General MCSE Sample Questions part-1

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) is a Microsoft exam that focuses on program trainee jobs. The major topics included in MCSE are Booting, Troubleshooting, Internetworking with remote access service NetWare connectivity, TCP/IP and Network Environment. This section belongs to a set of general question of MCSE that includes cabling, OSI models, RAID, and LPT. Let us have a look on some of these questions along with the correct answers provided after the end of each question.

Following are some of the general questions that will help you give your MCSE exam:

1. What is the outside diameter of RG-58 cable?
   1. 0.2
   2. 0.4
   3. 0.6
   4. 0.8
   5. 1.0
   Answer: A
2. What is the fault tolerance of RAID 1?
   1. n drive
   2. n-1 drives
   3. n-2 drives
   4. n-3 drives
   5. n-4 drives
   Answer: B
3. Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) acts as an interface between which two layers of OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) Model?
   1. Physical Layer and Data Link Layer
   2. Data link Layer and Network Layer
   3. Network Layer and Transport Layer
   4. Transport Layer and Session Layer
   5. Session Layer and Presentation Layer
   Answer: B
   
4. What is the impedance on RG-58 cable?
   1. 30
   2. 45
   3. 50
   4. 65
   5. 70
   Answer: C
5. What is another name for 10BASE2 coax cables?
   1. Baseband
   2. Broadband
   3. Thin Ethernet
   4. Twisted Pair
   5. Thicknet
   Answer: C
6. Which of the following IRQs are used for LPT1 and LPT2 respectively?
   1. IRQ 2 and IRQ 3
   2. IRQ 3 and IRQ 4
   3. IRQ 5 and IRQ 6
   4. IRQ 7 and IRQ 5
   5. IRQ 5 and IRQ 7
   Answer: D
7. What is the maximum length of 10BASE2 coax cables?
   1. 150
   2. 160
   3. 180
   4. 185
   5. 190
   Answer: D
8. What is LPT abbreviated as ___________?
   1. Line processing terminal
   2. Line programming terminal
   3. Line printing terminal
   4. Line print terminal
   5. Local print terminal
   Answer: D and E
9. Whish two companies developed Open Data-Link Interface (ODI)?
   1. Apple
   2. Oracle
   3. Microsoft
   4. Intel
   5. Novell
   Answer: A and E
10. What is the space efficiency of RAID 3?
    1. 1-1/n
    2. 1
    3. 1/n
    4. 1+1/n
    5. n