Errata for MCSE: The Core Exams in a Nutshell

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.]

item: - Exam 70-098: Implementing and Supporting Windows 98

- Exam 70-098: Implementing and Supporting Windows 98

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

"The TCP/IP, Internet Information Server, and Internet Explorer exams are covered by the companion volume."

(Windows 98) will be an alternate choice."

"The network layer forms frames from the data link layer into packets, adding additional headers." changed to "The network layer adds additional headers to the frames from the data link layer, forming packets."

sentence reads: "The Network Device Interface Specification (NDIS) is a standard developed by Microsoft and IBM to define the communication between protocols and network card drivers." Should read: "The Network Device interface Specification (NDIS) is a standard developed by Microsoft and 3Com to define the communication between protocols and network card drivers."

In the "Mesh" section, first paragraph, third sentence, now reads: "...a four-node network would use eight cables..." Should read: "...a four-node network would use six cables..."

changed "for data transmission" to "for packet-switched data transmission".

"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."

"file (or printer)" to "directory (or printer)"

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.)"

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

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

"ISDN and T1 typically use copper cable."

"It supports Intel 486/33 and higher processors as well as Digital Alpha, MIPS, and PowerPC processors."

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."

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

"SUPPORTDEPTOOLSI386SETUPMGR.EXE" and added this sentence to the end of the paragraph: "(For non-Intel systems, replace I386 with MIPS, ALPHA, or PPC)."

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetPrintPrinters changed to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlPrintPrinters

third sentence reads: "You can also use the WINNT /D option to specify a drive for the temproary storage." Should read: "You can also use the WINNT /t:<i>drive-letter</i> option to specify a drive for the temproary storage."

question 15: changed choices a and b in question 15 to read: "a. Start /13 app.exe b. Start /high app.exe"

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

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

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

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."

"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."

Domain (Resources)" changed to "Trusted Domain (Users)". and in the "Bidirectional Trust" area: added an arrowhead to the left end of the line

"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."

"files on a Macintosh"