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Installing, Configuring, Managing, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting Certificate Services

After you earn your MCSE, you'll get a certificate from Microsoft. This exam, however, tests your knowledge of a different type of certificates: Certificate Services. You need to know about PKI, CAs, issuing and revoking certificates, and EFS. This quiz tests your knowledge on this Windows 2000 Server exam objective.

1. Sam is the Windows 2000 administrator for Gordon Enterprises. His network is on a routed network; and it has 12 Windows 2000 Servers acting as domain controllers, six Windows 2000 member servers, and 2,876 Windows 2000 Professional workstations. Sam wants to enable a higher level of security for data that transferred from users around the country, so he decided to create a CA for his internal network and external communications from clients. What must Sam do to create a viable CA for his company?

  1. Create a Certificate Server on his Windows 2000 member server.

  2. Obtain a certificate issued by VeriSign to create his own CA server.

  3. Create a certificate unique to his company.

  4. Create a PKI certificate.

Answer: 85

2. Michelle is the network administrator for her company. Their network has five Windows 2000 Servers acting as domain controllers, three Windows 2000 member servers, 786 Windows 2000 Professional workstations. Her company works with top-secret documentation, and has been asked to begin using certificates with its communications. Michelle has decided to create a Windows 2000 CA. Bruno, the CEO of the company, has Michelle to explain the benefits and attributes of using a Windows 2000 CA. How shall she answer Bruno? (Choose all that apply.)

  1. The CA Server can run on domain controllers or member servers.

  2. The Windows 2000 CA Server issues certificates only to Active Directory users.

  3. CA Servers require a third party to initiate the certificates.

  4. Windows 2000 Servers CAs are for internal and external communications.

Answers: 86

3. Mike is the Windows 2000 administrator for Barron Automotive group. His network has four Windows NT 4.0 domain controllers, two Windows NT 4.0 member servers, and 34 Windows 2000 Professional workstations. Mike has recently added two Windows 2000 member servers, and wants to install CA on one of the member servers. His assistant, Randy, doesn't think Mike can install and configure a CA in the current environment because of the lack of AD. Can Mike install the CA under these circumstances?

  1. Yes. Windows 2000 installs AD on the local machine as part of the CA installation.

  2. Yes. AD is not required for a stand-alone CA.

  3. No. AD is required to be installed CA on any Windows 2000 machine.

  4. No. CAs cannot be installed in mixed mode.

Answer: 87

4. Rachel is a Windows 2000 domain administrator. Her network consists of three Windows 2000 Servers acting as domain controllers, four Windows 2000 member servers, 456 Windows 2000 Professional workstations on the LAN, and 212 Windows 2000 Professional workstations on mobile computers. The mobile computer users access the network through an RRAS Server to upload sales information and other critical reports. Rachel has been asked to create a method to secure the mobile computers and the transfer of critical data to the server. What is the best way Rachel can complete the request?

  1. Require the remote users to log on with complex passwords.

  2. Set the RRAS policy to limit the amount of time the users may stay connected.

  3. Configure EAS for the RRAS Server.

  4. Install a CA, and issue the remote users smart cards for their logon processes.

Answer: 88

5. Carla is a Windows 2000 network administrator. Her network has three Windows 2000 Servers acting as domain controllers, four Windows 2000 member servers, and 675 Windows 2000 Professional workstations. Her network is subnetted into three segments. Carla has installed and configured a central CA for company-wide usage. Recently, a research division has made a request that it start its own CA hierarchy because it deals with vendors and government agencies. How can Carla implement this scenario?

  1. Allow the research division to create its own CA.

  2. Allow the research division to create a subordinate CA.

  3. Don't allow the research division to create a subordinate CA because only one CA per company can exist.

  4. Don't allow the research division to create a CA; it should use the company's official CA.

Answer: 89

6. Mark is the Windows 2000 network administrator for Harper Academy, and his network has three segments. In each segment, there are four Windows 2000 Servers acting as domain controllers, three Windows 2000 member servers, and at least 615 Windows 2000 Professional workstations. At the headquarters, Mark has installed a Root CA, and each site has its Subordinate CA. Mark realizes that the certificate for the Root CA will expire, and he wonders when the Subordinate CAs' certificate will expire. When will the Subordinate CA expire?

  1. Subordinate CAs will expire one year after the Root CA.

  2. Subordinate CAs will expire before the Root CA.

  3. Subordinate CAs will expire on the same date as the Root CA because their certificate originated from this root.

  4. This question is incorrect because Root CA's certificates will not expire.

Answer: 90

7. Henry is the Windows 2000 network administrator with a network consisting of three Windows 2000 Servers acting as domain controllers, two Windows 2000 member servers, 129 Windows 2000 Professional workstations, and one Windows NT 4.0 member server that has IIS and Certificate Server 1.0. Henry finally decides to upgrade the member server to Windows 2000. At the end of the upgrade process, Henry needs to upgrade the Certificate Server 1.0—but Henry cannot find Certificate Server 1.0 to upgrade. What is the problem?

  1. The Windows 2000 installation process removes Certificate Server 1.0 because it is not compliant with Windows 2000.

  2. The Windows 2000 installation process removes Certificate Server because this is a member server.

  3. The Windows 2000 installation process automatically adds Certificate Server 2.0, but removes Certificate Server 1.0.

  4. The Windows 2000 installation process automatically upgrades Certificate Server 1.0 to Certificate Server 2.0.

Answer: 91

8. You are a Windows 2000 network administrator. Your network is on a routed network with seven Windows 2000 Servers acting as domain controllers, six Windows 2000 member servers, and 1,439 Windows 2000 Professional workstations. You are running Active Directory, and you want to add Certificate Server to your routed network. What type of CA should you install?

  1. Enterprise Root CA

  2. Enterprise Subordinate CA

  3. Standalone Root CA

  4. Standalone Subordinate CA

Answer: 92

9. You are the Windows 2000 network administrator. Your network is on a routed network with seven Windows 2000 Servers acting as domain controllers, six Windows 2000 member servers, and 1,439 Windows 2000 Professional workstations. You are running Active Directory. You have recently decided to add an Enterprise Root CA to your routed network. What should you do after successfully installing the Enterprise Root CA in regard to security?

  1. Create an Enterprise Subordinate CA.

  2. Create a second Enterprise Root CA, and move the first one offline.

  3. Create an Enterprise Subordinate CA, and move the Root CA offline.

  4. Create a backup of the CA database, and store if offsite.

Answer: 93

10. You are the network administrator for a Windows 2000 domain. Your network has four Windows 2000 Servers acting as domain controllers, three Windows 2000 member servers, 266 Windows 2000 Professional workstations, and one Windows NT 4.0 member server that is running IIS and Certificate Server 1.0. You finally decide to upgrade the NT 4.0 computer to Windows 2000. What must you do to the Certificate Server 1.0 database to work with Windows 2000?

  1. Nothing. Windows 2000 upgrades Certificate Server 1.0 to Certificate Server 2.0.

  2. You must start the Certificate Server because it is not started by default.

  3. You must have an administrator add the Certificate Server to the CA group and authorize it in Active Directory.

  4. You must import the Certificate Server 1.0 database into the new Certificate Server.

Answer: 94

11. Yolanda is a Windows 2000 network administrator. She has seven Windows 2000 Servers acting as domain controllers, three Windows 2000 member servers, and 1,876 Windows 2000 Professional workstations. She has recently submitted a request to add a Certificate Server to the network. Hal, the Chief Financial Officer, understands the need for the Certificate Server, but is curious about how this will prevent hackers from attacking the data while still allowing for productivity. How can Yolanda reassure Hal?

  1. Yolanda can assure Hal that she'll be using a 64-bit RSA key with a renewal of two years.

  2. Yolanda can assure Hal that she'll be using a 2048-bit RSA key with a renewal of 10 years.

  3. Yolanda can assure Hal that she'll be using a 4096-bit RSA key with a renewal of five years.

  4. Yolanda can assure Hal that she'll be using a 4096-bit RSA key with a renewal of 20 years.

Answer: 95

12. Mike is a Windows 2000 network administrator with a network that consists of 12 Windows 2000 Servers acting as domain controllers, 14 Windows 2000 member servers, and 3,476 Windows 2000 Professional workstations. Beth, the internal security expert, has decided that each user on this routed network needs a certificate for security purposes. She has tasked Mike the job of ensuring its completion. What can Mike do to ensure that each user has a certificate?

  1. Each user will have to request a certificate while they are logged on through a Web site. Mike will then have to approve each request.

  2. Mike can create a script to add to each user's logon request to query the Certificate Server for a certificate.

  3. Mike can create a policy that will force each user to request a certificate.

  4. Mike can map a certificate to each user through Active Directory.

Answer: 96

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