Microsoft Internet Information Server Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0 Test 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which IIS 4.0 service provides full-text search and indexing of web content?
- NNTP Service
- Index Server (Correct answer)
- SMTP Service
- FTP Service
Correct answer: Index Server
Index Server catalogs and indexes web content, enabling full-text search queries via IIS 4.0.
Question 2: When configuring SSL on IIS 4.0, what must be obtained from a Certificate Authority before enabling HTTPS?
- A public IP address
- A server certificate (Correct answer)
- An SSL proxy license
- A domain controller token
Correct answer: A server certificate
A server certificate issued by a trusted CA is required to establish SSL/TLS sessions in IIS 4.0.
Question 3: In IIS 4.0, what is the purpose of the IUSR_computername account?
- Runs IIS worker processes
- Provides anonymous user access to web content (Correct answer)
- Manages SSL certificates
- Replicates content between servers
Correct answer: Provides anonymous user access to web content
IUSR_computername is the built-in anonymous account used by IIS 4.0 to grant unauthenticated users access.
Question 4: Which IIS 4.0 feature allows multiple websites to share a single IP address using different hostnames?
- IP binding
- Host headers (Correct answer)
- Virtual IPs
- Port multiplexing
Correct answer: Host headers
Host headers allow IIS 4.0 to host multiple named websites on a single IP address by reading the HTTP Host field.
Question 5: What does the ISAPI filter interface in IIS 4.0 allow developers to do?
- Create CGI scripts
- Intercept and modify HTTP requests and responses (Correct answer)
- Manage SMTP queues
- Configure virtual directories
Correct answer: Intercept and modify HTTP requests and responses
ISAPI filters hook into the IIS 4.0 request pipeline to inspect and modify HTTP traffic at a low level.
Question 6: Which IIS 4.0 administrative tool can be used remotely via a web browser to manage web services?
- Internet Service Manager (HTML) (Correct answer)
- MMC snap-in
- Server Manager
- REGEDIT
Correct answer: Internet Service Manager (HTML)
Internet Service Manager (HTML) provides a browser-based interface for remote IIS 4.0 administration.
Question 7: What IIS 4.0 configuration setting controls the maximum amount of time the server waits for a CGI script to complete?
- CGI Timeout (Correct answer)
- Script Timeout
- Session Timeout
- Connection Timeout
Correct answer: CGI Timeout
The CGI Timeout setting specifies how long IIS 4.0 waits for a CGI process to finish before terminating it.
Which IIS 4.0 service provides full-text search and indexing of web content?