IIS 4

IIS 4.0
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First and formost I passed the IIS 4.0 exam with an 800. Passing was 727. It was close but I'll take it. I studied for this exam the foolish way. I procrastinated after I had scheduled the test and when it came down to it about three days before the exam I found this site. Is the test as hard as they say? YES (If you do it this way it is). If you study alot and use this site, the online docs, and an IIS4 install I think you'll be cool. If it wasn't for this site I would not have passed this exam. The brain dumps on this page where excellent for studing after I verified the answers. A majority of the answers in some braindumps where correct. Some one was asking for a final word on the MIME mapping (Is it in the Metabase or the registry so here goes. Below are the two things I found in the online documentation about MIME and the Metabase. Once and for all IT IS IN THE METABASE.

I read the Exam Cram book twice (sounds funny but, yes twice). Really read the online docs and make plenty of time before the exam to read it because believe me my head hurts from this weekend and its not the booze. The brain dumps on this site where so on the mark that a few of the questions where "word for word" and I knew the answer because I saw it on a brain dump. All you have to do is verify the answer and then study it. On some braindumps there where complaints about the MMC crashing. Luckily I didn't have that happen. I closed the MMC after I finished each sim. I got the three ODBC questions that the others got, I got 9 MMC sims, one SMTP question on hiding the domain or something, two NNTP questions, and that one IP subnet restriction question thats all over the other brain dumps "word for word" (restrict 198.0.168.96 to 198.0.168.127 answer was 255.255.255.224).

MIME Map
(modifies the MimeMap metabase property)
Range: String
Default: click File Types... button on Internet Information Server property sheet to view default mappings
Location in ISM: Internet Information Server property sheet, HTTP Headers property sheet
Can be configured at: computer, Web site, virtual directory, directory, and file levels
This value lists the file name extensions for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) mappings. These mappings set the various file types that the Web service returns to browsers.

Some properties have a value that takes the form of a list. For instance, the default document property value can be a list of documents to be used as defaults. Custom error messages, TCP/IP grant/deny access, script mappings, and MIME mappings are other examples of properties stored in a list format. Although these lists have multiple entries, IIS treats the entire list as a single property. If you edit a list on a directory, and then make a global change on the site level, the list at the directory level is completely replaced with the new list from the site level. The lists are not merged. Also, properties with list values display their lists only at the master level, or on a site or directory that has been changed from the default value. List values are not displayed if they are the inherited defaults.