Subject: 70-018
Took the test for the second time today. Made a 785, barely I know. Made a 628 the first time. Thanks to the braindumps I passed this one.
time allotted :90 minutes
required score: 757
# of questions: 70
required correct: 53
Now unless you have the resources...read at LEAST 3 if not 4 or 5 machines OR a test lab at work....then don't try to learn SMS 1.2 from scratch. Go for something a little simpler, or at least wait for Transcender to catch up. I spent well over 100+ hours learning this software and still failed the 1st time around, I didn't know a thing about SMS. Add another 40 hours to that and I only got 10 more questions right than I did the last time. Give you an idea:
1/20/98 | 1/27/98 | |
1.Planning | 50 % | 92 % |
2.Installation and Configuration | 71 % | 71 % |
3.Configuring and Managing SMS Features | 60 % | 66 % |
4.Monitoring and Optimization | 83 % | 83 % |
5. Troubleshooting | 53 % | 80 % |
The test has detailed in-depth practical application/experience style questions. I used the self-paced study material and it does a good job in teaching you the ins and outs of SMS, but what it lacks is answers to questions like:
Q: How do you delete a custom MIF entry that has been added to a workstation record in the SMS database? (Simons brain-dump)
A: Select Delete Group Classes from SMS Database Manager.
As you read the SPSK you will learn that Delete Group Classes is used delete unused groups and specific group classes. The SPSK doesn't ever say anything about how you would delete a custom MIF from the database.
This took 2 hours of research and I only caught it with very bleary eyes!. My thanks goes out to Simon. I saw about 2/3 of his question today! What recall!!!!!!
Now I don't have much of a braindump for you. Don't have the recall but, I do have this to donate. The Site Exhibit that I saw about 5 times on each test. If you have taken the TCP/IP test then you will know this one, memorize this chart and right it down on the back of your card before you start the test. When it pops up just flip you card over and walla you have you exhibit(of course verfiy that the exhibit is the same the fisrt time you see the question)
New York Central Site | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | Boston | Secondary Site | | | London Primary Site | | ------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | | | Madrid Paris Secondary Site Primary Site
Q: You wish to Uninstall SMS from the London Site. You wish to keep both children that are attached to London. What must you do?
A: From London Uninstall Madrid. From Paris detach from London and attach to New York, from London detach from New York, Reinstall Madrid.
Q. If SMS is used primarily for software distribution, and the site server has long periods when the processor usage is too great, what service should be offloaded?
A: Scheduler. (Despooler would be on a distribution server)
I know that this was Simons question earlier, but I spent hours researching his unknowns and though that you might like them.
I had 1 Mac question on each test.
I had 1 NetWare question on the 1st test.
Study Planning and Troubleshooting hard!
Hint: When you create a job allways change the priorty to high. Give yourself a month to learn the material(not 3 weeks like I have done). Break things(in regueards to the SMS process) and troubleshoot the problem. By the nature of the software things happen slowly and it takes alot of time (and paitence) for Packages/Jobs to be processed.15 minutes normally to complete processing (on a P-100 with 48 MB of RAM and a 160MB swap file and she still complained...oh well with my pay rasie I'll get me a new machine!)
and once again Simons braindump!!! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!
Frederick