The down side for Alex McLeish was that Stevie Thompson only lasted 19 minutes of the match after being injured in a challenge with Andrius Skerla and he must be a real doubt for the Euro opener.
However, overall it was the perfect build-up for the vital clash with the Germans, who drew 0-0 away to Schalke 04 today.
It was a real shame for Thompson. For 10 minutes he must have truly felt that his Rangers career had suddenly exploded.
After a storming display for Scotland in Dortmund in midweek – his first full 90 minutes of the season – Thompson was thrilled to have been given only the second start of his Rangers career against the Fifers.
Suitably boosted by the faith entrusted in him by Alex McLeish the powerful striker went about his business with great purpose and within six minutes his day got even better when fired Rangers into the lead.
Thompson used his strength and skill to turn away from Andrius Skerla as he collected Michael Ball’s pass just inside the left corner of the Dunfermline box.
Without hesitation he directed a right foot shot into the right corner and justifiably took the applause of a delighted Rangers support.
Fate has a terrible habit of kicking you where it hurts and within a matter of minutes Thompson took a blow on his right leg when challenged by Skerla and his afternoon was over.
The 24-year-old managed to hobble about until the 19th minute but there was no shaking off the damage and he was replaced by Nuno Capucho.
It took Rangers a little bit of time to re-adjust and to plot their way through the midfield which Dunfermline had packed with six players leaving Stevie Crawford alone up front.
Crawford did cause a moment of alarm when he burst to the Rangers byline in 26 minutes and tried to cut the ball back for Gary Dempsey. It would have been a certain goal if the cross had been accurate. Fortunately for Rangers it was not.
It was a rare foray into Rangers territory by the Fifers and within six minutes they were on their way to defeat when Rangers went two ahead.
It was Henning Berg who created it with a marvellous ball down the right side which found Michael Mols in acres of space.
The angle was tight but Mols is in such good form these days that it did not matter. Derek Stillie tried to narrow the angle, but Mols drove a right foot shot past him into the left corner for his fifth goal of the season.
Two minutes later Nuno Capucho, who had replaced the luckless Thompson, should have scored with a header at the back post after Arveladze had crossed from the right but directed his effort over the bar.
Then in 39 minutes Emerson was only a few inches wide with a 25-yard shot and there was an air of inevitability that Rangers would score again.
This time it was the excellent Arteta who set up the strike. The Spaniard drove a low freekick to the six-yard box and Arveladze flicked a right foot shot into the net to claim his sixth goal in five games, if you count the three who scored for Georgia in two games against Albania.
The game was over as a contest and presumably that was the reason that Berg did not reappear for the second half.
The Norwegian defender has more arduous tasks ahead of him in the shape of Stuttgart on Tuesday night and it was the ideal opportunity to rest him.
It allowed McLeish to give Paolo Vanoli another run at left back with Michael Ball moving into centre back but the changes did not alter the course of the match.
Ranges strolled through the second half and perhaps with more urgency they would have scored more than the one goal they managed to produce.
It was Capucho who scored it in 66 minutes but he really could not have missed as Mols laid the ball on a plate for him with a low cross from the right while allowed the Portuguese frontman to prod the ball into the net.
It was about all Capucho had done to that point but he improved as the game went on and began to show the skills which could make him a real attacking weapon for McLeish.
Still, there is undoubtedly a lot more to come from the man who won the UEFA Cup with Porto last season.
The other good aspect for McLeish was the return of Peter Lovenkrands who got 25 minutes and looks to be in the right shape to face the Germans on Tuesday.
However, the overwhelming plus from the day was the tremendous performance of Arteta who is simply relishing the responsibility in midfield. Roll on Tuesday.
RANGERS: 1 Klos; 2 Ricksen, 25 Berg (16 Vanoli 45), 15 Khizanishvili, 18 Ball; 4 Emerson; 23 Arteta, 8 Nerlinger, 7 Arveladze (26 Lovenkrands 65); 10 Mols, 19 Thompson (20 Capucho 19).
Subs not used – 22 McGregor, 27 Hughes.
Bookings: Capucho (71)
DUNFERMLINE: 20 Stillie; 5 Skerla, 3 Wilson, 32 Tod (28 Laboute 80); 2 Bullen, 12 Dempsey (31 Mehmet 60), 7 Nicholson, 8 Mason, 4 Young, 22 Grondin (17 Kilgannon 72); 9 Crawford.
Subs not used: 30 Thomson, 18 Byrne.
Bookings: Skerla (45)
Ref: Charlie Richmond
Man of the match: Mikel Arteta.