MCSE related INTERVIEW QUESTIONS..PART1

1. What is a Smart Host? Where would you configure it?
2. What are Routing Groups? When would you use them?
3. What are the types of Connectors you can use in Exchange?
4. What is the cost option in Exchange connectors?
5. What is the Link State Table? How would you view it?
6. How would you configure mail transfer security between 2 routing groups?
7. What is the Routing Group Master? Who holds that role?
8. Explain the configuration steps required to allow Exchange 2003 to send and receive email from the Internet (consider a one-site multiple server scenario).
9. What is DS2MB?
10. What is Forms Based Authentication?
11. How would you configure OWA's settings on an Exchange server?
12. What is DSACCESS?
13. What are Recipient Policies?
14. How would you work with multiple recipient policies?
15. What is the "issue" with trying to remove email addresses added by recipient policies? How would you fix that?
16. What is the RUS?
17. When would you need to manually create additional RUS?
18. What are Address Lists?
19. How would you modify the filter properties of one of the default address lists?
20. How can you create multiple GALs and allow the users to only see the one related to them?
21. What is a Front End server? In what scenarios would you use one?
22. What type of authentication is used on the front end servers?
23. When would you use NLB?
24. How would you achieve incoming mail redundancy?
25. What are the 4 types of Exchange backups?
26. What is the Dial-Tone server scenario?
27. When would you use offline backup?
28. How do you re-install Exchange on a server that has crashed but with AD intact?
29. What is the dumpster?
30. What are the e00xxxxx.log files?
31. What is the e00.chk file?
32. What is circular logging? When would you use it?
33. What's the difference between online and offline defrag?
34. How would you know if it is time to perform an offline defrag of your Exchange stores?
35. How would you plan for, and perform the offline defrag?
36. What is the eseutil command?
37. What is the isinteg command?
38. How would you monitor Exchange's services and performance? Name 2 or 3 options.
39. Name all the client connection options in Exchange 2003.
40. What is Direct Push? What are the requirements to run it?
41. How would you remote wipe a PPC?
42. What are the issues with connecting Outlook from a remote computer to your mailbox?
43. How would you solve those issues? Name 2 or 3 methods
44. What is RPC over HTTP? What are the requirements to run it?
45. What is Cached Mode in OL2003/2007?
46. What are the benefits and "issues" when using cached mode? How would you tackle those issues?
47. What is S/MIME? What are the usage scenarios for S/MIME?
48. What are the IPSec usage scenarios for Exchange 2003?
49. How do you enable SSL on OWA?
50. What are the considerations for obtaining a digital certificate for SSL on Exchange?
51. Name a few 3rd-party CAs.
52. What do you need to consider when using a client-type AV software on an Exchange server?
53. What are the different clustering options in Exchange 2003? Which one would you choose and why.