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Windows Nt — Part 1 MCQs with Explanations

Practice high-yield Computer Science & IT MCQs on Windows Nt — Part 1 with worked academic solutions for PPSC, FPSC, CSS, PMS, NTS.

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PPSC, FPSC, CSS...
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Question 1 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which layers of the OSI model are managed by a network protocol such as Microsoft NetBEUI?

Question 2 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

How do you configure a printing pool?

Question 3 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

In heavily overloaded networks, cross-bar switching offers better performance than cell-backplane switching

Question 4 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

You want to connect 2 networks that are both lOBaseT Ethernet networks. The 2 networks are located in separate buildings so that they are approximately 1,000 meters apart. Which media should you use?

Question 5 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

You install Windows NT Server on a computer, making the computer a backup domain controller in an existing domain. After installation, you discover that you used the wrong domain name. What should you do?

Question 6 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

In your company, 2 Ethernet Networks are connected with a router. All network connections run TCP/IP. Your new client computer can access only the computers on your side of the router. All other computers are able to access one another. What is the most likely cause of the problem?

Question 7 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

From your client computer, you are able to access several servers on your 10Base2 Ethernet network. However, you are NOT able to access a server names RED. Other client computers are able to access RED. What is the most likely cause of the problem?

Question 8 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Most routers can also act as bridges

Question 9 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Windows Naming Service (WINS)

Question 10 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

What must you do to create a printer pool containing four shared printers on your Windows NT Server computer?

Question 11 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Assume, you are the administrator of the TUNA domain. You need to allow Lisa from the BASS domain to administrate the TUNA domain while you are on vacation. A one-way trust relationship has been set up so that TUNA trusts BASS. Which group assignments would accomplish your needs?

Question 12 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the following statements about a local group account created by User Manager for Domains is true?

Question 13 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Peter uses a Microsoft Windows 95 computer. What should he do to be able to administer domain user accounts from his computer?

Question 14 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

You are setting up a network in a school. You need to network 5 computers for the file and printer sharing. You want to use some donated cable and Ethernet adapters. You identify the donated adapters as ARCnet coaxial network adapters and 10Base2 Ethernet network adapters. You install an Ethernet adapter in each of the 5 computers and connect the donated cable. The computers are NOT able to maintain reliable communication. You suspect that you are NOT using the correct type of coaxial cable. Which type of coaxial cable should you be using?

Question 15 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

The rating in bits per second for UTP Cat 5 wiring is

Question 16 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

In building cabling, horizontal wiring from the telecommunications closet (TC) to the wall outlet has a distance limitation of

Question 17 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

You are installing a network interface card on a computer with the following configuration: a 5867133 CPU, 16MB or RAM, a 800-MB IDE hard disk, a parallel port configured as LPT1, and a serial port configured as COM1, which is currently used by a mouse. In addition to the IDE host adapter and the video card, the following devices have been installed on the computer's expansion bus: a modem on COM2, a SCSI host adapter for a CD-ROM drive, and a sound card. The SCSI hose adapter is using IRQ 5, and the sound card is using IRQ 11. The network interface card that you are installing supports the following choices for IRQ: 2, 3, 4, 5, 9,10 and 11. Which IRQ(s) could you use for the network interface card without creating an IRQ conflict with another device?

Question 18 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

What does the transport protocol do?

Question 19 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Bridges operate at the MAC layer (layer 2 of the OSI model.)

Question 20 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

You need to install network adapters in 20 ISA-bus computers. Which rule must you follow when installing the network adapters?

Question 21 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Routers are often used to implement FIREWALLS

Question 22 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

You are adding a new server to your network. The network uses TCP/IP. The new server will provide users with dial-up access to network resources. The data link communications protocol you choose for dial-up access must allow you to provide secure authentication. Which protocol should you choose?

Question 23 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Maria needs to install software on a Windows NT Server computer which is a backup domain controller. When she attempts to log on to the server, she receives the message "Unable to log on locally". What must you do to enable Maria to log on to the server?

Question 24 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Why does a high number of broadcast messages adversely affect overall network performance?

Question 25 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

You want to find out which users are currently using a specific directory on a Windows NT Server computer. How should you do this?

Question 26 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol [DHCP]

Question 27 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Bridges are ideally used in environments where there a number of well defined workgroups

Question 28 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

A company has a department that consists of 15 engineers. The engineers have data that needs to be accessible only to their own team. The department continually has engineers arriving and departing, and it is difficult to identify a single administrator for the department Which model would be the best for this situation?

Question 29 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

A one-way trust relationship has been established in which the RESEARCH domain trusts the TESTING domain. The Guest account is disabled in both domains. As a user belonging to a global group called Testers in the TESTING domain, you want to access a shared directory on a Windows NT Advanced Server in the RESEARCH domain. Which action would give you access?

Question 30 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Assume that all users are members of the ACE domain and that most of the resources exist in the PUBS and CAD domains. You are a user with administrator rights in all domains. How would you allow users to access all of the resources, with a minimum set of trust relationships?

Question 31 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

When of the following is a system default profile used?

Question 32 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

In UTP Cat 5 wiring, patch cables from the wall outlet to the PC have a distance limitation of

Question 33 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

In which of the following cable systems are T connectors and terminators are used?

Question 34 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

An ethernet switch works at the protocol layer

Question 35 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

You want to keep an individual from logging on to a Windows NT Server computer by using the default Administrator account. How should you do this?

Question 36 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

There are two domains on your network. The DESIGN domain trusts the SALES domain. A color printer is shared in the DESIGN domain, and print permissions have been granted to the Domain Users and Domain Guests groups in the DESIGN domain. The Guest account has been enabled in the DESIGN domain. User John Y logs on using his account in the SALES domain. What must you do to allow JohnY to access the printer?

Question 37 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Another drawback with repeaters is that the traffic generated on one segment is propagated onto the other segments

Question 38 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

What does the Directory Replicator service allow you to do?

Question 39 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

A route is a path between two network segments

Question 40 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Since bridges buffer frames, it is possible to interconnect different network segments which use different MAC protocols

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