Q&A from Week 1 Practice of the 70-282 Online Study Group
Hello Everyone, below are the follow-up questions & answers from the Friday, May 11, 2007, online study group webcast. To download the PowerPoint presentation, please visit BOB Wired at: https://oem.microsoft.com/script/contentpage.aspx?pageid=4078. There you will find a link with a username & password to access a number of BOB Team documents. At the bottom of the list, you will find a folder called "2007-May 70-282 Study Group". We will be making each presentation deck available in this folder.
Q: Is the 70-282 exam based on Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2?
A: Please keep in mind that the 70-282 is not an “SBS exam,” meaning that the concepts you need to understand and the knowledge you need in order to pass the exam are not exclusive to the SBS environment—although extensive familiarity with SBS is necessary. For example, you will need to understand basic networking, DNS, DHCP, RAID configurations, server sizing, etc.—all of which apply across the spectrum of Windows Server products. You may see scenarios where SBS 2003 R2 is used as the server platform in a question. Or it may be SBS 2003. You may also see scenarios where Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition is used. The bottom line is, if you use references that cover the original version SBS 2003 as the basis for your studies, you will be prepared to pass the exam—assuming you have a good understanding of general Windows Server 2003 basics. Again, don’t get distracted by the specific server platform used in the question scenario, instead focus on the intent of the question.
Q: On the current version of the 70-282 exam, would a question refer to SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server 2005?
A: Questions about SQL Server or ISA Server may refer to previous or current versions. The intent of the question is not to test your specific, in-depth knowledge of these products, but to test whether you know what they are, what they are used for, and that they are only included in the Premium Edition of SBS 2003, not the Standard Edition. The answer would apply to either version.
Q: Is there an SBS 2003 image for use with Virtual PC/Virtual Server and how do we get it?
A: A virtual disk image will soon be made available at https://www.microsoft.com/technet/try/vhd/default.mspx.
Q: If an examine question requires that multiple answer options are selected, how is the question scored if you are missing only one of the correct answer options?
A: The question would be scored as incorrect—there is no partial credit.
Q: On the exam, will questions covering RAID topics explicitly state whether they are using 3rd party RAID controllers or Windows software-based RAID?
A: All questions will only refer to Windows software-based RAID.
Q: Can a basic disk containing a FAT32 volume be converted to a dynamic disk?
A: Yes. Right-click on the disk in the Disk Management console and select “Convert to Dynamic Disk...”
Q: In a Small Business Server 2003 environment, does the primary Exchange server have to reside on the SBS machine?
A: Yes.
Q: What are the differences between basic and dynamic disks?
A: A basic disk is a physical disk that contains primary partitions, extended partitions, or logical drives. Partitions and logical drives on basic disks are known as basic volumes. You can only create basic volumes on basic disks. A dynamic disk contains dynamic volumes, such as simple volumes, spanned volumes, striped volumes, mirrored volumes, and RAID-5 volumes. With dynamic storage, you can perform disk and volume management without the need to restart Windows.
Q: When would you use an incremental backup?
A: Incremental backups are used when you want to make the smallest backup sets and have the backup process run in the shortest amount of time.
Comments
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
How to we access the ondemand version of the course. I would like to be able to hear the audio as well as view the slides. I have registered for the on demand version but I can find no way to access the webcasts. Please Help. Thank You, David Smith david.smith@datapro-soluitons.comAnonymous
January 01, 2003
After registering for an on-demand presentation, you will receive an e-mail message with a link that you can use to access the webcast.