Chapter 3: Understanding workgroups and Active Directory

Question 1

________ is used for authentication, authorization, and auditing.

Answer 1

User Account

Question 2

______ allows you to store credentials, such as usernames and passwords that you can use to log on to websites and other computers on a network.

Answer 2

Credential Manager

Question 3

A _________ defines the type of access that is granted to an object such as a user or printer.

Answer 3

Activate Directory Users and Computers

Question 4

______ is a popular directory service with objects in a logical hierarchical manner.

Answer 4

Activity Directory

Question 5

To view the security logs for Windows 7, you will use the ________ .

Answer 5

Event Viewer

Question 6

The _________ is used to organise the objects within a domain.

Answer 6

Organizational unit (OU)

Question 7

Printers, users, and computers are examples of _______ in Active Directory.

Answer 7

Objects

Question 8

The local security database found on a member server is?

Answer 8

(SAM) Security Account Manager

Question 9

A collection or list of users is known as?

Answer 9

Groups

Question 10

By default, the user profiles are stored in the _____ folder

Answer 10

Users

Question 11

What is Authentication?

Answer 11

It is the process of identifying and individual, usually based on username and password

Question 12

What is authorisation?

Answer 12

It is the process of giving individuals access to system objects based on their identity

Question 13

What is Auditing?

Answer 13

It is the process of keeping track of a user activity while accessing network resources

Question 14

For Active Directory to function, you need to have?

Answer 14

DNS

Question 15

Which of the following terms describes the process of giving individuals access to system objects based on their identity?

Answer 15

Authorisation

Question 16

What is a logical unit of computers and network resources that define a security boundary?

Answer 16

Domain

Question 17

To uniquely identify a user or computer, these objects are assigned a _________ .

Answer 17

security identifier (SID)

Question 18

What is a Globally unique identifier (GUID).

Answer 18

It is a 128-bit hexadecimal number that is assigned to every object in the Active Directory forest upon its creation.

Question 19

To enforce users in changing their password, you would use the _______ setting in group policies.

Answer 19

Maximum password age

Question 20

**Check Answer***

Which of the following would NOT cause a problem with authentication?

Answer 20

Incorrect time

Question 21

The Documents, Desktop, and Favorite folders are part of the __________.

Answer 21

User profile

Question 22

What can be used to specify how many times a user can give the login with an incorrect password before the account is disabled?

Answer 22

Group policy

Question 23

Which of the following can a group policy NOT be applied to directly?

Answer 23

Site

Question 24

What authorises a user to perform certain actions on a computer?

Answer 24

Right

Question 25

What is Active Directory Users and Computers?

Answer 25

Used to manage users, groups, computers, and

organisational units.

Question 26

What is Active Directory Domains and Trusts

Answer 26

Used to administer domain trusts, domain and

forest functional levels, and user principal name (UPN) suffixes.

Question 27

What is Active Directory Sites and Service

Answer 27

Used to administer the replication of directory data among all sites in an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) forest.

Question 28

What is Active Directory Administrative Center

Answer 28

Used to administer and publish information in the directory including managing users, groups, computers, domains, domain controllers, and organizational units

Question 29

What is a group policy?

Answer 29

Group Policy provides the centralised management and configuration of operating systems, applications, and users settings in an Active Directory environment.

Question 30

What is user right?

Answer 30

authorises a user to perform certain actions on a computer such as logging on to system