MCSE: The Core Exams
by Michael Moncur


Here are the changes that were made for the 10/98 reprint:


{2} replaced the section "MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional)" with the 
following:

   MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional)

   The MCP certification only requires passing a single exam. Depending on 
   the exam, you are certified as an MCP with that specialty. You can attain 
   multiple MCP certifications; in fact, you will attain several in the 
   process of earning the MCSE certification.

   In the past, the MCP certification was available only for certain exams. 
   Microsoft has recently revised the program. You can now earn an MCP 
   certification by passing any current (not scheduled to be retired) exam. 
   The one exception is Exam 70-058, Network Essentials, which counts toward 
   the MCSE but does not earn an MCP certification.

[In the paragraph above, "Network Essentials" should be italic.]


{3} bullet item 2:  after dash item 2 (Exam 70-098) added the following dash 
item:

   - Exam 70-098: Implementing and Supporting Windows 98


{3} bullet list 2, bullet item -1:  changed "Exam 70-089" to "Exam 70-079"


{4} bullet 2, added the following dash item to the end of the list:

   - Exam 70-098: Implementing and Supporting Windows 98


{4} before bullet item 5 (Exam 70-087), added the following bullet item:

  *  Exam 70-059: Internetworking with Microsoft TCP/IP on Microsoft
     Windows NT 4.0.
 

{4} para. 2 (below the bullet list), changed the second sentence to
"The TCP/IP, Internet Information Server, and Internet Explorer exams are
covered by the companion volume."


{6} para. 1, added new sentence to the end:  "When released, Exam 70-098 
(Windows 98) will be an alternate choice."


{51} in the ISDN section, in the first sentence after the bullet list, 
changed "for data transmission" to "for packet-switched data transmission".


{51}  replaced the paragraph after Table 1-10 with this paragraph:

   "While the specification for T-carrier lines does not mandate a 
   particular media type, T1 and T2 are typically carried on copper wires, 
   and T3 and T4 typically use fiber optic media. DS1, DS2, DS3, and DS4 
   are an alternate type of line equivalent to T1-T4, and typically use 
   fiber optic media."


{54} para. 1, under the "Share-Level Security" heading, change
"file (or printer)" to "directory (or printer)"


{73} question 40, choice d:  changed "T3" to "T1"


{74} question 45:  changed to read:

   "Which of the following disk configurations can use 3 physical 
   drives to store a single volume? (check all that apply.)"


{75} answer to question 12:  changed to the following:

   "B. A single-mode fiber optic cable is generally more expensive."


{77} answer to question 38:  changed to the following:

   "A, B, D. ISDN, ATM, and Frame Relay use packet-switching.


{77} answer to question 40, sentence 2:  changed to read,
"ISDN and T1 typically use copper cable."


{95} para. 2, changed second sentence to
"It supports Intel 486/33 and higher processors as well as Digital
Alpha, MIPS, and PowerPC processors."


{95} changed the first "On the Exam" box to read:

   "In addition to x86 and Alpha processors, Windows NT versions 3.51 and
   4.0 include support for PowerPC and MIPS processors. However, support
   for these processors may not be included in Windows NT 5.0."


{101} code line changed from

	start priority application
to
	start /priority application

("priority application" is still in constant width italic font.)


{109} item 4 under "Options": "/E"  changed to "/F"


{118} para. 1, line 3: "\SUPPORT\DEPTOOLS\SETUPMGR.EXE" changed to
"\SUPPORT\DEPTOOLS\I386\SETUPMGR.EXE"

and added this sentence to the end of the paragraph:

   "(For non-Intel systems, replace I386 with MIPS, ALPHA, or PPC)."


{151} code line
	
	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Print\Printers
changed to
	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers


{168} question 15:  changed choices a and b in question 15 to read:

   "a. Start /13 app.exe
    b. Start /high app.exe"


{175} answer to question 15:  changed to 

   "15. C. The correct command is start /high app.exe."


{176} answer to question 42:  changed to

   "A, D. Neither the Guest nor the Administrator account can be deleted."


{222} para. 1 after the "On the Exam" box:  changed to read:

   "Windows NT Server includes the same local groups as NT Workstation: 
   Account Operators, Administrators, Backup Operators, Guests, Power Users, 
   Replicators, and Users. NT Server also includes a Server Operators group. 
   If the server is a domain controller, these groups have rights and 
   permissions for all of the domain controllers rather than a single machine."


<238> question 30:  changed choices A and B as follows:

  "a.  PDC running NT Server, configured as a non-browser
   b.  BDC running Windows NT SErver, configured as a potential browser"

 
{243} answer to question 16:  changed to read,

   "16. A. You can promote a BDC to a PDC. You cannot change the domain 
    served by a BDC (choice B), demote a BDC to a member server (choice C), 
    or promote a member server to a BDC (choice D) without reinstalling 
    Windows NT."


{260} Figure 4-1, the "Simple Trust" area, the second circle:  "Trusting 
Domain (Resources)"  changed to "Trusted Domain (Users)".

and in the "Bidirectional Trust" area:  added an arrowhead to the left end of
the line


{261} para. 3 under "Creating Trusts" to changed to

   "This password is used to establish the initial communication between 
   the domains, and prevents the trust from being established without 
   agreement between the administrators of both domains."


{290} question 8, choice d: changed "Macintosh files" to 
"files on a Macintosh"