Which of the following are benefits of using Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Core?

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1. You are the administrator for the ABC Company. You are looking to install Windows Server 2012 R2, and you need to decide which version to install. You need to install a version of Windows that is just for logon authentication and nothing else. You want the most secure option and cost is not an issue. What should you install?

A. Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter with GUI
B. Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Server Core
C. Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard with GUI
D. Windows Server 2012 R2 Web Server Core

2. You are the IT manager for a large organization. One of your co-workers installed a new Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Server Core machine, but now the IT team has decided that it should be a Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter with GUI. What should you do?

A. Reinstall Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Server Core on the same machine.
B. Install a new machine with Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Server Core.
C. Convert the current Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Server Core to the Windows
Server 2012 R2 Datacenter with GUI version.
D. Dual-boot the machine with both Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Server Core
and Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter with GUI.

3.You are the administrator for your company, and you are looking at upgrading your Windows Server 2008 web server to Windows Server 2012 R2. Which version of Windows Server 2012 R2 does Microsoft recommend you use?

A.Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter
B.Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard
C.Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials
D.Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation

4. You are looking at upgrading your Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise with SP2 machine to Windows Server 2012 R2. Your organization is considering virtualizing its entire server room, which has 25 servers. To which version of Windows Server 2012 R2 would you upgrade?

A. Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter
B. Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard
C. Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials
D. Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation

5.You have been hired to help a small company set up its first Windows network. It has had the same 13 users for the entire two years it has been open, and the company has no plans to expand. What version of Windows Server 2012 R2 would you recommend?

A.Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter
B.Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard
C.Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials
D.Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation

6.You have been hired to help a small company set up its Windows network. It has 20 users, and it has no plans to expand. What version of Windows Server 2012 R2 would you recommend?

A.Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter
B.Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard
C.Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials
D.Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation

7.Which of the following are benefits of using Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Core? (Choose all that apply.)

A.Reduced management
B.Minimal maintenance
C.Smaller footprint
D.Tighter security

8.You are a server administrator, and you are trying to save hard drive space on your Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter machine. Which feature can help you save hard disk space?

A.HDSaver.exe
B.Features On Demand
C.ADDS
D.WinRM

9. You have a server named SRV1 that runs Windows Server 2012 R2. You want to remove Windows Explorer, Windows Internet Explorer, and all components and files from this machine. Which command should you run?

A.msiexec.exe /uninstall iexplore.exe /x
B.msiexec.exe /uninstall explorer.exe /x
C.Uninstall-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra Remove
D.Uninstall-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Shell Remove

10.What type of domain controller would you install into an area where physical security is a concern?
A.Primary domain controller
B.Backup domain controller
C.Read-only domain controller
D.Locked-down domain controller

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1. You are the network administrator for the ABC Company. Your network consists of two DNS servers named DNS1 and DNS2. The users who are configured to use DNS2 complain because they are unable to connect to Internet websites. The following table shows the configuration of both servers.

DNS1>_msdcs.abc.com/abc.com
DNS2>.(root)/_msdcs.abc.com/abc.com

The users connected to DNS2 need to be able to access the Internet. What needs to be done?

A. Build a new Active Directory Integrated zone on DNS2.
B. Delete the .(root) zone from DNS2 and configure Conditional forwarding on DNS2.
C. Delete the current cache.dns file.
D. Update your cache.dns file and root hints.

2. You are the network administrator for a large company that has one main site and one branch office. Your company has a single Active Directory forest, ABC.com. You have a single domain controller (ServerA) in the main site that has the DNS role installed. ServerA is configured as a primary DNS zone. You have decided to place a domain controller (ServerB) in the remote site and implement the DNS role on that server. You want to configure DNS so that if the WAN link fails, users in both sites can still update records and resolve any DNS queries. How should you configure the DNS servers?

A. Configure ServerB as a secondary DNS server. Set replication to occur every 5 minutes.
B. Configure ServerB as a stub zone.
C. Configure ServerB as an Active Directory Integrated zone and convert ServerA to an Active Directory Integrated zone.
D. Convert ServerA as an Active Directory Integrated zone and configure ServerB as a secondary zone.

3. You are the network administrator for a midsize computer company. You have a single Active Directory forest, and your DNS servers are configured as Active Directory Integrated zones. When you look at the DNS records in Active Directory, you notice that there are many records for computers that do not exist on your domain. You want to make sure that only domain computers register with your DNS servers. What should you do to resolve this issue?

A. Set dynamic updates to None.
B. Set dynamic updates to Nonsecure and Secure.
C. Set dynamic updates to Domain Users Only.
D. Set dynamic updates to Secure Only.

4. Your company consists of a single Active Directory forest. You have a Windows Server 2008 domain controller that also has the DNS role installed. You also have a Unix-based DNS server at the same location. You need to configure your Windows DNS server to allow zone transfers to the Unix-based DNS server. What should you do?

A. Enable BIND secondaries.
B. Configure the Unix machine as a stub zone.
C. Convert the DNS server to Active Directory Integrated.
D. Configure the Microsoft DNS server to forward all requests to the Unix DNS server.

5. You are the network administrator for Stellacon Corporation. Stellacon has two trees in its Active Directory forest, stellacon.com and abc.com. Company policy does not allow DNS zone transfers between the two trees. You need to make sure that when anyone in abc.com tries to access the stellacon.com domain that all names are resolved from the stellacon.com DNS server. What should you do?

A. Create a new secondary zone in abc.com for stellacon.com.
B. Configure conditional forwarding on the abc.com DNS server for stellacon.com.
C. Create a new secondary zone in stellacon.com for abc.com.
D. Configure conditional forwarding on the stellacon.com DNS server for abc.com.

6. You are the network administrator for your organization. A new company policy states that all inbound DNS queries need to be recorded. What can you do to verify that the IT department is compliant with this new policy?

A. Enable Server Auditing-Object Access.
B. Enable DNS debug logging.
C. Enable server database query logging.
D. Enable DNS Auditing-Object Access.

7. You are the network administrator for a small company with two DNS servers, DNS1 and DNS2. Both DNS servers reside on domain controllers. DNS1 is set up as a standard primary zone and DNS2 is set up as a secondary zone. A new security policy was written stating that all DNS zone transfers must be encrypted. How can you implement the new security policy?

A. Enable the Secure Only setting on DNS1.
B. Enable the Secure Only setting on DNS2.
C. Configure Secure Only on the Zone Transfers tab for both servers.
D. Delete the secondary zone on DNS2. Convert both DNS servers to use Active Directory Integrated zones.

8. You are responsible for DNS in your organization. You look at the DNS database and see a large number of older records on the server. These records are no longer valid. What should you do?

A. In the zone properties, enable Zone Aging and Scavenging.
B. In the server properties, enable Zone Aging and Scavenging.
C. Manually delete all the old records.
D. Set Dynamic Updates to None.

9. Your IT team has been informed by the compliance team that they need copies of the DNS Active Directory Integrated zones for security reasons. You need to give the Compliance department a copy of the DNS zone. How should you accomplish this goal?

A. Run dnscmd /zonecopy.
B. Run dnscmd /zoneinfo.
C. Run dnscmd /zoneexport.
D. Run dnscmd /zonefile.

10. You are the network administrator for a Windows Server 2008 R2 network. You have multiple remote locations connected to your main office by slow satellite links. You want to install DNS into these offices so that clients can locate authoritative DNS servers in the main location. What type of DNS servers should be installed in the remote locations?

A. Primary DNS zones
B. Secondary DNS zones
C. Active Directory Integrated zones
D. Stub zones

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1. You are the systems administrator of a large organization that has recently implemented Windows Server 2008 R2. You have a few remote sites that do not have very tight security. You have decided to implement read-only domain controllers (RODC). What forest and function levels does the network need for you to do the install? (Choose all that apply.)

A. Windows 2000 Mixed
B. Windows 2008 R2
C. Windows 2003
D. Windows 2008

2. What is the maximum number of domains that a Windows Server 2008 R2 computer, configured as a domain controller, may participate in at one time?

A. Zero
B. One
C. Two
D. Any number of domains

3. A systems administrator is trying to determine which filesystem to use for a server that will become a Windows Server 2008 file server and domain controller. His company’s requirements include the following:

The filesystem must allow for file-level security from within Windows 2008 Server.
The filesystem must make efficient use of space on large partitions.
The domain controller SYSVOL must be stored on the partition.
Which of the following filesystems meets these requirements?

A. FAT
B. FAT32
C. HPFS
D. NTFS

4. For security reasons, you have decided that you must convert the system partition on your Windows Server 2008 R2 from the FAT32 filesystem to NTFS. Which of the following steps must you take in order to convert the filesystem? (Choose two.)

A. Run the command CONVERT /FS:NTFS from the command prompt.
B. Rerun Windows Server 2008 R2 Setup and choose to convert the partition to NTFS during the reinstallation.
C. Boot Windows Server 2008 R2 Setup from the installation CD-ROM and choose Rebuild File System.
D. Reboot the computer.

5. Windows Server 2008 R2 requires the use of which of the following protocols or services in order to support Active Directory? (Choose two.)

A. DHCP
B. TCP/IP
C. NetBEUI
D. IPX/SPX
E. DNS

6. You are promoting a Windows Server 2008 R2 computer to an Active Directory domain controller for test purposes. The new domain controller will be added to an existing domain. While you are using the Active Directory Installation Wizard, you receive an error message that prevents the server from being promoted. Which of the following might be the cause of the problem? (Choose all that apply.)

A. The system does not contain an NTFS partition on which the SYSVOL directory can be created.
B. You do not have a Windows Server 2008 R2 DNS server on the network.
C. The TCP/IP configuration on the new server is incorrect.
D. The domain has reached its maximum number of domain controllers.

7. Your network contains a single Active Directory domain. The domain contains five Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controllers. You plan to install a new Windows Server 2012 R2 domain controller. Which two actions would you need to perform? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose two.)
A. Run adprep.exe /rodcprep at the command line.
B. Run adprep.exe /forestprep at the command line.
C. Run adprep.exe /domainprep at the command line.
D. From Active Directory Domains and Trusts, raise the functional level of the domain.
E. From Active Directory Users and Computers, prestage the RODC computer account.

8. You are the network administrator for a large company that creates widgets. Management asks you to implement a new Windows Server 2012 R2 system. You need to implement federated identity management. Which of the following will help you do this?

A. Active Directory Federation Services
B. Active Directory DNS Services
C. Active Directory IIS Services
D. Active Directory IAS Services

9. You are the system administrator responsible for your company’s infrastructure. You think
you have an issue with name resolution, and you need to verify that you are using the correct host name. You want to test DNS on the local system and need to see whether the host name server-1 resolves to the IP address 10.1.1.1. Which of the following actions provides a solution to the problem?

A. Add a DNS server to your local subnet.
B. Add the mapping for the hostname server-1 to the IP address 10.1.1.1 in the local system’s HOSTS file.
C. Add an A record to your local WINS server.
D. Add an MX record to your local DNS server.

10. You have one Active Directory forest in your organization that contains one domain named Stellacon.com. You have two domain controllers configured with the DNS role installed. There are two Active Directory Integrated zones named Stellacon.com and Stellatest.com. One of your IT members (who is not an administrator) needs to be able to modify the Stellacon.com DNS server, but you need to prevent this user from modifying the Stellatest.com SOA record. How do you accomplish this?

A. Modify the permissions of the Stellacon.com zone from the DNS Manager snap-in.
B. Modify the permissions of the Stellatest.com zone from the DNS Manager snap-in.
C. Run the Delegation of Control Wizard in Active Directory.
D. Run the Delegation of Control Wizard in the DNS snap-in.

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1. The company for which you work has a multilevel administrative team that is segmentedby departments and locations. There are four major locations, and you are in the Northeast group. You have been assigned to the administrative group that is responsible for creating and maintaining network shares for files and printers in your region. The last place you worked had a large Windows Server 2003 network, where you had a much wider range of responsibilities. You are excited about the chance to learn more about Windows Server 2012 R2.
For your first task, you have been given a list of file and printer shares that need to be created for the users in your region. You ask how to create them in Windows Server 2012
R2, and you are told that the process of creating a share is the same as with Windows Server 2003. You create the shares and use NETUSE to test them. Everything appears to
work fine, so you send out a message that the shares are available. The next day, you start receiving calls from users who say they cannot see any of the resources you created. What is the most likely reason for the calls from the users?

Select one:
A. You forgot to enable NetBIOS for the shares.
B. You need to force replication for the shares to appear in the directory.
C. You need to publish the shares in the directory.
D. The shares will appear within the normal replication period.

2. You want to publish a printer to Active Directory. Where would you click in order to
accomplish this task?

A. The Sharing tab
B. The Advanced tab
C. The Device Settings tab
D. The Printing Preferences button

3. A system administrator creates a local Printer object, but it doesn’t show up in Active Directory when a user executes a search for all printers. Which of the following are possible reasons for this? (Choose all that apply.)

A. The printer was not shared.
B. The printer is offline.
C. The client does not have permission to view the printer.
D. The printer is malfunctioning.

4. You are the network administrator for a midsize coffee bean distributor. Your company’s network has four Windows 2012 R2 servers, and all of the clients are running either
Windows 8 or Windows 7. Most of your end users use laptops to do their work, and many of them work away from the office. What should you configure to help them work on
documents when away from the office?

A. Online file access
B. Offline file access
C. Share permissions
D. NTFS permissions

5. Your company has decided to implement a Windows 2012 R2 server. The company IT manager who came before you always used FAT32 as the system partition. Your company
wants to know whether it should move to NTFS. Which of the following are some advantages of NTFS? (Choose all that apply.)

A. Security
B. Quotas
C. Compression
D. Encryption

6. Will, the IT manager for your company, has been asked to give Moe the rights to read and change documents in the Stellacon Documents folder. The following table shows the
current permissions on the shared folder:

Group/User NTFS Shared
Sales Read Change
Marketing Modify Change
R&D Deny Full Control
Finance Read Read
Tylor Read Change

Moe is a member of the Sales and Finance groups. When Moe accesses the Stellacon Documents folder, he can read all of the files, but the system won’t let him change or
delete files. What do you need to do to give Moe the minimum amount of rights to do his job?

A. Give Sales Full Control to shared permissions.
B. Give Moe Full Control to NTFS security.
C. Give Finance Change to shared permissions.
D. Give Finance Modify to NTFS security.
E. Give Moe Modify to NTFS security.

7. You are the administrator of your network, which consists of two Windows Server 2012 R2 systems. One of the servers is a domain controller, and the other server is a file server for data storage. The hard drive of the file server is starting to fill up. You do not have the ability to install another hard drive, so you decide to limit the amount of space everyone gets on the hard drive. What do you need to implement to solve your problem?

A. Disk spacing
B. Disk quotas
C. Disk hardening
D. Disk limitations

8. You are the IT manager for your company. You have been asked to give the Admin group the rights to read, change, and assign permissions to documents in the Stellacon
Documents folder. The following table shows the current permissions on the Stellacon Documents shared folder:

Group/User NTFS Shared
Sales Read Change
Marketing Modify Change
R&D Deny Full Control
Finance Read Read
Admin Change Change

What do you need to do to give the Admin group the rights to do their job? (Choose all
that apply.)

A. Give Sales Full Control to shared permissions.
B. Give Full Control to NTFS security.
C. Give Admin Full Control to shared permissions.
D. Give Finance Modify to NTFS security.
E. Give Admin Full Control to NTFS security.

9. You have been asked to configure a Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Server Core machine. Which remote configuration applications can you use to configure this server
from your machine? (Choose all that apply.)

A. Windows Remote Management
B. Command prompt
C. Windows PowerShell
D. Microsoft Remote Admin (MRA)

10. You have been hired by a small company to implement new Windows Server 2012 R2 systems. The company wants you to set up a server for users’ home folder locations. What type of server would you be setting up?

A. PDC server
B. Web server
C. Exchange server
D. File server

Which of the following are benefits of using Windows Server 2012 R2 server code?

One of the new advantages of Windows Server 2012 R2 is that you can convert Server Core and GUI versions without the need to reinstall the operating system files completely. 3.

Which of the following are benefits of using Windows Server Core?

Benefits to using Server Core are: Reduced attack surface & improved application security environment. Reduced maintenance & management requirements. Reduced disk space & memory usage.

What are the features of Windows Server 2012 R2?

What's New for Windows Server 2012.
Windows Clustering. Windows Clustering allows you to manage both network load-balanced clusters as well as failover clusters. ... .
User Access Logging. New! ... .
Windows Remote Management. ... .
Windows Management Infrastructure. ... .
Data Deduplication. ... .
iSCSI Target Server. ... .
NFS Provider for WMI. ... .
Offline Files..

What is benefits of performing a Server Core installation of Windows Server?

A Server Core installation provides a minimal environment for running specific server roles, which reduces the maintenance and management requirements and the attack surface for those server roles.