Administering Windows Server 2012 Research & Evidence-Based Practice 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which Windows Server 2012 tool runs a set of best-practice rules against server roles and reports configuration deviations?
- Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) (Correct answer)
- Event Viewer
- Resource Monitor
- Server Performance Advisor
Correct answer: Best Practices Analyzer (BPA)
Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) scans installed roles against Microsoft-defined best-practice rules and highlights deviations.
Question 2: An administrator wants to capture a baseline of CPU, memory, and disk performance over 24 hours. Which tool is most appropriate?
- Performance Monitor with a Data Collector Set (Correct answer)
- Task Manager
- Resource Monitor
- Event Viewer
Correct answer: Performance Monitor with a Data Collector Set
Performance Monitor's Data Collector Sets can log counters to files over a scheduled period, creating a measurable baseline.
Question 3: Which event log should an administrator review first when researching unexpected service failures on Windows Server 2012?
- System log (Correct answer)
- Security log
- Application log
- Setup log
Correct answer: System log
Service control manager events, including unexpected service stops, are recorded in the System log.
Question 4: A server's reliability has been declining. Which built-in tool provides a stability index and a timeline of software installs, failures, and warnings?
- Reliability Monitor (Correct answer)
- Performance Monitor
- Event Viewer
- Action Center
Correct answer: Reliability Monitor
Reliability Monitor displays a 1–10 stability index and a chronological history of application crashes, Windows failures, and software changes.
Question 5: When using Server Manager to research role health across multiple remote servers, which view consolidates role and feature status from all managed servers?
- All Servers tile in the Server Manager dashboard (Correct answer)
- Computer Management snap-in
- Remote Desktop Services Manager
- Task Scheduler
Correct answer: All Servers tile in the Server Manager dashboard
The All Servers tile aggregates manageability status, event alerts, and BPA results from all servers added to Server Manager.
Question 6: Which PowerShell cmdlet retrieves events from a Windows event log for scripted analysis and research?
- Get-EventLog
- Get-WinEvent (Correct answer)
- Read-EventLog
- Import-EventLog
Correct answer: Get-WinEvent
Get-WinEvent is the preferred cmdlet for querying both classic and modern Windows event logs with XPath or hash-table filters.
Question 7: An admin needs to document which Windows Server 2012 updates are installed before researching a known-vulnerability fix. Which command provides an installed-update list?
- Get-HotFix (Correct answer)
- wmic qfe list
- Get-WindowsUpdate
- Check-Update
Correct answer: Get-HotFix
Get-HotFix (an alias for Get-WmiObject Win32_QuickFixEngineering) lists all installed hotfixes and updates on the local or a remote computer.
Administering Windows Server 2012 Research & Evidence-Based Practice 2
Which Windows Server 2012 tool runs a set of best-practice rules against server roles and reports configuration deviations?