MCSA Exam 70-290 Random Questions

You have a file server named Server1 that runs Windows Server 2003 Service Pack (SP2). Server1 has a 10-gigabit network adapter and is connected to a 100-Mb switch. You replace the 100-Mb switch by using a 1-GB switch. You discover that copying files to Server1 over the network is slow. You need to reduce the amount of time it takes to copy files to Server1 over the network.



Which connection type should you specify for the network adapter ?

You are the network administrator for your company. The network consists of a single Active Directory domain.

All servers run Windows Server 2003.

You place computer accounts for servers in organizational units (OUs) that are organized by server roles. You apply Group Policy objects (GPOs) to these servers at the OU level. You need to add a new server to the domain. You need to ensure that the appropriate GPOs are applied to this server.



What should you do ?

You are the network administrator for your company. The network consists of a single Active Directory domain. All network servers run Windows Server 2003, and all client computers run Windows XP Professional.

A user named Peter uses a client computer named Client1. This computer has a locally attached tape device.

You grant Peter the necessary permissions to perform backups of a member server named Server1. Peter runs the Backup utility on Client1 to back up the files located on Server1. You need use your client computer to view the most recent backup logs for Server1.



What should you do ?

You have a server named Server1. You install Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0 on Server1. You configure Server1 to download all updates from Microsoft Update.



Two weeks later, you notice that Server1 has not downloaded all updates.



You need to ensure that Server1 downloads all updates.



What should you do ?

You have a file server named Server1 that runs Windows Server 2003 Service Pack (SP2).



Server1 has a 10 gigabit network adapter and is connected to a 100 Mb switch. You replace the 100 Mb switch by using a 1 GB switch. You discover that copying files to Server1 over the network is slow. You need to reduce the amount of time it takes to copy files to Server1 over the network.



Which connection type should you specify for the network adapter ?

You have a server that runs Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2). The server has Terminal Server installed.

You have a new multi user application that you plan to install on the server. The setup program for the application is named setup.exe.

You need to install the application on the server. You must ensure that the application can be used by all users.



What should you do ?

Your network consists of a single Active Directory domain. All servers run Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2). All client computers run Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (SP3). You assign NTFS permissions to a folder on a file server as shown in the following table.



Group_ || NTFS Permission

Group1 || Allow - Full Control

Group2 || Allow - Read

Group3 || Allow - Modify



You share the folder and assign the Change permission to the Everyone group. A user named User1 is a member of Group1, Group2, and Group3. You need to identify the least restrictive NTFS permission that User1 has when he accesses the folder over the network.



Which permission should you identify ?

Your network consists of a single Active Directory domain. All servers run Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2). All client computers run Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (SP3). You have a user account named User1.

You need to identify which permissions User1 has on a file.



What should you do ?

Your network contains an application server named Server1 that runs Windows Server 2003 Service Pack (SP2).

You open the Performance tab in Task Manager as shown in below.











You need to improve the performance of Server1. What should you do ?

You have two servers named Server1 and Server2 that run Windows Server 2003 Service Pack (SP2).

You connect a USB drive to Server1 and copy several files to the USB drive. You connect the USB drive to Server2. You receive a message that the drive installed successful and is ready-to-use.

You open Windows Explorer and the USB drive does not appear. You need to ensure that you can access the files stored on the USB drive.



What should you do ?

Your network contains a database server named Server1 that runs Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2). Server1 has the following hardware configurations:

A single processor that supports hyper threading Dual processor motherboard

Two hard disks

2 GB of RAM



The first disk contains all the files for the operating system and applications. The second disk is empty. Hyper threading is disabled in the BIOS. Users report a slow response when they query the database on Server1. You monitor Server1 for one day and receive the performance statistics shown in the following table.



Object________||_Counter______________||_Last___||_Avarage_||_Minimum_||_Maximum

Memory_______||_Pages/sec____________||_15.700_||_11.650__||_2.940___ ||_27.250

Processor_____||_% Processor Time______||_44.010_||_52.350__||_11.950___||_76.880

Physical Disk:0_||_Avg. Disk Queue Length_||_5.170__||_8.030___||_0.00_____||_9.530





You need to improve database performance. What should you do ?

You are a network administrator for your company. All servers run Windows Server 2003. A network server named Server1 functions as the main file server. Server1 is backed up each night by using the Backup utility. You perform a test restoration of Server1 by using the Backup utility. You discover that files that are open during the backup process are not being backed up. You need to ensure that open files are backed up successfully.



What should you do ?

You have a server named Server1 that runs Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2).

Server1 runs a custom application.

Users report that the performance of Server1 has decreased significantly during the last 30 minutes. You need to identify the current processor and memory usage for each process running on Server1.



Which tool should you use ?

You have a VPN server that runs Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2). You need to monitor the performance of the VPN server for one day.



What should you do ?

Your network consists of a single Active Directory domain. All servers run Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2). All client computers run Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (SP3).

You have an organizational unit (OU) named Accounting. You create a Group Policy object (GPO) and link it to the Accounting OU.

You join a new client computer to the domain.

You discover that the new client computer fails to receive the settings from the new GPO. You need to ensure that the new GPO is applied to the new computer.



What should you do ?

You have a server that runs Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2). The server is configured as shown in the following table.



Disk || Volume || File System_|| Capacity || Disk type || Partition style

0___|| C_____|| NTFS_____ || 100 GB_ || Dynamic_|| MBR

1___|| D_____|| NTFS_____ || 100 GB_ || Dynamic_|| MBR

2___|| n/a____|| Unallocated || 40 GB__ || Dynamic_|| MBR

3___|| n/a____|| Unallocated || 150 GB_ || Basic___ || MBR



You need to create a software mirror of Disk1. What should you do first ?

You have a print server named Server1 that runs Windows Server 2003 Service Pack (SP2). Server1 is configured as shown in the following table.



Disk || Volume || Contents_____________ || Disk type

0___|| C_____|| System and boot partition || Dynamic

1___|| -_____ || Unallocated space______ || Dynamic

2___|| -_____ || Unallocated space______ || Dynamic

3___|| -_____ || Unallocated space______ || Dynamic



All the hard disks are 136 GB and are connected to a SCSI controller. You need to identify which disk configuration will provide the best performance for printing.



Which disk configuration should you implement ?

You are the network administrator for your company. All network servers run Windows Server 2003. All client computers run Windows XP Professional. A member server named Server1 is located at a branch office that does not permit the use of Remote Desktop Protocol. Another administrator uses the Backup utility to create a scheduled backup job on Server1. The backup job performs a normal backup of an application server. The application server is removed from the network. You need to use a client computer to remove the backup job from Server1. You cannot travel to the branch office.



What should you do ?

You have a WINS server that runs Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2). You need to schedule a backup of the WINS database whenever the WINS service stops.



What should you do ?

Your network consists of a single domain. All domain controllers run Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2). All client computers run Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (SP3).

You need to ensure that users' personal settings are the same when they log on to different client computers in the domain.



What should you do?