Q1. Rate your level of proficiency with IT procurement, IT contract negotiations and management (i.e. software licensing, terms and conditions), and IT operations (i.e. application package management, network administration). 

A. Very High 

B. High 

C. Moderate 

D. Low 

E. Very Low 

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Q2. Your customer purchases Microsoft Office Project 2003 under a volume license agreement. The customer does not have Microsoft Software Assurance. 

The customer installs 200 copies of Project 2007. 

You need to ensure that the customer is in compliance with software licensing. The solution must minimize costs. 

What should you do? 

A. Purchase Microsoft Software Assurance. 

B. Purchase 200 full packaged product (FPP) licenses for Microsoft Office Project 2007. 

C. Purchase 200 full packaged product (FPP) licenses for Microsoft Office Standard 2007. 

D. Purchase 200 Microsoft Office Project 2007 licenses through the customer's volume licensing agreement. 

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Q3. You collect the following information about a customer's environment: 

•The customer has 200 computers. 

•The customer purchases only full packaged product (FPP), OEM, and Microsoft Open License licences. 

You need to perform an accurate reconciliation of software inventory and license entitlements for the customer. The solution must use the minimum amount of administrative effort. 

What should you do? 

A. Perform an automated inventory and update the purchasing guidelines. 

B. Perform a manual inventory and compare the results to the proof of licenses (POLs). 

C. Collect information from eOpen and update the purchasing guidelines. 

D. Collect information from Microsoft Software Inventory Analyzer (MSIA) and compare the results to the proof of licenses (POLs). 

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Q4. Your network contains 1,000 thin clients. 

An automated inventory system manages all software accessed from the thin clients. 

You need to ensure that Microsoft Office inventory information is up-to-date. 

What should you do? 

A. Install a hardware inventory system and use Microsoft Product License Advisor (MPLA). 

B. Install a Terminal Services Licensing server and use Microsoft Product License Advisor (MPLA). 

C. Configure the inventory system to automatically delete unused instance records every 90 days. 

D. Configure the inventory system to automatically delete instance records when users log off the thin clients. 

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Q5. You maintain a SAM program for a customer. The customer experiences the following recent developments: 

•A new SAM tool is purchased. 

•The SAM program design is complete. 

•The assigned SAM manager leaves the company. 

•The SAM program budget is approved and allocated. 

You need to maintain the SAM program. 

What should you do first? 

A. Secure executive sponsorship. 

B. Secure the support of the IT department. 

C. Recommend starting a new SAM program. 

D. Generate a Microsoft Product License Advisor (MPLA) report. 

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Q6. Your customer has multiple offices. All purchasing is decentralized. 

The customer maintains software and hardware inventories for each office in 

Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheets. 

You need to identify which tool collects software usage information. 

Which tool should you identify? 

A. metering tool 

B. network discovery tool 

C. network monitoring tool 

D. procurement tool 

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Q7. Your customer plans to improve the application recognition of a software inventory tool. 

You need to measure the performance of the application recognition function. Which metric should you use? 

A. software purchases compared to software requests 

B. software purchases from authorized vendors 

C. software requests compared to software installations 

D. unknown software executables in the environment 

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Q8. Your customer has a software inventory tool and a SAM tool. The database of the SAM tool is linked to the software inventory tool. 

The SAM tool has an application recognition library. The library contains a list of software that the SAM tool can identify. 

You discover that the software inventory tool does not list any Microsoft Office 2007 installations. You verify that Office 2007 is installed on several desktop computers. 

You need to ensure that the software inventory tool manages all Office 2007 installations. 

What should you do? 

A. Update the SAM tool's application recognition library. 

B. Install all software updates and security patches for Office 2007. 

C. Upgrade all desktop computers that run Office 2007 to Windows Vista. 

D. Install Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (OpsMgr) on the network. 

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Q9. You plan to do a SAM optimization assessment for a customer. The customer has no documented SAM processes or defined roles. 

You need to gather information for the assessment. 

What should you do? 

A. Collect sample SAM process documents. 

B. Formally document the customer's SAM processes. 

C. Review the customer's Active Directory forest structure. 

D. Interview managers who have SAM-related responsibilities. 

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Q10. Your customer has four offices. 

Each office uses a different software reseller to purchase software licenses. Each office maintains a report detailing its software purchases. Each report contains the following fields: 

•Product edition 

•Product version 

•Product family name You need to identify which data field enables the consolidation of information into a complete software entitlements report. Which data field should you identify? 

A. Date of purchase 

B. Licensing model 

C. Product price per unit 

D. Software reseller part number 

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