Unit 3 Flashcards
What is a directory?
a list that organizes resources and their associated characteristics
(file size, owner, type, permissions)
What is an advanced hierarchical directory service (proprietary to Microsoft) used for managing permissions and user/group access to network resources?
Active Directory
(True/False) Active Directory has a tree-like structure consisting of forests, trees, domains, organizational units, objects, and sites
(like the hierarchy of folders and subfolders)
True
Active Directory is divided into __________ and _________ structures for grouping network
components.
Logical and Physical
What are the ten components of Active Directory’s logical structure?
- Partition
- Configuration
- Schema
- Domain
- Domain tree
- Forest
- Forest root
- Organizational unit
- Objects
- Leaf
Where is the Active Directory information segregated and logically stored?
Directory Partition
What are the three partitions of the domain controller?
Configuration
Schema
Domain
What Active Directory container consists of a set of object classes, attributes and syntaxes?
Schema
________ containers define the rules that ensure objects are created and modified
with consistency.
Schema
What Active Directory resource defines the rules that ensure objects are created and modified with consistency?
Schema
What is an attribute?
Defines the type of information that an object can hold
________ is the container that stores configuration objects for the entire forest.
Configuration
What Active Directory logical structure is a group of users, servers and other resources
sharing a centralized database of account and security information?
Domain
A domain is a logical security boundary with access controlled by a/an _____
Access Control List (ACL)
What is a domain tree?
A collection of one or more domains that share a common namespace
What is at the top of the Active Directory structure and consists of one or more domain trees?
Forest
Which logical Active Directory component provides the foundation for the active directory infrastructure and is the first domain to be created?
Forest Root
Domains created after the forest root are known as ________
Child Domains
What subdivision in Active Directory would you place users, groups, or computers?
Organizational Unit (OU)
What is an object in Active Directory?
Represents a single entity and its attributes
(User, a group, a computer, an application, a printer, or a shared folder)
What is the end point of a branch in Active Directory?
Leaf
What is the difference between a site and a domain?
A site maps the physical structure of a network
A domain maps the logical structure of an organization
Name the five components that make up the Active Directory physical structure
- Sites
- Domain Controller
- Global catalog server
- Member servers
- Domain clients
What manages the domain security policy?
Domain Controller (DC)
What are the responsibilities of the domain controller? (3)
- Authenticating users
- Enforcing Policies
- Replication.
(True/False) Users can authenticate and log into the Air Force network if the domain
controller is down.
False
(however there is usually more than one domain controller for redundancy)
(True/False) The global catalog server is part of Active Directory’s physical structure and
allows access to network resources in other domains within a forest or tree
True
The ____________ server includes Active directory objects from all domains in a forest.
Global Catalog Server
______ servers are usually used for dedicated purposes such as FTP, print servers,
application servers, or web servers.
Member Servers
What are some examples of member servers? (5)
- File
- Print servers
- Application servers
- Database servers
- Web servers
What is a domain client?
A computer that has an account in Active Directory
