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I'm on Cloud Nine right now as I have just come back from clearing the Windows NT Workstation 4.0 exam today, August 1st, 1998, with a  score of 901 !   :-)  

 

I guess this means that I got 46 out of 51 correct. I finished it in 25 minutes!

 

My sectional scores are as follows:

 

1. Planning                                      66%   

2. Installation and Configuration         92%

3. Managing Resources                    90%

4. Connectivity                                 77% 

5. Running Applications                   100% 

6. Monitoring and Optimization         100% 

7. Troubleshooting                           100% 

  

 

I would like to thank all those who posted their previous braindumps ( Believe me, they were a great help).  I used the MOC's and the Braindumps to study.  Before I contribute my braindump,  I would like to give all those who are yet to do the exam a few pointers:

 

1.  It is not enough to just memorize the braindumps  -  You must necessarily know the material, and if possible, have access to a system with NT Workstation/ Server 4.0  and go through it completely  ( especially concentrate on Server Manager for NT Server 4.0, Performance Monitor, Event Viewer and User Manager in Administrative Tools)

 

2.  NTFS Vs shared folder permissions  -  the most restrictive permission is the effective permission  -  try all you can to create users, groups and assign both types of permissions so that YOU KNOW the difference.

 

3. Remember that NT Workstation does not support Fault Tolerance.  Know about volume sets and stripe sets thoroughly.

 

The following are some points that I found useful and important enough to remember:

 

1.  For NT Workstation, you can have a maximum of 10 users for a shared resource (unlimited for NT Server)

2. Remember that System policies, logon scripts and commonly used files need to be replicated to ALL Domain Controllers

3. NT WorkStation has Power Users, to create and modify accounts, as well as to share resources.

4. Remember that only an Administrator or a Power user can share resources.

5. An audit policy is set on a computer-by-computer basis, but can be viewed from remote systems on the network by any user with administrative privileges.

6. To monitor TCP/IP from performance monitor on a remote system or on the local system, SNMP service needs to be installed on THE MACHINE THAT NEEDS TO BE MONITORED.

7. Only if the Server Service is running, other systems can access shared resources on your machine.

8. NT Workstation cannot be a DHCP or a WINS server.

9. As far as replication is concerned, NT Workstation cannot be an export computer. It can only be an import computer.

10. Remember that Intel systems are CISC systems, and that anything that is not Intel is RISC ( i.e. DEC Alpha, MIPS and PowerPC's)

11. Volume sets can be extended.  Stripe sets cannot be extended.

12.  Keep chanting to yourself:  Volume sets do not improve performance. Stripe sets improve performance.

13. Volume sets and Stripe Sets can be formatted either on FAT or NTFS, but cannot be accessed from Windows 95 or MS DOS.

14. Remember this especially for the NT Server Exam:

        In Control Panel, Services applet:

        Server Services:

        Optimization:

       

        a. Minimize memory used   -  if there are less than 10 clients for your server

        b. Balance         -  if there are 10 to 64 clients

        c. Maximize throughput for file sharing:  If there are 65 or more clients and if your server is a file and Print Server

        d. Maximize throughput for Network Applications  - if your server is an application server (e.g. SQL Server installed) or a Network Server

 

15. Give a lot of importance to prioritizing applications

16. There is an excellent web site on the Net to explain about unattended installation of Windows NT Workstation which I have downloaded. The web site is :

www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/

It is a Deployment guide to automating Windows NT Setup

 

17. Know the use of each Control Panel Applet thoroughly  ( especially troubleshooting of Display type/refresh rate etc which is found in the Display Applet. -  you can get upto 3 questions on this)

18. Know your RAS thoroughly

19. Connectivity to NetWare,  when NWLink is the only protocol required, when CSNW is required, with CSNW installed, what resources can be accessed on NetWare etc.

20. Know all about conversion possibilities from FAT to NTFS, HPFS to NTFS and when such conversions are needed.

21. Know about Virtual memory.

22. Know that for the most optimal performance of your system, place your paging file on all disks other than the one containing the system/boot partition ( especially as long as it is not on system partition)

23. Know what is required to be configured in TCP/IP for a routed as well as non-routed network

24. The Windows NT Boot Process is another very important topic. Know files needed for boot sequence (especially on an Intel machine), files stored on Windows NT Boot disk, that the boot disk must be formatted from Windows NT(very important), and troubleshooting the boot process.

25. Know under what situations to use ERD, Setup Disks, Boot Disks as well as Last Known Good Configuration(LKGC).( if the change to a driver etc was recent, it is probably wise to use LKGC)

26. Options available in CSNW (like Print Form Feed, print banner page and notify)

 

 

Here is my braindump:

 

1. What service/protocol must you install to view statistics on packet transfers on Ethernet Network? 

 

a. Streams environment  - (I don't know what this is)

b. SAP

c. Network Monitor Agent

 

The Answer is c.

 

2. When Susan tests her display, the screen goes blank. When she restarts, the Display properties dialog is opened. What’s wrong?

a. Display type

b.Refresh rate

c.Color palette

I chose a but am not still sure about this one  -  it could be b 

3. When to load a TSR (Terminate and Stay resident) for MS-DOS based applications?

(a) Before loading NT

(b) In Autoexec.nt

(c) In separate NTVDM

(d) ..........

Answer: I chose b).......you'll have to check this out for yourself

4. Which of the following is used to search for the value of a key in the registry? 

 

a.  regedit.exe

b.  regedt32.exe

c.  Poledit.exe

d. System policy editor

 

Answer: a

 

 

5. For those who haven't seen it yet: The infamous Dr. Watson question

Under this question you see two Windows next to each other: Left Dr.Watson, Right System Properties from Startup/Shutdown tab. Point the correct box.

Answer: The Create Crash Dump in Dr.Watson windows (and not the Write Debug info to.... In the System Properties window) The last one is for memory dumps for the system, the first one for crash dumps for  applications. You will just have to put a crosshair  in the correct checkbox( it is the last checkbox in the Dr. Watson Screen)

6. You want to automate the installation of Windows NT workstation and a suite of 32-bit applications on 200 identical machines. What 3 files do you need to do this?

a) Windiff.exe

b) Answer file(unattend.txt)

c) UDF

d) Sysdiff.exe

e) Poledit.exe

 

Answer:  b,c,d

 

7.  Your computer had NT 3.51 installed. The computer is a member server in a domain. You want to install NT 4.0 Workstation and configure the machine to dual-boot. How do you do this?

a) Install NT 4 in the same directory as NT 3.51

b) Install NT 4 in its own directory

c) Install NTWS by using typical set up

d) Install and then add system folder's ARC path name to boot.ini

Answer: b

8.You want to install a Tape Device on your computer. Where must you install the device drivers for it?

a) Ctrl Panel, Network, Adapters

b) Add/Remove Devices

c) Ctrl Panel, Tape Devices

Answer:  c

9. This next scenario question was given 3 times in a row. The situation and results were the same each time but there was a different proposed solution. This was the trickiest part of the test.

Situation:

You need to install Windows NT Workstation on 70 identical desktop computers and 30 identical laptop computers. All of the computers will be part of a domain called CORP.

Required Result:

You must automate the installation of Windows Workstation on all the computers

Optional Results:

You want all the computers to join the CORP domain during the installation process.

You want to automate the installation of all applications

One of the proposed solutions seemed OK till the point where it said to use Windiff to automate the installation of applications. For this one, only the required and one optional was met. 

Another was totally absurd where it said to boot from DOS and install in each computer. here no requirement was met. 

10. You have sent a job to a printer and it jams. You cannot re-send the job to the printer, what do you do?

a. Select resume from document menu?

b. Select restart from document menu?

c. Select cancel from document menu and then restart?

d. Select refresh from view menu and then resume?

Answer: I chose b but you will have to check this one out.

11. NT Workstation - member of workgroup RESEARCH. You want to map a network drive on your computer to a NT Server in the CORP domain. The Guest account is disabled in the CORP domain. How would you do it? (2 choices)

a) Log onto NT Workstation computer with username from the CORP domain

b) Log onto NT Workstation computer with the same username you would use to access the NT Server computer

c) Select CORP from the Domain drop-down list box in the logon info dialog box

d) Select Connect As in map network drive and enter the username of an account in the CORP domain

Answer: a,d 

12.  You suspect that someone is gaining unauthorized access to the computers on your network. You enable auditing of user login events. When you look at the Event viewer security log three days later, you see that every account has more than 100 failed logon attempts before each successful logon. You also note that all the logon attempts on each account occurred within one minute.

You want to prevent further unauthorized logons. What must you do in the Account Policy dialog box?

(Choose one)

a. Select the Account lockout radio button.

b. Set a value in the spin control in the Maximum Password Age group.

c. Set a value in the spin control in the Minimum Password Age group.

d. Set the spin box control in the Password Uniqueness group to remember the 10 last passwords.

Answer: a

13. You want to send a document from your Windows NT workstation computer to a printer that is located on another Windows NT WS computer. You want to do this without permanently installing drivers for that printer on your hard disk. What should you do? (Choose one)

a. Use "net print" to send the document to the printer.

b. Drag and drop the document file onto the printer in Windows NT explorer.

c. Use Windows NT Explorer to temporarily capture the printer, and then send the document to the printer.

d. Use the Add Printer Wizard to temporarily connect to the printer, and then send the document to the printer.

Answer: I chose b but it could also be d(check for yourself)

14. You want to set the boot delay time to 10 seconds. How should you proceed?

Choose all that apply

a. Edit Boot.ini to set timeout to 10 seconds

b. Use Control Panel | System Properties | Startup – Shutdown tab

c. Use system properties

d. Edit HKEY_CURRENTCONFIG in the registry

Answer: a,b

 

15. Which service translates URL to IP?

a. DNS

b. WINS 

c. DHCP

d. SNMP

Answer :a

 

16. You notice that there is too much paging occurring, and also the % processor usage is constantly 92%. What do you do for the best improvement in performance?

a. Add a second processor

b. Add more RAM

c. Create a second paging file 

d Increase the size of the paging file

Answer: b

17. You want to replace Windows 95 by Windows NT Workstation 4.0 on some user computers. They all want to keep their Windows 95 desktop settings and all their applications. How should you proceed?

a. Run WinNT.exe and Install Windows NT in the same directory as Windows 95

b.  Run Winnt32.exe and install Windows NT in the same directory as Windows 95

c. Run Winnt.exe and install Windows NT in a separate directory, reinstall all the applications and reconfigure user environment under Windows NT, then remove Windows 95

d. Can't be done because Windows 95 and Windows NT have different registry configurations.

Answer: c

18. How do you start the command "ntbackup /r /e" with low priority?

a. Start /low ntbackup /r /e

b Cmd /low ntbackup /r /e

c. run /low ntbackup /r /e

d. net Start /low ntbackup /r /e

Answer: a

19. Your computer is running Windows NT 3.51 Workstation on an HPFS partition. You would like to upgrade to Windows NT 4.0 Workstation. How should you proceed?

a. Run winnt.exe and install Windows NT 4.0 in the same directory

b. Run winnt32.exe and install Windows NT 4.0 in the same directory

c. Convert to NTFS, then upgrade to Windows NT 4.0

d. Upgrade to NT 4.0 and then convert to HPFS

Answer: c

20. Your computer is setup to dual boot MS-DOS and Windows NT 4.0 Workstation. When you select to boot MS-DOS from the boot menu, DOS doesn't start and you get an error message "No system disk error". What do you suspect is the problem?

a. The BOOT.INI file is corrupted

b. The NTLDR file is corrupted or missing

c. The BOOTSECT.DOS file is corrupted or missing

Answer: c

21. Situation (Long): You are planing to reconfigure an NT Workstation with 32 MB RAM for optimum speed of access to its local (mainly graphic data) files, varying in size from 1MB to 10MB, for other computers in the same LAN. You have there a SCSI controller with 4 disks of 2 GB each, formatted with FAT.

Required result: To optimize performance for optimum speed of access to local data files.

Optional results: Reconfigure for optimum speed of access to paging file.

Optimize network access performance.

Proposed solution: Configure the first hard disk as boot partition. Configure the other 3 disks as a Stripe Set. Use NTFS on all partitions. Place data and paging file on the Stripe Set. . Configure binding order of protocols; move most used protocols to the bottom of binding order. The solution produces:

a.The required result and 2 of the optional results.

b. The required result and 1 of the optional results.

c. The required result and none of the optional results.

d. None of the required results.

Answer: I chose b  

22. NetWare question, with CSNW installed on your NT Workstation, what function can be performed?

a) run netware login script

b) access NDS volume and directories

c) run syscon

d) logon to Netware 3.11 bindery server

e) act as a gateway for other NT W/S

f) access netware printers

g) logon to a Netware 4.1 server that does not support bindery emulation 

h) allow Netware users to access print services on NTWorkstation

Answer: I chose a,b,c,d,f,g

23. What is the unattend.txt file used for?

a. Automatic installation of application

b. Storage of system specific unique information such as computer name etc.

c. Information about hardware configurations etc.

Answer:c

24.While system policy and users profiles have a conflict what takes precedence?

a) only user profiles

b) only system policy

c) the least restrain with system policy and profiles

d) the most restrain with system policy and profiles

Answer: I chose b. 

25.You install dial-up networking with default options. You create a phonebook entry to connect to ISP. How do you obtain IP address?

a. Phonebook entry

b. ISP's PPP server assigns it

c. DHCP

d. Current IP address of client PC

Answer: b 

26. You run winnt.exe from CD-ROM in order to install NT WorkStatiom, but after reboot, during the installation, while you want to install some drivers from CD-ROM, something goes wrong and you get a message "NONCRITICAL ERROR The external library procedure. Copy single File ,have this info "unable to do the specified file copy operation". What could be the cause?

a) HD is failing

b) The file are exists on HD

c) CD-ROM not supported by NT

d) HD or CD-ROM controller is sharing an interrupt with another device

I selected c ( But I am NOT SURE)

27. What happens when you run a 16-bit MS windows based application in its own memory space? (pick 2)

a. Application runs at higher priority;

b. Application uses less system memory;

c. Application can be pre-emptively multitasked;

d. Application cannot interfere with execution of other 16-bit windows based apps running at same time.

Answer: c,d 

28.You have a RAS server that is configured for call back with multilink. You use dial up networking to connect to the server using 3 modems. What happens when the RAS server calls back?

a. All three modems are reconnected during call back

b. The RAS Server calls back all three numbers

c. Multilink will not work in this situation

Answer: c

29. Adam is leaving the company. His replacement is Barbara. How do you ensure that all his files can be accessed Barbara?

Answer: Rename Adam's account to Barbara's name, and assign her a different password.

Well, these are all that I can remember right now.

Best of Luck to all those who are yet to take their exams.

For me, it is now 2 down , 4 to go.

With best regards,

Pavithra.