Imagine Cup 2009 - IT Challenge invitational! Round 1 Practice Questions

The questions below will give you a taste of the questions that will appear on the IT tests. To see the answer for each, click on the "Answer" link below each question.

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Question 1:

You are a consumer support technician. You need to create a solution that allows you to: Access tools to troubleshoot disk errors. Apply custom Windows Vista Images to new computers. Start failed Windows Vista computers from a USB flash drive. What should you do? A. Install Windows Vista on a USB flash drive. B. From the Windows Vista DVD, copy the boot.wim file to a USB flash drive. C. From the Windows Vista DVD, copy the install.wim file to a USB flash drive. D. Use the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) to create a custom Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) on a USB flash drive. Answer: D

Question 2:

You are a consumer support technician. A user’s computer has a 100-GB hard disk and contains 80% free space. The hard disk contains a collection of pictures, videos, and music files that uses 3.5 GB of space. The user plans to send a backup copy of the file collection to a friend who resides in another state. You need to provide the user the most efficient backup method for sending the media files. You also need to minimize the size of the backup media set. What should you do? A. Use the Back up files option to back up the media files to a DVD. B. Use the Back up files option to back up the media files to a set of CDs. C. Use the Back up computer option to back up the computer to a set of DVDs. D. Use the Back up computer option to back up the computer to an external hard disk. Answer: A

Question 3:

In SharePoint Server 2007 which of the tabs in the Central Administration Console provides access to the following management options: Topology and Services, Security Configuration, Logging and Reporting, Upgrade and Migration? A. Application Management B. Site Settings C. Operations D. Shared Services Answer: C

Question 4:

You are the support engineer for your company. An Outlook 2007 user complains that an email from friend was automatically placed in their Junk E-mail folder. They can open the email, but cannot click on the link in the email. What should you do to allow them to click on the link in the email? A. Have the user move the email from the Junk E-mail folder to the Inbox folder. B. Have the user use ctrl-click to follow the link in the email. C. Have the user’s friend resend the message. D. Have the user type the link in the browser. Answer: A

Question 5:

You are the mail administrator for your company. The company uses Exchange 2007 and Outlook 2007. A user complains that her calendar keeps reminding her about a past appointment even though she has dismissed it. How can you correct this problem? A. Run Outlook with the /ClearReminders switch B. Delete the user’s Free/Busy information C. Run Outlook with the /CleanReminders switch D. Reboot the Exchange mailbox server Answer: C

Question 6:

You are the network administrator for your company. All mobile computers in the company use Windows Vista Ultimate Edition. The Chief Security Officer (CSO) recently issued a policy that requires that mobile computer volumes be protected from unauthorized access even if they are stolen. What technology should you deploy to the mobile computers to comply with the policy? A. Encrypting File System (EFS) B. BitLocker C. Access Control Lists (ACLs) D. IPSec Answer: B

Question 7:

You are a Windows Mobile 6.0 device user. You are concerned that your email might not be synchronizing to your Exchange server. You want to check the status. Where should you check status? A. Start, Programs, ActiveSync B. Start, Settings, Device Information C. Start, Settings, Error Reporting D. Messaging, Menu, Options Answer: A

Question 8:

Your Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 server farm has a Shared Services Provider with profiles enabled. You need to create a membership group for a new product team on the server. You also need to ensure that the group has an e-mail alias. What should you do? A. Call the Memberships.Create method and pass SharePointSite as the membership group type. B. Call the Memberships.Create method and pass DistributionList as the membership group type. C. Call the CreateMemberGroup method and pass MembershipsFromDistributionLists as the parameter value. D. Call the CreateMemberGroup method and pass MembershipsFromSharePointSites as the parameter value. Answer: C

Question 9:

You are a desktop support engineer for your organization. A user recently had their computer upgraded from Windows XP to Windows Vista. They are complaining that the computer runs much slower than it did before. You suspect that the computer hardware is too slow to run Windows Aero. What is the recommended minimum Windows Experience Index base score needed to run Windows Aero? A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 Answer: B

Question 10:

You are the network administrator for your company. You are going to be upgrading all the user's home laptops to Microsoft Windows Vista to be able to encrypt all user and system files. You also need to keep licensing costs as low as possible. You need to purchase the lowest edition of Vista that supports this capability. Which edition should you purchase? A. Windows Vista Home Basic B. Windows Vista Home Premium C. Windows Vista Business D. Windows Vista Ultimate Answer: D

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November Practice Quiz

Question 11:

Your company has one office in Montreal and one office in New York. Each office has Windows Server 2008 domain controllers. The network consists of one Active directory domain. You need to prepare the environment to support the following Group Policy object settings: Users must be restricted from writing to USB flash disks. Users must not be able to install new hardware devices. Only users from the Montreal office must be able to use USB printers. Administrators must be able to install new hardware devices as required. What should you do? A. Create a new Active Directory site for each office. Create a new GPO for each site. B. Create a new Active Directory site for each office. Create a new GPO linked to the domain. C. Create a new organizational unit (OU) for each office. Create and link a single GPO to each OU. D. Create a new organizational unit (OU) for each office. Create a single GPO linked to the domain. Create a single GPO linked to both OUs. Answer: A

Question 12:

Your company has three offices. Each office has an internal IT staff that manages the local servers and client computers. All three offices connect by using WAN links. All offices have a direct connection to the Internet. You need to recommend a plan to deploy operating system updates and software updates to the servers and client computers in each office. You must achieve this goal while minimizing the bandwidth utilization. What should you recommend? A. Deploy a Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server in one office. Configure the WSUS server to leave updates on the Microsoft Update Web site. B. Deploy a Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server in one office. Configure the WSUS server to obtain updates from the Microsoft Update Web site. C. Deploy a Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server in each office. Configure all three WSUS servers to leave updates on the Microsoft Update Web site. D. Deploy a Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server in each office. Configure all three WSUS servers to obtain updates from the Microsoft Update Web site. Answer: D

Question 13:

Your network consists of an Active Directory forest that contains only domain controllers that run Windows Server 2000. You need to prepare the environment for the implementation of the first Windows Server 2008 domain controller in the forest. What should you do? A. Run adprep /forestprep on the schema operations master. Run adprep /domainprep /gpprep on the infrastructure operations master. B. Run adprep /rodcprep on the schema operations master. Run adprep /domainprep /gpprep on the infrastructure operations master. C. Run adprep /forestprep on the schema operations master. Run adprep /domainprep on the primary domain controller (PDC) emulator operations master. D. Run adprep /rodcprep on the schema operations master. Run adprep /domainprep on the primary domain controller (PDC) emulator operations master. Answer: A

Question 14:

You have a computer that runs Windows Server 2003. The computer is used mainly as a Web server for the corporate intranet. The Web server hosts Web applications that generate disk I/O across several of the hard drives on the computer. You need to identify if any of the hard drives are a performance bottleneck. Which Perfmon counter should you monitor? A. HTTP Service Request Queues\CurrentQueueSize B. PhysicalDisk\Average Disk Queue Length C. PhysicalDisk\Average Disk Bytes/Transfer D. Server Work Queues\Available Work Items Answer: B

Question 15:

Your network consists of a single Active Directory domain. The domain contains a server that runs Windows Server 2008 and that has Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) installed. The domain also contains 1,000 production client computers and 10 test client computers. The test client computers run Windows Vista. You need to recommend a strategy for patch management that meets the following requirements: Software updates must be tested before they are approved for distribution to the production computers. Software updates must be tested on the test computers only. What should you recommend? A. For the test computers, implement a Group Policy object (GPO) that enables client-side targeting. B. Create a domain local group named Testers. Create a WSUS computer group named Testers. Add the test computers to the Testers domain local group. C. Create a local group on the WSUS server named Testers. Create a WSUS computer group named Testers. Add the test computers to the Testers local group. D. Place the test computers in a domain global group named Testers. Configure the WSUS content folder to allow only the Testers domain global group read permission. Answer: A

Question 16:

You have a server named VPN1 that runs Windows Server 2008 and has the Routing and Remote Access role service installed. Remote users are automatically assigned an IP address from the 10.0.0.0/20 network address space. You install a new application on a server named APP1. The APP1 server is located on a subnet that has the network address 10.0.248.0/24 as shown in the following exhibit. Remote users are unable to access the APP1 server. They are able to access resources on the main office network through a VPN connection. You need to ensure that remote users can access the APP1 server through a VPN connection. What should you do? A. Add an entry for the APP1 server in the hosts file on the computers for each remote user. B. Add a static route to the Dial-in tab in the user account properties for each remote user. C. Add an entry for the APP1 server in the Lmhosts file on the computers for each remote user. D. Create a new Active Directory group named APPUsers. Add each remote user to the APPUsers group. Create a Remote Access policy that grants dial-in permissions to the APPUsers group. Answer: B

Question 17:

Your company has a single Active Directory domain. The company network has a server that runs a Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008. The server is configured as a VPN server. Client computers access the VPN server by using PPTP. When users access the network by using the VPN server, they receive the following error message: “Error 678: There was not an answer.” You need to ensure that users are able to access the network. What should you do? A. Open port 37 on the firewall. B. Open port 47 on the firewall. C. Open port 117 on the firewall. D. Open port 995 on the firewall. Answer: B

Question 18:

You need to configure Forefront Security for Exchange Server (FSE) to prevent users from sending MP3 files, regardless of the file name. What should you do? A. Add mp3 to the File Names list, and then select the file type MP3 – MP3 audio File (MPEG Audio Stream, Layer III). Set the filter action to Identify: tag message. B. Add *.* to the File Names list, and then select the file type MP3 – MP3 audio File (MPEG Audio Stream, Layer III). Set the filter action to Delete: remove contents. C. Add *mp3* to the File Names list, and then select the file type MP3 – MP3 audio File (MPEG Audio Stream, Layer III). Set the filter action to Purge: eliminate message. D. Add *mpeg* to the File Names list, and then select the file type MP3 – MP3 audio File (MPEG Audio Stream, Layer III). Set the filter action to Delete: remove contents. Answer: B

Question 19:

Your network consists of a single Active Directory domain. You have 20 servers that run Windows Server 2008. The servers have the Terminal Services server role installed. You need to manage the performance of the terminal servers to meet the following requirements: Each user connection must be allocated an equal share of CPU resources and memory. Reports must be generated to track user activity based on CPU utilization. What should you do? A. Configure Reliability and Performance Manager. Create an Event Log task. B. Configure Reliability and Performance Manager. Configure Windows Remote Management (WinRM). C. Configure the Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) feature in managing mode. D. Configure the Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) feature in accounting mode. Answer: C

Question 20:

Your network consists of one Active Directory domain that contains two servers named Server1 and Server2 that run Windows Server 2008. All client computers run Windows XP. All users have portable computers. Server1 runs Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) and is configured as an enterprise root certification authority (CA). Server1 is only accessible from the local network. Server2 is configured as a Web server. Server2 is located in the perimeter network and is only accessible through HTTP. The network is configured as shown in the following diagram. You need to plan an e-mail security solution. The solution must allow users to be notified when they attempt to send a secure e-mail message to a user that has an expired certificate. What should you recommend configuring on Server2? A. certification revocation list (CRL) distribution point B. Online Responder service C. root CA D. subordinate CA Answer: A

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December Practice Quiz

Question 21:

You are configuring a SQL Server 2005 installation that will be used for banking transactions. Your application uses Service Broker to send transaction data from each teller’s workstation to a centralized SQL Server computer in the bank. You need to ensure that all securables are encrypted. What should you do? A. Use symmetric keys on securables. B. Use asymmetric keys on securables. C. Use the WITH ENCRYPTION option when creating securables. D. Use public key certificates on securables. Answer: D

Question 22:

You are the database administrator for your company. You want to optimize the performance of your database. You start by optimizing the indexes that are most frequently used. You execute the following SQL command.     SELECT database_id, object_id, index_id, user_seeks,         user_scans, user_lookups     FROM sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats     WHERE database_id = 6 and [object_id] > 1000     ORDER BY database_id; The results are shown in the exhibit below: You need to find out the name of the table with the indexes that is used most frequently for queries. Which SQL command should you use? A. SELECT object_id(309576141) B. SELECT object_name(309576141) C. SELECT object_name(869578136) D. SELECT object_id(869578136) Answer: B

Question 23:

You are a messaging professional. Your company uses a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 messaging system. Your company has two offices. Mailbox servers, Hub Transport servers, and Client Access Servers are deployed at one office. The other office has been designated as a disaster recovery site. Each office contains multiple Microsoft Active Directory global catalog servers. The back-up media is transported to the disaster recovery site after each backup. Your company has the following requirements for the recovery of Exchange services: Continuous replication must not be implemented. Recovery of Exchange services must include recovery of existing mailbox data. Recovery of Exchange services must be accomplished as quickly as possible without affecting the other requirements. You need to create a Mailbox server disaster recovery plan that meets the outlined requirements. What should you do? A. Configure the Mailbox server role, the Hub Transport server role, and the Client Access server role on a computer in the recovery site. Restore databases from the backup to this computer. Use a script to update mailbox configuration for user objects in Active Directory. B. Restore the failed Mailbox server by using a system state backup. Restore the databases from the backup to the Mailbox server. C. Install Exchange Server 2007 on a computer in the recovery site by using the recover server process. Restore the databases from the backup to the server. D. Install Exchange Server 2007 on a computer by using the recover server process. Implement a dial-tone database. Restore the mailbox databases to a recovery storage group. Use a script to merge the mailbox data into the dial-tone database. Answer: A

Question 24:

You are creating a SQL Server 2005 application that will be used to contact customers for a survey. The application must generate a list of no more than 1,000 customers selected randomly from within a specified postal code. You need to create the application so that it meets these requirements. Which Transact-SQL statement should you use? A. SELECT TOP 1000 * FROM Customer WHERE PostalCode = @PostalCode B. SELECT * FROM Customer TABLESAMPLE (1000 ROWS) WHERE PostalCode = @PostalCode C. SELECT TOP 1000 * FROM Customer TABLESAMPLE (1000 ROWS) WHERE PostalCode = @PostalCode D. SELECT TOP 100 PERCENT FROM Customer TABLESAMPLE (1000 ROWS) WHERE PostalCode = @PostalCode Answer: C

Question 25:

A user named Maria has a mailbox on an Exchange Server 2007 computer. Maria’s calendar permissions are set so that only members of the Marketing group can view her free/busy time, subject, and location information. You need to allow Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 users in the Marketing group to view availability information for Maria’s mailbox. You need to ensure that these users cannot modify Maria’s calendar information. What should you do? A. Set the default user permissions to Non-Editing Author on Maria’s calendar. B. Set the default user permissions to Read Free/Busy time on Maria’s calendar. C. Modify the Marketing group permissions to Read Full Details on Maria’s calendar. D. Modify the Marketing group permissions to match the permissions for the default group on Maria’s calendar. Answer: B

Question 26:

Some of your company’s legacy applications require access to e-mail through IMAP4. You need to configure your Exchange Server 2007 Client Access server to support IMAP4 clients by using SSL. What should you do before you start the IMAP service? A. Assign a valid SSL certificate to the /rpc directory of the default Web site by using IIS Manager. B. Assign a valid SSL certificate to the IMAP settings by running the Set-IMAPSettings cmdlet. C. Assign a valid SSL certificate to the IMAP settings by running the Enable-ExchangeCertificate cmdlet. D. Enable the IMAP service by running the Set-CASMailbox cmdlet with the ImapEnabled parameter. Answer: C

Question 27:

You deploy Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 Standard Edition. All users currently use Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. You need to ensure that users are able to access InfoPath forms that are stored within the root SharePoint site. You also need to ensure that users are able to fill in the forms by using a Web browser. What should you do? A. In each forms library, re-link all documents to their content type document template. B. Move all forms to a single forms library. Configure the forms library to receive e-mail. C. Enable the premium features of MOSS. D. Create a new site that uses the Report Center template. Move all forms to the new site. Answer: C

Question 28:

You need to generate a performance baseline report for your Exchange Server 2007 organization. How can you achieve this goal? A. Run the Test-ServiceHealth cmdlet with the appropriate parameters. B. Run the Get-LogonStatistics cmdlet with the appropriate parameters. C. Run the Baseline scan in the Exchange Best Practices Analyzer. D. Run the Health Check scan in the Exchange Best Practices Analyzer, and select the Performance Baseline check box. Answer: D

Question 29:

Your Web server farm contains multiple servers that are configured with the Excel Calculation Service. You need to configure load balancing to ensure that all requests are distributed evenly among the available Excel calculation servers. What should you do? A. Configure the Workbook URL load balancing scheme. B. Configure the Round Robin load balancing scheme. C. Configure the Local load balancing scheme. D. Disable the workbook cache for Excel Services. Answer: B

Question 30:

You are a messaging professional. Your company has deployed a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 messaging system. The company has two offices. Each office is configured as a Microsoft Active Directory site, and the sites are named Site 1 and Site 2. The offices are connected by a WAN connection. Both offices have a direct connection to the Internet. You deploy two Client Access servers named CAS1 and CAS2. CAS1 is deployed in Site 1, and CAS2 is deployed in Site 2. Users access the Client Access Servers by using IMAP4, Microsoft Office Outlook Anywhere, and Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA) client computers. The client computers are configured to use the Client Access Server on the site that hosts their user mailbox. The ISP for Site 2 is upgrading the network. During the upgrade, the ISP is anticipating lengthy disruptions in service over a period of 24 hours. The company requirements state that users must be able to access the Client Access Servers on the Internet during regular business hours. You need to ensure that users can access their mailboxes through a Client Access Server during the network upgrade. You also need to ensure minimum impact on end users. What should you do? A. Relocate CAS2 to the same location as CAS1 during nonbusiness hours. B. Modify the CAS2 host record in the Internet Domain Name System (DNS) zone file to use the same IP address as that of CAS1. C. Install and configure an additional Client Access Server on the site that currently hosts CAS1. Add the host record for the new Client Access Server to the Internet Domain Name System (DNS) zone files. D. Instruct the users to modify their messaging client computers to use CAS2 rather than CAS1 during the network upgrade. After the upgrade, instruct the users to reverse the setting. Answer: B

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