Microsoft Internet Information Server Quality Control & Assurance 2

Question 1

Which IIS feature allows administrators to define custom error pages to maintain a consistent user experience when HTTP errors occur?

Accepted Answer

Custom Errors in Error Pages feature

Answer

The Error Pages feature in IIS Manager lets you configure custom error responses for specific HTTP status codes.

Question 2

During a QA review, you notice IIS is returning detailed .NET stack traces to end users. Which setting should be changed first?

Accepted Answer

Set customErrors mode to 'On' or 'RemoteOnly' in web.config

Answer

Setting customErrors mode to 'On' or 'RemoteOnly' in web.config suppresses detailed error information from being sent to remote clients.

Question 3

Which IIS logging field helps QA teams identify slow-performing requests by recording the time taken to service each request?

Accepted Answer

time-taken

Answer

The time-taken field in IIS W3C logs records the elapsed time in milliseconds for each request, aiding performance QA.

Question 4

A QA engineer wants to verify that IIS correctly enforces a maximum request content length to prevent oversized uploads. Which module handles this restriction?

Accepted Answer

Request Filtering

Answer

Request Filtering in IIS enforces limits on request content length, header length, and URL length.

Question 5

When performing regression testing on an IIS server, which tool can replay recorded HTTP traffic to compare responses between server versions?

Accepted Answer

Web Capacity Analysis Tool (WCAT)

Answer

WCAT is a stress-testing and replay tool that can simulate recorded HTTP sessions against IIS for regression comparison.

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Microsoft Internet Information Server Quality Control & Assurance 2