MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-290): Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment

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QUESTION 1:
You work as the network administrator at Certkiller .com. The Certkiller .com
network consists of a single Active Directory domain named Certkiller .com. All
servers on the Certkiller .com network run Windows Server 2003. Half the client
computers run Windows 2000 Professional, and the rest run Windows XP
Professional.
Certkiller .com consists of a Research department and the Finance department.
Certkiller .com has 2,000 employees who work in the two departments. The
Certkiller .com network contains a database server named Certkiller -SR25.
Certkiller -SR25 host a critical in-house database application named DB1. Most of
the users in the Research department and the Finance department make use of the
DB1.
During a general meeting it was said the response time of the application is very
slow. You then do a monitoring on Certkiller -SR25 and receive the following
results:
You need to improve the performance of Certkiller -SR25.
What must you do?

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A. Add more RAM to Certkiller -SR25.
B. Replace the CPU on Certkiller -SR25 with a faster one.
C. Replace the hard disk on Certkiller -SR25 with a faster one.
D. Install a second hard disk on Certkiller -SR25 and move the paging file to the new
disk.
Answer: A
Explanation:
The Memory\Page /sec counter shows the number of memory pages being read or
written to a page file. The 950 indicates a high volume of page action. The
Memory\% Committed Bytes In Use indicate the % memory that is being page. The
Physical Disk: %Disk Time is the time the hard disk is busy doing read or written
tasks. The Network Interface: Bytes Total/sec shows the volume of traffic that
passes through the network interface. The Processor: %Processor which is 85
indicates the percentage on time the CPU is busy processing non-idle threads. This
percentage is still fair.
Incorrect answers:
B: Replace the CPU with a faster one will not solve the problem. There is clearly a lack
of RAM. The CPU works at 85%, which is still in the boundaries.
C, D: Replace the hard disk on Certkiller -SR23 with a faster one or moving the paging
file to a second disk will improve the disk usage. In this scenario it is clearly a lack of
RAM.
QUESTION 2:
You work as the network administrator at CertKiller.com. The CertKiller.com
network consists of a single Active Directory domain named Certkiller .com. All
servers on the CertKiller.com network run Windows Server 2003. Half the client
computers run Windows 2000 Professional, and the rest run Windows XP
Professional.
CertKiller.com consists of three departments, named Sales, Accounts and Marketing.
The CertKiller.com network contains a server named Certkiller -SR12 that resides
in the Accounts department. Certkiller -SR12’s specs are the following: 2.6-MHz
CPU, 1-GB of RAM, and a hard drive of 74.5-GB and a single 10/100 network
adapter connect the server to the LAN at 10 Mbps. Certkiller -SR12 hosts over
200 shared folders on the network which contains confidential information. The
connection of Certkiller -SR12 is secured by using IPSec.
A manager named Andy Reid has contacted you to report that the users complain
that the response time is slow when connecting to the shared files on
Certkiller -SR12. You suspect that it could be a bottleneck that is causing the
problem. During the investigation you open the Performance console and gather the
performance data from the System Monitor, as shown in the exhibit.

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What must you do?
A. Upgrade the CPU on Certkiller -SR12.
B. Add more RAM to Certkiller -SR12.
C. Install a second hard disk on Certkiller -SR12.
D. Install a gigabit network adapter on Certkiller -SR12.
Answer: C
Explanation: The Logical Disk – Ave Disk Queue Length counter monitors the read
and write request that were queued. Certkiller -SR12 has a single spindle. An
acceptable for this counter should be 3 or less.
Incorrect answers:
A: The Processor: %Processor time shows the percentage on time the CPU is busy
processing non-idle threads. 85% are adequate.
B: The Memory\Page /sec counter shows the number of memory pages being read or
written to a page file. A value of above 20 indicates the need additional memory.
D: The Network Interface: Bytes Total/sec shows the volume of traffic that passes
through the network interface. There is nothing wrong with this.
Reference:
Craig Zacker, MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-293): Planning and Maintaining
a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure, Microsoft Press, Redmond,
Washington, 2004, pp. 6: 25-28
QUESTION3:

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You work as the network administrator at Certkiller .com. The Certkiller .com
network consists of a single Active Directory domain named Certkiller .com. All
servers on the Certkiller .com network run Windows Server 2003. Half the client
computers run Windows 2000 Professional, and the rest run Windows XP
Professional.
The Certkiller .com consists of two departments, the Research department and the
Financing department. Certkiller .com also has 2,100 employees. The Certkiller .com
network contains four file servers named Certkiller -SR11, Certkiller -SR22,
Certkiller -SR33 and Certkiller -SR44. You have designed a critical in-house
database application which is used on these servers.
The administrator who worked there before you came never ran a baseline
performance. Because of the critical in-house database application you need to
collect the performance about the network and the computers on the network. You
need this data to diagnose problems.
What should you do?
A. Use the System Monitor tool
B. Use a counter log
C. Use a trace log
D. Use the performance alert
Answer: B
Explanation:
You need to establish a performance baseline and compare the data to the current
performance data. You should observe the CPU, memory, storage, network
interfaces etc.
Incorrect answers:
A: The System Monitor only will show the present performance in real time.
B: The trace log is appropriate to capture system application events.
D: The performance alert cannot be used to thoroughly record all of the values of a
selected set of performance counters over a period of time.