 NTW in a workgroup called SALES, You want to add a NT Server as a PDC called SALES.

What do you need to do

Answer: Create a user account for each user on the PDC

187. You want to install two printer in a POOL on the PDC. Which off the following apply.

Answer: Printers must use the same drivers.

111. What RAS encryption authentication method handles DES?

A: MS-CHAP

92. What are the RAS security protocols?

A: Clear-text

PAP

CHAP

MS-CHAP.

93. Can you connect to a RAS Server if you are running the SLIP protocol?

A: NO

94. Connecting to a Netware server through a RAS Server. What do I need?

A: NWlink including RIP for IPX/SPX

65. How to invoke RAS dialer.log and where is it stored?

A: Registry entry - \winnt_root~system32\ras

\\76. You have a RAS server with NT Workstation remote users who need access to another server

and encryption. Other remote Win 95 clients don't need encryption. What do you do?

A: Set up second RAS port on server and configuring for encryption.

\\95. Can a WIN95 client import Replication?

A: NO

96. How do you Extend a Volume set ? and will Data be lost?

A: No, no data lost. Disk Administrator, click on partition to be extended. Now hold CTRL and free partition

and next: extend volume set. Reboot. There will be something about CHKDSK on the blue screen and then

it's done. No formatting needed

61. Unsupported internal modem, how do you configure it?

A: Add modem calls to modem. Inf file

62. If you make changes to installed services, where will it be updated in the registry?

A. HKEY_Local_Machine

63. Replication Governor is configured in registry, what will it do?

A: Decrease buffer size calls from BDC to PDC Decrease frequency calls from BDC to PDC

\\71. You want to perform a tape backup of the registry files of the Windows NT Server. How must

you use the Windows NT Backup program to do this?

A: Specify at least one file on the volume that contains the registry.

\\73. You are the network administrator for Acme Inc., which has two NetWare 3.12 servers and one

NetWare 4.1 server. The Network number used on the 3.12 servers is 00000312 and 00000041 on the

4.1 server. The frame type used on the NetWare 3.12 servers is 802.3 and 802.2 on the NetWare 4.1

server. How must you configure NWLink on the NT Server so that all the NetWare clients have

access to the NT server?

A: By selecting the Manual Frame Type Detection option and adding the NetWare 3.12 and 4.1 clients'

network numbers and frame types to the frame type configuration list

74. Do you need to stop server services when backing up registry?

A: Not if you're using ntbackup.

\\77. Best way to promote a BDC to a PDC?

A: Shutdown PDC and promote BDC, former PDC will automatically be demoted to BDC upon startup

83. A printer has stopped working. It is connected to your NT Server. You want to move the queued print files

to the network directory. How?

A: Reconfigure ports of the NT Server printer to the new UNC name

\\95. Can a WIN95 client import Replication?

A: NO

96. How do you Extend a Volume set ? and will Data be lost?

A: No, no data lost. Disk Administrator, click on partition to be extended. Now hold CTRL and free partition

and next: extend volume set. Reboot. There will be something about CHKDSK on the blue screen and then

it's done. No formatting needed

98. How do you stop users from authenticating or using a PDC when upgrading a BDC to a PDC?

A. STOP Servers services

100. Your main file server is running slowly. You run the Browser Monitor utility from the Resource Kit and

discover that it is currently the browse master. How can you configure the system to ensure that this

machine is never the browse master?

A: Set the registry entry MaintainServerList=No

101. How would you start an application called flopscan.exe with a higher priority than other applications?

A: From the command prompt, type start /high flopscan.exe

\\102. You want to create a Windows NT print queue for a Hewlett Packard laser printer which is directly

connected to the network through a Hewlett Packard JetDirect interface card. What action must you take

before you attempt to create the printer queue?"

A: Install support for the Hewlett-Packard network port (check this)

\\103. Your Windows NT network uses the TCP/IP protocol exclusively. There is no WINS server on

the local network, but you want to connect to a share located across a router. How can you do this?

A: Add an entry for the remote host to the LMHOSTS file

104. You want a user to automatically execute a batch file at login time. Which of the following steps do you

need to complete?

A: Create a batch file called login.bat and place it in the winnt\system32\repl\import\scripts directory; in

User Manager set 'login, bat' as the user's login script

105. You have recently installed a second processor in your Windows NT server to improve performance.

What action should you take to configure Windows NT appropriately?

A: Run the uptomp exe utility from the Resource Kit

\\108. You have 1 NT Server with 2 LAN segments. Each segment has 100 client PCs. The client PCs and the

NT Server use TCP/IP as their sole protocol. You want the NT Server to be able to route messages

between the 2 segments. What do you do?

A: Enable IP routing

109. You have several NT Workstations that belong to a domain, these NT Workstations have resources (file

directories, printers, etc.). You want some users of the domain to gain access to the resources in the

Workstations. What do you do?

A: Create local group on Workstation and add Domain Users global group

112. Domain E trusts Domain N. You create a local group in Domain E. What can this group contain?

A: Users from Domain N

Global groups from Domain N

Global groups from Domain E

Users from Domain E

\\115. You have a WFW computer and you want to remotely administer domain user accounts. What

is the best way to do this?

A: Install WIN32s and then install Client Admin Tools

118. If someone deletes a file accidentally, do they have to be in the Backup Operator or owner to

be able to restore file from tape?

A: No, Administrators, Backup Operators, Server Operator and anyone else who has "restore file" rights

can do it.

119. Which variable in the registry do you change to slow down replications of accounts?

A: Increase pulse or decrease pulse concurrency in registry.

122. How do you set up the browser to send browse information to a LAN manager 2.x system?

A: Check the appropriate box on Control Panel/Network/Services/Server/Properties.

\\124. You want to add a third HP printer to a printer pool, what do you need to do. Create printer, install driver,

others?

A: Use Properties/Port option and add new printer to a new port.

127. Who can "take ownership" of files?

A.' Administrators , Anyone with FULL CONTROL , Anyone with the SPECIAL PERMISSIONS

128. How do you assign IP addresses dynamically to RAS users (through the RAS server or by using DHCP)?

A: Either

129. How do you edit user profiles in NT 4.0 Server?

A: Control Panel/System icon

\\130. Can you create a boot diskette for booting the system to the mirror partition using DOS?

A. No, must use NT

\\132. You need to create the 3 setup disks. Do you format the floppy from a MS-DOS computer or a Windows

NT computer?

A: DOS

134. How do you change foreground and background priorities in NT?

A: In the System Properties dialog box

136. How do you convert a FAT partition to NTFS?

A: Type "convert drive: /fs:ntfs" at command prompt

138. What program do you use to read *.dmp files?

A: Dumpexam. exe

\\139. You have a network that uses IPX/SPX.. Half uses 802.3 and the other half uses 802.2. You add

a computer running WinNT Server with 1 network adapter installed. How can all clients running

IPX/SPX access the NT Server?

A: First install a driver for 802.2 and then install a driver for 802.3 to the same network adapter.

141. If you want to create a printer pool, what must be the same between both printing devices?

A: Must use same device driver.

144. You replaced one SCSI hard disk after a mirror set up failure. What else would you do?

A: Break mirror and "establish mirror "in Disk Manager option.

146. Where do you place files that you want to export from the PDC to the BDCs?

A: Subdirectories of the winnt\system32\repl\export directory

\\148. You have a group of users who need to copy 100mb of files to an NT server, but this action causes the

network to slow down. What should you do?

A. Install second NIC and enable IP routing.

158. You have a PDC called Main1. You install a member server with a share called PAYROLL.

The global group ACCTMGRS from PDC need to access this share (PAYROLL). How you manage?

A: Create a local group on member server called FINANCE and add the A CCTMGRS global group into

FINANCE and grant the FINANCE group permission.

\\159. You want to monitor TCP/IP activity on 3 NT server, What would you install?

A: SNMP on each servers

\\160. You install Admin Tools on 95 machine, where you manage printer security?

A: Windows Explorer

161. Your Installing NT Server and your non-SCSI CD-ROM not detected, what should you do?

A: Run Installation again and select "S" to specify detection additional devices.

\162. The Directory Replicator Service on the PDC is configured as shown in an exhibit. Which computers will

receive replicated files from the PDC? (Choose all that apply) On the exhibit you see the following: A

window named "Directory replication on NTSERVER1", a "X" in Export Directory To: DOMAIN 1

A: All the BDCs that are configured to import from the PDC

All Member Servers that are configured to import from the PDC

All NT Workstations that are configured to import from the PDC

\\163. You install a RAS server on your network. Remote users will use Window NT Workstation computer with

Dial-Up Networking to access a database. The database is stored on a different Window NT Server

computer from RAS server. You want to use data encryption to provide security for information that is

transmitted to and from the database via Dial-Up Networking. Users of other client computers, which use

3rd PPP software, need access to the RAS server to run application other than the database. These client

computer do not support data encryption. How can you support this configuration ?

A.Configure the RAS server to request data encryption for only Window NT Workstation computer.

Configure the server that contains the database to request data encryption for remote users.

B.Configure the RAS server to request data encryption for specific modem port. Configure the Window

NT Workstation computer to dial in to modems attached to only these ports.

C. Configured the RAS server to request data encryption for specific users accounts

D.Configure the RAS server to allow access for all remote users. Configure the server that contain the

database to request data encryption for remote users.

\\165. Upgrade nt3.51 to nt4.0. while preserving all the settings How to do it? Choose 2 answers.

(1)I chose boot from dos and run winnt.exe andinstall it to the same directory as nt3.51

(2) boot from 3.51 and run winnt32.exe and install nt to the nt3.51 directory.

\\166. You have an WinNt Server that runs IPX, and you have a NetWare client What will the client be able to

access?

A. Client/server applications that support NetBIOS

\\167. How would you install Win95 over a network?

a. Share Win95 Installation files

b. Make Win95 installation startup disk with Network Client Administrator

c. Make Installation disk set with Network Client Administrator

d. Boot up using startup disk

e. Install using disk set

A. a,b,d (you make installation startup disk and boot from it -- not disk set)

\\171. You have 4 Domain Controllers and want to Administrators receive alerts when a system errors occurs:

A. In each Server put all names in Server Manager

\\172. How do you manage printer permissions from a remote windows 95 client

A) Answer to this was "Explorer" you can take my word for this or check it out in sybex test success book.

176. NT Server connected to UNIX, want to use HP Printer connected to UNIX machine, NT clients will be

running NWLink. What other protocols need to be running?

A. TCP/IP & IPX

179. How can you minimize memory usage when there are less than 10 users connected?

A) The answer to this is "server service".

\\204. What systems can import?

A. ONLY NT systems(server or workstation)

\\209. You have a network consisting of NT servers and NetWare servers. Your NetWare clients are using a

Visual Basic application that access a SQL database on one of the NT servers. What else must you install

on the NT server containing the database so th

A.All you need is the NWLink protocol on the server because the clients are accessing it for application

services.

210. You are installing a DHCP server. What TCP/IP related components can you specify for your clients?

(select all that apply)

a) Default gateway

b) WINS server

c) DNS server

d) FTP server

e)Subnet mask

A.A,B,C,E - DHCP can be used to assign all tcpip related information, but an FTP server is not one of

the configurable options.

\\211. Bob is a user on your NT network, and he wants a home directory so he can store some files. How do you

give Bob a home directory?

A. User Manager for Domains is the tool you use, and all you need is the UNC path to the home directory.

212. You have 6 SCSI drives configured as a stripe set with parity. One of the drives fails, and you replace it.

What must you do to recover the failed drive?

A. Using Disk Administrator, select the new drive and choose Regenerate from the Fault Tolerance menu

\\221. Lack of disk space for spool file

A. on server, pick new location on a different drive

\\227. 3 disks, system on c:, want fault tolerance

A. tricky!! can't do ss w/p because you need 3 after system...answer is mirror

\\235. To make sure log on scripts are the same on all domain controllers....

A. Directory Replicator Service

\\241. Install GSNW...what is next

A. C.P. GSNW icon, set up shares and assign permissions

242. NT net gets new NW server...what to do

A. Install and configure GSNW, no change to clients

\\248. You have an Win NT Server that runs IPX, and you have a NetWare client. What will the client be able to

access ?

A. Client/server applications that support NetBIOS

\\249. Your Windows95 client computers access shared resources on a Windows NT Server. The Windows95

computers have Client for MS networks installed. You want to allow the Windows95 client computers to

access files on a NetWare Server. You install Gateway Service for Netware on the Windows NT Server.

What else should you do on the Windows NT Server computer to allow the Windows95 client computers

to access files on the NetWare server?

A.From the GSNW option in the Control Panel, use the Gateway option to share the desired directories

on the Netware Server.

3. You have a 386 computer with NT 3.51, and you need to upgrade to NT

4.0, How can you do it?

A. Can't do, You need at least 486/33 Mhz to run NT4.0

\\17.You want to create a roaming profile for alec, how do you do this?

Use user manager for domains to specify a UNC for the profile.

26.A printer has stopped working. It is connected to your NT Server. You want to move the spooled print files to another network printer, how?

Reconfigure the stalled printer port to the a new with the UNC name of the new printe

\\35.Which window do you use in Performance Monitor to record and save data over a period of time?

Log View

36.What program do you use to read *.dmp files?

Dumpexam.exe

42.You have a PDC called Main1. You install a member server with a share called PAYROLL. The global group ACCTMGRS from PDC need to access this share (PAYROLL). How you manage?

A: Create a local group on member server called FINANCE and add the ACCTMGRS global group into FINANCE and grant the FINANCE group permission.

\\46.Your computer is currently running MS-DOS and you would like to install Windows NT Server 4.0 using a CD. How do you do this?

Boot to MS Dos, run Winnt/b from the CD

Boot from the Setup disk (I almost overlooked this answer)

\\51.If you want your Windows NT server to run a shared Access database, what should you modify?

Server service

Q. How to make a home directory on BDC

1)Use User Manager for Domains and include full UNC path

2)Share directory and set full control permission

\\Q. You want to use Windows Sockets. Your WS s have NetBeui and TCP/IP

and so does the server. How do you configure your RAS server?

1) configure PPP for NetBeui

2) configure SLIP for TCP/IP

3) set how your users will get an ip address

7. What do you need to automated install?

A. unattend.txt, sysdiff, UDF

12. How map a Drive to a folder on the Internet?

A. \\sales.core.com\public

15. 3 Users don't get system policy working on their computers, why?

A. User policy is overriding system policy.

\\18. How to configure RAS with 2 ISDN adapters and 2 Phone numbers on each?

A. One phonebook entry with 4 phone numbers.

6) You have a PDC called Main1. You install a member Server with a shared resource called Payroll. The Global group ACCTMGRS from PDC need to access this share, how would you manage it?

Ans. Create a local group on member server called FINANCE and add the ACCTMGRS global group into FINANCE group and assign permissions.

4. DHCP gives ip address. What else - NETBIOS NODE TYPE

5. ftp work but with net use gives error - WINS configuration

6. DNS servers that use DNS root servers - CACHE

7. 7 subnets with dhcp. Give ip address of 2 dns servers to all clients -

global options

8. Workstation does not link to NT on same subnet but does broadcast to the

gateway - invalid subnet mask

9. DHCP relay to work - IP address of DHCP server

10. 2 DNS + 1 DNS to interactive queries - forwarder

11. Does not connect to web server, verify address info of DNS - nslookup

\\6.How do use NT backup

A. Specify at least one volume w/registry files in it.

\\12. How do you ensure login scripts are all kept the same

A. Use directory replicator service.

\\13When using direcory replicator service which PCs can be an

import pc

A. NT workstation, PDC, BDC, member servers

7. 3 Users don't get system policy working on their computers, why?

A. User policy is overriding system policy.

\\9. A tool to search for a value in the registry?

A. Regedit

\\10. How move workstation from one domain to another?

A. Control panel | Network | Identification.

39. You have a RAS Server and they give you an exhibit on what it and the dial in computers have. Just remember.

A. You can use Winsock (Because both have TCP/IP), You can use NetBEUI (Both have it), You can use RAS Services.

\\49. You have a 20 user workgroup called SALES. You want to install a PDC and call the domain SALES. How?

A. Create accounts for the computers on the PDC using server manager. At the workstations, Network icon. - Add to domaiN

\\51. You have a NetWare network, and install a new NT Server to run a client/server app. What must be installed on the NT

Server to allow NW clients access?

A. NWLink ONLY.

\\54. Scenario: You have RAS Dialup, some users need to access a database program over network, others do not. You want

to encrypt database information. Mix of MS Clients and 3rd party dialups. How do you maintain security?

A. Use different modem ports, configure clients who need to access the database to use the port set up with port with data

encryption.

\\55. Lack of disk space for spool file, how to fix?

A. In server properties, choose a new path for the spool file on a Disk that has more space.

1. Your Win95 computer access shared resources on Win NT server. The Win95 have client for Microsoft

Network installed. You want to allow Win95 client to access files on a NW server. You installed Gateway

Service for Netware in the WinNT server.

What else should you do on the WinNT server computer to allow the Win95 client to access files on the

Nw server ? X c. From the Gateway Service For Netware option in control panel, use the Gateway opton to share the

desired directories on the Nw server.

19. Your network has 2 Nw 3.x server , 30 Micorsoft Dos comuter and 20 Microsoft Win3.1 computer. All

client pc use Nw client software. You wnat to add NT server computer to the network. The client computer

will required access to a Netbios base client / server application on WinNT server.

Which software is needed ?

a. Client server of Netware X b. Nwlink IPX/SPX compatible transports

c. GSNW d. RIP for Nwlink

\\1 Q: You want to share a resource on a NetWare server from NT server using the GateWay. And you are located on a Win95 workstation with Client Admin Tools

From were you set up the Share?

a- from the Gateway properties

b- from the win95 Explorer

c- from the share in Server manager

d- Blah, Blah, Blah,

?????????????

\\You use Disk Administrator to create a stripe set with parity. You have

four hard disks. Each hard disk has 250 MB of free space. How much total

space will be available for data storage?

a) 250 MB

b) 500 MB

c) 750 MB

d) 1,000 MB

selected c

formula for max space= drive space(physical drives-1) = 250(4-1) = 750

\\6. You want to install NT Server on an MS-DOS based computer by using

the network. The server installation files are available on a shared

directory on an NT Server named Research. How can you perform the

installation?

e) Boot the MS-DOS based computer from MS-DOS, connect to the shared

directory which contains the NT Server files. Winnt.exe form that

drive.

\\29. Your Microsoft Windows 95 client computers access shared resources

on a Windows NT Server computer. GSNW is installed on the NT Server.

You want to allow the Windows 95 client computers to access files on a

Netware Server. What must you do so that the 95 machines can access

the Netware Server?

a) From Windows NT Explorer, use the Map Network Drive button to

connect a drive to the NetWare server. Then share that mapped drive.

b) From Server Manager, use the Shared Directories option on the

Computer menu to share the desired directories on the NetWare server.

c) From the Gateway Service for NetWare option in Control Panel, use

the Gateway option to share the desired directories on the NetWare

server

d) From User Manager for Domains, use the Logon to option in the User

Properties dialog box to allow the Windows 95 client computers to

access the NetWare server.

Ans. c

\\30. The NetWare 3.x server at your branch office will be moved to the

network at corporate headquarters. The headquarters network has 1

Windows NT Server computer and 60 Microsoft Windows 95 workstations.

The headquarters NT workstations use CSNW. How can you make the 95

access the Netware server?

a) Install and configure Gateway Service for NetWare on the Windows NT

Server computer. No additional software is required on the Windows 95

workstations.

b) Install and configure Gateway Service for NetWare on the Windows NT

Server computer. Reconfigure the Windows 95 workstations to use Client

for NetWare Networks only.

c) Install and configure NWLink IPX/SPX compatible transport on the

Windows NT Server computer. Reconfigure the Windows 95 workstation to

use Client for NetWare Networks only.

d) Install and configure RIP for NWLink IPX/SPX Compatible Transport

on the Windows NT Server computer. No additional software is required

on the Windows 95 workstations.

Ans. a

\\30. The NetWare 3.x server at your branch office will be moved to the

network at corporate headquarters. The headquarters network has 1

Windows NT Server computer and 60 Microsoft Windows 95 workstations.

The headquarters NT workstations use CSNW. How can you make the 95

access the Netware server?

a) Install and configure Gateway Service for NetWare on the Windows NT

Server computer. No additional software is required on the Windows 95

workstations.

\\32. Your network has three Windows NT Server computers. You want to

change the role of one BDC so it becomes the PDC. You are working

from a Windows NT Workstation computer that has Client-based Network

Administration Tools installed. How can you change the BDC server?

a) Shut down the existing PDC. Use Server Manager to promote the

desired BDC to a PDC. Restart the old PDC. It will be automatically

demoted to a BDC when the new PDC is detected.

b) Shut down both the existing PDC and the BDC that will be promoted.

Restart the BDC. It will automatically become a PDC when no other PDC

is detected. Restart the old PDC. It will be automatically demoted

when the new PDC is detected.

c) Use server Manager to stop the Net Logon service on both the PDC

and BDC. Promote the BDC to a PDC. Demote the old PDC to a BDC. Start

the Net Logon service on both computers.

d) Use server manager to promote the BDC to a PDC. The existing PDC

will be automatically demoted.

Ans. d

\\38. You want to use Network Client Administrator to install Microsoft

Windows 95 on a new computer. What must You do? (Choose three.)

a) Share the Windows 95 installation files.

b) Create a Windows 95 network installation startup disk

c) Create a Windows 95 network installation disk set.

d) Boot the new computer from the network installation startup disk

e) Install Windows 95 from the network installation disk set.

Ans. a, b, d

\\40. Users dialing into your RAS server are being immediately

disconnected, how do you troubleshoot this?

a. Turn on Device.log by editing the registry

\\42. There are three NT Servers Research1, Server2 and Server3. Users

in the Research dept. regularly send 100 MB or larger files to their

server, Research1, and this causes all network traffic to slow. What

the best solution?

a. Add a second NIC to the server, configure IP forwarding and connect

all

\\44. Your mirror set fails. The computer uses a scsi controller with

the BIOS disabled. What files need to be on the bootable floppy?

Check all that apply

a. Ntldr

b. NTdetect.com,

c. Bootsect.dos

d. ntbootdd.sys

49. You have two servers, a PDC and BDC and 50 NT Workstations. BDC

does tape backup nightly starting at 8PM and backs up servers and all

workstations. It doesn't get done however until 10:00 AM since there

is so much data. How to speed up the process?

a. Add second tape device to PDC and have 1 drive backup the servers

and the BDC drive backup NTW's simutaneously.

\\51: You have a mirror set with SCSI disks with BIOS enabled and one

disk

fails. How do you set up the ARC path on your boot disk?

Disk 0: system, Data, Data

Disk 1: Data, system, Data

a. multi (0) disk(0) rdisk (1) partition (1)

b. multi (0) disk(0) rdisk (1) partition (2)

c. scsi (0) disk (1) rdisk (0) partition (1)

d. scsi (0) disk (1) rdisk (0) partition (2)

ans. b

//55. What computers can be an directory replication export computer?

Check all that apply.

a. NT Member Server

b. NT Domain Controller

\\Q: Want to recive alert of disk below 25% - use performance monitor NOT server manager.

There was the obvious exhibit of the ARC question and the bios was enabled

disk 0 - system|data|data

disk 1 - data|mirror system|data

multi(0) disk(0) rdisk(1) partition(2)\winnt (in boot.ini) , remember that partitions start from 1 not 0

Alf should logon on every workstation and get always the same desktop.

How?

c.use User Manager for Domains to assign UNC-path to profile for Alfs

account

\\Users in the Research dept. regularly send 100 MB or larger files to their

server, Research1, and this causes all network traffic to slow. What the best

solution?

Put in a second NIC to the server, configure IP forwarding and connect all the

Research clients to a second physical subnet that connects to the second NIC

in the server.

\\11. The longish one where you have RAS and some NT WS's that need encryption, whilst others don't...

Configure RAS to require data encryption for specific modem ports, and configure the NT WS's to only dial into modems attached to these ports.

\\28. No docs are printing due to lack of space on the system partition...

Change the properties on the SRV to specify new location for spool directory (not a 100% sure about this one, so I wrote the other options down too (Ain't I kind ?...hehehe)

change printer properties to specify new spool location

use Disk Admin to extend the system partition

use Explorer to drag spool directory to new partition

\\29. This one is about Directory Replication. You get a screen, and it says export: SRV, import: Domain1.

So, who gets these replicated directories?

The BDC's

The member SRV's

The NT WS's

(and NOT the Win95's)

\\33. The one with the dept. that regularly plays Doom (oops) I mean transfers 100MB of files on the network, thereby making everybody suffer from a slow network. How do you solve this?

You install a 2nd adapter, create a new PHYSICAL (not logical!) subnet, enable IP-forwarding and connect the guilty WS's to this subnet.

\\41. You have 10 WS's that you want to join to a domain. How do you do it?

Server Manager (as Admin of the domain obviously) and add the computer accounts.

Configure the WS's to join the domain (you need Admin userID and pw for this too) from the WS's.

\\50. A veeeeery longwinded one about 2 NW SRV's with 30 MS-DOS and 20 Win3.1x clients that have NWlink installed. They are NetWare clients, what can they do on an NT SRV with NWlink?

Apps with NetBIOS support

disk counters. answer was typing diskperf -y at the command line

\\I encountered many (8) questions about Netware. Understand That:

- U need NWLink installed on the NT Server in order to let other NW Clients use Netbios Apps.

- U need gateway for Netware onto NT SRV if U want MS Clients use Netware servers on the same Net.+ don't forget to create a share through Control panel /GSNW!

- RIP srvc for Netware is often proposed but tt is only used with SAP Agent when U have 2 Netcards & need IP/IPX Forwarding.

\\Replication?

Export stations are ONLY NT members or PDC & BDC.

Import stations are NT Wkst, SRV, LanMan.

\\Question: You want to back up the registry on server. How?

Answer: Pick at least one file on the volume containing the registry.

\\Question: Exhibit shows RAS outbound: TCP/IP, IPX, NetBEUI

Inbound: TCP/IP and NetBEUI. What can the dial in client access?

Answer: Winsock (because tcp/ip)

NetBIOS

Shared resources on RAS server

NOT IPX

Question: How do you configure RAS with 2 ISDN B-channels?

Answer: Create one phone book entry with 4 phone numbers.

Question: Can you dial in to RAS using 3 modems and callback?

Answer: NO! (Callback does not work with Multilink)

Question: You wish to install FTP. What else must be installed?

Answer: PWS - Peer Web Services

Question: One disk fails in a stripe set with parity. Recover?

Answer: Replace disk, select members of stripe set. Select free space on

new disk, choose 'Regenerate' from fault tolerance menu.

Question: What 2 utilities monitor memory utilization?

Answer: Task manager and Performance Monitor

Question: How do you add a path to user environment?

Answer: Control Panel, System, Environment, User Environment

Question: You enable auditing for printing. Docs are printing but you

see nothing in log. How do you correct this problem?

Answer: In User Manager, enable audit File and Object Access.

\\Question:.You have 3 NT Server , RESEARCH1, SALES1, ADMIN1, and 100 NT

wk, all on 1 subnet, TCP/IP is the protocol used by all the PC. The

research department regularly transfer 100 Mb files to RESEARCH1 and

these transfers slow down the entire network. As an administrator, you

decide to eliminate the company-wide network low performance by

isolating the file transfer to the research department. Which method

will you use ? (answer : c)

Answer: Install a second network adapter card, create a new physical

subnet and enable IP forwarding between the 2 subnets.

\\Question: You want to make it easier for yourself to make user accounts.

Therefore you make a template called USER_TEMPLATE and assign

permissions and groups to the template. How do you use the template when

you make new accounts?

(answer:c)

Answer: You simply copy USER_TEMPLATE to a new account

\\Question: Question on RAS gives an exhibit describing the the dialout

and client protocols. IPX/SPX is not checked for client protocols and

they ask what will user be able to access.

Answer: Anything but a Netbios compatible Client Server application on

an NT server.

\\Question: RAS question saying you have MS Client and Non-MS Clients

dialing in to RAS server and need encryption for both. how do you

accomplish.

Answer: Setup one modem port with MS-CHAP and have MS clients dialin

there and setup another port with CHAP and have third party clients

dialin there.

\\Question: You manage 3 servers remotely, how can you connect using

autolink to each of the three servers (not exact wording)

Answer: is to use a phonebook entry.

\\Question: A Win NT Workstation dial into a RAS server with the following

setup:

Dial Out Protocol....NetBEUI....TCP/IP......IPX/SPX

Remote Clients......NetBEUI.....TCP/IP

Encryption Clear text..

What is the WS able to do (select all)?

Answer:resources on the RAS server,aplications that require Win Socket,

Use applications that uses NetBEUI

Question: How would you install Win95 over a network? (Choose all)

e. Share Win95 Installation files

f. Make installation startup disk with Network ClientAdministrator

g. Make Installation disk set with Network Client Administrator

h. Install using startup disk

i. Install using disk set

(answer:a/c/d)

8. You have a PDC with 2 BDCs you want users to be able to log on if the

PDC fails. What do you do

Promote BDC to PDC

11.) You are installing NT Server on an Intel based computer from a CD-ROM. The NTinstallation program fails to detect your non-SCSI CD-ROM drive. How can you enable the NT setup program to recognize your non-SCSI CD-ROM drive?

a) Restart the NT installation program, select "specify additional device" and select the driver for the CD-ROM adapter. (answer)

\\3. What steps do you take to install Win95 from Network Client Administration? (Choose Three) Make Installation startup disk (NOT disk set); share directory w/ Win 95 installation files; and boot from startup disk (Not disk set!)

1 Your PDC handles login validation for 5000 users. How should you optimize our PDC to accommodate this task?

A] minimize memory used

B] balance

C] maximize throughput for file sharing

D] maximize throughput for network application [*]

Note: if question say about login validation on PDC or wins server always go for last option

21. Joe is wondering if the disk duplexing RAID device he has on his server

is causing system bottlenecks due to the large number of reads and writes it

performs. What performance counter is the best candidate for Joe to examine

to confirm or deny his suspicions?

a. % Disk Time

b. Queue Length

c. Average Disk Queue Length

d. Current Disk Queue Length

23. Your Windows NT Server computer has two SCSI drives, each connected to a

separate controller. Neither SCSI controller has its BIOS enabled. The boot

partition is on the drive that is connected to the primary SCSI controller.

The mirror partition is on the drive that is connected to the secondary SCSI

controller. The primary SCSI controller fails. How will you modify the

Boot.ini file so that the system boots from the mirror partition?

a. change scsi(0) to scsi(1) on the appropriate line

b. change scsi(1) to scsi(2) on the appropriate line

c. change multi(0) to multi(1) on the appropriate line

d. change multi(1) to multi(2) on the appropriate line

Answer: a

2. You suspect that the increase in network traffic you have been

observing

on your LAN is due to an incorrect Pulse or PulseConcurrency setting on

one

of the domain controllers. Under what registry hive would you find the

current values of these settings on each domain controller?

a. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT

b. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

c. HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG

d. HKEY_DYN_DATA

Answer: b

\\3. You are planning to transfer user accounts from a NetWare server to a

Windows NT domain controller using the Migration Tool for NetWare. By

default, how will the Migration Tool for NetWare handle user accounts

being

migrated from the NetWare server for which a user account with the same

name

already exists on the Windows NT domain controller?

b. The user account on the NetWare server will not be transferred.

A printer is jammed and you want to redirect all the print jobs to another network printer which has the same driver what could you do to solve this problem without having to resubmit the print jobs again.

1.Pause the printer 2.Open the printer properties and select ports 3.Add a port that points to the network printer (\\Server\Printer) and then unpause the printer

Netware Migration

GSNW - smb -> ncp & vica versa.

passwords and admin rights are not transfered.

5. You have a server that is used for logon and WINS traffic. How can you

optimize the performance of this server using the server prgram in control

panel?

a. Minimize memory

b. Balance

c. Optimize for file sharing

d. Optimize for Network Applications

There has been quite a bit of discussion on this subject. The Transcenders

have the wrong answer and several braindumps have the wrong answer. The

correct answer here is "D" Microsoft states very clearly that all DOMAIN

CONTROLLERS should be configured with "Optimize for Network Applications" and

since this server is used for "Logons/Account Validation", it is obviously a

Domain Controller.

TIP: ARC paths in the boot.ini file were also in the exam and I would like to add an easy way to work out the path and how to remember it. The 4 items are:

1.first you have to work out if it is Multi or Scsi. If it says bios disabled then use SCSI(0). To remember this note the word 'dISable' and 'ScsI' have the letters 'S' and 'I' and remember that SCSI (or if it was Multi) starts with a zero, ie SCSI(0)

2.next is it RDISK(0) or DISK(0)? Remember it like this

SCSI(0)RDISK(0) - letter count is 9 (and numbers in the brackets are always zero)

MULTI(0)DISK(0) - letter count is also 9 (and numbers in the brackets are always zero). If you get them the wrong way round you get a letter count of 8 or 10.

3.So you have SCSI(0)RDISK(0)therefore DISK is either 0, 1 or whatever hard disc is the target. Remember that this is the item that points to the target disk. 1.Partition (ie PART()) - remember that it is the only item that does not begin with zero. It is either 1, 2, 3 …etc. To remember think of a film on TV with commercial breaks. Just before the adverts you get 'end of part 1' and after 'part 2'. You never see 'end of part zero'.

\\You want to modify Alec's user account so he can log on from any workstation

in the domain and receive his own desktop settings. How?

a) on the domain controller, use the System Properties dialog box to copy

Alec's user profile to his user account.

b) on the domain controller, use the System Properties dialog box to copy

Alec's local profile to the profiles directory.

c) Use User Manager for Domains to assign a UNC path to the profile for

Alec's user account.

d) Use User Manager for Domains to assign a home directory to Alec.

I chose c)

\\When migrating information from a NetWare server to an NT server, note that the only thing you cannot migrate is USER PASSWORDS.

If you want to merge account names from your NetWare servers into one account on your NT server, the service you need to accomplish this task is: 'Directory Services Manager for NetWare (DSMN)

If you want to connect a NetWare server through a RAS Server, you need to install Nwlink

\\You manage printer permissions from a remote win95 through the Explorer.

Note that the PDC is optimized to perform the following tasks:

Managing a network of around 60 users ( 10 to 60 users ) balance

Managing a small network of up to 10 users-à Minimize memory usage.

Running a SQL Server client/server application à Maximize throughput for Network applications

Sharing an Access Databaseà Maximize throughput for Network Apps.

You use the server service to minimize memory usage when there are less than 10 users connected.

Policy files are stored in the Netlogon share.

The RAS security protocols are:Password Authenticated Protocol (PAP) Clear Text, CHAP, MS-CHAP.

Named pipes are supported under PPP clients to access NT server using RAS.

If you have a Win95 client that is using 3rd party PPP that only supports DES, and you want to provide highest level of security, you need to require Encrypted Authentication. (MS-CHAP)

You assign IP address dynamically to RAS users either through the RAS server or by using DHCP.

Know that the DHCP server can supply clients with the followings:

Boot the machine with NT 4 setup disk and install NT 4.0 into the NT 3.51 directory. OR

Start NT 3.51 and use Winnt32.exe to install NT 4.0 into the NT 3.51 directory.

You can as well run Winnt32.exe from command prompt.

Note that the smallest unit handled by Scheduler is PROCESS

\\A strip set (with or without parity) can only be as large as the smallest free partition, which will be part of the strip set.

The biggest partition which you could create with a stripe set is 512MB

\\The minimum number of disks needed for a strip set with parity is 3 and maximum is 32.

\\Strip set (Disk striping) provides the fastest read/write performance because it can read multiple disks at a time.

\\Strip set with parity (Disk Striping with parity) is slower because it has to write the parity information, but it's still faster than mirror set and volume set.

Mirror set (Disk Mirroring) is slow due to redundancy factor of writing the same information to two drives at once.

Volume set can only read/write one drive at a time.

Note that to recover from drive failure with disk mirroring:

Install a new drive

Boot the system into NT

Run Disk Administrator

Break mirror from the Fault Tolerance menu

Then reestablish the mirror- This however will be done automatically.

To recover from drive failure with disk striping with parity:

Install the new drive

Boot the system into NT

Run Disk Administrator

Then Choose Regenerate option.

To recover from multiple drive failure with disk striping with parity:

Install new drives

Boot the system into NT

Restore the system backup from tape.

The file level security governs local user file and folder security on NTFS partitions only. This is applied through the Security tab of the resource's properties.

RAS can use the following protocols: SLIP, PPP and RAS (used by Win3.x and Win NT 3.x clients.

RAS supports call back security to either the calling number or to a specified non-changing numbers.

RAS for NT 4.0 supports multilink

Multilink is the use of more than one modem to achieve higher transmission speed

Multilink cannot be use with call back security unless there are two or more ISDN modems

\\RAS uses NetBEUI as default protocol; but also uses TCP/IP and IPX/SPX.

\\When you want to utilize Winsock interface over RAS, then use TCP/IP

\\To speed up NetBIOS resolution on RAS clients, put an LMHOSTS file on each client locally.

In a situation where there is no standard in place for accessing RAS server system, and if security is concerned, then the most secure type of authentication is 'Allow Any Authentication Including Clear Text'

If there is broadcast traffic on your TCP/IP network, then install a WINS server.

PPP on an NT server supports the following:

Named Pipes

Remote Procedure Calls (RPC)

Winsock API applications using TCP/IP and IPX

Binding order is always to be done on Workstations.

NetWare 3.x clients that need access to files on an NT server need FPSNW and NWLINK installed.

CSNW and NWLINK is required for NT Workstations that require access to a NetWare servers.

GSNW is required for NT servers to connect to NetWare servers.

\\The counters you need to monitor to determine if excessive paging is occurring on you NT PC are Avg. Disk Sec/Transfer and Pages/Sec.

\\The Usage Peak (bytes) and %Usage counters are used to determine if the paging file size is approaching it's maximum.

T\\he servers that can serve as export servers are PDC, BDC and NT member server. ( Directory Replication Service) NOT NT Workstations, NOT Win95, and NOT MD-DOS.

\\To change the spool file location, to a new hard disk, just edit the registry and/or use the Advanced Property sheet for the print server.

If you want to redirect documents from a faulty print device to another print device, Add a local port to the faulty printer and type the UNC name of another printer in the Port Name dialog box. You may also need to remove the original port to ensure the documents print to the redirected port.

PPTP provides security and offers lower administrative costs, lower transmission costs, and lower hardware costs than others. It is best useful when configuring RAS to allow users access Internet while still providing security.

To re-enable a user account that expired, enter a future date in the End Of field/date in the account information window or select Never option.

To increase the initial paging file size, select Change on the performance tab in the system properties dialog box in the Control Panel.

\\Paging file CANNOT be placed on a partition with stripe set with parity, but on a system partition that may be containing mirror sets, volume sets, and strip sets without parity.

In a situation whereby you are using Win95, and you want to use WinNT server tools for '95, You want to control the permissions of files and directories on an NTFS drive on the network, Then use the Windows Explorer.

\\The Average Disk Queue Length counter should be used to determine how many system requests are waiting for disk access

\\The % Disk Time counter will indicate the load on a disk drive, BUT not toe be used on a system containing RAID devices

Know that NTFS file compression reduces the disk space required for file storage.

Volume set is supported by NT workstation and Server while stripe set is supported by only NT Server.

If a RAS user gets disconnected when connecting, make sure the user has dial-in

permission in User Manager for Domains.

The default interval for the amount of time an export directory must be stable before import servers can replicate it's files is 2 minutes.

If two users are connected to the same printer on the network, and one can print, and the other not, then the one that cannot print is running out of hard drive space for spooling.

If MSDOS applications cannot print, then install the printer driver locally for the MSDOS PC.

LPQ is the command used to check the status of a print job on a Unix-based print service.

LPR is used to submit a print job to a Unix-based print service.

In order to slow down replications of accounts, the variable you need to change in the registry is : Increase Pulse or Decrease Pulse concurrency.

RAS authentication method for DES is MS-CHAP

Apart from Administrators, anyone with FULL CONTROL, and SPECIAL PERMISSIONS can take ownership of files.

Know that you can assign IP addresses to RAS users either through the RAS server or by DHCP server.

\\'SPAB' = Server, Print, Account and Backup Operators can all log on locally to NT server. ONLY NOT Administrator account.

The Device.log reside in \WINNT_root\System32\RAS.

You move a workstation from one domain to the other through CP-Network-Identification.

You need to choose AppleTalk in order to use a MAC printer.

\\Q. What do you need to install Win 95, choose all correct.

A. Share installation files

A. Create diskette (NOT disk set)