Exam 70-487 topic 1 question 76 discussion

Actual exam question from Microsoft's 70-487

Question #: 76
Topic #: 1

You have a web server that hosts several web applications.
From Microsoft Visual Studio, you create an assembly that is signed.
You need to make the assembly available to all of the web applications on the web server. The solution must minimize the number of copies of the assembly.
Which tool should you run?

A. gacutil.exe
B. sn.exe
C. tlbImp.exe
D. regasm.exe

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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️
Strong Name Scenario -
The following scenario outlines the process of signing an assembly with a strong name and later referencing it by that name.
Assembly A is created with a strong name using one of the following methods:
✑ Using a development environment that supports creating strong names, such as Visual Studio 2005.
✑ Creating a cryptographic key pair using the Strong Name tool (Sn.exe) and assigning that key pair to the assembly using either a command-line compiler or the
Assembly Linker (Al.exe). The Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) provides both Sn.exe and Al.exe.
References:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/app-domains/create-and-use-strong-named-assemblies

by bobtables at Nov. 26, 2019, 4:21 a.m.

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abalone

Highly Voted 5 years, 6 months ago

Answer is gacutil.exe

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bobtables

Highly Voted 5 years, 6 months ago

Why is the answer sn.exe? The question says, "you create an assembly that is signed.", and then asks about deploying it. It doesn't ask how to sign it. It says it needs to be available to all apps and limit the number of copies. Installing it in the GAC would make the most sense. I think the answer is gacutil.exe

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sti88

Most Recent 4 years, 7 months ago

I think the answer is A, "You need to make the assembly available to all of the web applications on the web server. The solution must minimize the number of copies of the assembly."

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Karel_Gott

5 years, 3 months ago

Answer is A, here is tutorial from official documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/app-domains/how-to-share-an-assembly-with-other-applications

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ctygehtuk

5 years, 4 months ago

Answer is clearly A - gacutil.exe

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DGo

5 years, 5 months ago

Answer for microsoft is sn.exe

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zimzimzimma

4 years, 9 months ago

Why? The assembly is already signed. The question deals with making the signed assembly available to all webapps.

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