Citrix Systems A05 EXAM manual

Implementing Citrix XenApp 5.0 for Windows Server 2008 A05 Exam Preparation Guide Citrix Education 2.0 24 A ugust 2009 Citrix Education Copyright © 2008 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.[...]

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Item Development Team Andrew Slafka, Citrix Specialist, Infrastruc ture Services, EPCO, Inc. Glenn L. Porter, BSc, Technica l Director, Lewis Learning Ltd.  Gustavo Gonzalez, Citrix Arch itect & Instructor, Educati on, New Horizons of Georgia Howson Yu, Citrix Engineer, Application Hosting Services, Kaiser Permanente Marc Versley, Senior Sys[...]

Table of Contents  1  The Exam ............................................................................................................................ 1  1.1 Purpose of Exam ....................................................................................................... 1  1.2 Pre-release Testing ............................[...]

Citrix Education 1 Copyright © 2008 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 1 The Exam 1.1 Purpose of Exam The A05 exam certifies that successf ul candidates have the knowledge and skills necessary to install, configure, administer, support and troubleshoot an enterprise edition of Citrix XenApp 5.0 for Windows Server 2008 implementation in an e[...]

Citrix Education 2 Copyright © 2008 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 1.6 Registration and Administration This exam will be administered th rough Pearson VUE. For details on the rules and procedures associated with registering for and taking the exam, please visit the Exams page at www.CitrixEducation.com . 1.7 Registering with Pearson VUE[...]

Citrix Education 3 Copyright © 2008 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 1.10 Commenting During Live Exam Citrix Education is committed to continuous m onitoring of exam s and updating them as needed. As a practice, Citrix Education regularly reviews and refreshes exams and exam questions even during the live administration of the exam. Comme[...]

Citrix Education 4 Copyright © 2008 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 2 The Intended Audience 2.1 Intended Audience The A05 exam is a rigorous examination of subjects that are critical to an administrator’s role as defined by subj ect matter experts (SM Es) at Citrix Systems, Inc. This role includes, bu t is not limited to: • Systems A[...]

Citrix Education 5 Copyright © 2008 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 3 Preparatory Recommendations for the Exam 3.1 Introduction It is recommended that candidates have the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to install, configure, administer, support and troubleshoot an enterprise environment that contains a server farm running the[...]

Citrix Education 6 Copyright © 2008 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 4 Exam Sections and Weights 4.1 Introduction The Implementing Citrix XenApp 5.0 for Windows Server 2008 (A05) exam is divided into nine (9) sections. Each section of the exam is weighted as follows, totaling 100%. 4.2 Section Titles and Weights Section Weight Understandi[...]

Citrix Education 7 Copyright © 2008 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 5 Exam Objectives and Resources for the Exam 5.1 Introduction The questions for the exam were de veloped directly from the exam objectives. The exam objectives are used to test the knowledge, skills and abilities required of the exam taker, related to ea ch s ection of t[...]

Citrix Education 8 Copyright © 2008 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 5.3 Resources Used to Develop the Exam The following resources were used to develop this exam: Resource How to Obtain CXA-201-1I Implementing Citrix XenApp 5.0 for Windows Server 2008 course This course is availabl e at Citrix Authorized Learning Centers (CALCs) worldwid[...]

Citrix Education 9 Copyright © 2008 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 5.4 Exam Objectives For each exam objective, the chart be low lists the correspond ing technical publication(s) referenced. For all sections, at least three (3) m onths of experience adm inistering an enterprise edition of Citrix XenApp 5.0 for Windows Server 2008 implem[...]

Citrix Education 10 Copyright © 2008 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Licensing and Installing XenApp (continued) • Determine how to add users to the remote desktop users group to meet requirements. • CTX-202-1I Implementing Citrix XenApp 5.0 for Windows Server 2008 Skills Update course • Licensing Architecture: An Overview • Lice[...]

Citrix Education 11 Copyright © 2008 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Installing and Configuring Web Interface (continued) • Based on a requirement for application streaming, determine how to configure a Web Interface site to support application streaming. • Given a scenario depicting a configuration issue related to Web Interface (e.[...]

Citrix Education 12 Copyright © 2008 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Managing Applications • Differentiate between remote and streaming application delivery methods by specifying when and why to use either delivery method, given requirements. • Given a description of an environment including applications, explain how to publish an in[...]

Citrix Education 13 Copyright © 2008 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Managing XenApp Policies (continued) • CTX-202-1I Implementing Citrix XenApp 5.0 for Windows Server 2008 Skills Update course Managing and Maintaining the Server and Farm • Given requirements, determine how or when to configure CPU Utilization. • Given a scenario [...]

Citrix Education 14 Copyright © 2008 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Configuring Printing • Given a description of an environment, determine when or how to use Universal Print Driver or native drive rs. • Given a scenario, determine how to install and replicate print drivers. • Determine how to configure printing policies based on [...]

Citrix Education 15 Copyright © 2008 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 6 Interactive Item Types 6.1 Introduction The Implementing Citrix XenApp 5. 0 for Windows Server 2008 exam consists primarily of traditional m ultiple-choice items. This exam also includes non-traditional Drag and Drop and Point and Click interactive items. While answer[...]

6.4 Prohibited Cursor Indicator Figure 6.4 In this figure, a candidate is at tempting to drag an object to a destination panel and th e prohibited symbol appears. The candidate will not be able to drop the source panel into the destination panel when the prohibited symbol is present. The ca ndidate should reposition the source panel on the desired [...]

6.5 Insert Cursor Indicator Figure 6.5 In this figure, while a candidate attempts to drag an object to a destination panel, the insert sym bol appears. The candidate will be able to drop the source panel in to the desired destinati on panel when the insert symbol is present. 6.6 Deselecting an option in a Drag and Drop Item If a candidate moves an [...]

Figure 6.9 In this figure, a candidate has select ed the spot they believe c orrectly answers the question. The candidate’s chosen spot is indicated by the cross-hair symbol. 6.10 Deselecting a Spot in a Point and Click Item If a candidate believes he or she has clicked the wrong spot, the candidate can deselect the spot by clic king it again. On[...]

Citrix Education 19 Copyright © 2008 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 7 Appendix: Practice Question 1 Scenario: An adm inistrator enabled session reliab ility in the LAN within a Citrix XenApp farm. Some users are still connecting to the farm using legacy clients that do NOT support session reliability. The network administrator is review[...]

Citrix Education 20 Copyright © 2008 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Question 3 Scenario: Users in the H uman Resources department experience long wait times when loading graphics using a pub lished instance of In ternet Explorer and Microsoft Outlook. Which SpeedScreen solution should be c onfigured to lower the resolutio n of these gra[...]

Citrix Education 21 Copyright © 2008 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Question 5 Scenario: Users connecting to Citrix XenA pp outside the corporate netw ork have trouble opening internal web site s. All the sites are unavailab le to remote users, while internal users are opening the sites properly. Which policy rule could be causing this [...]

Citrix Education 22 Copyright © 2008 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Question 7 Scenario: An adm inistrator is creating a custom load evaluator using the Scheduling load evaluator rule to li mit access to the applications published within the Citrix XenApp farm . The admi nistrator has created the custom load evaluator, modified the sche[...]

Citrix Education 23 Copyright © 2008 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Question 9 Scenario: Users from the South Service office are connecting to the farm from across a three Megabyte WAN link. The service office is a rem ote site on the domain with the infrastructure servers including a print server. Users are reporting extended wait time[...]