Incorrect: SQL Server 2005 can support a SharePoint 2010 farm. Although you should upgrade to SQL Server 2008 R2, this is not the best answer. In addition, SQL Server 2008 R2 cannot be installed on a server running Windows Server 2003.

Incorrect: Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 3 is not required by SQL Server 2005 to support a SharePoint 2010 farm. This is not the best answer.

Incorrect: Windows Server 2008 R2 is not required by SQL Server 2005. This is not the best answer.

Correct: Windows Server 2008 R2 is required to install SharePoint on the SharePoint servers.

Correct: Service Pack 2 includes the Pre-Upgrade Check.

Incorrect: Windows PowerShell 2.0 is a requirement for SharePoint Server 2010, but it is not a prerequisite for running the Pre-Upgrade Check.

Incorrect: The Pre-Upgrade Check does not require read-only databases.

Incorrect: Although Windows Server 2008 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 is required for SharePoint Server 2010, the Pre-Upgrade Check can run in the existing environment.

Incorrect: The Test-SPContentDatabase cmdlet can be used on a SharePoint Server 2010 farm before mounting the content database.

Correct: The preupgradecheck operation helps you to evaluate the health and upgrade readiness of a SharePoint farm.

Incorrect: PSConfig is not used to evaluate upgrade readiness.

Incorrect: The SharePoint Administration Toolkit is not used to evaluate upgrade readiness.

Incorrect: Although a container for service connection points will help you monitor installations of SharePoint, a container is not required to install SharePoint.

Incorrect: Although you needed to know the farm password in MOSS 2007, you do not need to know the account’s password in SharePoint Server 2010.

Correct: You must know the farm passphrase to add a server to a farm.

Incorrect: The account used to add the server to the farm does not require the sysadmin fixed server role.

Correct: You must specify the name of the SQL server hosting the farm configuration database, and then you must specify the name of the database.

Correct: The DisableInstall value blocks the installation of SharePoint Server 2010.

Incorrect: This container is used to host serviceConnectionPoint objects, which represent existing SharePoint deployments. It is not used to restrict installation.

Incorrect: This parameter is used when upgrading SharePoint, not when installing an instance of SharePoint on a new server.

Incorrect: The Set-SPFarm cmdlet changes properties of an existing farm. It is not used to block or allow installation of new servers in the farm.

Incorrect: The Password Management Settings page of Central Administration allows you to configure several settings related to managed accounts and password changes, but it does not allow you to configure automatic password changes.

Correct: The Managed Accounts page of Central Administration allows you to configure automatic password change for a managed account. After you configure automatic password change for a managed account, the administrative effort required to maintain that managed account is significantly reduced.

Incorrect: The Delegated Administrators group represents users that have limited access to Central Administration.

Incorrect: The New-SPManagedAccount cmdlet registers a managed account. The Set-SPManagedAccount cmdlet allows you to configure automatic password changes for a managed account.