Server Operating Systems
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Course Introduction
This course explores the principles, architecture, and administration of server operating systems, which form the backbone of enterprise IT infrastructure. Students will gain practical experience in installing, configuring, securing, and managing popular server operating systems such as Windows Server and Linux distributions. Key topics include user and resource management, file systems, network services, virtualization, system monitoring, updates, troubleshooting, automation, and security best practices. The course prepares students to support organizational needs by optimizing server environments for reliability, scalability, and efficiency.
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MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration 1st Edition by
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Windows Server 2008
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Q1) Briefly discuss the purpose of the File Services role.
Answer: The File Services role allows you to share and manage file resources on a network. It includes technologies such as the distributed file system, EFS, and the core functionality of creating network file shares.
Q2) You can use ____ to deploy directory-enabled applications, without the dependencies that are required for AD DS.
A) Active Directory Federation Services
B) Active Directory Domain Services
C) Active Directory Certificate Services
D) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Answer: D
Q3) What is the difference between a workgroup and a domain?
Answer: A workgroup is a network of computers that allow each other access to their files, printers, Internet connection, or other resources. In the client-server computing model, a domain is a group of users and computers that are managed by the same security database.
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Chapter 2: Installing Windows Server 2008
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Q1) With ____, administrators can activate a group of computers with a single connection to Microsoft.
A) proxy activation
B) image-based installation
C) modularization
D) generalization
Answer: A
Q2) ____________________ allows you to capture a customized Windows image that you can reuse throughout an organization.
Answer: Imaging
Q3) ____ activates your MAK with Microsoft while it manages the activations of your network clients internally in its database.
A) Proxy activation
B) Volume Activation Tool Management
C) New Technology File System
D) Key Management Services
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Networking with Windows Server 2008
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Q1) ____ is the process of creating multiple smaller networks, or subnets, from an IP network address.
A) CIDR
B) Autoconfguration
C) ISATAP
D) Subnetting
Answer: D
Q2) What is the difference between the Physical layer and the Data Link layer of the OSI model?
Answer: The Physical layer is responsible for bit-level transmission between network nodes. Cabling and connection types are defined at this layer. The Data Link layer is responsible for communications between adjacent network nodes. Hubs and switches operate at the Data Link layer.
Q3) A ____ can determine the network and host ID portions of an IP address.
A) subnet mask
B) mesh network
C) CIDR block
D) hub
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Installing and Configuring the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
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Q1) Microsoft recommends using an 80/20 rule for splitting scopes between two servers for fault tolerance. Briefly discuss the implications of this rule.
Q2) What is the syntax for creating a DHCP exclusionary range with netsh?
Q3) ____ provides automatic IP addressing for Windows clients.
A) DHCP
B) UDP
C) DNS
D) Ipconfig
Q4) A DHCP ____ defines the amount of time, or the duration, that an IP address is loaned to a DHCP client.
A) scope
B) reservation
C) option
D) lease
Q5) DHCP clients use UDP port ____ to send and receive DHCP broadcast communication.
A) 67
B) 68
C) 72
D) 80
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Chapter 5: Introduction to DNS in Windows Server 2008
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Q1) ____ performs the opposite action of a forward lookup zone. It maps IP addresses to host names.
A) Forward lookup DNS zones
B) Forwarders
C) Domain
D) Reverse lookup DNS zones
Q2) ____ allow a DNS client to resolve an FQDN to an IP address.
A) Forward lookup DNS zones
B) Forwarders
C) Domains
D) Reverse lookup DNS zones
Q3) A(n) ____ represents the entire name for a specific host, or the DNS name, that needs to have a DNS record created.
A) alias
B) referral
C) root hint
D) fully qualified domain name
Q4) When the DNS role is installed on an Internet-connected server, it configures the IP addresses for referral servers for the root domain. These servers are known as
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Chapter 6: Managing and Administering DNS in Windows
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Q1) A(n) ____ is used by AD DS for storing all of the AD objects and information about your network environment.
A) OEM
B) DC
C) domain
D) KDC
Q2) In ____, the DNS database is stored in AD, and DNS replication occurs through the normal AD replication process.
A) NetBIOS
B) Kerberos
C) Active Directory-integrated DNS
D) DCDiag
Q3) What is the difference between a domain partition and a schema partition?
Q4) ____ instructs a DNS server to forward all queries for DNS domains not hosted on a server to another server or servers
A) Standard forwarding
B) Active Directory
C) Kerberos
D) DCDIag
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Chapter 7: Configuring File Services in Windows Server
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Q1) ____ allow shared file resources to be available to clients when they are not connected to the network.
A) Domains
B) Net shares
C) Offline files
D) ACLS
Q2) The Windows Server 2008 File Services role contains many functions for providing access to and storage of electronic data. Each function includes a specific service for network clients. Briefly describe the following functions: File Server and Distributed File System.
Q3) FSRM allows administrators to perform various tasks in managing files and disk volumes through the FSRM console. List three of these tasks.
Q4) ____ are defined at the folder or file level.
A) Net shares
B) Tokens
C) Administrative shares
D) User-level permissions
Q5) What information is contained in the following shares: Admin$ and IPC$?
Q6) Storing offline files is also called _________________________.
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Chapter 8: Introduction to Printers in a Windows Server
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Q1) List three reasons why you would need to change printer ports.
Q2) The ____ is a platform-independent document format that does not require the job file to be converted at different steps of the process like EMF jobs.
A) enhanced metafile
B) HTML
C) XML paper specification
D) CSS
Q3) The ____ role service in Windows Server 2008 creates a Web site that hosts printers.
A) Internet printing
B) printer pool
C) root hint
D) stub zone
Q4) List three ways in which Windows Server 2008 allows you to deploy printer connections to clients.
Q5) What is the difference between a print device and a printer driver?
Q6) The PCL allows you to manage local and remote print servers.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Network Policy and Access Services in Windows
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Q1) As a software-based router, RRAS is recommended for use in small networks that require simple routing directions but is not recommended for large and complex environments.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A(n) ____ is a setting used to route RADIUS messages between the access client and the appropriate RADIUS server.
A) RADIUS proxy
B) RADIUS client
C) VPN
D) network access server
Q3) A UDP relay agent manages the communication between a network's DHCP server and clients on subnets without a DHCP server.
A)True
B)False
Q4) ___________________________________ provide secure network access for remote clients over the Internet through the use of tunneling protocols.
Q5) What is the difference between EAP over local area network and EAP over wireless?
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Chapter 10: Securing Windows Server 2008
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Q1) IPSec's ____ provides end-to-end security between devices or hosts, such as between a client and server or for Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) virtual private network (VPN) solutions for remote access.
A) transport mode
B) routing table
C) socket
D) tunnel mode
Q2) A ____ is a microchip that performs basic security tasks with encryption keys.
A) stub zone
B) Trusted Protection Module
C) root hint
D) DHCP relay agent
Q3) The ____ is responsible for managing the network health and connectivity policies on a network.
A) System Health Validator
B) Remediation Server
C) System Health Agent
D) Network Policy Server
Q4) IPSec meets three basic goals. Briefly discuss these goals.
Q5) What is the purpose of the System Health Validator?
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Chapter 11: Managing and Monitoring a Windows Server
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Q1) ____ centralizes the updating tasks for client and server computers and allows you to relocate them from the WAN onto the local network.
A) DHCP
B) UDP
C) Windows Server Backup
D) Windows Server Update Services
Q2) List three improvements or changes that have been made in Windows Server 2008's version of Windows Server Backup (WSB).
Q3) The ____ console provides a suite of utilities for monitoring and capturing performance data for local and remote systems.
A) Reliability and Performance
B) Disk Management
C) Event
D) Performance Monitor
Q4) What benefits are derived by businesses from the deployment of WSUS?
Q5) What are the limitations of Network Monitor?
Q6) List four tasks that you would use Windows Update to perform.
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Q7) _________________________ allows you to review and manage events for local and remote computers.
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