Certifiable Q&A for April 26, 2002

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Questions (April 26, 2002)
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This week's questions cover topics for Exam 70-270: Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows XP Professional.

Questions (April 26, 2002)

Question 1
Which of the following steps should you take to install Remote Desktop Web Connection on a Windows XP Professional machine?

Run the Control Panel Add/Remove Programs applet; click Add/Remove Windows Components; select Other Networking, Remote Desktop Protocol; click Details and select Remote Desktop Web Connection.
Remote Desktop Web Connection is installed by default on all XP Pro desktop systems.
Run the Control Panel Add/Remove Programs applet; click Add/Remove Windows Components and select Internet Information Services, Details, World Wide Web Services (Details), Remote Desktop Web Connection.
Download the Power Toys add-on from the Microsoft Web site.

Question 2
You've configured a Windows XP Professional system as a front-end Terminal Services connector. You set up the XP Pro computer with Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.1 and established a home page so that your systems administration group members can quickly type a server name and administer it using Terminal Services. The XP system on which the Terminal Services front-end connection is installed has the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) bofh.oksanatech.org.au. Which of the following URLs correctly points to the page from which users can access the Remote Desktop Web connection? (Choose the best answer.)

http://bofh.oksanatech.org.au/webmin
http://bofh.oksanatech.org.au/tsclient
http://bofh.oksanatech.org.au/tsweb
http://bofh.oksanatech.org.au/terminals
http://bofh.oksanatech.org.au/rdweb

Question 3
You want to enable access to a Windows XP system named kakafka for members of the Active Directory (AD) group PFY in your Windows 2000 domain. Which of the following steps should you take on the system to give the PFY group Remote Desktop access to it? (Select all that apply.)

Run gpedit.msc. Click User Config, Admin Templates, Windows Components, Terminal Services. Find the "Allow Access to" key and set it to Enable. Drag the PFY group to the list of allowable users/groups.
Run gpedit.msc. Click Computer Config, Admin Templates, Windows Components, Terminal Services. Find the "Allow Access to" key and set it to Enable. Drag the PFY group to the list of allowable users/groups.
Right-click My Computer, and select Manage, Local Users and Groups, Groups. Open the Remote Desktop Users group, and add the PFY group.
Right-click My Computer, and select Manage, Terminal Services, Properties. In the Allow Access dialog box, select the PFY group.

Right-click My Computer, select Properties, and select the Remote tab. Select "Allow Users to connect to this computer remotely," click "Select Remote Users," and use AD to add the PFY group.

Answers (April 26, 2002)

Answer to Question 1
The correct answer is C—Run the Control Panel Add/Remove Programs applet; click Add/Remove Windows Components and select Internet Information Services, Details, World Wide Web Services (Details), and Remote Desktop Web Connection. The connection isn't installed by default because Remote Desktop Web Connection can pose a security risk. Using this Web page will install an ActiveX plugin that can substitute for the full Windows 2000 Server Terminal Services client.

Answer to Question 2
The correct answer is C—http://bofh.oksanatech.org.au/tsweb. XP's Web-based Terminal Services client is a fast and easy way to access Terminal Services. Terminal Services, in turn, provides an excellent way to remotely administer Windows .NET and Win2K servers. Win2K requires an add-on to enable this functionality, but Microsoft has built it into XP.

Answer to Question 3
The correct answers are C—Right-click My Computer, and select Manage, Local Users and Groups, Groups. Open the Remote Desktop Users group, and add the PFY group; and E— Right-click My Computer, select Properties, and select the Remote tab. Select "Allow Users to connect to this computer remotely," click "Select Remote Users," and use AD to add the PFY group. Either method—defining who can access Remote Desktop or defining who can access Remote Control—will accomplish your goal. Note that this question asks about Remote Desktop, not Remote Assistance. Setting up one machine for Remote Desktop access might be useful for several reasons. You might want to use the connection to access a specific application or configure it for special services through the firewall.