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Microsoft 070-243 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Microsoft |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | Administering and Deploying System Center 2012 Configuration Manager |
| Exam Number: | 70-243 |
| Real Exam Qty: | 40-60 |
| Exam Price: | $165 USD |
| Related Certifications: | MCTS: System Center 2012 Configuration Manager MCSE: Private Cloud MCSA: Private Cloud |
| Passing Score: | 700 out of 1000 |
| Available Languages: | German, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, French, English |
| Certificate Validity Period: | Legacy MCTS/MCSA: Perpetual (no expiration) |
| Exam Format: | Scenario-based, Multiple-choice, Drag-and-drop, Case studies |
| Exam Duration: | 120-150 |
| Recommended Training: | Microsoft Course 10747: Administering System Center 2012 Configuration Manager |
| Exam Registration: | Pearson VUE (historic) |
| Sample Questions: |  |
| Exam Way: | Proctored onsite at Pearson VUE test centers; retired since July 31, 2019, no longer available for new registration |
| Pre Condition: | No mandatory prerequisites; recommended 1+ year experience with System Center Configuration Manager, Windows Server, Active Directory, and network infrastructure |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/microsoft-technet/dn205082(v=technet.10) |
Microsoft 070-243 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Configure and Manage Clients | 20% | - Manage resources and collections
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| Deploy Applications and Software Updates | 25% | - Create and deploy applications
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| Plan and Deploy System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Infrastructure | 20% | - Plan infrastructure requirements
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| Deploy Operating Systems | 15% | - Create and deploy task sequences
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| Manage Compliance and Monitor Infrastructure | 20% | - Manage mobile devices
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Microsoft Administering and Deploying System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Sample Questions:
Your network contains a System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1) environment.
You plan to create a Build and Capture task sequence to build a reference image of Windows 8.1.
You need to identify which Applications must exist in Configuration Manager before you can create the Build and Capture task sequence.
Which applications should you identify? (Choose all that apply.)
- A. User State Migration Tool (USMT)
- B. Configuration Manager client
- C. System Preparation tool (Sysprep)
- D. Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT)
Correct Answer: C,D 🗳️
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HOTSPOT
You manage a System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1) stand-alone primary site.
You have two line-of-business applications named App1 and App2. App1 is deployed by using a Configuration Manager application and is deployed to a computer collection that has the purpose set to Available. App2 is deployed by using a Configuration Manager package and is deployed to a user collection that has the purpose set to Required.
You need to ensure that users will be able to install App1 and App2 by using the
Application Catalog. The solution must minimize administrative effort.
In the table below, identify the action to perform for App1 and App2.
NOTE: Make only one selection on each column.
Correct Answer:
Your network contains a System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1
(SP1) environment.
Software Inventory and Hardware Inventory are enabled for all of the client computers.
All of the client computers have an application named App1 installed. App1 saves files to the C:\ABC folder. All of the files saved by App1 have a file name extension of .abc.
You configure Software Inventory to inventory all of the files that have the .abc extension and the .exe extension.
After six months, you discover that some of the client computers fail to inventory .abc files.
All of the client computers inventory .exe files.
You need to ensure that the .abc files are inventoried.
What should you do?
- A. Delete C:\ABC\Skpswi.dat.
- B. Modify C:\Program Files\App1\NO_SMS_On_Drive.sms.
- C. Delete C:\Program Files\App1\NO_SMS_On_Drive.sms.
- D. Modify C:\ABC\Skpswi.dat.
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
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You have a System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1) stand- alone primary site.
You have an administrator named Admin1.
You discover that Admin1 can create collections that contains servers, laptops, and desktop computers.
You create a collection named Collection1. Collection1 contains only desktop computers on the network.
You need to ensure that Admin1 can create only collections that contain desktop computers.
Which settings should you modify?
- A. Membership Rules for Collection1
- B. Security Roles for Admin1
- C. Security for Collection1
- D. Security Scopes for Admin1
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
DRAG DROP
Your network contains a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager environment.
You create a collection named All Marketing Users.
You need to inventory the desktop settings of the All Marketing Users collection.
What should you do?
To answer, move the four appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
* Win32_Environmentclass (Windows)
The Win32_Environment WMI class represents an environment or system
environmentsetting on a Windows computer system. Querying this class returns environment variables found in:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Sessionmanager\Environme nt
And HKEY_USERS\<user>\Environment
Since we need to inventory WMI information,that means we need Hardware Inventory and you can only do that with a Custom Client Device Setting:
