Microsoft Internet Information Server IIS Application Pools & Worker Processes 3

Question 1

Which IIS command-line tool is used to manage application pools from the command prompt?

Accepted Answer

appcmd

Answer

netsh

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iiscli

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wscript

Question 2

Which PowerShell cmdlet from the WebAdministration module is used to recycle an IIS application pool?

Accepted Answer

Restart-WebAppPool

Answer

Reset-WebAppPool

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Recycle-WebAppPool

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Refresh-WebAppPool

Question 3

What does the 'Generate Process Model Event Log Entry' setting control in an IIS application pool?

Accepted Answer

Whether recycling and shutdown events are written to the Windows Event Log

Answer

Whether IIS writes HTTP access entries to the W3C log files

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Whether Failed Request Tracing logs are generated for the pool

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Whether Windows Performance Monitor collects data from the pool

Question 4

What is the default maximum number of worker processes for a newly created IIS application pool?

Accepted Answer

1

Answer

4

Answer

2

Answer

8

Question 5

What key benefit does process isolation provide when using separate IIS application pools?

Accepted Answer

It prevents a crash or memory leak in one pool from affecting applications in other pools

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It enables request filtering to block malicious URLs across all pools

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It allows URL authorization rules to be applied at the pool level

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It enables output caching to be shared across multiple application pools

Question 6

What is the function of the World Wide Web Publishing Service (W3SVC) in relation to IIS application pools?

Accepted Answer

It listens for HTTP requests and routes them to the appropriate worker processes

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It generates and renews SSL/TLS certificates for application pools

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It manages persistent database connections on behalf of application pools

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It performs scheduled recycling of application pools based on configured timers

Question 7

When an IIS application pool is configured in 'Classic' pipeline mode, how are ASP.NET requests processed?

Accepted Answer

Requests are routed through the ASP.NET ISAPI extension (aspnet_isapi.dll)

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The IIS native pipeline processes all ASP.NET requests directly without ISAPI

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Requests are handled exclusively by the IIS kernel-mode HTTP driver (http.sys)

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ASP.NET content is processed by a dedicated separate worker process instance