Microsoft Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment Sample Questions:

1. The Certidea.com network consists of a single Active Directory forest that contains five domains.
A total of ten domain controllers are distributed across five Certidea.com sites.
All domain controllers on the Certidea.com network run Windows Server 2003 and all client computers run
Windows XP Professional.
Active Directory hosts several application partitions.
The configuration of disk subsystem on a domain controller named Certidea-DC3 is illustrated in the table
below.
Volume
Drive File format Disk configuration Capacity Free Space Contents
SYSTEM
C:
NTFS
RAID-1
8 GB
10%
Operating system files and logs
DATA
D:
NTFS
RAID1+0
36 GB
15%
Ntds.dit
CD-RW
E:
CDFS
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
FLOPPY
A:
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
SHARE
Z:
NTFS
RAID-5
60 GB
80%
Shared Folders
Certidea.com instructs you to create an Automated System Recovery (ASR) backup set for Certidea-DC3.
You first insert a blank CD-ROM into Certidea-DC3's CD-RW drive, and a blank floppy disk into the floppy
drive.
You then start the Automated System Recovery Preparation wizard, and now need to indicate where the
backup data will be stored.
Configure the appropriate option in the provided dialog box complete the media backup portion of the ASR
backup procedure.

2. Your network consists of a single Active Directory domain. The functional level of the domain is Windows
Server 2003.
All servers run Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2).
The network contains 10 file servers. Each file server hosts a share named Apps.
On each file server, a local group named App install local has permissions to the Apps share.
A global group named App install global belongs to the App install local group on each file server.
App install global is used only to control permissions for the Apps share.
You create a global group named Helpdesk.
You need to provide the Helpdesk group access to the Apps share on each file server.
The Helpdesk group must have the same permissions as the App install global group.
You must achieve this goal by using the minimum amount of administrative effort.
What should you do?

A) Add the Helpdesk group to the App install global group.
B) Convert the App install global group to a universal group. Add the App install global group to the Helpdesk group.
C) Add the Helpdesk group to the App install local group on each file server.
D) Convert the Helpdesk group to a universal group. Add the Helpdesk group to the App install local group on each file server.

3. You have a file server named Server1 that runs Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2). Server1has
one basic disk that contains one partition.
You monitor the PhysicalDisk : Avg. Disk Bytes/Read counter for one year and discover that the value has
decreased by 25 percent.
You need to increase the disk performance of Server1.
What should you do?

A) Enable Shadow Copies on the volume.
B) Compress the volume.
C) Defragment the volume.
D) Convert the disk to a dynamic disk.

4. You have a server that runs Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2).
The server has a backup tape drive installed.
You need to schedule a backup to tape. The tape must be ejected when the backup job is complete.
Which commands should you include in the scheduled task?

A) Devcon.exe and Poolmon.exe
B) Ntbackup.exe and Rsm.exe
C) Ntbackup.exe and Devcon.exe
D) Rsm.exe and Poolmon.exe

5. You have a server named Server1 that runs Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2). Server1 runs a custom application. Server1 is configured as shown in the following table.

You need to monitor disk activity related to the application only. What should you do?

A) Create a trace log to capture events logged by the File details system provider.
B) Create a counter log to capture the performance data for logical disk D:.
C) Create a counter log to capture performance data for physical disk 1.
D) Create a trace log to capture events logged by the Disk input/output system provider.

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