Unit 3 Flashcards

1
Q

What is a directory?

A

a list that organizes resources and their associated characteristics

(file size, owner, type, permissions)

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2
Q

What is an advanced hierarchical directory service (proprietary to Microsoft) used for managing permissions and user/group access to network resources?

A

Active Directory

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3
Q

(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)

A

True

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4
Q

Active Directory is divided into __________ and _________ structures for grouping network
components.

A

Logical and Physical

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5
Q

What are the ten components of Active Directory’s logical structure?

A
  1. Partition
  2. Configuration
  3. Schema
  4. Domain
  5. Domain tree
  6. Forest
  7. Forest root
  8. Organizational unit
  9. Objects
  10. Leaf
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6
Q

Where is the Active Directory information segregated and logically stored?

A

Directory Partition

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7
Q

What are the three partitions of the domain controller?

A

Configuration

Schema

Domain

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8
Q

What Active Directory container consists of a set of object classes, attributes and syntaxes?

A

Schema

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9
Q

________ containers define the rules that ensure objects are created and modified
with consistency.

A

Schema

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10
Q

What Active Directory resource defines the rules that ensure objects are created and modified with consistency?

A

Schema

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11
Q

What is an attribute?

A

Defines the type of information that an object can hold

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12
Q

________ is the container that stores configuration objects for the entire forest.

A

Configuration

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13
Q

What Active Directory logical structure is a group of users, servers and other resources
sharing a centralized database of account and security information?

A

Domain

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14
Q

A domain is a logical security boundary with access controlled by a/an _____

A

Access Control List (ACL)

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15
Q

What is a domain tree?

A

A collection of one or more domains that share a common namespace

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16
Q

What is at the top of the Active Directory structure and consists of one or more domain trees?

A

Forest

17
Q

Which logical Active Directory component provides the foundation for the active directory infrastructure and is the first domain to be created?

A

Forest Root

18
Q

Domains created after the forest root are known as ________

A

Child Domains

19
Q

What subdivision in Active Directory would you place users, groups, or computers?

A

Organizational Unit (OU)

20
Q

What is an object in Active Directory?

A

Represents a single entity and its attributes

(User, a group, a computer, an application, a printer, or a shared folder)

21
Q

What is the end point of a branch in Active Directory?

A

Leaf

22
Q

What is the difference between a site and a domain?

A

A site maps the physical structure of a network

A domain maps the logical structure of an organization

23
Q

Name the five components that make up the Active Directory physical structure

A
  1. Sites
  2. Domain Controller
  3. Global catalog server
  4. Member servers
  5. Domain clients
24
Q

What manages the domain security policy?

A

Domain Controller (DC)

25
Q

What are the responsibilities of the domain controller? (3)

A
  1. Authenticating users
  2. Enforcing Policies
  3. Replication.
26
Q

(True/False) Users can authenticate and log into the Air Force network if the domain
controller is down.

A

False

(however there is usually more than one domain controller for redundancy)

27
Q

(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

A

True

28
Q

The ____________ server includes Active directory objects from all domains in a forest.

A

Global Catalog Server

29
Q

______ servers are usually used for dedicated purposes such as FTP, print servers,
application servers, or web servers.

A

Member Servers

30
Q

What are some examples of member servers? (5)

A
  1. File
  2. Print servers
  3. Application servers
  4. Database servers
  5. Web servers
31
Q

What is a domain client?

A

A computer that has an account in Active Directory