Chapter 3: Understanding workgroups and Active Directory Flashcards
________ is used for authentication, authorization, and auditing.
User Account
______ allows you to store credentials, such as usernames and passwords that you can use to log on to websites and other computers on a network.
Credential Manager
A _________ defines the type of access that is granted to an object such as a user or printer.
Activate Directory Users and Computers
______ is a popular directory service with objects in a logical hierarchical manner.
Activity Directory
To view the security logs for Windows 7, you will use the ________ .
Event Viewer
The _________ is used to organise the objects within a domain.
Organizational unit (OU)
Printers, users, and computers are examples of _______ in Active Directory.
Objects
The local security database found on a member server is?
(SAM) Security Account Manager
A collection or list of users is known as?
Groups
By default, the user profiles are stored in the _____ folder
Users
What is Authentication?
It is the process of identifying and individual, usually based on username and password
What is authorisation?
It is the process of giving individuals access to system objects based on their identity
What is Auditing?
It is the process of keeping track of a user activity while accessing network resources
For Active Directory to function, you need to have?
DNS
Which of the following terms describes the process of giving individuals access to system objects based on their identity?
Authorisation
What is a logical unit of computers and network resources that define a security boundary?
Domain
To uniquely identify a user or computer, these objects are assigned a _________ .
security identifier (SID)
What is a Globally unique identifier (GUID).
It is a 128-bit hexadecimal number that is assigned to every object in the Active Directory forest upon its creation.
To enforce users in changing their password, you would use the _______ setting in group policies.
Maximum password age
**Check Answer***
Which of the following would NOT cause a problem with authentication?
Incorrect time
The Documents, Desktop, and Favorite folders are part of the __________.
User profile
What can be used to specify how many times a user can give the login with an incorrect password before the account is disabled?
Group policy
Which of the following can a group policy NOT be applied to directly?
Site
What authorises a user to perform certain actions on a computer?
Right
What is Active Directory Users and Computers?
Used to manage users, groups, computers, and
organisational units.
What is Active Directory Domains and Trusts
Used to administer domain trusts, domain and
forest functional levels, and user principal name (UPN) suffixes.
What is Active Directory Sites and Service
Used to administer the replication of directory data among all sites in an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) forest.
What is Active Directory Administrative Center
Used to administer and publish information in the directory including managing users, groups, computers, domains, domain controllers, and organizational units
What is a group policy?
Group Policy provides the centralised management and configuration of operating systems, applications, and users settings in an Active Directory environment.
What is user right?
authorises a user to perform certain actions on a computer such as logging on to system
