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by md_wasiuddin

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WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM PRIMARY PARTITION IN NT
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WHAT IS SYSTEM PARTITION AND BOOT PARTITION
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WHAT IS THE FILES IN BOOT PARTITION AND SYSTEM PARTITION
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WHAT IS TCP/IP ,IT’S PROTOCAL AND IT’S LAYERS
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WHAT IS PPP AND WHERE IS IT USED AND WHY
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WHAT IS DHCP AND HOW TO CONFIGURE IT
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WHAT IS WINS ,HOW TO CONFIGURE IT AND ITS USE
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WHAT IS DNS? DIFFERENCE AND SIMILARITY BETWEEN WINS AND DNS
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WHAT IS .COM , .EDU, .ORG AND .GOV
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WHAT IS NETBIOS-NAME AND HOST-NAME
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HOW TO IDENTIFY THE NETBIOS AND HOSTNAMES
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DOMAIN TRUST RELATIONSHIP - IF USER WANTS TO ACCESS ANOTHER DOMAIN WHAT IS THE PERMISSION YOU WOULD GIVE TO USER AND DOMAIN?
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WHAT IS ACTIVE DIRECTORY ?
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WHAT IS THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WIN2000 AND WINNT?
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WHAT IS DOMAIN TRUST? DIFFERENCIATE WIN 2000 AND WINTNT RELATING THIS?
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HOW TO ADD A USER IN STAND ALONE SERVER ?
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WHAT IS PDC , BDC AND APPLICATION SERVER ?
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HOW TO PROMOTE AND DEMOTE PDC TO BDC ?
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DISTINGUISH BETWEEN UNIX AND LINUX ?
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HOW MANY PRIMARY PARTITION WE CAN CREATE IN LINUX?
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HOW T O ATTACH THE TAPE DRIVE IN UNIX AFTER INSTALLATION ?
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WHAT IS A DOMAIN TOOL IN LINUX?
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HOW MANY CONSOLE SUPPORT UNIX
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HOW MANY CONSOLE SUPPORTS LINUX (WITH/WITHOUT GUI)?
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CAN REMOTE CLIENT GET GUI DESKTOP AFTER CONNECTING UNIX AND LINUX?
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HOW TO CONFIGURE LINUX IN THE NETWORK AND WHAT IS IT TOOLS?
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VERSION OF KERNEL IN LINUX 7.1,7.0AND 6.5
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TYPES OF HARD DISK
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WHAT IS SCSCI AND ITS ADVANTAGES
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SCSI CONNECTOR PINS AND MAXIMUM SCSCI THAT WILL CONNECT
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by james r linn

These are great but they only answer one side of the equation.

You also want to know how well this person works under pressure, how well they work with peers, and customers.

I think I'd rather have an eager, willing to learn, great attitude, great social/customer service skills who scored 80% than a cranky, arrogant, social outcast who scares away customers, who scored 90%.

Granted in some organizations there is room for both - not all sys admins have to deal with customers or other service groups. But then you pretty much have someone there who isn't promotable or transferrable, and in the long that can be a problem as job fatigue sets in.

James

by zk

1. 4
2. System partition got boot.ini and boot partition got system32 folder.
3. Huh, looks like the previous one covers this as well.
4. TCP/IP is TCP on top of IP. Layers? Which model do you want. OSI or DOD?
5. PPP = point-to-point protocol, used in dialup, where SLIP can't be used.
6. DHCP = Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, configuration depends on OS and the version
7. WINS = Windows Internet Naming System, configuration depends on OS and the version
8. DNS = Domain Name System,WINS = doesn't work on Internet. DNS = works globally. Both makes names easier.
9. TLD
10. NetBIOS names for WINS, Hostname for DNS
11. For NetBIOS, use null session. For hostnames, use samspade.
12. Trust everywhere. Everyone full control. Enable guest accounts. You're set.
13. AD = A NDS wannabie
14. Cost more?
15. Transitive and Non-Transitive
16. Click, click, click
17. Different names given when a single server would suffice.
18. Click, click and more click, followed by reboots.19. UNIX = Original, LINUX = UNIX wanna bie
20. Which kernel, which distro, which flavor, and which version?
21. Which UNIX? SCO, AIX, BSD?
22. Samba
23. Which UNIX?
24. Which Distro? Which WM?
25. YES, VNC
26. Configure as? Distro?
27. 7.1?Mandrake? Who cares? The question is out of date. Besides, FreeBSD would be my preferred OS.
28. ATA, SCSI
29. SCSI = something that is hotter and faster and cost more.
30. If it doesn't fit, return it and get another one. In the mean time pretend like you're so busy. Tell them these these illiterate people keep sending you the wrong ones.

TIP: The most important skill of being an admin is to cover your tail by machine-gunning so much technical jargons that most people find it frightening to even talk to you.

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