test question

You are the network administrator for contoso.com. The network consists of a
single Active Directory domain named contoso.com. The company's main office
is in Tokyo, and it has a branch office in Osaka. Each office is configured
as an Active Directory site. The two offices are connected by a 128-Kbps
connection. All domain controllers run Windows Server 2003. All client
computers run Windows XP Professional. All network administrators are
located in Tokyo. Universal group membership caching is enabled.
The server roles and IP addresses for each site are below:

Site Server role IP address
Tokyo DNS, global catalog, WINS, DHCP 10.10.10.200
Osaka DNS, domain controller, DHCP 10.10.20.200

The network connection between Tokyo and Osaka intermittently fails. Only
the client computers in Tokyo have NetBIOS enabled. All client computers are
configured to use DHCP.

The significant DHCP scope options for Tokyo are below:

Scope option Setting
WINS/NBNS Servers 10.10.20.200
DNS Servers 10.10.10.200, 10.10.20.200
Router 10.10.20.1

You create a user account for a new employee in Osaka. The user report that
she cannot log on to the domain. You confirm that you can log on by using
your account and then by using the user's account. You also confirm that all
other users in Osaka can log on. You need to ensure that the user can
authenticate to the domain.

What should you do?

A. Configure the user's user account to store passwords by using reversible
encryption.
B. Configure the user's computer account to be trusted for delegation.
C. Force Active Directory replication to occur between Tokyo and Osaka.
D. Change the Router setting in the DHCP scope options to 10.10.10.1.

The
Sun Jun 05 03:35:19 CDT 2005

"gary" <g_medley@-spam-ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> A. Configure the user's user account to store passwords by using
> reversible
> encryption.
> B. Configure the user's computer account to be trusted for delegation.
> C. Force Active Directory replication to occur between Tokyo and Osaka.
> D. Change the Router setting in the DHCP scope options to 10.10.10.1.

E. Eliminate the excess Microsoft and network infrastructure by porting the
required business applications to web based interfaces running on SSL, along
with internal database authentication. The development and redeployment
costs will be offset by the long term reduction in licensing fees, staff,
and maintenance costs of the problematic, unnecessarily complex, and
superflouos network infrastructure. Additionally, the application will have
a more user-friendly interface, and allow the inclusion of more extensive
help information, which will reduce the costs of data correction as well as
those of user education and per machine upgrades. Implementing these changes
will reduce the total cost of ownership of the applications and will
positively impact the bottom line in all consequtive earnings filings.
Further, to offset any tax liability that will occur as a result of the
savings and earnings potential, donate a percentage to charitable causes
(makes the world a better place) and schedule superflouos write-off morale
building field trips to spas for staff (retains employees who would defect
if the workplace was full of penny pinching morons that waste money on
infrastructure and gripe about supplying free coffee to the people that work
there). Win-Win-Win.

Microcephalic S. Bob
http://www.roblindman.com/ - think outside the box

gary
Sun Jun 05 03:41:46 CDT 2005

i knew that

"<!-- The F-Word --> <? echo "General Microcephalic S. Bob"; ?> <!--
Antisocial Interfaces -->" <{ http://www.planetoftheheads.com/ - head first
into the future }> wrote in message
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> "gary" <g_medley@-spam-ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:yvyoe.4318$BQ3.981@newsfe3-win.ntli.net...
> > A. Configure the user's user account to store passwords by using
> > reversible
> > encryption.
> > B. Configure the user's computer account to be trusted for delegation.
> > C. Force Active Directory replication to occur between Tokyo and Osaka.
> > D. Change the Router setting in the DHCP scope options to 10.10.10.1.
>
> E. Eliminate the excess Microsoft and network infrastructure by porting
the
> required business applications to web based interfaces running on SSL,
along
> with internal database authentication. The development and redeployment
> costs will be offset by the long term reduction in licensing fees, staff,
> and maintenance costs of the problematic, unnecessarily complex, and
> superflouos network infrastructure. Additionally, the application will
have
> a more user-friendly interface, and allow the inclusion of more extensive
> help information, which will reduce the costs of data correction as well
as
> those of user education and per machine upgrades. Implementing these
changes
> will reduce the total cost of ownership of the applications and will
> positively impact the bottom line in all consequtive earnings filings.
> Further, to offset any tax liability that will occur as a result of the
> savings and earnings potential, donate a percentage to charitable causes
> (makes the world a better place) and schedule superflouos write-off morale
> building field trips to spas for staff (retains employees who would defect
> if the workplace was full of penny pinching morons that waste money on
> infrastructure and gripe about supplying free coffee to the people that
work
> there). Win-Win-Win.
>
> Microcephalic S. Bob
> http://www.roblindman.com/ - think outside the box
>
>
>
>

The
Sun Jun 05 05:11:29 CDT 2005

Further supports my theory about these tests and the people who believe they
are a measure of capability. The right answers are never on the test. This
question is about curing a symptom and leaving a disease untreated. Clearly,
the company is hemmoraging cash by paying for an unreliable networking
service, and paying staff to manage systems on a per user basis when they
could effect enormous costs savings by following the prescribed solution.

Microcephalic S. Bob

"gary" <gary@-spam-ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>i knew that
>
> "<!-- The F-Word --> <? echo "General Microcephalic S. Bob"; ?> <!--
> Antisocial Interfaces -->" <{ http://www.planetoftheheads.com/ - head
> first
> into the future }> wrote in message
> news:eJ736laaFHA.612@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> "gary" <g_medley@-spam-ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>> news:yvyoe.4318$BQ3.981@newsfe3-win.ntli.net...
>> > A. Configure the user's user account to store passwords by using
>> > reversible
>> > encryption.
>> > B. Configure the user's computer account to be trusted for delegation.
>> > C. Force Active Directory replication to occur between Tokyo and Osaka.
>> > D. Change the Router setting in the DHCP scope options to 10.10.10.1.
>>
>> E. Eliminate the excess Microsoft and network infrastructure by porting
> the
>> required business applications to web based interfaces running on SSL,
> along
>> with internal database authentication. The development and redeployment
>> costs will be offset by the long term reduction in licensing fees, staff,
>> and maintenance costs of the problematic, unnecessarily complex, and
>> superflouos network infrastructure. Additionally, the application will
> have
>> a more user-friendly interface, and allow the inclusion of more extensive
>> help information, which will reduce the costs of data correction as well
> as
>> those of user education and per machine upgrades. Implementing these
> changes
>> will reduce the total cost of ownership of the applications and will
>> positively impact the bottom line in all consequtive earnings filings.
>> Further, to offset any tax liability that will occur as a result of the
>> savings and earnings potential, donate a percentage to charitable causes
>> (makes the world a better place) and schedule superflouos write-off
>> morale
>> building field trips to spas for staff (retains employees who would
>> defect
>> if the workplace was full of penny pinching morons that waste money on
>> infrastructure and gripe about supplying free coffee to the people that
> work
>> there). Win-Win-Win.
>>
>> Microcephalic S. Bob
>> http://www.roblindman.com/ - think outside the box
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>

Ben
Sun Jun 05 18:38:48 CDT 2005

In article <yvyoe.4318$BQ3.981@newsfe3-win.ntli.net>, g_medley@-spam-
ntlworld.com says...


Let's take a look at the answers below....

> You are the network administrator for contoso.com. The network consists of a
> single Active Directory domain named contoso.com. The company's main office
> is in Tokyo, and it has a branch office in Osaka. Each office is configured
> as an Active Directory site. The two offices are connected by a 128-Kbps
> connection. All domain controllers run Windows Server 2003. All client
> computers run Windows XP Professional. All network administrators are
> located in Tokyo. Universal group membership caching is enabled.
> The server roles and IP addresses for each site are below:
>
> Site Server role IP address
> Tokyo DNS, global catalog, WINS, DHCP 10.10.10.200
> Osaka DNS, domain controller, DHCP 10.10.20.200
>
> The network connection between Tokyo and Osaka intermittently fails. Only
> the client computers in Tokyo have NetBIOS enabled. All client computers are
> configured to use DHCP.
>
> The significant DHCP scope options for Tokyo are below:
>
> Scope option Setting
> WINS/NBNS Servers 10.10.20.200
> DNS Servers 10.10.10.200, 10.10.20.200
> Router 10.10.20.1
>
> You create a user account for a new employee in Osaka. The user report that
> she cannot log on to the domain. You confirm that you can log on by using
> your account and then by using the user's account. You also confirm that all
> other users in Osaka can log on. You need to ensure that the user can
> authenticate to the domain.
>
> What should you do?
>
> A. Configure the user's user account to store passwords by using reversible
> encryption.
> B. Configure the user's computer account to be trusted for delegation.

Of course A and B are designed to fool the people who have no clue what
they are talking about. That have nothing to do with the scenario at
all.

> C. Force Active Directory replication to occur between Tokyo and Osaka.

This one sounds good to me. (But one would think with the amount of
troubleshooting going on, replication would have happened by now.

> D. Change the Router setting in the DHCP scope options to 10.10.10.1.
>

All of the network stuff in this question is irrelevant. (Note, it
clearly says that "all other users in Osaka can log in")

This, in the end is a really bad question, because there is only one
really probable answer.

T-Bone
Mon Jun 06 08:07:34 CDT 2005

"gary" <g_medley@-spam-ntlworld.com> wrote
> What should you do?

First thing you should do is post the source of the materials and the
answer. Maybe their explanation would help us understand why you are
confused.
--
T-Bone
MCNGP XL

gary
Mon Jun 06 12:47:10 CDT 2005


all other users in osaka can login because universal group caching is
enabled so only on the first login does a global catalog need to be
contacted by an authorising DC.

the answer is c - because it mentions 'you successfully log in with the new
user account' then the account on the tokyo dc is updated with universal
group information, therefore if you synch the DC's in the two sites, the
user can login, whether the global catalog can be contacted or not.

my only small issue of this question is the inclusion of the wrong default
gateway for the DHCP scope so you must assume that (as stated), only client
pc's have DHCP ip address allocation and the servers are static. i think
with these questions with so much effort gone into the study, so much money
spent on materials and the exam itself, no assumptions at all should be
made.

i have worked on a network where servers were assigned ip's etc. via dhcp
and we changed the reservation each time a nic was replaced (not often).

thanks for your responses, T-Bone & ben smith

thanks for nothing, F word


"T-Bone" <reply2me@thenewsgroup> wrote in message
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> "gary" <g_medley@-spam-ntlworld.com> wrote
> > What should you do?
>
> First thing you should do is post the source of the materials and the
> answer. Maybe their explanation would help us understand why you are
> confused.
> --
> T-Bone
> MCNGP XL
>
>

fygar
Mon Jun 06 13:12:37 CDT 2005

On Sun, 5 Jun 2005 16:38:48 -0700, Ben Smith
<benjaminwsmith@hotmail.com> wrote:

>In article <yvyoe.4318$BQ3.981@newsfe3-win.ntli.net>, g_medley@-spam-
>ntlworld.com says...
>
>
>Let's take a look at the answers below....
>
>
>> C. Force Active Directory replication to occur between Tokyo and Osaka.
>
>This one sounds good to me. (But one would think with the amount of
>troubleshooting going on, replication would have happened by now.
>

128K circuit. Slow link detection kicked in.

...butch()

Ben
Mon Jun 06 13:44:23 CDT 2005

In article <y_%oe.5707$8m5.3340@newsfe5-gui.ntli.net>, gary@-spam-
ntlworld.com says...
>
> all other users in osaka can login because universal group caching is
> enabled so only on the first login does a global catalog need to be
> contacted by an authorising DC.
>
> the answer is c - because it mentions 'you successfully log in with the new
> user account' then the account on the tokyo dc is updated with universal
> group information, therefore if you synch the DC's in the two sites, the
> user can login, whether the global catalog can be contacted or not.

This is a bogus answer. The account has not been replicated. UG group
caching has nothing to do with the issue here. When you build contrived
scenarios for questions, this is what the corner that you get yourself
painted into.

If the other clients can log on without any trouble, then the DHCP thing
is completely wrong.



> my only small issue of this question is the inclusion of the wrong default
> gateway for the DHCP scope so you must assume that (as stated), only client
> pc's have DHCP ip address allocation and the servers are static. i think
> with these questions with so much effort gone into the study, so much money
> spent on materials and the exam itself, no assumptions at all should be
> made.
>
> i have worked on a network where servers were assigned ip's etc. via dhcp
> and we changed the reservation each time a nic was replaced (not often).
>
> thanks for your responses, T-Bone & ben smith
>
> thanks for nothing, F word
>
>
> "T-Bone" <reply2me@thenewsgroup> wrote in message
> news:eculxipaFHA.2128@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > "gary" <g_medley@-spam-ntlworld.com> wrote
> > > What should you do?
> >
> > First thing you should do is post the source of the materials and the
> > answer. Maybe their explanation would help us understand why you are
> > confused.
> > --
> > T-Bone
> > MCNGP XL
> >
> >
>
>
>

The
Mon Jun 06 14:20:31 CDT 2005


"gary" <gary@-spam-ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> thanks for nothing, F word

Congratulations, Mediocrity Boy. Not only did you assign blame for your
initial failure on the test to the wrong company, but now you've failed to
solve the companies long term problem, and the company will go out of
business because it hired YOU.

Microcephalic S. Bob

Kline
Tue Jun 07 03:00:04 CDT 2005

>> thanks for nothing, F word
>
>Congratulations, Mediocrity Boy. Not only did you assign blame for your
>initial failure on the test to the wrong company, but now you've failed to
>solve the companies long term problem, and the company will go out of
>business because it hired YOU.

do I hear a lawsuit for gross professional misconduct as a result....

Kline Sphere (Chalk) MCNGP #3

The
Tue Jun 07 13:44:47 CDT 2005


"Kline Sphere" <.@> wrote in message
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>>> thanks for nothing, F word
>>
>>Congratulations, Mediocrity Boy. Not only did you assign blame for your
>>initial failure on the test to the wrong company, but now you've failed to
>>solve the companies long term problem, and the company will go out of
>>business because it hired YOU.
>
> do I hear a lawsuit for gross professional misconduct as a result....
>
> Kline Sphere (Chalk) MCNGP #3

Yes, we'll raise the bar to new heights of lowered standards!

Microcephalic S. Bob

T-Bone
Tue Jun 07 15:09:39 CDT 2005

"gary" <gary@-spam-ntlworld.com> wrote
> thanks for nothing, F word

Don't worry about him. He's just bitter because he's got a small one.
--
T-Bone
MCNGP XL

The
Fri Jun 10 23:59:28 CDT 2005


"T-Bone" <reply2me@thenewsgroup> wrote in message
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> "gary" <gary@-spam-ntlworld.com> wrote
>> thanks for nothing, F word
>
> Don't worry about him. He's just bitter because he's got a small one.
> --
> T-Bone
> MCNGP XL

The small one doesn't bother me, it's the other 5 large ones that I have a
problem with.

Microcephalic S. Bob
http://www.roblindman.com/ - Damned extra ones!