Midterm Flashcards
Which functional level only allows Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2008 domain controllers?
Windows Server 2003
What type of trust relationship allows you to create two-way transitive trusts between separate forests?
cross-forest
What type of trust is new to Windows Server 2008 and is only available when the forest functionality is set to Windows Server 2008?
cross-forest trust
What type of zone is necessary for computer hostname-to-IP address mappings which are used for name resolution by a variety of services?
forward lookup
Active Directory uses __________ relationships to allow access between multiple domains and/or forests either within a single forest or across multiple enterprise networks
trust
When configuring a site link object which attribute allows the administrator to define the path that replication will take?
cost
Domain controllers located in different sites will participate in __________ replication
intersite
What is the minimum amount of storage space required for the Active Directory installation files?
200 MB
Read-Only Domain Controllers provide added security in the way passwords are stored through what feature?
Password Replication Policy
What holds a subset of forest-wide Active Directory objects and acts as a central repository by holding a complete copy of all objects from the host servers local domain with a partial copy of all objects from other domains within the same forest?
global catalog
What new Windows Server 2008 feature is a special installation option that creates a minimal environment for running only specific services and roles?
Server Core
What tool is used to seize a FSMO role?
ntdsutil
The RID Master FSMO role distributes RIDs to domain controllers in what increments?
500
Active Directory __________ provide the means by which administrators can control replication traffic
sites
What process is used when you move a FSMO role gracefully from one domain controller to another?
role transfer
Replication within Active Directory will occur when which of the following conditions is met?
Replication within Active Directory will occur when an object is added or removed from Active Directory the value of an attribute has changed or the name of an object has changed
Which FSMO role has the authority to manage the creation and deletion of domains domain trees and application data partitions in the forest?
Domain Naming Master
A __________ is defined as one or more IP subnets that are connected by fast links
Site
What SRV record information serves as a mechanism to set up load balancing between multiple servers that are advertising the same SRV records?
priority
The ISTG automatically assigns one server in each site as the bridgehead server unless you override this by establishing a list of __________ bridgehead servers
preferred
What console must be used to move the Domain Naming Master FSMO role?
Active Directory Domains and Trusts
When replicating information between sites Active Directory will designate a __________ server in each site to act as a gatekeeper in managing site-to-site replication
bridgehead
All default groups are __________ groups
security
If the domains within a forest are separated by slow WAN links and the tree-walking process takes an exceedingly long time to allow user authentication across domains you can configure a __________ trust
shortcut
The largest container object within Active Directory is a(n) __________
forest
For both intrasite and intersite replication what protocol does Active Directory use for all replication traffic?
RPC over IP
What allows a user to be able to log on using a cached copy of his or her logon credentials that have been stored on his or her local workstation?
cached credentials
When a child domain is created it automatically receives a __________ trust with its parent domain
two-way transitive
A __________ name references an object in the Active Directory directory structure by using its entire hierarchical path starting with the object itself and including all parent objects up to the root of the domain
distinguished
Which FSMO role is responsible for reference updates from its domain objects to other domains?
Infrastructure Master
Which of the following is not a benefit of Active Directory Domain Services?
personalized desktops
What shared folder exists on all domain controllers and is used to store Group Policy objects login scripts and other files that are replicated domain-wide?
SYSVOL
__________ partitions are used to separate forest-wide DNS information from domain-wide DNS information to control the scope of replication of different types of DNS data
Application Directory
The KCC is responsible for calculating intrasite replication partners. During this process what is the maximum number of hops that the KCC will allow between domain controllers?
3
What role provides developers with the ability to store data for directory-enabled applications without incurring the overhead of extending the Active Directory schema to support their applications?
AD LDS
What is an alternative solution for intersite replication when a direct or reliable IP connection is not available?
SMTP