Microsoft MCSE: 70-290 Flashcards
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You are configuring a backup strategy and want to minimize restore time. Which backup type should you use daily while still keeping backup windows short?
Answer: Differential backup daily with a weekly full
Differential backups accumulate all changes since the last full backup, requiring only two tapes to restore (full + latest differential), minimizing restore time.
A server's system volume is corrupted and the server fails to boot. Which Windows Server 2003 recovery option should you try first?
Answer: Boot from the installation CD and use Recovery Console
Recovery Console provides command-line access to repair boot sectors, replace corrupted files, and enable or disable services without reinstalling Windows.
You need to move a user account from OU=Sales to OU=Marketing within the same domain. Which tool provides the simplest method?
Answer: Drag and drop in Active Directory Users and Computers
In Active Directory Users and Computers, you can simply drag a user object from one OU to another or right-click and select Move.
Which performance counter in System Monitor is most useful for identifying a memory bottleneck on Windows Server 2003?
Answer: Memory: Pages/sec
Memory: Pages/sec measures paging activity; consistently high values (above 20) indicate insufficient RAM and excessive paging to disk.
You add a new disk to a Windows Server 2003 server, but it does not appear in Disk Management. What should you do first?
Answer: Run the Rescan Disks action in Disk Management
The Rescan Disks action in Disk Management forces Windows to detect newly attached disks without requiring a server reboot.
A Group Policy Object is linked to the domain but a setting in it is not applying to computers in a specific OU. What could explain this?
Answer: The OU has Block Policy Inheritance enabled
Block Policy Inheritance on an OU prevents GPOs linked at higher levels (domain or site) from flowing down to that OU.
You want to ensure that a critical application service restarts automatically if it crashes on Windows Server 2003. Where do you configure this?
Answer: Services MMC snap-in > service Recovery tab
The Recovery tab in the Services console allows you to define actions (such as restart) for first, second, and subsequent failures of a service.