Question | Answer |
Make security tab in ADUC visible in properties? | View >> Advanced Features |
What does OU stand for? | Organizational Unit |
What does ADUC stand for? | Active Directory Users and Computers |
Why not use Users folder to make new users in ADUC? | Since Users is not an OU, cannot make structure there. |
What does DFS stand for? | Distributed File System |
What is the first item you have to create in DFS? | New Root |
Where is the logon script located in Group Policy Object Editor? | User Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Scripts >> Logon |
Where is Remove Change Password located in Group Policy Object Editor? | User Configuration >> Admin Templates >> System >> Ctrl+Alt+Del >> Remove Change Password |
Tool which disables the group policy tab from ADUC? | Group Policy Management (Console) |
Remote Desktop default port? | 3389 |
What type of syntax is this? \\Servername\sharename\file? | UNC - Universal Naming Convention |
You have a share on a folder. Your share permissions are Read, and your Directory Permissions are “Read &
Execute”, “List Folder Contents”, and “Read”. Can you create a file in the directory when accessing it locally? | Yes, Read + Execute let you make a file, how stupid is that? |
What does NAT stand for? | Network Address Translation |
What would be the netbios name for the following domain? west.ibm.com | west |
What file can you use for static DNS entries? | hosts file |
What directory is the hosts file located in? | c:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts |
What is the difference between Recursive and Iterative when referring to DNS? | Recursive: the DNS server is going to ask around and figure out the request for you -- Iterative: The DNS server will give you it's best answer which might be a referral |
Using ipconfig, how do you clear the computers resolver cache? | ipconfig /flushdns |
What does the file cache.dns contain? | Root name servers. |
What is contained in the SOA record? | Name of server supplying data for zone, admin of zone, times secondary servers should wait for updates, retrying, expiring. TTL on file resource records. |
What does L‐S‐D‐OU stand for? | Local‐Site‐Domain‐Organizational Unit |
In Group Policy Object Editor, the policy is broken into two sections, Computer Configuration and User Configuration. What are the three sub-sections? | Software Settings, Windows Settings and Administrative Templates |
What does DACL stand for? | Discretionary Access Control List |
What is the NAT default gateway set to in VMware if your network is 192.168.1.0/24? | 192.168.1.2 |
What is the difference between User Mode and Kernel mode? | Kernel Mode has direct access to hardware. |
What defines a SITE in Active Directory? | A site is defined as a set of computers connected in a high speed network, in other words a LAN. Could be a room, building or campus. |
What is the difference between a Tree and a Forest in Active Directory? | Tree: Share contiguous name space -- Forest: dis-contiguous name space |
When configuring DHCP options in the DHCP configuration utility, default gateway does not show up. What do you select to configure the default gateway? | The "ROUTER" option is for gateways |
What local security policy option do you need to login in at the 2003 Server keyboard? | Allow log on locally: Comp Config >> Windows >> Security >> Local >> User Rights >> Allow log on locally |
What are the standard NTFS permission for a directory? | 1.Full Control 2.Modify 3.Read and Execute 4.List Folder Contents 5.Read 6.Write |
What is a CNAME record used for? | To give alias for domain names |
What is an MX record used for? | Mail Exchange: specifies mail server accepting email on behalf of domain |
What is a PTR record? | Associates an IP with its host name - Forward Lookup |
What does ADIZ stand for? | Active Directory Integrated Zone |
What does it mean to delegate a DNS zone? | Gives authority of a sub-zone to another server, they control that sub-zone. |
If your 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 the difference between Security Groups and Distribution Groups? Which is correct? | Security Groups are for email and security, Distribution groups are just for email. Normally don't use Distribution groups. |
Why should you limit the use of Universal Groups? | Universal groups can hamper performance |
Microsoft’s A‐G‐DL‐P strategy stands for what? | Account-Global-Domain Local-Permission...Assign user ACCOUNTS to GLOBAL groups which are placed into DOMAIN LOCAL groups which are granted PERMISSIONS to network resources |
Where is DNS zone file information stored once ADIZ is installed? | The information is stored in Active Directory, there is no longer any file. |
When is a zone transfer initiated? | Master notifies Secondary |
What does PXE stand for? | Preboot eXecution Environment....P-Exe-Env |
DNS Client (resolver) can make what three types of queries (name resolution requests). What are they? | Recursive, Iterative, Referral |
Where are the serial numbers stored when dealing with zone transfers? | Start of Authority - SOA |
What utility do you open to create a group policy for a site? | Active Directory Sites and Services - ADSS |