MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-270): Installing ...

21-16 Chapter 21 Installing Windows XP Professional (1.0)
B. Correct: Although you cannot upgrade directly from Windows NT Workstation
3.51 to Windows XP Professional, you can perform a clean install. By selecting a
New Installation, you can replace the existing copy of Windows NT Workstation
3.51.
C. Correct: You can install Windows XP Professional onto a partition formatted with
the FAT file system, but that file system does not allow for file- and folder-level
access controls. To ensure the greatest level of security possible, you need to convert
each partition to NTFS. The list of completed tasks indicates that you converted
the boot partition to NTFS during installation. You also converted the
second partition to NTFS after setup was complete. You cannot convert boot partitions
from FAT or FAT32 to NTFS after setup by using the tools included with
Windows XP Professional.
D. Correct: Before a computer can join a domain, a computer account must be created
in the domain. If a computer account of that name already exists in the
domain, it must be reset or deleted first. The list of tasks indicates that you provided
logon information for an account with sufficient privileges to create a new
computer account during the installation of Windows XP Professional and that you
completed the required actions to add the computer to the domain.
E. Incorrect: Performing a new installation on a computer with an existing operating
system causes the loss of all user settings and forces you to reinstall all the
applications. In contrast, performing an intermediate upgrade to Windows NT
Workstation 4.0 or Windows 2000 Professional could have retained them.
F. Incorrect: Nothing in the list of tasks performed indicates that the hard disk partitions
were replaced with a single partition or somehow combined.
3. Correct Answers: C and D
A. Incorrect: Windows XP Professional can be configured to automatically display
the Welcome Screen at startup. The Welcome Screen lists the local user accounts
so that users have to type only their password, not their user name when logging
in. When the computer displays the user names, people who have gained physical
access to it have useful information if they try to break into the installation of Windows
XP Professional. It is more secure to require users to type both their user
names and passwords when they log on to a computer.
B. Incorrect: NTFS supports folder- and file-level access controls. By carefully setting
permissions on operating system and data files, you can ensure that only
authenticated users can view files on the computer whether logged on locally or
over the network. The FAT32 file system does not have any built-in security and is
therefore a bad choice for computers that will contain sensitive data.