MCSE Microsoft MCSE: 70-290 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: You are configuring a backup strategy and want to minimize restore time. Which backup type should you use daily while still keeping backup windows short?
- Normal (Full) backup daily
- Differential backup daily with a weekly full (Correct answer)
- Incremental backup daily with a weekly full
- Copy backup daily
Correct answer: Differential backup daily with a weekly full
Differential backups accumulate all changes since the last full backup, requiring only two tapes to restore (full + latest differential), minimizing restore time.
Question 2: A server's system volume is corrupted and the server fails to boot. Which Windows Server 2003 recovery option should you try first?
- Reinstall Windows Server 2003
- Boot from the installation CD and use Recovery Console (Correct answer)
- Restore from tape backup
- Use Last Known Good Configuration from the boot menu
Correct answer: Boot from the installation CD and use Recovery Console
Recovery Console provides command-line access to repair boot sectors, replace corrupted files, and enable or disable services without reinstalling Windows.
Question 3: You need to move a user account from OU=Sales to OU=Marketing within the same domain. Which tool provides the simplest method?
- Drag and drop in Active Directory Users and Computers (Correct answer)
- Ldifde export and reimport
- Delete and recreate the account
- Use Dcpromo to rebuild the OU structure
Correct answer: Drag and drop in Active Directory Users and Computers
In Active Directory Users and Computers, you can simply drag a user object from one OU to another or right-click and select Move.
Question 4: Which performance counter in System Monitor is most useful for identifying a memory bottleneck on Windows Server 2003?
- Processor: % Processor Time
- Memory: Pages/sec (Correct answer)
- PhysicalDisk: Avg. Disk Queue Length
- Network Interface: Bytes Total/sec
Correct answer: Memory: Pages/sec
Memory: Pages/sec measures paging activity; consistently high values (above 20) indicate insufficient RAM and excessive paging to disk.
Question 5: You add a new disk to a Windows Server 2003 server, but it does not appear in Disk Management. What should you do first?
- Restart the server
- Run the Rescan Disks action in Disk Management (Correct answer)
- Format the disk from the command line
- Convert it to a dynamic disk
Correct answer: Run the Rescan Disks action in Disk Management
The Rescan Disks action in Disk Management forces Windows to detect newly attached disks without requiring a server reboot.
Question 6: A Group Policy Object is linked to the domain but a setting in it is not applying to computers in a specific OU. What could explain this?
- The OU has Block Policy Inheritance enabled (Correct answer)
- The GPO is not linked correctly
- The setting requires a software restart
- The GPO contains only user settings
Correct answer: The OU has Block Policy Inheritance enabled
Block Policy Inheritance on an OU prevents GPOs linked at higher levels (domain or site) from flowing down to that OU.
Question 7: You want to ensure that a critical application service restarts automatically if it crashes on Windows Server 2003. Where do you configure this?
- Task Scheduler
- Services MMC snap-in > service Recovery tab (Correct answer)
- System Properties > Advanced
- Group Policy > Computer Configuration
Correct answer: Services MMC snap-in > service Recovery tab
The Recovery tab in the Services console allows you to define actions (such as restart) for first, second, and subsequent failures of a service.
MCSE Microsoft MCSE: 70-290 4
You are configuring a backup strategy and want to minimize restore time.
Which backup type should you use daily while still keeping backup windows short?