Milestone Certified Integration Technician (MCIT) Practice Exam

Milestone Certified Integration Technician (MCIT)
Practice Exam – Multiple-Choice Questions with
Answers and Expert Rationale
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1. Which XProtect component records video and audio from
devices and stores it in the media database?
A. Management Server
B. Mobile Server
C. Event Server
D. Recording Server
Answer: D
Rationale: The Recording Server communicates with
cameras and other devices, receives their streams, and writes
them to the media database. The Management Server holds
configuration, not recordings.
2. Which component holds the central system configuration,
authenticates users, and issues licensing information?
A. Recording Server
B. Event Server
C. Management Server
D. Log Server
Answer: C
Rationale: The Management Server is the central hub: it
stores configuration in the SQL database, handles
authentication/authorization, and manages licensing.




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,3. Which component handles events, alarms, maps, and
communication with MIP plug-ins and third-party
integrations?
A. Log Server
B. Mobile Server
C. Recording Server
D. Event Server
Answer: D
Rationale: The Event Server processes events, alarms,
generic events, analytics events and Smart Map/map data,
and hosts MIP plug-ins.
4. Which component receives and stores log messages from
the system in a central SQL database?
A. Mobile Server
B. Log Server
C. Management Server
D. Event Server
Answer: B
Rationale: The Log Server writes system, audit and rule log
entries to its SQL database for central logging.
5. Which application is used by administrators to configure
cameras, storage, rules, and roles?
A. Server Configurator
B. XProtect Smart Client
C. Management Client
D. XProtect Web Client
Answer: C
Rationale: The Management Client is the administrative
interface. Smart Client is the operator interface.



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,6. Which application is primarily used by operators for live
viewing, playback, investigation, and export?
A. XProtect Smart Client
B. Management Client
C. Download Manager
D. Server Configurator
Answer: A
Rationale: XProtect Smart Client is the full-featured operator
client for live view, playback, search, alarms, and export.
7. Which component delivers video to XProtect Mobile and
XProtect Web Client users?
A. Failover Server
B. Recording Server
C. Management Server
D. Mobile Server
Answer: D
Rationale: The Mobile Server acts as a gateway, transcoding
and streaming video to the Mobile app and Web Client.
8. The Management Server configuration database runs on
which platform?
A. Microsoft SQL Server
B. MySQL
C. Oracle Database
D. PostgreSQL
Answer: A
Rationale: XProtect uses Microsoft SQL Server (SQL Server
Express by default in a single-computer install) for the
configuration database.




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, 9. What is the database size limitation of the default
Microsoft SQL Server Express edition?
A. 50 GB
B. 2 GB
C. Unlimited
D. 10 GB
Answer: D
Rationale: SQL Server Express (2016 and later) is limited to
10 GB per database, which is why large systems use full SQL
Server.
10. Which installation type installs all core server
components on one computer?
A. Distributed
B. Custom
C. Failover
D. Single computer
Answer: D
Rationale: The Single computer option installs Management,
Recording, Event, Log and Mobile components together,
suited to small systems.
11. Which installation option lets you choose which
components go on which machines?
A. Custom
B. Quick
C. Express
D. Single computer
Answer: A
Rationale: Custom installation is used for distributed, multi-
server deployments.



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