Microsoft Internet Information Server Professional Standards & Competencies 3

Question 1

An IIS professional is reviewing change management practices. Which file should be version-controlled to track all IIS site and application pool configurations?

Accepted Answer

applicationHost.config

Answer

applicationHost.config is the master IIS configuration file containing all site, application pool, and global settings and should be version-controlled.

Question 2

A compliance audit requires demonstrating that IIS is patched to current security standards. Which Microsoft resource provides authoritative patch guidance for IIS?

Accepted Answer

Microsoft Security Update Guide (MSRC)

Answer

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) Security Update Guide is the authoritative source for IIS CVEs, patches, and severity ratings.

Question 3

Which professional practice should an IIS administrator follow before applying a major IIS update to a production server?

Accepted Answer

Test on a staging environment that mirrors production, then promote

Answer

Testing updates on a staging environment that mirrors production before promoting changes is a fundamental change management best practice.

Question 4

An IIS administrator documents that request filtering blocks .exe file downloads. Which configuration element enforces this in web.config?

Accepted Answer

Answer

The requestFiltering fileExtensions element with allowed='false' blocks requests for files with the specified extension.

Question 5

Which professional practice helps ensure IIS high availability for a business-critical web application?

Accepted Answer

Implementing Network Load Balancing (NLB) across multiple IIS servers

Answer

Network Load Balancing distributes traffic across multiple IIS nodes, eliminating single points of failure and ensuring high availability.

Microsoft Internet Information Server Practice Test

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Microsoft Internet Information Server Professional Standards & Competencies 3