Configure Group Policy Processing

Question 1

What is the order in which GPOs are processed?

Answer 1

Local GPOs > GPOs linked to sites > GPOs linked to domains > GPOs linked to OUs

Question 2

GPOs applied to the parent domain will flow down to the child domain. True or False?

Answer 2

False. GPOs do not flow down into their child domains.

Question 3

What is WMI filtering?

Answer 3

WMI filtering is used to apply GPOs based on certain properties of the target computer such as the operating system.

Question 4

What are the 4 modes of Loopback processing?

Answer 4

Replace, merge, disabled, and not configured.

Question 5

What is the result of enabling loopback processing in replace mode?

Answer 5

All of the user settings of any policies applied to the users in the Sales OU will be deleted, and only the settings in the computer policy will be applied.

Question 6

What is the result of enabling loopback processing in merge mode?

Answer 6

All settings that do not conflict between the user and computer settings will be applied.

User settings take precedence if there is conflict.

Question 7

What is the result of enabling loopback processing in disabled mode?

Answer 7

Policy is not applied.

Question 8

What is the result of enabling loopback processing in Not Configured mode?

Answer 8

Policy is not applied unless there is a like policy applied at a higher level in the AD hierarchy.

Question 9

How do you configure the blocking of inheritance?

Answer 9

Right click on OU and select Block Inheritance.

Question 10

How do you enforce policies?

Answer 10

Right click on GPO and select Enforce.

Question 11

What is Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Filtering?

Answer 11

WMI filtering is used to restrict the application of GPOs based on the hardware characteristics of the computers.

Question 12

What is slow-link processing?

Answer 12

The slow-link detection policy, when enabled, gives the client computer a slow-limit threshold (500 Kbps) and if the client is below that threshold, only mandatory policies will be applied.

Question 13

What policies will not be applied if the slow-link detection policy is enabled and a slow link is detected?

Answer 13

Disk Quota
Software Installation
Scripts
Folder Redirection
Wireless Network (802.11) Policies
Wireless Network (802.3) Policies
IE Maintenance Extension

Question 14

How would you ensure that all policies are downloaded even if a slow link is present and slow-link detection is enabled?

Answer 14

Set the slow link threshold to 0 Kbps.

Question 15

What is Group Policy Caching?

Answer 15

When enabled, the client computer reads policy settings from a local copy held in the
C:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy\Datastore folder which was populated during the last background refresh of policy when caching was not being used.

Question 16

What PowerShell cmdlet can be used to remotely update Group Policy?

Answer 16

Invoke-GPUpdate

First introduced in Windows Server 2012.

Question 17

How do you update Group Policy via OU?

Answer 17

Within GPMC, right click on the OU and select Group Policy Update.

Question 18

How do you configure item-level targeting?

Answer 18

Open the GPME and navigate to

User Configuration > the target Preferences Settings > Common tab > Check Item-Level Targeting > Targeting

Question 19

What can GPOs be filtered by?

Answer 19

Users, computers, or groups.