MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-293): Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure, Second Edition comments and corrections

This article contains comments, corrections, and information about known errors relating to the Microsoft Press book MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-293): Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure, Second Edition, 0-7356-2287-6.

The following topics are covered:

• CDROM: Readiness Review assessment question incorrect
• Page 2-39: Bits available to subnet mask 255.0.0.0 should be 8
• Page 2-39: End address should be 10.0.0.11
• Page 2-53: Incorrect number of horizontal LANs
• Pages 2-59 & 2-60: Last subnet answers for Lesson 3 practice are incorrect
• Page 3-21: NAT and basic firewall option missing
• Page 4-47: Answer c to question 2 is missing
• Page 7-8: 2 should be 4
• Page 11-18: "Increasing" should be "Decreasing"
• Page 11-33: "Increasing" should be "Decreasing"

CDROM: Readiness Review assessment question incorrect

In the Readiness Review Assessment, one of the questions reads:

"What is the maximum length of a single DNS domain name?

a. 255 Characters
b. 15 Characters
c. 16 Characters
d. 63 Characters"

The correct answer given by the assessment is D. 63 Characters. This is incorrect as a single DNS domain name can be up to 255 characters.

The question should read:

"What is the maximum length of a single DNS domain label.
a. 255 Characters
b. 15 Characters
c. 16 Characters
d. 63 Characters"

The correct answer would be D. 63 Characters as a domain label can be up to 63 characters in length.

Page 2-39: Bits available to subnet mask 255.0.0.0 should be 8

On page 2-39, exercise 2, step 7 contains incorrect information regarding the subnet mask.

Change:
"Check the value in the Length spin box. Notice that the server automatically enters 24 for the subnet mask length. This means that 24 bits of the IP address are allocated to the network address. Eight bits remain for allocating host addresses on the network."

To:
"Check the value in the Length spin box. Notice that the server automatically enters 8 for the subnet mask length. This means that 8 bits of the IP address are allocated to the network address. Twenty four bits remain for allocating host addresses on the network."

Page 2-39: End address should be 10.0.0.11

On page 2-39, exercise 2, step 7 contains an incorrect IP address.

Change:
"In the End Address text box, type 10.0.0.1."

To:
"In the End Address text box, type 10.0.0.11."

Page 2-53: Incorrect number of horizontal LANs

On page 2-53, in the Troubleshooting Lab, problem scenario 2 reads:

"All of the computers on one of the five horizontal LANs fail to obtain IP addresses from the DHCP server."

It should read:

"All of the computers on one of the four horizontal LANs fail to obtain IP addresses from the DHCP server."

Pages 2-59 & 2-60: Last subnet answers for Lesson 3 practice are incorrect

On pages 2-59 & 2-60, the Lesson 3 practice contains incorrect answers to the last subnets for all 3 IP addresses.

For 10.0.0.0/19
Change:
"5. Last subnet: 10.255.224.1 to 10.255.255.254"

To:
"5. Last subnet: 10.255.192.1 to 10.255.255.254"

For 192.168.214.0/29
Change:
"5. Last subnet: 192.168.214.249 to 10.255.214.254"

To:
"5. Last subnet: 192.168.214.241 to 192.168.214.246"

For 172.28.0.0/20
Change:
"5. Last subnet: 172.28.240.1 to 172.28.255.254"

To:
"5. Last subnet: 172.28.224.1 to 172.28.239.254"

Page 3-21: NAT and basic firewall option missing

On page 3-21, Exercise 1 Step 6 is missing an option that needs to be selected in order for the exercise to function correctly.

Change:
"6. Select the LAN Routing check box, and then click Next. The Completing The Routing And Remote Access Server Setup Wizard page appears."

To:
"6. Select the LAN Routing and NAT and basic firewall check boxes, and then click Next. The Completing The Routing And Remote Access Server Setup Wizard page appears."

Page 4-47: Answer c to question 2 is missing

On page 4-47, question 2 reads:

"2. Which of the following tasks can you not do using the SCW UI?
a. Create an SCW policy.
b. Apply an SCW policy to a computer."

It should read:

"2. Which of the following tasks can you not do using the SCW UI?
a. Create an SCW policy.
b. Apply an SCW policy to a computer.
c. Convert (transform) an SCW policy to a GPO."

Page 7-8: 2 should be 4

On page 7-8, the first line of the second table in the "Real World" section indicates the incorrect maximum number of processors supported by Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.

Change:
"Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition 2 4 GB"

To:
"Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition 4 4 GB"

Page 11-18: "Increasing" should be "Decreasing"

On page 11-18, Answer b to Question 2 of Lesson 2 Review is worded incorrectly and needs to be changed.

Change:
"b. Increasing the certificate's lifetime"

To:
"b. Decreasing the certificate's lifetime"

Page 11-33: "Increasing" should be "Decreasing"

On page 11-33, Answer b to Question 2 of Lesson 2 Review is worded incorrectly and needs to be changed.

Change:
"b. Increasing the certificate's lifetime"

To:
"b. Decreasing the certificate's lifetime"

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