Chapter 3: Active Directory Sites

Question 1

The amount of time that it takes for a change to be replicated to all domain controllers in an environment is called ________

Answer 1

convergence

Question 2

The default ______ of any new site link is 100.

Answer 2

Cost

Question 3

Intersite replication uses ______ corporate WAN links.

Answer 3

compressed

Question 4

The KCC creates a(n) ________ traffic to reduce the impact to bandwidth on to allow replication to take place in the opposite direction in the event that a single domain controller in the replication topology fails.

Answer 4

dual counter-rotating ring

Question 5

The purpose of the KCC is to create a(n) _______ between multiple domain controllers within a site as well as between sites.

Answer 5

replication topology

Question 6

By default, all Active Directory site links are______

Answer 6

Transitive

Question 7

When Active Directory detects a replication conflict in which two objects have been modified nearly simultaneously, the first attribute that Active Directory will use as a tie-breaker is the ______

Answer 7

version ID

Question 8

Active Directory will designate a(n) ______ within each site to manage intersite replication activity.

Answer 8

Bridgehead server

Question 9

The minimum ________ that you can assign to a site link is 15 minutes.

Answer 9

frequency

Question 10

Within a single site, domain controllers will use ________ to inform other DCs that intrasite replication needs to take place.

Answer 10

Change notification

Question 11

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?

Answer 11

3

Question 12

Replication that occurs between sites is called replication.

Answer 12

intersite

Question 13

Company XYZ is a national company with locations in Detroit, Minneapolis, Phoenix, and Dallas. There are two connections between Detroit and Minneapolis. The first is a T-l link and the second is a 128-Kbps link. When setting up the site links for replication, what should you do to ensure that the 128-Kbps link is used only if the T-l is unavailable?

Answer 13

Set a cost of 1 for the T-1 and a cost of 5 for the 128-Kbps link.

Question 14

You are the administrator for a network that has several sites. There is a site link from the main headquarters to each remote site for file transfer and replication purposes. You have been asked to create five new users on the network, and several of the users need immediate access to network applications. When asked by your manager how long replication of these new accounts will take, what is your response?

Answer 14

Replication occurs every 180 minutes by default.

Question 15

Given the scenario in question 4, how long would it take for other DCs within the headquarters site to replicate the accounts belonging to the new users?

Answer 15

Replication occurs within 45 seconds of the account being added.

Question 16

What mechanism is used by an Active Directory domain controller to indicate that it has unreplicated changes to communicate to its replication partners?

Answer 16

change notification

Question 17

When would you disable automatic site link bridging within Active Directory Sites and Services?

Answer 17

When your physical network is not fully routed

Question 18

To optimise client authentication and location of resources, which kind of object should each Active Directory site contain?

Answer 18

Subnets

Question 19

Which of the following naming contexts are replicated across an entire Active Directory forest?

Answer 19

Configuration and Schema

Question 20

When creating a site link, you can configure it to use which of the following protocols?

Answer 20

RPC over IP or SMTP