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