MCP 70-270 MeasureUp

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Ok, so I’m going through the MeasureUp tests supplied with the 70-270 MS press pack and this question came up. I won’t copy it word for word but it gives an idea to what the question is about

(Q) Joe Bloggs (a laptop user) is working offline on a Microsoft Access Database and enters 50 new records. He goes into the office in the morning and logs onto the domain. In the afternoon he runs a report and the 50 new records he has entered are not in the database, what has caused this?

(A) Another user has logged on and has overwritten Joe Bloggs copy of the database on the server with his own copy of the database during the synchronisation process.

I thought you couldn’t even make an Access database available offline? According to MS you cant either......

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=252509

One of the other possible answers is that “an error will occur when syncronising” which what I would have expected to be the answer.

Anyone else seen any questionable questions (ahem!) in the MeasureUp tests?

 

I think I was being too vague with the Q and A to avoid posting the exact question.

The “answer” basically says the two users *have the shared folder enabled for offline use* and because they have logged on at different times the original database changes (by Joe Bloggs) have been overwritten by the other guy logging on later on in the day.

Not the best question...

 

Yup, I agree. This reminds me of a client I know that insists in copying a Sage database to her laptop to work on at home. Meanwhile everyone else in the office cannot use Sage until she has come back into the office and copied the database back onto the server. Sometimes she is out of the office for days.

I’ve suggested a VPN connection from home but supposedly it isn’t necessary!