Windows interview questions and answers
- What are the required components of Windows Server 2003 for installing Exchange 2003?ASP.NET, SMTP, NNTP, W3SVC
- What must be done to an AD forest before Exchange can be deployed? - Setup /forestprep
- What Exchange process is responsible for communication with AD? - DSACCESS
- What 3 types of domain controller does Exchange access? - Normal Domain Controller, Global Catalog, Configuration Domain Controller
- What connector type would you use to connect to the Internet, and what are the two methods of sending mail over that connector? - SMTP Connector: Forward to smart host or use DNS to route to each address
- How would you optimise Exchange 2003 memory usage on a Windows Server 2003 server with more than 1Gb of memory? - Add /3Gb switch to boot.ini
- What would a rise in remote queue length generally indicate? - This means mail is not being sent to other servers. This can be explained by outages or performance issues with the network or remote servers.
- What would a rise in the Local Delivery queue generally mean? - This indicates a performance issue or outage on the local server. Reasons could be slowness in consulting AD, slowness in handing messages off to local delivery or SMTP delivery. It could also be databases being dismounted or a lack of disk space.
- What are the standard port numbers for SMTP, POP3, IMAP4, RPC, LDAP and Global Catalog? - SMTP – 25, POP3 – 110, IMAP4 – 143, RPC – 135, LDAP – 389, Global Catalog - 3268
- Name the process names for the following: System Attendant? – MAD.EXE, Information Store – STORE.EXE, SMTP/POP/IMAP/OWA – INETINFO.EXE
- What is the maximum amount of databases that can be hosted on Exchange 2003 Enterprise? - 20 databases. 4 SGs x 5 DBs.
- What are the disadvantages of circular logging? - In the event of a corrupt database, data can only be restored to the last backup.
- What is global catalog server? A global catalog server is a domain controller it is a master searchable database that contains information about every object in every
domain in a forest. The global catalog contains a complete replica of all
objects in Active Directory for its host domain, and contains a partial replica
of all objects in Active Directory for every other domain in the forest.
It have two important functions:
i)Provides group membership information during logon and authentication
ii)Helps users locate resources in Active Directory
- What is Rsop ?
Resultant set of policy is provid to make policy modification and trouble shooting easier. Rsop is the query object it has two mode 1.logging mode: Polls existing policies and the reports the result of the query. 2.Planning mode: The questins ask about the planned policy and the report the result of the quer.
- What is the concept for authoritative and nonauthoritative restoration?
1. Non-authoriative restore: which accept the entries from other domain controller after the restoed data.
2.Authoritative: Not accept the entries from other domain controller.
- What is the ntds.tit file default size?
40 mb
- Difference between Router and Routing:?
Router:
Router is a device which is used to connect different network. A device or setup that finds the best route between any two networks, even if there are several networks to traverse. Like bridges, remote sites can be connected using routers over dedicated or switched lines to create WANs.
Routing:
Process of delivering a message across one or more networks via the most appropriate path.
- Dynamic Routing and Static Routing:
Dynamic routing performs the same function as static routing except it is more robust. Static routing allows routing tables in specific routers to be set up in a static manner so network routes for packets are set. If a router on the route goes down the destination may become unreachable. Dynamic routing allows routing tables in routers to change as the possible routes change. There are several protocols used to support dynamic routing including RIP and OSPF
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