MCSE: The Core Exams in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition
by Michael Moncur


Unconfirmed error reports are from readers. They have not yet been 
approved or disproved by the author or editor and represent solely
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This page was last updated on August 1, 2001.


Here's a key to the markup:

        [page-number]: serious technical mistake
        {page-number}: minor technical mistake
        <page-number>: important language/formatting problem
        (page-number): language change or minor formatting problem
        ?page-number?: reader question or request for clarification


UNCONFIRMED errors or comments submitted by readers:


{29}  The last sentence on the page states that FAT32 partition supports up to 
a 4 GB partition.  This is wrong.  A FAT32 partition may be much larger.  I am 
not sure of its current upper limit, but it is able to exceed the size of any 
hard drive currently on the market.


<86> Question 1 reads:

Which of the following operate at the Network Layer?

 a) TCP
 b) IP
 c) IPX
 d) SPX

The answer given is:  A & C.  TCP and IPX operate at the Network Layer.

This is wrong--the answer should be B & C.  TCP operates at Layer 4 Transport.


{113}  The first process on the page (#1) describes that the MBR contains the 
OS Loader NTLDR. This is not right. The MBR contains the same code as under 
DOS. This code looks for a partition that is marked as "active". Then it 
loads the first 512 bytes (the bootsector) from that as active marked 
partition into memory and execute the code. If this bootsector contains code 
for Windows NT it will load NTLDR into memory and execute it.

This is the reason why a bootable disc for NT must be formatted under NT. It 
must contain a bootsector from NT, so that it can load NTLDR.


(114)  The "On the exam" box at the bottom should be reworded as it seems to 
say one thing and then contradict itself; i.e., you can change the priority 
and then you can't.  I believe you can change the priority "on the fly" in 
Task Manager but this won't cause a permanent priority change for the next
time the process starts.


(119)  The fourth entry in the bulleted list refers to "NTFS (NT filesystem)",
and the first sentence reads: "...supported only by Windows NT 4.0 or later."

Surely all versions of NT support the NTFS filesystem, not just 4.0, as it has
been around since 1992. A Transcender test exam I did had NT 3.51 supporting 
NTFS.


<183>  Question 6: the answer given on page 193 is "C. The correct command is 
start /high app.exe."  However, option C on page 183 is "start app.exe /high," 
which is incorrect.  Option B, "start high app.exe," is closer to the correct 
answer, but is also incorrect.


<188>  Question 36: Options (a) and (d) are exactly the same.  Also, (b), the 
correct answer, is given as:

	multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\winnt4="Windows NT"

However, (disk) does not have a value of 1 when  multi is the first parameter.
(b) should read:

	multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\winnt4="Windows NT"


<191>  Question 51:  I believe the answer should be both A and B, as NT came 
out of Win 3.1 and the registries are similar, wheras Win95 is completely 
different.


(198)  Question 9: "and 99 is the network address" should read "and 99 is the 
host address."


{254}  Bullet points under "System Policies";
Shouldn't "HKEY_LOCAL_USER" be "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" and 
"HKEY_LOCAL_COMPUTER" be "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"?


<269>  Question 31: Your answer states the correct option is choice A. 
According to MICROSOFT PRESS WINDOWS NT TECHNICAL SUPPORT, the answer is 
choice B.


<278>  D. CSNW (choice A) is not an issue with NT server.  Since the computer
can access NT resources, a faulty cable (choice B) is unlikely. The NetWare
Server is not down (choice D) since other computers can access it. 
Therefore, an error in the frame type setting (choice C) is the most likely
problem.

As you can see this is clearly just a typo the only change needed is in the
very beginning of the answer (Change D to C).


[283]  The "Hardware Requirements" section states under Ram "12 MB (16 MB 
recommended)" and under Hard disk "117 MB of space required for OS."  It should
be "16 MB (32 MB recommended)" and "124 MB of space required for OS."

Reference pages 107 and 220 - it looks like the requirements for NT 
Workstation were accidently entered for NT Server.


{327}  The third line of the formula has the calculation: 
	
	'time = 15000 * 3 / 57600 = .78 hours'

The 3 had already been multiplied from the previous line of the calculation 
to give 15000.

It should read: 

	'time = 15000 / 57600 = 0.26 hours' 

which will just over 15 minutes per month per BDC, or abouth 47 minutes in 
total for sychronisation. Quite a difference from the 2.3 hours calculated 
in the book.