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In January 2008 Arti entered in a contractual agreement with Bee Ltd to write a study manual for an international accountancy body’s award. The manual was to cover the period from September 2008 till June 2009, and it was a term of the contract that the text be supplied by 30 June 2008 so that it could be printed in time for September. By 30 May, Arti had not yet started on the text and indeed he had written to Bee Ltd stating that he was too busy to write the text.Bee Ltd was extremely perturbed by the news, especially as it had acquired the contract to supply all of theaccountancy body’s study manuals and had already incurred extensive preliminary expenses in relation to the publication of the new manual.Required:In the context of the law of contract, advise Bee Ltd whether they can take any action against Arti.(10 marks)
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3 Moffat Ltd, which commenced trading on 1 December 2002, supplies and fits tyres and exhaust pipes and servicesmotor vehicles at thirty locations. The directors and middle management are based at the Head Office of Moffat Ltd.Each location has a manager who is responsible for day-to-day operations and is supported by an administrativeassistant. All other staff at each location are involved in fitting and servicing operations.The directors of Moffat Ltd are currently preparing a financial evaluation of an investment of £2 million in a new ITsystem for submission to its bank. They are concerned that sub-optimal decisions are being made because the currentsystem does not provide appropriate information throughout the organisation. They are also aware that not all of thebenefits from the proposed investment will be quantitative in nature.Required:(a) Explain the characteristics of THREE types of information required to assist in decision-making at differentlevels of management and on differing timescales within Moffat Ltd, providing TWO examples of informationthat would be appropriate to each level. (10 marks)
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(c) Explain how the use of activity-based techniques may benefit Taliesin Ltd. (5 marks)
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(ii) Comment briefly on the use of its own tree plantations as a source of raw materials by Our Timbers Ltd.(3 marks)
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(b) Advise the management of SCC Ltd of THREE strategies that should be considered in order to improve thefuture performance of SCC Ltd. (6 marks)
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(b) Calculate the corporation tax (CT) liabilities for Alantech Ltd, Boron Ltd and Bubble Ltd for the year ending31 December 2004 on the assumption that loss reliefs are taken as early as possible. (9 marks)
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(c) Advise Alan on the proposed disposal of the shares in Mobile Ltd. Your answer should include calculationsof the potential capital gain, and explain any options available to Alan to reduce this tax liability. (7 marks)
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6 Assume today’s date is 16 April 2005.Henry, aged 48, is the managing director of Happy Home Ltd, an unquoted UK company specialising in interiordesign. He is wealthy in his own right and is married to Helen, who is 45 years old. They have two children – Stephen,who is 19, and Sally who is 17.As part of his salary, Henry was given 3,000 shares in Happy Home Ltd with an option to acquire a further 10,000shares. The options were granted on 15 July 2003, shortly after the company started trading, and were not part ofan approved share option scheme. The free shares were given to Henry on the same day.The exercise price of the share options was set at the then market value of £1·00 per share. The options are notcapable of being exercised after 10 years from the date of grant. The company has been successful, and the currentvalue of the shares is now £14·00 per share. Another shareholder has offered to buy the shares at their market value,so Henry exercised his share options on 14 April 2005 and will sell the shares next week, on 20 April 2005.With the company growing in size, Henry wishes to recruit high quality staff, but the company lacks the funds to paythem in cash. Henry believes that giving new employees the chance to buy shares in the company would help recruitstaff, as they could share in the growth in value of Happy Home Ltd. Henry has heard that there is a particular sharescheme that is suitable for small, fast growing companies. He would like to obtain further information on how sucha scheme would work.Henry has accumulated substantial assets over the years. The family house is owned jointly with Helen, and is worth£650,000. Henry has a £250,000 mortgage on the house. In addition, Henry has liquid assets worth £340,000and Helen has shares in quoted companies currently worth £125,000. Henry has no forms of insurance, and believeshe should make sure that his wealth and family are protected. He is keen to find out what options he should beconsidering.Required:(a) (i) State how the gift of the 3,000 shares in Happy Home Ltd was taxed. (1 mark)
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(b) Identify the most appropriate approved share option scheme for Happy Home Ltd. Outline the schemerequirements and the tax benefits of using it compared to the current unapproved scheme. (6 marks)
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(ii) Briefly outline the tax consequences for Henry if the types of protection identified in (i) were to beprovided for him by Happy Home Ltd compared to providing them for himself. You are not required todiscuss the corporation tax (CT) consequences for Happy Home Ltd. (4 marks)
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(b) Explain by reference to Hira Ltd’s loss position why it may be beneficial for it not to claim any capitalallowances for the year ending 31 March 2007. Support your explanation with relevant calculations.(6 marks)
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(c) Calculate the expected corporation tax liability of Dovedale Ltd for the year ending 31 March 2007 on theassumption that all available reliefs are claimed by Dovedale Ltd but that Hira Ltd will not claim any capitalallowances in that year. (4 marks)
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(d) Explain whether or not Dovedale Ltd, Hira Ltd and Atapo Inc can register as a group for the purposes of valueadded tax. (3 marks)
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5 (a) Carver Ltd was incorporated and began trading in August 2002. It is a close company with no associatedcompanies. It has always prepared accounts to 31 December and will continue to do so in the future.It has been decided that Carver Ltd will sell its business as a going concern to Blade Ltd, an unconnectedcompany, on 31 July 2007. Its premises and goodwill will be sold for £2,135,000 and £290,000 respectivelyand its machinery and equipment for £187,000. The premises, which do not constitute an industrial building,were acquired on 1 August 2002 for £1,808,000 and the goodwill has been generated internally by thecompany. The machinery and equipment cost £294,000; no one item will be sold for more than its original cost.The tax adjusted trading profit of Carver Ltd in 2007, before taking account of both capital allowances and thesale of the business assets, is expected to be £81,000. The balance on the plant and machinery pool for thepurposes of capital allowances as at 31 December 2006 was £231,500. Machinery costing £38,000 waspurchased on 1 March 2007. Carver Ltd is classified as a small company for the purposes of capital allowances.On 1 August 2007, the proceeds from the sale of the business will be invested in either an office building or aportfolio of UK quoted company shares, as follows:Office buildingThe office building would be acquired for £3,100,000; the vendor is not registered for value added tax (VAT).Carver Ltd would borrow the additional funds required from a UK bank. The building is let to a number ofcommercial tenants who are not connected with Carver Ltd and will pay rent, in total, of £54,000 per calendarquarter, in advance, commencing on 1 August 2007. The company’s expenditure for the period from 1 August2007 to 31 December 2007 is expected to be:£Loan interest payable to UK bank 16,000Building maintenance costs 7,500Share portfolioShares would be purchased for the amount of the proceeds from the sale of the business with no need for furtherloan finance. It is estimated that the share portfolio would generate dividends of £36,000 and capital gains, afterindexation allowance, of £10,000 in the period from 1 August 2007 to 31 December 2007.All figures are stated exclusive of value added tax (VAT).Required:(i) Taking account of the proposed sale of the business on 31 July 2007, state with reasons the date(s) onwhich Carver Ltd must submit its corporation tax return(s) for the year ending 31 December 2007.(2 marks)
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(ii) Explain whether or not Carver Ltd will become a close investment-holding company as a result ofacquiring either the office building or the share portfolio and state the relevance of becoming such acompany. (2 marks)
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3 Palm plc recently acquired 100% of the ordinary share capital of Nikau Ltd from Facet Ltd. Palm plc intends to useNikau Ltd to develop a new product range, under the name ‘Project Sabal’. Nikau Ltd owns shares in a non-UKresident company, Date Inc.The following information has been extracted from client files and from a meeting with the Finance Director of Palmplc.Palm plc:– Has more than 40 wholly owned subsidiaries such that all group companies pay corporation tax at 30%.– All group companies prepare accounts to 31 March.– Acquired Nikau Ltd on 1 November 2007 from Facet Ltd, an unrelated company.Nikau Ltd:– UK resident company that manufactures domestic electronic appliances for sale in the European Union (EU).– Large enterprise for the purposes of the enhanced relief available for research and development expenditure.– Trading losses brought forward as at 1 April 2007 of £195,700.– Budgeted taxable trading profit of £360,000 for the year ending 31 March 2008 before taking account of ‘ProjectSabal’.– Dividend income of £38,200 will be received in the year ending 31 March 2008 in respect of the shares in DateInc.‘Project Sabal’:– Development of a range of electronic appliances, for sale in North America.– Project Sabal will represent a significant advance in the technology of domestic appliances.– Nikau Ltd will spend £70,000 on staffing costs and consumables researching and developing the necessarytechnology between now and 31 March 2008. Further costs will be incurred in the following year.– Sales to North America will commence in 2009 and are expected to generate significant profits from that year.Shares in Date Inc:– Nikau Ltd owns 35% of the ordinary share capital of Date Inc.– The shares were purchased from Facet Ltd on 1 June 2003 for their market value of £338,000.– The sale was a no gain, no loss transfer for the purposes of corporation tax.– Facet Ltd purchased the shares in Date Inc on 1 March 1994 for £137,000.Date Inc:– A controlled foreign company resident in the country of Palladia.– Annual chargeable profits arising out of property investment activities are approximately £120,000, of whichapproximately £115,000 is distributed to its shareholders each year.The tax system in Palladia:– No taxes on income or capital profits.– 4% withholding tax on dividends paid to shareholders resident outside Palladia.Required:(a) Prepare detailed explanatory notes, including relevant supporting calculations, on the effect of the followingissues on the amount of corporation tax payable by Nikau Ltd for the year ending 31 March 2008.(i) The costs of developing ‘Project Sabal’ and the significant commercial changes to the company’sactivities arising out of its implementation. (8 marks)
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4 Coral is the owner and managing director of Reef Ltd. She is considering the manner in which she will make her firstpension contributions. In November 2007 she inherited her mother’s house in the country of Kalania.The following information has been extracted from client files and from telephone conversations with Coral.Coral:– 1972 – Born in the country of Kalania. Her father, who died in 2002, was domiciled in Kalania.– 1999 – Moved to the UK and has lived and worked here since then.– 2001 – Subscribed for 100% of the ordinary share capital of Reef Ltd.– Intends to sell Reef Ltd and return to live in the country of Kalania in 2012.– No income apart from that received from Reef Ltd.Reef Ltd:– A UK resident company with annual profits chargeable to corporation tax of approximately £70,000.– Four employees including Coral.– Provides scuba diving lessons to members of the public.Payments from Reef Ltd to Coral in 2007/08:– Director’s fees of £460 per month.– Dividends paid of £14,250 in June 2007 and £14,250 in September 2007.Pension contributions:– Coral has not so far made any pension contributions in the tax year 2007/08 but wishes to make gross pensioncontributions of £9,000.– The contributions are to be made by Reef Ltd or Coral or a combination of the two in such a way as to minimisethe total after tax cost.– Any contributions made by Coral will be funded by an additional dividend from Reef Ltd.House in the country of Kalania:– Beachfront property with potential rental income of £550 per month after deduction of allowable expenditure.– Coral will use it for holidays for two months each year.The tax system in the country of Kalania:– No capital gains tax or inheritance tax.– Income tax at 8% on income arising in the country of Kalania.– No double tax treaty with the UK.Required:(a) With the objective of minimising the total after tax cost, advise Coral as to whether the gross pensioncontributions of £9,000 should be made:– wholly by Reef Ltd; or– by Coral to the extent that they are tax allowable with the balance made by Reef Ltd.Your answer should include supporting calculations where necessary. (9 marks)
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3 Spica, one of the director shareholders of Acrux Ltd, has been in dispute with the other shareholders over plans toexpand the company’s activities overseas. In order to resolve the position it has been agreed that Spica will sell hershares back to the company. Once the purchase of her shares has taken place, the company intends to establish anumber of branches overseas and acquire a shareholding in a number of companies that are resident and trade inoverseas countries.The following information has been obtained from client files and meetings with the parties involved.Acrux Ltd:– An unquoted UK resident company.– Share capital consists of 50,000 ordinary shares issued at £1·90 per share in July 2000.– None of the other shareholders has any connection with Spica.The purchase of own shares:– The company will purchase all of Spica’s shares for £8 per share.– The transaction will take place by the end of 2008.Spica:– Purchased 8,000 shares in Acrux Ltd for £2 per share on 30 September 2003.– Has no income in the tax year 2008/09.– Has chargeable capital gains in the tax year 2008/09 of £3,800.– Has houses in the UK and the country of Solaris and divides her time between them.Investment in non-UK resident companies:– Acrux Ltd will acquire between 15% and 20% of each of the non-UK resident companies.– The companies will not be controlled foreign companies as the rates of tax in the overseas countries will bebetween 23% and 42%.– There may or may not be a double tax treaty between the UK and the overseas countries in which the companiesare resident. Where there is a treaty, it will be based on the OECD model treaty.– None of the countries concerned levy withholding tax on dividends paid to UK companies.– The directors of Acrux Ltd are concerned that the rate of tax suffered on the profits of the overseas companieswill be very high as they will be taxed in both the overseas country and in the UK.Required:(a) (i) Prepare detailed calculations to determine the most beneficial tax treatment of the payment Spica willreceive for her shares; (7 marks)
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5 Gagarin wishes to persuade a number of wealthy individuals who are business contacts to invest in his company,Vostok Ltd. He also requires advice on the recoverability of input tax relating to the purchase of new premises.The following information has been obtained from a meeting with Gagarin.Vostok Ltd:– An unquoted UK resident company.– Gagarin owns 100% of the company’s ordinary share capital.– Has 18 employees.– Provides computer based services to commercial companies.– Requires additional funds to finance its expansion.Funds required by Vostok Ltd:– Vostok Ltd needs to raise £420,000.– Vostok Ltd will issue 20,000 shares at £21 per share on 31 August 2008.– The new shareholder(s) will own 40% of the company.– Part of the money raised will contribute towards the purchase of new premises for use by Vostok Ltd.Gagarin’s initial thoughts:– The minimum investment will be 5,000 shares and payment will be made in full on subscription.– Gagarin has a number of wealthy business contacts who may be interested in investing.– Gagarin has heard that it may be possible to obtain tax relief for up to 60% of the investment via the enterpriseinvestment scheme.Wealthy business contacts:– Are all UK resident higher rate taxpayers.– May wish to borrow the funds to invest in Vostok Ltd if there is a tax incentive to do so.New premises:– Will cost £446,500 including value added tax (VAT).– Will be used in connection with all aspects of Vostok Ltd’s business.– Will be sold for £600,000 plus VAT in six years time.– Vostok Ltd will waive the VAT exemption on the sale of the building.The VAT position of Vostok Ltd:– In the year ending 31 March 2009, 28% of Vostok Ltd’s supplies will be exempt for the purposes of VAT.– This percentage is expected to reduce over the next few years.– Irrecoverable input tax due to the company’s partially exempt status exceeds the de minimis limits.Required:(a) Prepare notes for Gagarin to use when speaking to potential investors. The notes should include:(i) The tax incentives immediately available in respect of the amount invested in shares issued inaccordance with the enterprise investment scheme; (5 marks)
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6 Charles and Jane Miro, aged 31 and 34 years respectively, have been married for ten years and have two childrenaged six and eight years. Charles is a teacher but for the last five years he has stayed at home to look after theirchildren. Jane works as a translator for Speak Write Ltd.Speak Write Ltd was formed and began trading on 6 April 2006. It provides translation services to universities. Jane,who ceased employment with Barnham University to found the company, owns 100% of its ordinary share capitaland is its only employee.Speak Write Ltd has translated documents for four different universities since it began trading. Its biggest client isBarnham University which represents 70% of the company’s gross income. It is estimated that the company’s grossfee income for its first 12 months of trading will be £110,000. Speak Write Ltd usually agrees fixed fees in advancewith its clients although it charges for some projects by reference to the number of days taken to do the work. Noneof the universities makes any payment to Speak Write Ltd in respect of Jane being on holiday or sick.All of the universities insist that Jane does the work herself. Jane carries out the work for three of the universities inher office at home using a computer and specialised software owned by Speak Write Ltd. The work she does forBarnham University is done in the university’s library on one of its computers as the documents concerned are toodelicate to move.The first set of accounts for Speak Write Ltd will be drawn up for the year ending 5 April 2007. It is estimated thatthe company’s tax adjusted trading profit for this period will be £52,500. This figure is after deducting Jane’s salaryof £4,000 per month and the related national insurance contributions but before any adjustments required by theapplication of the personal service companies (IR 35) legislation. The company has no other sources of income orcapital gains.Jane has not entered into any communication with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) with respect to the companyand wants to know:– When the corporation tax computation should be submitted and when the tax is due.– When the corporation tax computation can be regarded as having been agreed by HMRC.Charles and Jane have requested a meeting to discuss the family’s finances. In particular, they wish to consider theshortfall in the family’s annual income and any other related issues if Jane were to die. Their mortgage is coveredby a term assurance policy but neither of them have made any pension contributions or carried out any other longterm financial planning.Jane has estimated that her annual after tax income from Speak Write Ltd, on the assumption that she extracts all ofthe company’s profits, will be £58,000. Charles owns two investment properties that together generate after taxincome of £8,500. He estimates that he could earn £28,000 after tax if he were to return to work.The couple’s annual surplus income, after payment of all household expenditure including mortgage payments of£900 per month, is £21,000. Charles and Jane have no other sources of income.Required:(a) Write a letter to Jane setting out:(i) the arguments that HMRC could put forward, based only on the facts set out above, in support ofapplying the IR 35 legislation to Speak Write Ltd; and(ii) the additional income tax and national insurance contributions that would be payable, together withtheir due date of payment, if HMRC applied the IR 35 legislation to all of the company’s income in2006/07. (11 marks)
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3 The Stiletto Partnership consisted of three partners, Clint, Ben and Amy, who shared the profits of the businessequally. On 28 February 2007 the partners sold the business to Razor Ltd, in exchange for shares in Razor Ltd, witheach former partner owning one third of the new company.The recent, tax adjusted, trading profits of the Stiletto Partnership have been as follows:£Year ended 30 June 2006 92,1241 July 2006 to 28 February 2007 81,795Clint, who was 65 on 5 October 2006, retired when the business was sold to Razor Ltd. He is now suggesting thatif the sale of the partnership, and his retirement, had been delayed until 30 April 2007, his total tax liability wouldhave been reduced. Clint’s only other income is gross pension income of £6,100 per year, which he began receivingin the tax year 2005/06. Clint did not receive any salary or dividends from Razor Ltd. It is estimated that thepartnership’s tax adjusted trading profits for the period from 1 March 2007 to 30 April 2007 would have been£20,760. Clint has overlap profits of £14,250 brought forward from when the partnership began trading.Razor Ltd manufactures industrial cutting tools. On 1 July 2007, Razor Ltd will subscribe for the whole of the ordinaryshare capital of Cutlass Inc, a company newly incorporated in the country of Sharpenia. It is intended that CutlassInc will purchase partly finished tools from Razor Ltd and customise them in Sharpenia. It is anticipated that CutlassInc’s annual profits chargeable to corporation tax will be approximately £120,000.Ben and Amy will be the directors of Cutlass Inc, although Ben will not be involved in the company’s business on aday-to-day basis. Amy intends to spend one or two weeks each month in the country of Sharpenia looking after thecompany’s affairs. The remainder of her time will be spent in the UK. Amy has employment contracts with both RazorLtd and Cutlass Inc and her duties for Cutlass Inc will be carried out wholly in Sharpenia. Cutlass Inc will pay forAmy’s flights to and from Sharpenia and for her husband and baby to visit her there twice a year. Amy is currentlyUK resident and ordinarily resident.The system of income tax and corporation tax in the country of Sharpenia is broadly similar to that in the UK althoughthe rate of corporation tax is 38% regardless of the level of profits. There is a double tax treaty between the UK andSharpenia based on the OECD model treaty. The clause in the treaty dealing with company residency states that acompany resident in both countries under domestic law will be regarded under the treaty as being resident only in thecountry where it is effectively managed and controlled. Sharpenia is not a member of the European Union.Required:(a) (i) Calculate Clint’s taxable trading profits for the tax years 2006/07 and 2007/08 for both of thealternative retirement dates (28 February 2007 and 30 April 2007). (3 marks)
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YouaredesigninganActiveDirectoryimplementationstrategytopresenttoexecutivesfromyourcompanyandfromContoso,Ltd.Whichimplementationstrategyshouldyouuse?()
A.UpgradetheNewYorkdomain.UpgradetheChicagodomain.CreateapristineforestforContoso,Ltd.B.Createapristineforest.UpgradetheNewYorkdomain.UpgradetheChicagodomain.Donothingfurther.C.Createpristineforest.UpgradetheNewYorkdomain.UpgradetheChicagodomain.CreateapristineforestforContoso,Ltd.D.Createapristineforest.UpgradetheNewYorkdomain.UpgradetheChicagodomain.CreateanewchilddomainforContoso,Ltd.
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The sales representative from Correct Copies, Ltd. returned Mr. Yoshida's call while he was ___.
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D. aside
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You are designing an Active Directory implementation strategy to present to executives from your company and from Contoso, Ltd. Which implementation strategy should you use?()A、 Upgrade the New York domain. Upgrade the Chicago domain. Create a pristine forest for Contoso, Ltd.B、 Create a pristine forest. Upgrade the New York domain. Upgrade the Chicago domain. Do nothing further.C、 Create pristine forest. Upgrade the New York domain.Upgrade the Chicago domain.Create a pristine forest for Contoso, Ltd.D、 Create a pristine forest.Upgrade the New York domain. Upgrade the Chicago domain.Create a new child domain for Contoso, Ltd.
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You are designing an Active Directory implementation strategy to present to executives from your company and from Contoso, Ltd. Which implementation strategy should you use?()A、Upgrade the New York domain. Upgrade the Chicago domain. Create a pristine forest for Contoso, Ltd.B、Create a pristine forest. Upgrade the New York domain. Upgrade the Chicago domain. Do nothing further.C、Create pristine forest. Upgrade the New York domain. Upgrade the Chicago domain. Create a pristine forest for Contoso, Ltd. D、Create a pristine forest. Upgrade the New York domain. Upgrade the Chicago domain. Create a new child domain for Contoso, Ltd.
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多选题XYZ LTD is concerned about the security in the perimeter of the network. Which three Cisco products can you offer to XYZ LTD?()AIntegrated Services RoutersBFirewall AppliancesCCisco Unified CallManagerDMultilayer switch with enhanced imageECisco UnityFVPN Concentrators
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单选题You are designing an Active Directory implementation strategy to present to executives from your company and from Contoso, Ltd. Which implementation strategy should you use?()A
Upgrade the New York domain. Upgrade the Chicago domain. Create a pristine forest for Contoso, Ltd.B
Create a pristine forest. Upgrade the New York domain. Upgrade the Chicago domain. Do nothing further.C
Create pristine forest. Upgrade the New York domain.Upgrade the Chicago domain.Create a pristine forest for Contoso, Ltd.D
Create a pristine forest.Upgrade the New York domain. Upgrade the Chicago domain.Create a new child domain for Contoso, Ltd.