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Introduction

T

he Prosoft CIW (Certified Internet Webmaster) certification affirms that you have the essential skills to create, run, and update a website. These skills are exactly what employers in today’s economy are looking for, and you need to stay ahead of the competition in the current job market. CIW certifi-cation will prove to your current or future employer that you are serious about expanding your knowledge base. Obtaining CIW certification will also pro-vide you with valuable skills, including basic networking, web page authoring, internetworking, maintaining security, and website design, and expose you to a variety of vendor products made for web design and implementation.

This book is meant to help you prepare for the Certified Internet Web-master Server Administrator Exam 1D0-450. The Server Administrator Exam is a prerequisite for the following CIW certifications: CIW Certified Instructor (for those teaching CIW Server Administrator content), Master CIW Web Site Manager, and Master CIW Administrator. CIW Associates who pass the CIW Server Administrator exam also achieve the CIW Profes-sional certification.

The Certified Internet Webmaster Program

The CIW Internet skills certification program is aimed at professionals who design, develop, administer, secure, and support Internet- or intranet-related services. The CIW certification program offers industry-wide recognition of an individual’s Internet and web knowledge and skills, and certification is frequently a factor in hiring and assignment decisions. It also provides tangible evidence of a person’s competency as an Internet professional; holders of this certification can demonstrate to potential employers and clients that they have passed rigorous training and examination requirements that set them apart from non-certified competitors. All CIW certifications are endorsed by the International Webmasters Association (IWA) and the Association of Internet Professionals (AIP).

CIW Associate

The first step toward CIW certification is the CIW Foundations series. A can-didate for the CIW Associate certification and the Foundations exam has the basic hands-on skills and knowledge that an Internet professional is expected to understand and use. Foundations skills include basic knowledge of Internet technologies, network infrastructure, and web authoring using HTML.


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The CIW Foundations program is designed for all professionals who use the Internet. The job expectations of a CIW Associate, or person who has completed the program and passed the Foundations exam, include:

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Understanding Internet, networking, and web page authoring basics

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Application of Foundations skills required for further specialization

There are a few prerequisites for becoming a CIW Associate. For instance, although you need not have Internet experience in order to start Foundations

exam preparation, you should have an understanding of Microsoft Windows.

Table I.1 shows the CIW Foundations exam and the corresponding Sybex Study Guide that covers the CIW Associate certification.

CIW accepts score reports from CIW Associate candidates who have passed the entry-level CompTIA i-Net+ exam (IKO-001) and will award Foundations certification to these individuals. For more information regarding the i-Net+

and other CompTIA exams, visit

www.comptia.org/

.

After passing the Foundations exam, students become CIW Associates and can choose from four Master CIW certification tracks, by choosing a path of interest and passing the required exams:

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Master CIW Designer

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Master CIW Administrator

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CIW Web Site Manager

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Master CIW Enterprise Developer

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CIW Security Analyst

T A B L E I . 1

The CIW Associate Exam and Corresponding Sybex Study Guide

Exam Name Exam Number Sybex Study Guide

Foundations 1D0-410

CIW: Foundations Study Guide

(ISBN 0-7821-4081-5)


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Master CIW Designer

The Master Designer track is composed of two exams, each of which repre-sents a specific aspect of the Internet job role:

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Site Designer

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E-Commerce Designer

Site Designer Exam

The CIW Site Designer applies human-factors prin-ciples to designing, implementing, and maintaining hypertext-based pub-lishing sites. The Site Designer uses authoring and scripting languages, as well as digital media tools, plus provides content creation and website management.

E-Commerce Designer Exam

The CIW E-Commerce Designer is tested on e-commerce set-up, human-factors principles regarding product selec-tion and payment, and site security and administration.

Table I.2 shows the CIW Site Designer and E-Commerce Designer exams and the corresponding Sybex Study Guide for each of these steps toward the CIW Master Designer certification.

Master CIW Administrator

The CIW Administrator is proficient in three areas of administration:

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Server

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Internetworking

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Security administration

T A B L E I . 2

The Master Designer Exams and Corresponding Sybex Study Guides

Exam Names Exam Numbers Sybex Study Guide

Site Designer 1D0-410

CIW: Site and E-Commerce Design Study Guide

(ISBN 0-7821-4082-3)

E-Commerce Designer

1D0-425

CIW: Site and E-Commerce Design Study Guide

(ISBN 0-7821-4082-3)


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After passing each test, you become a CIW Professional in that specific area.

Server Administrator Exam

The CIW Server Administrator manages and tunes corporate e-business solutions infrastructure, including web, FTP, news, and mail servers for midsize to large businesses. Server admin-istrators configure, manage, and deploy e-business solutions servers.

Internetworking Professional Exam

The Internetworking Professional defines network architecture, identifies infrastructure components, and monitors and analyzes network performance. The CIW Internetworking Professional is responsible for the design and management of enterprise TCP/IP networks.

Security Professional Exam

The CIW Security Professional implements policy, identifies security threats, and develops countermeasures using firewall systems and attack-recognition technologies. As a CIW Security Professional, you are responsible for managing the deployment of e-business transactions and payment security solutions.

The Exams in the Master Administrator track are listed in Table I.3.

Other CIW Certifications

Prosoft also offers three additional certification series in website manage-ment, enterprise development, and security analysis.

Master CIW Web Site Manager

The Web Site Manager certification is composed of two Internet job role series exams (Site Designer 1D0-420 and Server Administrator 1D0-450) and two additional language exams

T A B L E I . 3

The Master Administrator Exams and Corresponding Sybex Study Guides.

Exam Names Exam Numbers Sybex Study Guide

Server Administrator

1D0-450

CIW: Server Administrator Study Guide

(ISBN 0-7821-4085-8)

Internetworking Professional

1D0-460

CIW: Internetworking Professional Study Guide

(ISBN 0-7821-4083-1)

Security Professional

1D0-470

CIW: Security Professional Study Guide

(ISBN 0-7821-4084-X)


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(JavaScript 1D0-435 and Perl Fundamentals 1D0-437 from the CIW Web Languages series).

Master CIW Enterprise Developer

The Enterprise Developer certifica-tion is composed of three Internet job role series (Application Developer 1D0-430, Database Specialist 1D0-441, and Enterprise Specialist 1D0-42) and three additional language/theory series (Web Languages, Java Pro-gramming, and Object-Oriented Analysis).

CIW Security Analyst

The Security Analyst certification recognizes those who have already attained a networking certification and demon-strated (by passing the CIW Security 1D0-470 exam) that they have the in-demand security skills to leverage their technical abilities against internal and external cyber threats.

For more information regarding all of Prosoft’s certifications and exams, visit

www.ciwcertified.com

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Special Features in This Book

What makes a Sybex Study Guide the book of choice for over 500,000 cer-tification candidates across numerous technical fields? We take into account not only what you need to know to pass the exam, but what you need to know to apply what you’ve learned in the real world. Each book contains the following:

Objective Information

Each chapter lists at the outset which CIW objective groups are going to be covered within.

Assessment Test

Directly following this Introduction is an Assessment Test that you can take to help you determine how much you already know about administering Windows 2000 and Linux Internet servers. Each question is tied to a topic discussed in the book. Using the results of the Assessment Test, you can figure out the areas where you need to focus your study. Of course, we do recommend you read the entire book.

Exam Essentials

To review what you’ve learned, you’ll find a list of Exam Essentials at the end of each chapter. The Exam Essentials section briefly highlights the topics that need your particular attention as you pre-pare for the exam.


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Key Terms and Glossary

Throughout each chapter, you will be intro-duced to important terms and concepts that you will need to know for the exam. These terms appear in italic within the chapters, and a list of the Key Terms appears just after the Exam Essentials. At the end of the book, a detailed glossary gives definitions for these terms, as well as other gen-eral terms you should know.

Review Questions, complete with detailed explanations

Each chapter is followed by a set of Review Questions that test what you learned in the chapter. The questions are written with the exam in mind, meaning that they are designed to have the same look and feel of what you’ll see on the exam.

Hands-on Exercises

Throughout the book, you’ll find exercises designed to give you the important hands-on experience that is critical for your exam preparation. The exercises support the topics of the chapter, and they walk you through the steps necessary to perform a particular function.

Interactive CD

Every Sybex Study Guide comes with a CD complete with additional questions, flashcards for use with a palm device or PC, and a complete electronic version of this book. Details are in the following section.

What’s On the CD?

Sybex’s

CIW: Server Administrator Study Guide

companion CD includes quite an array of training resources and offers numerous test simulations, bonus exams, and flashcards to help you study for the exam. We have also included the complete contents of the study guide in electronic form. The CD’s resources are described here:

The Sybex Ebook for the

CIW Server Administrator Study Guide

Many people like the convenience of being able to carry their whole study guide on a CD. They also like being able to search the text via computer to find specific information quickly and easily. For these reasons, the entire contents of this study guide are supplied on the CD, in PDF format. We’ve also included Adobe Acrobat Reader, which provides the interface for the PDF contents as well as search capabilities.


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The Sybex CIW Edge Tests

The Edge Tests are a collection of multiple-choice questions that will help you prepare for your exam. There are three sets of questions:

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Two bonus exams designed to simulate the actual live exam.

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All the Review Questions from the Study Guide, presented in an electronic test engine. You can review questions by chapter or by objective area, or you can take a random test.

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The Assessment Test.

Sybex CIW Flashcards for PCs and Palm Devices

The “flashcard” style of question offers an effective way to quickly and efficiently test your understanding of the fundamental concepts covered in the exam. The Sybex CIW Flashcards set consists of 150 questions presented in a special engine developed specifically for this study guide series. We have also developed, in conjunction with Land-J Technologies, a version of the flashcard questions that you can take with you on your Palm OS PDA (including the Palm and Visor PDAs).

How to Use This Book

This book provides a solid foundation for the serious effort of preparing for the exam. To best benefit from this book, you may wish to use the following study method:

1.

Take the Assessment Test to identify your weak areas.

2.

Study each chapter carefully. Do your best to fully understand the information.

3.

Study the Exam Essentials and Key Terms to make sure you are familiar with the areas you need to focus on.

4.

Answer the review questions at the end of each chapter. If you prefer to answer the questions in a timed and graded format, install the Edge Tests from the book’s CD and answer the chapter questions there instead of in the book.

5.

Take note of the questions you did not understand, and study the corresponding sections of the book again.


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6.

Go back over the Exam Essentials and Key Terms.

7.

Go through the study guide’s other training resources, which are included on the book’s CD. These include electronic flashcards, the electronic version of the chapter review questions (try taking them by objective), and the two bonus exams.

To learn all the material covered in this book, you will need to study reg-ularly and with discipline. Try to set aside the same time every day to study, and select a comfortable and quiet place in which to do it. If you work hard, you will be surprised at how quickly you learn this material. Good luck!

Exam Registration

CIW certification exams are administered by Prometric, Inc. through Prometric Testing Centers and by Virtual University Enterprises (VUE) testing centers. You can reach Prometric at (800) 380-EXAM or VUE at (952) 995-8800, to schedule any CIW exam.

You may also register for your exams online at

www.prometric.com

or

www.vue.com

.

Exams cost $125 (U.S.) each and must be paid for in advance. Exams must be taken within one year of payment. Candidates can schedule exams up to six weeks in advance or as late as one working day prior to the date of the exam. To cancel or reschedule an exam, contact the center at least two working days prior to the scheduled exam date. Same-day registration is available in some locations, subject to space availability. Where same-day registration is available, registration must occur a minimum of two hours before test time.

When you schedule the exam, the testing center will provide you with instructions regarding appointment and cancellation procedures, ID require-ments, and information about the testing center location. In addition, you will receive a registration and payment confirmation letter from Prometric or VUE.


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Tips for Taking the CIW Server Administrator Exam

Here are some general tips for achieving success on your certification exam:

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Arrive early at the exam center so that you can relax and review your study materials. During this final review, you can look over tables and lists of exam-related information.

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Read the questions carefully. Don’t be tempted to jump to an early conclusion. Make sure you know

exactly

what the question is asking.

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For questions you’re not sure about, use a process of elimination to get rid of the obviously incorrect answers first. This improves your odds of selecting the correct answer when you need to make an educated guess.

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Mark questions that you aren’t sure of and return to them later. Quite often something in a later question will act as a reminder or give you a clue to the correct answer of the earlier one.

Contacts and Resources

Here are some handy websites to keep in mind for future reference:

Prosoft Training and CIW Exam Information

www.CIWcertified.com

Prometric

www.prometric.com

VUE Testing Services

www.vue.com

Sybex Computer Books

www.sybex.com


Assessment Test

1.

Joe needs the best performance he can obtain for the hard drive system for his database server. Which hard drive system should Joe choose?

A.

IDE

B.

ATA 100

C.

SCSI 3

D.

EIDE

2.

Jim wants to know the number of users currently accessing his IIS website so that he can adjust bandwidth. Which System Monitor counter should Jim examine?

A.

Processor\Server Work Queues

B.

Processor\Queue Length

C. Web Service\CGI requests/sec

D. Web Service\Current Anonymous Users

3. Wendy is an editor for a book publisher. When Wendy goes on the road it takes her a long time to download her e-mail that includes large attachments before she can get to any urgent messages from her boss. What type of server would help Wendy to manipulate e-mail on the server and choose which messages to download first?

A. SMTP

B. POP

C. IMAP

D. Daemon

E. Sendmail


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4. On the Sources server, Jim has the NTFS Full Control permission and the Read share permission on the Confidential folder. Jim needs to delete a memo there that should have gone in the Top Secret folder. Which of the following statements are true?

A. Jim can delete this file if he logs on locally to the Sources server.

B. Jim can delete this file if he uses the network to access the Sources server.

C. Jim can do this if he takes ownership of the sources folder.

D. Jim can do this over the network if he is an administrator.

5. Frank is troubleshooting a second network card that was just added to a Linux server. He wants detailed information on how Linux config-ured that NIC at startup. Which command would give Jim just the information that he needs?

A. ifconfig eth1

B. ifconfig eth2

C. dmesg | grep eth1

D. dmesg | grep eth2

6. Jim just completed a minimum installation of Red Hat Linux. He needs to do some user account administration, but notices that linuxconf has not been installed. How can he add the linuxconf program to his current installation of Linux? Choose the best answer.

A. He must reinstall Linux in server mode

B. He can use the RPM command to install linuxconf

C. He should boot off the installation CD and choose to repair the installation

D. He should mount the Linux installation CD and extract the executable for linuxconf to the /bin/bash working directory


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7. Ginger’s brand-new Gateway laptop comes with Windows XP pre-installed. Ginger wants to dual boot this computer with Linux. What should Ginger obtain before she installs Linux?

A. Drivers

B. DHCP

C. BIOS updates

D. Samba software

8. Mark is developing Microsoft Access macros. He encounters a glitch. Where can Mark go for free advice and feedback from peers that might have encountered and overcome similar problems? Choose the best answer.

A. www.microsoft.com/technet

B. www.tucows.com

C. microsoft.public.access.macros

D. www.whatis.com

9. Jim wants to share files and folders among his five employees while minimizing cost. Which type of network should Jim install?

A. Peer-to-peer

B. User-level access model

C. Active Directory

D. Domain based

10. George wants to set access permissions on the C:\secret folder on a newly installed Windows 2000 Server. He right clicks the folder and selects Properties from the shortcut menu to open the Properties dia-log box, but the Security tab is not available. What might be the prob-lem? Choose two.

A. Drive C is the system partition.

B. George isn’t logged on as administrator.

C. Drive C is formatted with NTFS.

D. Drive C is formatted with FAT or FAT32.


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11. Mark wants to automatically make home folders for new users that he will create. What should Mark do first?

A. Use the %username% variable

B. Open Active Directory Users and Computers

C. Create and share a users folder

D. Open Computer Management

12. George enables auditing on the HR folder. Which utility should George use to view the results?

A. The Audit log of System Tools

B. The Audit log of System Information

C. The Security log of Event Viewer

D. The Application log of Event Viewer

13. Your company’s IT department plans to implement an operating sys-tem. Your boss is concerned about supportability, the range of appli-cations that must be supported, ease of use, and the available talent pool of IT professionals experienced in the NOS to be chosen. Which NOS should you choose?

A. Windows 2000

B. Linux

C. IBM AIX

D. Novell NetWare

14. Bart modifies the /etc/passwd file to add a user account as follows:

U2:x:101:100:U2 Band:/home/U2:/bin/bash.

What has been accomplished? Choose all that apply.

A. A user account has been created.

B. A password has been assigned.

C. A home directory has been created.

D. A default shell has been assigned.


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15. Frank wants to overcome the failure of a single disk controller. What fault-tolerant hardware should Frank implement?

A. Disk mirroring

B. Disk duplexing

C. SCSI

D. RAID

16. Jonathan wants to see if all three of his DNS servers are functioning cor-rectly, because some users have reported problems in name resolution and other users have reported that everything is working correctly. After going to a command prompt, typing nslookup, and pressing Enter, which command should Jonathan issue to first check ns1.ciw.com?

A. server=ns1.ciw.com

B. [email protected]

C. server ns1.ciw.com

D. type=ns1.ciwcertified.com

17. As part of an unannounced security inspection, there is a bogus emer-gency meeting. A user logged in as root and a user logged in as gbush walk away from their workstation without logging off. Will either of these users be vulnerable to having their password changed?

A. No

B. Only root

C. Only gbush

D. Both

18. Jim hosts several high-traffic FTP sites on his IIS 5 server. What can Jim do to increase performance? Choose the best answer.

A. Add IP addresses

B. Use round-robin DNS

C. Add NICs

D. Add ports


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19. Ralph is setting up logging for his web server. What, if anything, should limit how much information he logs? Choose the best answer.

A. Logging may require additional client-access licenses.

B. Logging can have legal implications.

C. Logging can compromise security.

D. Logging affects system performance.

20. Mike is writing a job description for a new IT position that will be responsible for backbone services. Which of the following are charac-teristic of backbone services? Choose all that apply.

A. Operate in the background

B. Operate in the foreground

C. Provide naming services

D. Provide directory services

E. Provide central logon

21. George wants to get information about local and remote users on his Linux FTP server. Which protocol should George use?

A. echo

B. XWindows

C. finger

D. TCPWrappers

22. Bill is accessing the Internet. He cannot access his corporate website by host name, but he can access it by IP address. What is the likely problem?

A. DNS server

B. Default gateway

C. NetBIOS over TCP/IP

D. Proxy server

E. Firewall


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23. Mark wants to make the Projects folder available to network users. What should Mark create?

A. A global group

B. A share

C. A local group

D. An ACL

24. Jim wants to configure his Apache server as a web proxy server. Which file should Jim edit?

A. httpd.conf

B. proxy.conf

C. srm.conf

D. access.conf

25. Jim is installing a Windows 2000 domain controller that has the DNS name of server1.northwesttraders.com. NT 4 workstations need to join this domain. Which domain should these workstations join?

A. server1

B. northwesttraders

C. northwesttrader

D. com

26. Linda wants works for a web-hosting company that will deploy 200 servers. She needs to minimize licensing costs. Which NOS should Linda choose?

A. NT 4

B. Windows 2000

C. Linux

D. Novell NetWare 5.2


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27. Ralph wants to use the dump command to create a full backup. What number does dump use to denote a full backup?

A. 0

B. 1

C. 2

D. 3

28. George is setting up name resolution using WINS. He wants clients to use the WINS server first, and if the WINS server is unavailable or can-not resolve a NetBIOS name, he wants the client to broadcast in order to resolve a NetBIOS name. Which node type should George use on his WINS server?

A. p-node

B. b-node

C. h-node

D. m-node

29. Jim is training a new webmaster, and he wants to emphasize the impor-tance of web servers, database servers, and e-commerce servers that integrate to form his website. How should he categorize these services?

A. Enterprise

B. Background

C. Mission-critical

D. Foundation

30. Frank is optimizing performance on his web server farm. His boss says that the firewall’s intrusion detection alarm went off. What might have set off that alarm?

A. Use of vmstat by a user other than root

B. Use of top by a user other than root

C. Use of port 80

D. Activation of disk performance counters

E. A packet sniffer placing a host’s NIC in promiscuous mode.


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31. Ralph wants to host a second website on his www.number-one.com website. He sets up a shared virtual server on port 2222. How can users access this website?

A. http://www2.number-one.com

B. http://www.number-two.com

C. http://www2.number-one.com:2222

D. http://www.number-one.com:2222

E. http://www.number-one.com/2222

F. http://www.number-one.com@2222

32. Mark needs to make a list of the MAC addresses of the computers in his company. Which command can Mark use to gather these statistics without leaving his computer?

A. ipconfig /all

B. ping -a IP_address

C. nbtstat -A IP_address

D. netstat -A computer_name

33. Frank is a webmaster. He is concerned that someone is probing his website and poking around to see what directories exist. He reviews the server logs when he comes in on Monday morning. What series of HTTP reply messages would be of greatest interest to Frank?

A. 1xx

B. 2xx

C. 3xx

D. 4xx

E. 5xx

F. 6xx


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34. Mark runs out of space on his FTP server. He has additional space on his web server. What can Mark do to use some of the space on the web server for FTP download?

A. Use port 21 on the web server

B. Use port 80 on the FTP server

C. Create an FTP virtual directory that points to a share on the web server

D. Create an FTP virtual directory on the FTP server

35. Mike is writing a new web-enabled database application. What must he do to enable this application to use SSL?

A. Compile the application using a block cipher

B. Nothing

C. Use ODBC

D. Download and apply the Netscape SSL API

36. Frank wants to set up a firewall that has minimal impact on network performance and that is a popular choice for high-volume traffic. What type of firewall is Frank talking about?

A. Packet-filtering firewall

B. Application-layer gateway

C. Circuit-level gateway

D. Proxy server

E. Intrusion detection system

F. Encryption

37. Jim has set up an internal CA. He tests the CA using his laptop com-puter to connect to an ISP and then to his corporate website as if he were a customer. SSL authentication fails. Why?

A. Jim needs a VeriSign authorization number.

B. The web server certificate has expired.

C. Jim’s web browser is preprogrammed to recognize only worldwide CAs.

D. Jim need’s to file his CA authorization with the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority.


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38. Bart is trying to remember the function of e-mail agents in delivering e-mail. Bart knows that this agent is any e-mail client application with which end users compose, send, and retrieve e-mail. What is the name of the e-mail agent that Bart is trying to recall?

A. Mail Transfer Agent (MTA)

B. Mail Delivery Agent (MDA)

C. Mail User Agent (MUA)

D. Mail Acceptance Agent (MAA)

39. Mark wants to analyze HTTP server log files. What is the best way to do this?

A. Online

B. Offline

C. In a browser

D. From the command line

40. Wendy wants her firewall to support FTP, HTTP, and SSL traffic. Which ports should Wendy open?

A. 21

B. 25

C. 80

D. 119

E. 443

41. Ralph needs to open ports on his corporate firewall for an e-mail server that uses SMTP to send mail and IMAP4 to deliver mail. Which ports should Ralph open on the firewall for this e-mail server?

A. 21

B. 143

C. 25

D. 110


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42. Mike wants a packet sniffer that will work with both Windows 2000 and Unix/Linux. Which of the following would be a good choice?

A. tcpdump

B. Ethereal

C. Network Monitor

D. Sniffer Wireless by Network Associates

43. Frank wants to back up all the critical files on his Windows 2000 domain controller. The system partition is on the C drive, and the boot partition is on the D drive. What should Frank back up? Choose three.

A. System state data

B. C drive

C. D drive

D. Master Boot Record

44. Frank wants to choose a standardized, cross-platform log file format that will work with Apache server and IIS. Which log file format should Frank choose?

A. W3C Extended Log File Format

B. NCSA Common Log File Format

C. ODBC Logging

D. Microsoft IIS Log File Format

45. On his BIND 9 DNS server, Joe just created a new secondary zone for headquarters.com so that users in his macon.headquarters.com domain will not have to go across a WAN link for name resolution. Joe monitors the WAN traffic, and it is unchanged. Which initializa-tion file does Joe also have to update?

A. named.boot

B. named.conf

C. resolv.conf

D. rev.headquarters.com

E. rev.macon.headquarters.com


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46. Bart is deciding between buying a block of 254 IP addresses that are valid on the Internet or using NAT and one IP address that is valid on the Internet, while using private IP addresses internally. The benefits of using private network addresses include which of the following?

A. Requires hosts to access other Internet hosts

B. Reduces an enterprise’s ability to access the Internet

C. Conserves globally unique IP addresses when global uniqueness is not required

D. Allows a one-to-one correspondence between the network portion of each client’s Internet address

47. Mark runs out of space on his web server. He has additional space on a file server. What, if anything, can Mark do to use some of the file server space for the web server download? Choose all that apply.

A. Create a virtual directory that points to a share on the file server

B. Create a virtual IP address that points to a share on the file server

C. Create a virtual directory that points to the URL of the file server

D. Create a virtual IP address that points to the URL of the file server

48. George is typing an MX record. Which one of the following fields is not required?

A. Domain name

B. IN

C. PTR

D. MX

E. Numeric value

F. Server name


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49. Penny and Bill are trying to get information out to a volunteer group that uses their own laptops when they come into work. Their laptops include Windows 98 and Apple PowerBooks. What could they set up so that clients would need only a browser to connect to resources at work?

A. Internet

B. Intranet

C. Extranet

D. E-commerce

E. WAN

F. LAN

50. Which of the following security mechanisms is used most often to detect a security breach as it passes across the network wire?

A. A host-based IDS

B. A network-based IDS

C. A firewall

D. A proxy server

51. Ginger needs to add a second protocol to her laptop that had been net-worked using TCP/IP exclusively. She needs to add AppleTalk. She is currently using a built-in NIC. What should Ginger do?

A. Add a PC Card NIC for AppleTalk

B. Disable the onboard NIC and install a PC Card NIC for each protocol

C. Install the second protocol on the same NIC, and set up hardware profiles so that only one protocol is active at a time

D. Install the second protocol on the same NIC


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