Net Admin Mid-Term Chap 1-10 – Flashcards
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What Windows Server 2012 R2 role would you install to provide network resources to remote users?
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Remote Access
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Which of the following roles implement what can be classified as infrastructure services? (Choose both that apply)?
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DNS, DHCP, Web Service (IIS)
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You are deciding which Windows Server 2012 R2 edition is right for your needs: a Remote Access server. You are eager to create a virtual machine (VM) on which you can install a virtual operating system environment (VOSE). You foresee needing only one VOSE. What Windows Server 2012 R2 edition is best?
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Windows server 2012 essentials edition
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Which of the following are valid reasons why administrators might want to install their Windows Server 2012 R2 servers using the Server Core option? (Choose three answers)
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Server Core installation can be converted to the full GUI without reinstalling the operating system. The new Server Manager in Windows Server 2012 R2 makes it far easier to administer servers remotely. The PowerShell 3.0 interface in Windows Server 2012 R2 includes more than 10 times as many cmdlets as PowerShell 2.0.
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Windows Server 2012 R2 requires what processor architecture?
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64-bit processor only
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Which of the following is a valid upgrade path to Windows Server 2012 R2?
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Windows Server 2008 Standard to Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard
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Which feature must you add to a Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Core installation to convert it to the Minimal Server Interface?
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Graphical management tools and infrastructure
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What is the default installation of installing Windows Server 2012 R2?
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Server Core
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What is the name of the directory where Windows stores all of the operating system modules it might need to install at a later time?
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WinSxS
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What are the minimum system memory requirements to run all editions of Windows Server 2012 R2?
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512 MB RAM
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What Windows Server 2012 R2 role enforces security policies for network users?
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Network policy and Access Services
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Which of the following operations can you not perform on a service using Server Manager? (Choose all that apply)
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Disable a service Configure a service to start when the computer starts
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Name the two methods to assign a static IP address to a computer using Server Core.
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The netsh.exe command and the New-NetIPAddress cmdlet provided by Windows PowerShell
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What method is available to install roles and features on another Windows Server 2012 R2 computer using Windows PowerShell?
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Use the Install-WindowsFeature command and an exported configuration file
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What is the key principle to delegating server administrative tasks?
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Granting individuals only the permissions needed to do the delegated job
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Which features must you remove from a full GUI installation of Windows Server 2012 R2 to convert it to a Server Core installation? (Choose all that apply)
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Graphical Management Tools and Infrastructure Server Graphical Shell
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Which of the following statements about Server Manager is not true?
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Server Manager can deploy roles to multiple servers at the same time.
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Which of the following command-line tools do you use to join a computer to a domain?
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Netdom.exe
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Which of the following NIC teaming modes provides fault tolerance and bandwidth aggregation?
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Switch Independent Mode
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Before you can deploy roles to multiple remote servers, what must be done?
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Add the remote servers to the Server Manager interface.
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What utility allows you to install components to multiple servers at once?
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Windows powershell only
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On a Windows Server 2012 R2 server, you decide to change the interface. Select the best answer to convert a GUI server to Server Core.
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Use Server Manager to start the Remove Roles and Features Wizard
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Which of the following statements are true of striped volumes?
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Striped volumes provide enhanced performance over simple volumes. If a single physical disk in the striped volume fails, all of the data in the entire volume is lost.
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Which of the following are requirements for extending a volume on a dynamic disk?
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If you want to extend a simple volume, you can use only the available space on the same disk, if the volume is to remain simple. You can extend a simple volume across additional disks if it is not a system volume or a boot volume.
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Which of the following are not true in reference to converting a basic disk to a dynamic disk?
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A boot partition or system partition on a basic disk cannot be extended into a striped or spanned volume, even if you convert the disk to a dynamic disk.
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Which of the following Windows Server 2012 features enables users to access files that they have accidentally overwritten?
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Volume Shadow Copies
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Which of the following RAID levels yields the largest percentage of usable disk space?
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Raid 0
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To use Shadow Copies, you must enable the feature at which of the following levels?
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the volume level
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Which of the following are not true about differences between network attached storage (NAS) devices and storage area network (SAN) devices?
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NAS devices require a specialized protocol, such as Fibre Channel or iSCSI; SAN devices use standard networking protocols.
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Which of the following volume types supported by Windows Server 2012 do not provide fault tolerance?
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Stiped Spanned
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A JBOD drive array is an alternative to which of the following?
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SAN
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What scenario would an organization prefer centralized servers and storage to having individual servers and storage per department?
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Everyone in the organization works with the same set of resources.
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Concerning storage solutions, select the disk configuration that offers the least expensive disk consumption.
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Just a Bunch of Disks (JBOD)
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Concerning storage solutions, select the disk configuration that offers the most protection in case of drive failure.
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RAID 1
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What is the next step after creating a virtual hard disk (VHD)?
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Initializing the disk and creating volumes on it, just as you would a physical disk
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What is a key advantage of Server Manager over the Disk Management snap-in?
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Server Manager can perform many of the same functions for servers all over the network.
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Order the steps to set share permissions.
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1.Log on to Windows Server 2012 R2 with administrative privileges. 2.In Server Manager, click the File and Storage Services icon. In the submenu, click Shares 3.From the Shares tile, right-click a share and, from the context menu, select Properties 4.Click Permissions and Customize Permissions. 5.Click the Share tab 6.Click Add, and then select a principal (for example, user, computer, service account, or group). 7.Select the type of permissions to assign (Allow or Deny).
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Which of the following terms describes the process of granting users access to file server shares by reading their permissions?
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authorization
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Which of the following is the best description of a security principal?
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the network resource receiving permissions
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What is the maximum number of shadow copies that a Windows Server 2012 R2 system can maintain for each volume?
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64
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In the NTFS permission system, combinations of advanced permissions are also known as __________ and __________ permissions.
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basic standard
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Which of the following statements about permissions are true?
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All are: ACLs are composed of ACEs. Basic permissions are composed of advanced permissions. All permissions are stored as part of the protected resource.
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Which of the following statements about effective access is not true?
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Inherited permissions take precedence over explicit permissions.
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Which of the following are tasks that you can perform using the quotas in File Server Resource Manager but you can't perform with NTFS quotas? (Choose two)
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Send an email message to an administrator when users exceed their limits. and Specify different storage limits for each user.
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The Work Folders feature in Windows Server 2012 R2 is most similar to which of the following Microsoft technologies?
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OneDrive
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One of your print devices is not working properly, and you want to temporarily prevent users from sending jobs to the printer serving that device) What should you do?
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Stop sharing the printer
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You are administering a print server running Windows Server 2012 R2) You want to perform maintenance on a print device physically connected to the print server) There are several documents in the print queue) You want to prevent the documents from being printed to the printer, but you don't want users to have to resubmit the documents to the printer) What is the best way to do this?
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Open the printer's queue window, and select the Pause Printing option from the Printer menu.
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You are setting up a printer pool on a computer running Windows Server 2012 R2) The printer pool contains three print devices, all identical) You open the Properties dialog box for the printer and select the Enable Printer Pooling option on the Ports tab) What must you do next?
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Select or create the ports mapped to the three printers
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For a user to print, pause, resume, restart, and cancel his or her documents, the user must possess the basic _____ permission.
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Manage Documents
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What is the purpose of the Remote Desktop Easy Print driver?
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Easy Print allows remote clients to print to local print devices via a print redirector.
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What printing configuration makes the computer with the locally attached print device function as a print server?
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Locally attached printer sharing
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When planning for additional disk space for the print server spooler, consider extra storage for ______.
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temporary print device outages
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Which of the following terms describes the software interface through which a computer communicates with a print device?
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Printer
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Can you install 32-bit print drivers on a Windows Server 2012 R2 system?
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No, but you can install the 32-bit driver from a computer running a 32-bit version of Windows.
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You are administering a computer running Windows Server 2012 R2 configured as a print server) Users in the Marketing group complain that they cannot print documents using a printer on the server) You view the permissions in the printer's properties) The Marketing group is allowed Manage Documents permission) Why can't the users print to the printer?
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The Marketing group must be granted the Print permission.
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Server Manager is properly connecting and managing your down-level servers (for example, Windows Server 2008). What tool do you use to add roles and features to the down-level server?
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Using Windows PowerShell to install the role.
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Which of the following updates must you install on a server running Windows Server 2008 before you can connect to it using Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Manager? (Choose two answers)
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.NET Framework 4.0 Windows Management Framework 3.0
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Which of the following tasks must you perform before you can manage a remote server running Windows Server 2012 R2 using the Computer Management snap-in?
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Enable the COM+ Network Access rule on the remote server.
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The Server Manager interface accommodates several servers, tested at nearly 100. What did the lesson highlight as an element that can easily degrade Server Manager performance, and how to resolve it?
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The Event tile generates a large number of records. It is resolved by configuring the types, ages and sources of events.
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By default, Server Manager does not connect with down-level servers (for example, Windows Server 2008). What must be done to properly connect?
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Add WinRM 3.0 support by installing the necessary updates and hotfix.
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Windows Firewall is enabled by default in Windows Server 2012 R2. How are remote management tools affected?
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MMC is blocked. You must alter inbound Windows Firewall rules on the remote server.
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PowerShell Web Access Gateway allows _______.
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administrators remote management of servers using commands.
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Once a server is added to Server Manager, what actions are taken to permit remote server management?
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No further action is needed. For example, you may immediately use the Add Roles and Features Wizard.
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How can you remotely configure the firewall on several servers at once?
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Applying a Group Policy related to Windows Firewall to the servers
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Which of the following Windows PowerShell cmdlets can you use to list the existing Windows Firewall rules on a computer running Windows Server 2012 R2? (Choose two answers)
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Get-NetFirewallRule Show-NetFirewallRule
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When you run Server Manager from a Windows 8.1 workstation using Remote Server Administration Tools, which of the following elements do not appear in the default display?
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The Local Server home page
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Which of the following Hyper-V features make it possible for a VM to function with a minimum RAM value that is lower than the startup RAM value? (Choose two)
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Smart Paging Dynamic Memory
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Which of the following types of server virtualization provides the best performance for high-traffic servers in production environments?
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Type I virtualization
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Which of the following two statements about Type I and Type II virtualization are true?
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In Type I virtualization, the hypervisor runs directly on the computer hardware. In Type II virtualization, the hypervisor runs on top of a host OS.
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What operating systems can an administrator install on a VM?
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Several Microsoft products as well as Red Hat and SuSE Linux
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Which of the following Microsoft operating systems includes a license that enables you to create an unlimited number of virtual instances?
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Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter
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If an administrator wants to install additional roles along with Hyper-V, what does Microsoft recommend the administrator do?
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Microsoft recommends that you install other roles on one of the VMs you create with Hyper-V.
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What are the two files used for every VM?
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A virtual machine configuration (.vmc) file in XML format and virtual hard disk (.vhd or .vhdx) files for the guest OS and data
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Which of the following settings are configurable on a Generation 2 Hyper-V virtual machine?
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SCSI controller
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When using the Create a Virtual Machine Wizard, how is the virtual hard disk created by default?
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It starts small and dynamically expands up to the maximum size you specify.
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In some cases, certain Hyper-V guest OS features do not function properly using the OS's own device drivers. What can an administrator do?
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Install and configure Guest Integration Services.
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When you install the Hyper-V role on a server running Windows Server 2012 R2, the instance of the OS on which you installed the role is converted to what system element?
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The parent partition
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Do VMs ever directly access a physical hard disk?
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Yes, VMs access a physical hard disk by way of a "pass-through disk," a special virtual disk that directly accesses the physical disk if it is made exclusively available to the VM.
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When creating a new VHD, what feature does Windows PowerShell offer that the graphical interface does not?
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You can specify the block size and the logical sector sizes.
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Can you modify an existing VHD file?
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Yes, you can even modify it without mounting it to a VM.
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Which of the following is not required to add a Fibre Channel adapter to a Hyper-V VM?
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You must have a SCSI cable connecting the Fibre Channel adapter to the storage devices.
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Which of the following statements about VHDX files is not true?
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VHDX files can only be opened by computers running Windows Server 2012 R2.
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The Merge function only appears in the Edit Virtual Hard Disk Wizard under which of the following conditions?
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When you select a differencing disk for editing
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Which of the following are valid reasons not to take checkpoints of VMs? (Choose two)
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The existence of checkpoints slows down VM performance. Checkpoints can consume a large amount of disk space. The existence of checkpoints slows down VM performance.
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Creating a virtual SAN allows you to _______.
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make distant storage accessible to VMs
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What is a key benefit of using differencing disks?
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They enable you to keep a fixed image in its original state.
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What Server Manager tool allows you to create a new virtual hard disk (VHD)?
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Hyper-V Manager
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Which of the following must be true about a pass-through disk?
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A pass-through disk must be offline in the parent partition of the Hyper-V server.
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What is the maximum number of ports supported by a Hyper-V virtual switch?
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Unlimited
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You can create virtual switches after what role is installed?
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Hyper-V
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How do you create a virtual switch for the purpose of isolating virtual machines (VMs) from the external network and the host operating system?
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You create a private virtual switch.
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Creating the default virtual switch places it between _____ and _____.
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the physical switch; the network adapter in the host operating system
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Which of the following virtual switch types does not enable guest OSs to communicate with the parent partition?
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Private
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How many dynamically assigned MAC addresses can a Hyper-V server provide by default?
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256
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Which of the following statements is not true about synthetic network adapters?
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Synthetic adapters can start the child VM using a PXE network boot.
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Which is faster, synthetic adapters or emulated adapters?
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Synthetic, because it uses the VMBus
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Which of the following are valid reasons for using an emulated network adapter rather than a synthetic one? (Choose two)
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You want to install the guest OS using a Windows Deployment Services server. There is no Guest Integration Services package available for the guest OS you plan to use.
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Instead of the four 8-bit decimal numbers separated by periods that IPv4 uses, IPv6 addresses use a notation called _______.
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colon-hexadecimal format
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How does Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) help reduce waste of IP addresses?
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Uses a subnetting method that divides between network bits and host bits anywhere, not just between octets
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Which of the following is an automatic tunneling protocol used by Windows operating systems that are located behind NAT routers?
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Teredo
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What are the classes of IPv4 addresses used to provide support for networks?
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Classes A, B, and C
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What is the stateless address autoconfiguration process, during a Windows computer start?
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The computer assigns itself a link-local unicast address.
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Which of the following is the primary method for transmitting IPv6 traffic over an IPv4 network?
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Tunneling
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There are three alternatives to assigning an IPv4 address. Two are manual configuration and DHCP. What is the third?
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Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
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What Windows Server 2012 R2 services and applications offer IPv6 support?
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All offer IPv6 support in Windows Server 2012 R2.
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What subnet mask would you use when configuring a TCP/IP client with an IPv4 address on the 192.168.1.0/24 network?
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255.255.255.0
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What subnet mask would you use when configuring a TCP/IP client with an IPv4 address on the 172.16.32.0/19 network?
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255.255.224.0
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What does a double-colon in an IPv6 address signify?
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Two consecutive 8-bit blocks of zeros
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Which of the following is the IPv6 equivalent to a private IPv4 address?
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Unique local unicast address
