Deck 11: Managing and Monitoring a Windows Server 2008 Network

Question 1

____ is a built-in utility for capturing and viewing network traffic as it arrives or leaves a server.

A) DHCP
C) Data Collector Set
B) Network Monitor
D) Disk-to-disk backup

Answer 1

B

Question 2

____ are central repositories for gathering information for Reliability and Performance Monitor.

A) DNS records
C) Domains
B) Data Collector Sets
D) Referrals

Answer 2

B

Question 3

____ helps to determine whether traffic is reaching a destination and lets you view encrypted ESP packets to verify that Internet Protocol Security policies are being properly applied.

A) Frame summary
C) WINS
B) Network Monitor
D) The DNS namespace

Answer 3

B

Question 4

____ provides a command-line utility so that you can perform automated installations or removals of roles, role services, and features.

A) Servermanagercmd.exe
C) WSB
B) Windows update
D) Reliability Monitor

Question 5

The ____ console provides a suite of utilities for monitoring and capturing performance data for local and remote systems.

A) Reliability and Performance
C) Event
B) Disk Management
D) Performance Monitor

Question 6

____ data is collected from trace providers, which are components of the operating system or of individual applications that report actions or events.

A) DNS
C) Event trace
B) Host (A)
D) Zone transfer

Question 7

The ____ organizes data collection points into a single component that you can use to review or log performance in many ways

A) supplicant
C) Reliability Monitor
B) frame summary
D) Data Collector Set

Question 8

The ____ acts as a central repository for gathering information for Reliability and Performance Monitor.

A) frame summary
C) Reliability Monitor
B) WSB
D) Data Collector Set

Question 9

____ displays a process name if one exists for traffic so that you can easily track data back to its source.

A) Frame summary
C) Network Monitor
B) WINS
D) Performance Monitor

Question 10

The ____ can display real-time or historical data of local or remote computers.

A) Performance Monitor
C) Network Monitor
B) Reliability Monitor
D) Event Viewer

Question 11

____ centralizes the updating tasks for client and server computers and allows you to relocate them from the WAN onto the local network.

A) DHCP
C) Windows Server Backup
B) UDP
D) Windows Server Update Services

Question 12

The ____ allows you to generate reports, manage updates, and monitor the computer through the console.

A) frame summary
C) Data Collector Set
B) WSUS Administrative console
D) Reliability Monitor

Question 13

____ provides security recommendations from Microsoft and guidance for improving a computer's security posture.

A) UDP
C) Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
B) DFS
D) NTFS

Question 14

It is recommended that you enable disk quotas on network drives or local drives containing user data and system drives where Windows Server 2008 is installed.

Question 15

Often, block-level backups are referred to as a disk quota.

Question 16

Performance counters are measurements of system state or activity.

Question 17

New in Windows Server 2008, the ____ snap-in provides an overview of system stability by listing details about events that have affected reliability.

A) Network Monitor
C) Event Viewer
B) Reliability Monitor
D) Performance Monitor

Question 18

With the MBSA, you can analyze a local computer, remote computer, or groups of remote computers.

Question 19

Performance Monitor displays only the counters available for roles and services running on the target computer or those contained in a Data Collector Set being viewed.

Question 20

____ provides a central administrative console for downloading the list of the latest updates from the Microsoft Update servers, approving updates to be deployed to network clients, and viewing reports on the status of your network clients.

A) FQDN
C) WSUS
B) Active Directory-integrated DNS
D) Preferred DNS

Question 21

What benefits are derived by businesses from the deployment of WSUS?

Question 22

List four tools available in Windows Server 2008 that help to discover problems before they affect your users and your network.

Question 23

_________________________ allows you to review and manage events for local and remote computers.

Question 24

List four classifications used in Event Viewer.

Question 25

You have two options for running MBSA on remote computers: by domain name and by _________________________.

Question 26

The Diagnostics section of Server Manager provides tools for monitoring and troubleshooting Windows Server 2008, including the following tools: Event Viewer, Reliability and Performance, and Device Manager. Briefly discuss each of these tools.

Question 27

____ increases the amount of time necessary for performing your backup but does not affect the overall performance of your server or performance when restoring files.

A) Root hints
C) Secondary DNS zone
B) Full backup
D) Incremental backup

Question 28

List four sections of the Event Viewer console.

Question 29

____ backs up only the blocks that have changed since the last backup was performed.

A) DNS
C) secondary DNS zone
B) Full backup
D) Incremental backup

Question 30

____ provides backup and recovery of your files, folders, volumes, and application data on Windows Server 2008.

A) DNS
C) WINS
B) Service locator record
D) Windows Server Backup

Question 31

A(n) ____ is a process where a server can be restored to a clean machine (no installed data) in a single step.

A) bare-metal backup
C) forwarder
B) incremental backup
D) full backup

Question 32

List four tasks that you would use Windows Update to perform.

Question 33

What is the purpose of the Configuration section of the Server Manager console?

Question 34

_________________________ is a suite of tools and services provided by Microsoft for applying updates to systems.

Question 35

The Volume Shadow Copy service (VSS) is a feature of Windows Server 2008 that allows you to set up manual or automatic backup copies, known as ____, of files or folders on a specific volume at a specific point in time.

A) snapshots
C) zone transfers
B) stub zones
D) frame summary

Question 36

What are the limitations of Network Monitor?

Question 37

Another new feature of Windows Server 2008 is the ability to gather event information from remote computers. This is known as creating a(n) _________________________.

Question 38

_____________________________________________ is a command-line tool service in Windows that you use to configure a computer to accept WS-Management (Windows Remote Management) requests from other computers.

Question 39

____ allow you to track disk usage by users and enforce disk space limits on disk volumes.

A) SIDs
C) Root hints
B) Disk quotas
D) Stub zones

Question 40

List three improvements or changes that have been made in Windows Server 2008's version of Windows Server Backup (WSB).

Question 41

List four tasks that you are allowed to complete using the Disk Management console.