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NOS 2 - Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does the C stand for in CNAME record? | Canonical |
| What do the letters MX stand for when talking about a DNS, MX record? | Mail Exchange |
| What is a PTR record? | Pointer, reverse lookup, ip to name |
| What does a SRV record? | Service Locator Record, points to a service like Active Directory (required) |
| What is Dynamic DNS when referring to Microsoft's DNS server in 2003? | When it gets an update from DHCP, dynamic DNS will update it's records. |
| What is the primary diagnostic utility for DNS that is provided with Server 2003? | NSLOOKUP |
| What is the syntax for flushing the DNS resolver cache using IPCONFIG | ipconfig /flushdns |
| How would you display the current contents of the DNS resolver cache on your local computer? | ipconfig /displaydns |
| What does IXFR stand for? | Incremental Zone Transfer |
| What does ADIZ stand for? | Active Directory Integrated Zones |
| What is conditional forwarding? | Forwarding of zones that match a defined condition. Based on the domain name will send to a specific DNS server. Speeds up name resolution. |
| What are stub zones? | A read-only copy of a DNS Zone that will identify authoritative DNS server of that zone. |
| What does the cache.dns file contain? | Root name servers |
| Where the serial numbers stored when dealing with zone transfers? | SOA - Start of Authority |
| When you install ADIZ what happens to the contents of the DNS folder? | It is empty, stored in Active Directory now |
| What are the serial number used for in DNS? | Used to track changes to the DNS database file. |
| What is the refresh interval used for in DNS? | How long secondary servers wait before querying the master. |
| What is the retry interval used for it DNS? | If it cannot contact the master, how long it waits before it retries. |
| What is the expire interval used for in DNS? | How long before the secondary server will wait before it stops providing DNS for the zone. |
| What does it mean to delegate a DNS zone? | Giving authority/control of a sub zone to another server. |
| What directory does the installation program copy files to? | $WIN_NT$.~LS |
| When would you use WINNT instead of WINNT32 for installation? | WINNT = clean install, for newer OS that doesn't include NT WINNT32= upgrade, for older OS that had NT already |
| What does ARC stand for? | Advanced Resource Controller |
| What is slipstreaming | Integrated patches or service packs into the original software, |
| What is the NewSID program used for? | Give your computer a new name and security identifier |
| What does AXFR stand for? | Authoritative Zone Transfer (full transfer) |
| What is a recursive DNS request? | Either the requested information or an error must be returned to the client. The client cannot be forwarded to another name server. |
| What type of DNS request is the following? | Recursive, iterative and inverse are possibilities |
| Why would you choose a larger TTL value? | decrease the load on the DNS server |
| If you operating system is installed on C:\WINDOWS, what would be the path to the DNS configuration files? | C:\WINDOWS\System32\dns |
| What does IETF stand for? | Internet Engineering Task Force |
| What is a Host (A) record? | forward lookup, hostname to ip |
| What type of DNS is the following? | Recursive, iterative and inverse are possibilities |
| What are DACLs? | Discretionary Access Control List |
| What does ACL stand for? | Access Control List |
| What must you do to view the contents of DACL in ADUC? | turn advanced features on |
| What does ADUC stand for? | Active Directory Users and Computers |
| Does denying permissions take precedence over allowing permissions? | YES |
| Which of the following is not a standard permission for active directory objects? | change |
| What does OU stand for? | Organizational Unit |
| What rights do you need to create an OU? | read, list contents, and create OU objects |
| Why should you not use the default users container to hold users? | it's not an OU, cant create organization |
| What is the difference between Security Groups and Distribution Groups? | Distribution just e-mail, Security=security + e-mail |
| Why should you limit the use of Universal Groups? | it uses too much computer resources |
| What is Microsoft's A-G-DL-P strategy? | Make Accounts in Global groups which you put into Domain Local groups and set Permissions on them. |
| Where is DNS zone file information stored once ADIZ is installed? | No file. In active directory. |
| When is zone transfer initiated? | Master notifies secondary |
| What does PXE stand for? | Preboot Execution Environment |
| What usually gets checked first when a query is done, the DNS server or the host file? | host file |
| A DNS Client (resolver) can make what three types of queries (name resolution requests). Which is not one of the three? | Direct |
| What does Group Policies in Server 2003 replace from NT 4.0? | System Policies |
| What does GPO stand for? | Group Policy Object |
| Group policies can be assigned to user accounts or / and computers? | True |
| GPO's may be applied to? | Users, Groups, Computers, etc |
| What does GPMC stand for? | Group Policy Management Console |
| You can specify GP settings for? | Users and Computers |
| Which of the following is a type of script that you can create in Windows 2003 | batch, VBScript, JScript |
| What does GPC stand for? | Group Policy Container |
| What does GPT stand for? | Group Policy Template |
| Using the letters D-Domain, S-Site, OU, L-Local Machine. Arrange the letters in order of them being applied. | L-S-D-OU |
| GPO's that are linked to a site affects? | Local Machine |
| The GPO processed last wins so long as you don't use what switch at a higher level container? | No override |
| What switch do you use to prevent inheritance from a parent container | Block inheritance |
| Group policies for computers get executed after the same policies are set for users? | False |
| Group policies are refreshed every 60 minutes give or take 30 minutes? | False, 90 +/- 30 |
| Where does editing of a GP normally take place? | ADUC or GPMC |
| What minimum permissions must you set for a GP to be executed for a user? | Read + Apply Group Policy |
| What minimum permissions must you have to manage an existing GP? | Read + Write |
| When you have more than one GP assigned to an object, the GP at the top of the list is executed first. | False |
| You can individually disable Computer Configuration settings or User Configuration Settings in a GP. | True |
| GPO’s cannot be linked to more than one OU? | False |
| Computer Administrative Templates are applied to what 2000/XP/2003 Registry keys? | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ Software\ Policies |
| GP settings for computers and users are subdivided into three sub-categories. What are the sub-categories? | Software Settings, Windows Settings, Administrative Templates |
| User Administrative Templates are applied to what 2000/XP.2003 Registry keys? | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Policies |
| What folders in a users profile may be redirected? | Application Data, Desktop, My Documents, Start Menu |
| What does UNC stand for? | Universal Naming Convention |
| What environmental variable can be used to represent the current logged in user? | %username% |
| Can you access GP’s through ADUC once GPMC is installed? Y/N | NO |
| What is an example of an Active Directory object? | User, Group, OU, etc. |
| What is an example of an Active Directory object attribute? | Domain Local, Global, Universal |
| The set of rules Active Directory uses to define the different object types it contains is called? | schema |
| CN=Joe Student, OU=CST8239, DC=AlgonquinCollege, DC=Com is an example of what type of name? | Distinguished Component |
| Joe Student is an example of what type of name? | Common Name |
| What does UPN stand for? | User Principal Name |
| JoeS@AlgonquinCollege.com is an example of what type of name? | log on name |
| What does GUID stand for? | Globally Unique Identifier |
| What is a domain? | Group of computers all have access to Domain Controller (security) |
| Which one of the following is not one of the four domain functional levels? | Windows 2000 native, Windows 2000 mixed, Windows Server 2003 interim, Windows Server 2003 |
| When you change domain functional level to a higher level can you change back without doing a restore? Y/N | NO |
| What is the name given to the type of the containers that we create in a domain to hold users, etc? | Organizational Unit |
| Why might you need to create more than one domain? | Geographic location, security. |
| A tree ______ DNS namespace. | shares contiguous |
| A forest may contain one or more trees. These trees _______ DNS namespace. | have discontiguous |
| Which of the following is not one of the three forest functional levels that are supported on Windows Server 2003? | Windows 2000, Windows server 2003 interim, Windows Server 2003 |
| A trust Relationship is a link between two domains in which? | Users on the trusted domain can log into the trusting domain, give permissions. |
| The trust relationship is diagramed using an arrow. The arrowhead always points to the? | Trusted Domain |
| In Windows Server 2003 forest, _____________ trusts automatically exist between all Domains in the forest. | transitive (forest root) |
| Windows NT networks use a __________ trust relationship to link domains. | non-transitive, one-way |
| What directory is the Active Directory database file stored? | C:\Windows\System32\ntds\ntds.dit |
| What command do you use to install Active Directory? | dcpromo |