Microsoft Internet Information Server Quality Control & Assurance 3

Question 1

Which IIS diagnostic tool generates a detailed HTML report of server configuration, including potential misconfigurations that affect quality?

Accepted Answer

IIS Diagnostics Toolkit / Best Practices Analyzer

Answer

The IIS Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) scans server configuration and highlights deviations from recommended quality and security settings.

Question 2

During load testing of an IIS server, you observe that the worker process CPU spikes to 100%. Which feature can automatically limit the CPU usage of an application pool?

Accepted Answer

CPU Limit in Application Pool Advanced Settings

Answer

The CPU Limit setting in Application Pool Advanced Settings throttles or kills worker processes that exceed a configured CPU percentage.

Question 3

A QA team wants to detect memory leaks in an IIS application pool over time. Which built-in IIS setting can trigger an automatic recycle when private memory exceeds a threshold?

Accepted Answer

Private Memory Limit under Application Pool recycling

Answer

The Private Memory Limit setting recycles the worker process when it consumes more than the specified amount of private memory, helping detect and mitigate memory leaks.

Question 4

Which HTTP status code indicates that IIS accepted a request but the upstream application returned no response, helping QA identify application-tier failures?

Accepted Answer

502 Bad Gateway

Answer

A 502 Bad Gateway from IIS indicates the server received an invalid response from an upstream application or backend server.

Question 5

To validate that SSL/TLS certificates on an IIS server meet organizational quality standards, which Windows tool provides certificate details and expiration dates?

Accepted Answer

certmgr.msc (Certificate Manager)

Answer

Certificate Manager (certmgr.msc) lets administrators inspect installed certificates, including their validity periods and chain of trust.

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Microsoft Internet Information Server Quality Control & Assurance 3