1Y1-A25 · Question #103
Scenario: The XenApp servers in the Nether Tech Inc. environment are hosted on XenServer. Users in the environment access online and offline resources over the WAN. Which two settings should the…
The correct answer is B. Select the 'Optimize initial policy settings for a connection type' and select 'WAN' as the Connection type. D. Under Bandwidth> Visual Effects, select 'Turn off desktop wallpaper' and select 'Enable' to turn off. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
Scenario: The XenApp servers in the Nether Tech Inc. environment are hosted on XenServer. Users in the environment access online and offline resources over the WAN. Which two settings should the Citrix Engineer configure when creating a policy to optimize the connection for users accessing hosted applications in this environment? (Choose two.)
Options
- AUnder Client Devices> Resources, select 'Drives' and select 'Disable'
- BSelect the 'Optimize initial policy settings for a connection type' and select 'WAN' as the Connection type.
- CUnder Printing> Client Printers> Auto-creation, select 'Enabled' and select 'Auto-create all client printers'.
- DUnder Bandwidth> Visual Effects, select 'Turn off desktop wallpaper' and select 'Enable' to turn off
How the community answered
(46 responses)- A17% (8)
- B72% (33)
- C11% (5)
Community Discussion
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Dervla O.Jan 11, 2026Took this one on my actual 1Y1-A25 sitting and the trap was C, because auto-creating all client printers over a WAN connection is exactly how you tank your bandwidth and leave users waiting on print job enumeration at login. The stem locks you in with two hard facts: XenServer-hosted apps and WAN access. That combo is your signal to think bandwidth and display, not peripheral mapping. B does the heavy lifting by applying the WAN connection template which bundles compression and latency-tolerant settings in one shot, and D reinforces it because desktop wallpaper is pure visual noise that eats bandwidth with zero productivity return on a hosted app session. I stared at A for a moment thinking drive redirection might matter, but nothing in the stem told me drives were a problem, so I dropped it fast and went with B and D, finished that question in under 90 seconds.
Orla P.Jan 14, 2026The wallpaper call is spot on, and worth adding that disabling it is often toggled separately from the WAN template itself, so candidates should know where to find that setting independently in case a stem isolates just that control.
Orla P.Jan 20, 2026B and D are right. WAN preset tightens compression, and killing wallpaper cuts bandwidth waste fast.
Prof. SaraJan 28, 2026I went straight to C first because printer auto-creation always feels like a gotcha on Citrix policies, but the scenario is screaming WAN optimization, not peripheral management, and the blueprint's Bandwidth domain locks you into B and D every time you see hosted apps over a wide-area link. Turning off wallpaper under Visual Effects (D) cuts unnecessary rendering overhead, and selecting WAN as the connection type (B) pre-configures a whole cluster of low-bandwidth settings in one shot, which is exactly the efficiency the question is testing you on.