IT Professionals - Microsoft exams - experiences?

[SUPRALOOPY]

Anytime..

[caliAl]

I use Sybex and Microsoft Press books. http://www.testking.com has all the questions and answers to must exams although cheating kinda defeats the object of doing the exams in the first place. Microsoft exams can be very hard if you have not properly studied for them.

[caliAl]

Here's what to expect in the exam......

 

3. You are the desktop administrator for your company. All employees have Windows XP Professional computers. Twenty engineers at the company use portable computers. An engineer named Tom wants to install an external parallel-port tape backup drive to use the removable storage features of Windows XP Professional. The tape drive is included on the Hardware Compatibility List (HCL. Tom connects the tape drive to his computer and installs the manufacturer-provided drivers and software. When Tom attempts to create a media library for removable storage, the tape drive is not listed as an available library to select. You need to enable Tom to install the driver for the tape drive. What should you do?

A. Add Tom to the local Backup Operator group on his computer.

B. Run the Sigverif utility to verify the digital signer and version information for the print device driver.

C. Disable Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP. support in the system BIOS on Tom’s computer.

D. Ensure that the Driver Signing Options are set to Warn-Prompt me each time to choose an action.

Answer: A

 

4. You are the desktop administrator for your company. All employees have Windows XP Professional computers. All employees are members of the local Users group on their own computers. A user in the graphics department has a removable disk cartridge drive on his computer. The disk cartridge contains an unsupported, third-party file system. When he tries to save data to the disk cartridge, the user is prompted to reformat the disk cartridge. However, he receives an “Access denied” error message when attempting to reformat. You need to enable the user to save data to the disk cartridge. What should you do?

A. Instruct the user to format the cartridge as FAT32.

B. Remove the Read-only attribute from the disk cartridge.

C. Add the user to the Power Users local group on the computer.

D. Grant the user Allow-Full Control permission on the disk cartridge.

E. Configure the local security settings to allow the user to format and eject removable media.

Answer:E

 

5. You are the desktop administrator for your company. A graphics designer name Pierre installs a new application and an updated video driver on his Windows XP Professional computer. After the installation, Pierre restarts his computer and logs on. However, when he moves Windows and dialog boxes, the display is distorted. You need to find the correct video driver for the new application. Meanwhile, you need to ensure that Pierre can run his other applications without video distortion. What should you do?

A. Use device Manager to roll back the video driver.

B. Restart the computer with the last known good configuration.

C. Run the Msconfig utility, and select the /BASEVIDEO check box.

D. Use the Add Hardware Wizard to scan for new hardware. Install any found hardware.

Answer:A

 

6. You are a help desk technician for your company. Initially, all your client computers run Microsoft NT workstation 4.0. You upgrade these computers. Now some run Windows 2000 Professional and others run Windows XP Professional. Users now report display problems. When they run an application named App2, their displays become garbled, or their computers do not display the application window correctly. They do not experience this problem when running other applications. How should you reconfigure each computer?

A. In the Display settings, adjust the screen resolution to a lower value.

B. In the Monitor properties, adjust the screen refresh rate to a lower value.

C. In the Advanced Display settings, configure the display DPI settings to 120 dots per inch.

D. In the Compatibility settings for app2, select the Run in 256 colors check box.

Answer: A

(No way, Windows 2000 does not have a compatibility mode, so use the overall solution, so my opinion is Answer A. If it was only XP stations I would agree.

 

7. You are the desktop administrator for your company. All users have Windows XP Professional computers. Users in the sales department have portable computers. The portable computers are used to create customer presentations and perform online ordering.

Sales representatives want to be able to use large external monitors to display their presentations at customer locations. These users also want to use the displays on the portable computers to show their speaker notes and extra data. You verify that the video adapters in the portable computers support multiple monitor and dual-view capabilities. However, the sales representatives report that when they attach the external monitors to

their computers, the option to define separate desktop displays does not appear in the Display settings. You need to enable the sales representatives to display multiple desktops. What should you do?

A. Obtain and install an updated driver from the video adapter manufacturer.

B. Instruct the sales representatives to disable all hardware video acceleration during their presentations.

C. Configure the monitors on the sales representatives’ computers to use the Presentation power scheme.

D. Create a monitor profile on the sales representatives’ computers for the external monitors at the customer sites.

Answer:A

[SUPRALOOPY]

Shudders.. that brings it all back..

[edd_t]

Knowing the difference between a programme and a program will probably be a good start too

 

haha yeh i know, i totally b*ggerd that up!

 

now where's the ANY button?

[SBDJ]

I'm being forced to update my certifications at the moment; just done my Nortel CC6 ones, doing MS 070-262 on Wednesday...

[Lewis]

haha yeh i know, i totally b*ggerd that up!

 

now where's the ANY button?

 

You mean the ANY key right? lol

[chilli]

are these qualifications actually worth anything at the end of the day?

 

did two interviews today, having an MS qualification would have made absolutely no difference to their chances

 

I've never been asked to have them, never wanted them, never interviewed for a company who cared about them lol

 

yes I do work in IT, maybe in a different field. There is much more to IT than Microsoft though I'd rather do something company agnostic (but technology specific) tbh

[MaveriK]

Braindumps and relearn English the American way!

[Pabs]

are these qualifications actually worth anything at the end of the day?

 

IMHO - Yes - I can't even get an interview without them. This is exactly why I am doing them. My Masters degree in Computer Engineering (1st/distinction/whatever) doesn't actually seem to put me in any better situation than a 16yr old school leaver, so I'm going down the specific IT qualifications route.

 

Anyway - thanks to ALL who helped me thus far - I passed my first Microsoft exam this morning with flying colours (i think, at least i was well over the pass mark) and I'm already studying for my 2nd exam to complete my MCDST.