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101.

You are the administrator of contoso.local domain. You organize the domain into organizational units as shown in the EXHIBIT. You configure the local security options and other settings for the default domain policy object You delegate administration of Michigan and Florida OU. You want to prevent those administrators from creating any other group policy objects with settings that conflict with those you configured.What should you do?

A. From the group policy options from the contoso.local domains set the option not override
B. From the group policy options from the Michigan and Florida OU, set the option not override
C. Block the group policy inheritance for the contoso.local domain
D. Block the group policy inheritance for Michigan and Florida OU
E. None of above
Answer» B. From the group policy options from the Michigan and Florida OU, set the option not override
102.

You are the administrator of a Windows 2000 Server computer. The server contains one network adapter and is a file and print server for critical company resources. You install a second network adpater in the server and connect it to the same network subnet as the first adapter. You want to ensure that the first adapter is used for all network traffic and the second adapter is used only if the first adapter fails or is disconnected from the network. You also want to ensure that the server always has network connectivity even if one network adapter fails. What should you do?

A. Set the second adapters status to disable
B. Configure the first adapter to use a TCP/IP metric of 100
C. Configure the second adapter to use a TCP/IP metric of 25
D. Configure the binding order on the second adapter to bind TCP/IP last
E. None of above
Answer» D. Configure the binding order on the second adapter to bind TCP/IP last
103.

Which command is used to display the top of the file?

A. cat
B. head
C. more
D. grep
E. None of the above
Answer» C. more
104.

Which command is used to copy all files having the string chap and any two characters after that to the progs directory?

A. cp chap?? progs
B. cp chap* progs
C. cp chap[12] /progs/*.*
D. cp chap?? /progs/*
E. None of the above
Answer» B. cp chap* progs
105.

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol [DHCP]

A. is the same as bootp
B. uses static allocation of IP addresses
C. helps prevent conflicts between assigned IP addresses
D. assigns IP addresses, which when allocated, cannot be reused
E. None of the above
Answer» D. assigns IP addresses, which when allocated, cannot be reused
106.

Bridges are ideally used in environments where there a number of well defined workgroups

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
107.

Which of the following statements about a local group account created by User Manager for Domains is true?

A. The account can be added to global groups
B. The account cannot be used in trusting domains
C. The account is added to the Domain Users group automatically
D. The account must be added to a local group to use domain resources
E. None of the above
Answer» C. The account is added to the Domain Users group automatically
108.

Peter uses a Microsoft Windows 95 computer. What should he do to be able to administer domain user accounts from his computer?

A. install User Manager for Domains on his computer
B. install the Client-based Network Administration Tools on his computer
C. install Windows NT Server on his computer
D. install Windows NT Workstation on his computer
E. None of the above
Answer» C. install Windows NT Server on his computer
109.

You are setting up a network in a school. You need to network 5 computers for the file and printer sharing. You want to use some donated cable and Ethernet adapters. You identify the donated adapters as ARCnet coaxial network adapters and 10Base2 Ethernet network adapters. You install an Ethernet adapter in each of the 5 computers and connect the donated cable. The computers are NOT able to maintain reliable communication. You suspect that you are NOT using the correct type of coaxial cable. Which type of coaxial cable should you be using?

A. RG-58 AU
B. RG-59 AU
C. RJ-11
D. RJ-45
E. None of the above
Answer» B. RG-59 AU
110.

A company has a department that consists of 15 engineers. The engineers have data that needs to be accessible only to their own team. The department continually has engineers arriving and departing, and it is difficult to identify a single administrator for the department Which model would be the best for this situation?

A. A master domain mode, with each engineer trusting the master domain and the data stored on the server
B. A single domain mode, with all data kept on the controller for the domain
C. A complete trust mode, with each engineer's computer trusting the other engineer's computers
D. A workgroup mode, with each engineer administering his or her own computer
Answer» E.
111.

From your client computer, you are able to access several servers on your 10Base2 Ethernet network. However, you are NOT able to access a server names RED. Other client computers are able to access RED. What is the most likely cause of the problem?

A. There is an incorrect IRQ setting on the network adapter in your client computer
B. There is a break in the cable
C. There is a protocol mismatch between your client computer and RED.
D. An excessive number of collisions are occurring on the media
E. None of the above
Answer» D. An excessive number of collisions are occurring on the media
112.

Windows Naming Service (WINS)

A. dynamically allocates IP addresses to client computers
B. runs on Windows NT W/S
C. resolves computer names to IP addresses
D. Increases broadcast traffic
E. None of the above
Answer» D. Increases broadcast traffic
113.

The rating in bits per second for UTP Cat 5 wiring is

A. 100 Mbps
B. 10Mbps
C. 4Mbps
D. 2Mbps
E. None of the above
Answer» B. 10Mbps
114.

Most routers can also act as bridges

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
115.

The MODE command of MS-DOS is used to

A. display information about several types of devices installed in your computer
B. provide various types of control over your printers
C. make changes of the current display
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer» E. None of the above
116.

In building cabling, horizontal wiring from the telecommunications closet (TC) to the wall outlet has a distance limitation of

A. 3 meters
B. 6 meters
C. 90 meters
D. 300 meters
E. None of the above
Answer» D. 300 meters
117.

Assume, you are the administrator of the TUNA domain. You need to allow Lisa from the BASS domain to administrate the TUNA domain while you are on vacation. A one-way trust relationship has been set up so that TUNA trusts BASS. Which group assignments would accomplish your needs?

A. Create a global group in the TUNA domain called Tuna-Admins that contains the BASSWLisa user account. Add the Tuna-Admins group to the local Administrators group in TUNA
B. Create a local group in TUNA called Tuna-Admins that contains the BASSWLisa user account. Add the Tuna-Admins group to the global Domain Admins group in TUNA
C. Create a global group in BASS called Gbl-Admins that contains the Lisa user account. Add the BASS Gbl-Admins group to the local Administrators group in TUNA
D. Create a local group in BASS called Loc-Admins that contains the Lisa user account. Create a global group in TUNA called Tuna-Admins that contains the BASSWLoc-Admins group. Add the Tuna-Admins group to the local Administrators group in TUNA
E. None of the above
Answer» D. Create a local group in BASS called Loc-Admins that contains the Lisa user account. Create a global group in TUNA called Tuna-Admins that contains the BASSWLoc-Admins group. Add the Tuna-Admins group to the local Administrators group in TUNA
118.

What DOS program can you run to see which serial ports are detected?

A. comdiag
B. MSD
C. command.com
D. SDET
E. serial.chk
Answer» C. command.com
119.

Which command is used to delete the directory that is empty?

A. DEL *.*
B. RD
C. ERASE
D. MD
E. None of the above
Answer» C. ERASE
120.

Which command will be used to display file and directory names only, without size, date, and time information?

A. DIR/W
B. DIR A:
C. DIR/B
D. DIR/S
E. None of the above
Answer» D. DIR/S
121.

After upgrading your computer to a new DOS version, an older application displays the error message "Incorrect DOS version". What should you do to run this application?

A. Use the DOS+ command
B. Use the SETVER command
C. Restore the old DOS version
D. Contact the application's vendor support line
E. None of the above
Answer» C. Restore the old DOS version
122.

What is a TSR?

A. test status request
B. terminate and stay resident program
C. take status request
D. token set ready
E. token steady route
Answer» C. take status request
123.

Which DOS command is used to detect, diagnose and repair logical and physical disk errors on both, uncompressed and Double space compressed drive?

A. DEFRAG
B. DBLSPACE
C. SCANDISK
D. MSAV
E. None of the above
Answer» D. MSAV
124.

While working with MS-DOS, which command is used to move file from one directory to another?

A. RENAME
B. COPY
C. MOVE
D. CP
E. None of the above
Answer» D. CP
125.

Which of the following is loaded for CD-ROM support?

A. VLM.EXE
B. CDDEX.EXE
C. DOSKEY.EXE
D. MSCDEX.EXE
Answer» E.
126.

While working with MS-DOS, which command is used to undelete a bunch of files with extension DOC that you have just deleted?

A. UNDELETE
B. UNDELETE *.DOC
C. UNDELETE/ALL
D. UNDELETE/LIST
E. None of the above
Answer» C. UNDELETE/ALL
127.

In DOS, which of the following keys will bypass the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files?

A. F8
B. F5
C. F4
D. Fl
E. None of the above
Answer» C. F4
128.

You want to view the contents of autoexec.bat on the screen using the "type" command, but it scrolls by too quickly, what switch do you use to make it pause?

A. type c: autoexec.bat /p
B. type c: autoexec.bat/more
C. type c: autoexec.bat|pause
D. type c: autoexec.bat|more.
E. None of the above
Answer» E. None of the above
129.

What file contains commands that configure systems devices?

A. Command.com
B. Config.sys
C. Autoexec.bat
D. Win.ini
E. None of the above
Answer» C. Autoexec.bat
130.

The command used to compare the files is known as

A. comp
B. cmp
C. do
D. ccp
E. None of the above
Answer» C. do
131.

Which command is used to terminate a process?

A. shutdown
B. haltsys
C. cancel
D. kill
E. None of the above
Answer» E. None of the above
132.

Which option will be used with sort command to start sorting ofter the nth column of the (m+l)th field?

A. -m.n
B. +m.n
C. + n.m+1
D. +(m+l).n
E. None of the above
Answer» C. + n.m+1
133.

Which command is used to display and create files?

A. cat
B. vi
C. ed
D. lyrix
E. None of the above
Answer» B. vi
134.

What does MSCDEX.EXE do?

A. Configures hard drives
B. it's a SCSI driver
C. BIOS setup
D. it's a CD-ROM DOS driver
E. None of the above
Answer» E. None of the above
135.

A _____ boot is when DOS is restarted without turning off the computer.

A. warm
B. reboot
C. shutdown
D. system up
E. None of the above
Answer» B. reboot
136.

While using the DIR command, you can use certain switches with it. Which one of the following cannot be used with DIR?

A. /P
B. /W
C. /S
D. /T
E. None of the above
Answer» E. None of the above
137.

Batch files contain a group of MS-DOS commands that are run in successive order. What filename extension identifies batch files?

A. COM
B. BAT
C. EXE
D. SYS
E. None of the above
Answer» C. EXE
138.

Which of the following commands is used to identify the type of file by context?

A. ls
B. cat
C. file
D. more
E. None of the above
Answer» D. more
139.

The field separator in cut command is specified with

A. -a option
B. -d option
C. -r option
D. -x option
E. None of the above
Answer» C. -r option
140.

Which command will be used with vi editor to insert text to left of cursor?

A. s
B. S
C. a
D. i
E. None of the above
Answer» E. None of the above
141.

Suppose you had an incurable computer virus and decided to wipe out all the data and partitions on your hard drive and reformat. What is the order in which you must delete the partitions?

A. Extended, Logical, Primary
B. Primary, Extended, Logical
C. Logical, Extended, Primary
D. Logical, Primary, Extended
E. None of the above
Answer» D. Logical, Primary, Extended
142.

In vi editor, forward search is performed using the command.

A. :pat
B. ?pat
C. /pat
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer» D. All of the above
143.

Which command is used to concatenate all files beginning with the string 'emp' and followed by a non-numeric characters?

A. cat emp[!0-9]
B. more [emp][!0-9]
C. cat emp[x-z]
D. cat emp[a-z]
E. None of the above
Answer» B. more [emp][!0-9]
144.

Which of the following special shell variables is used to process number of the last background job?

A. $!
B. $#
C. $0
D. $*
E. None of the above
Answer» B. $#
145.

Which option will be used with ps command to show the entire command line of the process being run?

A. -4
B. -f
C. -1
D. -2
E. None of the above
Answer» C. -1
146.

Which column contains all details of the permissions of a file when you issue the ls -l command?

A. second
B. fourth
C. third
D. first
E. None of the above
Answer» E. None of the above
147.

Which option is used with rm command to make the command prompt the user with each filename and a ?, before acting on it

A. -r
B. -x
C. -i
D. -1
E. None of the above
Answer» D. -1
148.

The cp command uses:

A. standard input file
B. standard output file
C. both input and output file
D. neither standard input nor standard output file
E. None of the above
Answer» E. None of the above
149.

The second set of the three permissions (r-) indicates that

A. group has read permission only
B. other has read permission only
C. owner has read permission only
D. group has write permission only
E. None of the above
Answer» B. other has read permission only
150.

Which of the following commands is used to display your working directory?

A. dir
B. prompt $p$g
C. pwd
D. path
E. None of the above
Answer» D. path