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Windows 2008 Server Network Infrastructure

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A Server Core installation includes which of the following programs?






2. If a system will be a DHCP server - what type of address should you set?






3. Which entries refer to a separate multicast route?






4. Which file is used by the DHCP database as a temporary storage file during database index maintenance operations (this file sometimes resides in the %systemroot%System32Dhcp directory after a system failure)?






5. Using DHCP relay agents ______ the need to have a DHCP server on every subnet.






6. Because the software is installed into a single partition - the specified _______________ actually apply to the space within the partition being used and not to the total drive size.






7. DHCP frees system administrators from __________each host on the network.






8. Which operating system does not support dynamic disks?






9. To ___________ - DNS servers store only the most recent updates.






10. The initial DHCP lease process is accomplished by using a series of exchanges between a DHCP client and DHCP server that utilizes four messages. Which of the following is not a message that is used?






11. What type of connectivity creates a secure point-to-point connection across either a private network or a public network - such as the Internet?






12. The MAC address can be obtained by keying in __________ at the command line.






13. Which of the following is the limited broadcast address that is general for all networks and routers?






14. The process of obtaining an IP address for a computer name (for example - "ComputerA") is called __________.






15. One example of an NPS Policy Setting includes IP properties that specify IP address assignment behavior. Which is not an option?






16. Windows Server 2008 (and all Microsoft operating systems going back to Windows 2000) supports which two types of hard disks?






17. Which of the following is not a forward or reverse lookup zone type?






18. Which of the following is not a key benefit provided by DHCP for those managing and maintaining a TCP/IP network?






19. Which zone enables a host to determine another host's name based on its IP address?






20. This is not a function of DHCP?






21. If you inappropriately allowed network discovery in a public network environment (for example - an Internet cafe) - you would allow total strangers to see and access any ________ on your system.






22. Which mutual authentication method offers encryption of both authentication data and connection data?






23. What is the primary means of identifying network devices and services in a Windows Server 2008 network?






24. Which of the following is not a top-level domain name?






25. One benefit of the_____________ of DNS is that it is possible to have two hosts with the same host names that are in different locations in the hierarchy.






26. Routers are considered components of which layer?






27. Which method is not a possibility when activating A MAK key?






28. ICS turns your computer into a router so that other computers on the ________ can access its Internet connection.






29. A conditional forwarder in an Active Directory environment can be replicated to any of the following except all __________.






30. In a Windows Server 2008 network - the primary means of locating network devices and network services is through the use of __________.






31. When most _____________ - as in voice and video transmissions - VPN is not your best option.






32. A starting address of 192.0.0.0 and an ending address of 223.255.255.255 is a member of which network class?






33. Which generic authentication method does not encrypt authentication data?






34. Each host on a TCP/IP network should be configured with a number of mandatory and optional configuration items except for which of the following?






35. Of the four types of routes that can be found in a routing table - which of the following cannot be found?






36. Windows Server 2008 includes all of the following routing protocols that can be added to the Routing and Remote Access service with the exception of __________.






37. Once a DHCP scope is defined and exclusion ranges are applied - the remaining addresses form what is called an ________ within the scope.






38. What service provides the ability to use a Windows Server 2008 computer as a router - which passes network traffic from one TCP/IP network to another - as well as for remote access capabilities using either dial-up or VPN technology?






39. Which of the following is not a database function used to manage the DHCP database?






40. What type of zone might a DNS server host?






41. Which one-way authentication method offers encryption of both authentication data and connection data (the same cryptographic key is used in all connections; this method supports older Windows clients - such as Windows 95 and Windows 98)?






42. Which option enables internal clients to connect to the Internet using a single - external IP address?






43. Which partition style is recommended for disks larger than 2TB or for disks that are used in Itanium computers?






44. What is the length of time that the DNS service waits before failing a recursive lookup that has been retried?






45. A computer running Server Core will allow you to launch which of the following consoles?






46. The broadcast DHCPREQUEST message contains all of the following information except __________.






47. After sending a zone transfer request - which option shows how long (in seconds) the zone's secondary server waits before sending another request?






48. BOOTP enables a TCP/IP workstation to retrieve settings for all of the configuration parameters it needs to run excluding which option?






49. This is not a component of DNS?






50. Windows NT operating system does not support ___________