Block 4 Unit 3 Flashcards
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What is a directory?
Is a list organizing resources and associates’ characteristics, like a telephone directory.
What is an advanced hierarchiacal directory service (propieatary to Microsoft) used for managing permissions and user/group access to network resources?
Active directory
Active Directory has a tree-like structure (like the hierarchy of folders and sub folders) consisting of forests, trees, domains, organizational units, objects, and sites.
True
Active directory is divided into _____ and _____ structures for grouping network components.
Logical, Physical
What are the ten components of Active Directory’s logical structure?
Partition, Configuration, Schema, Domain, Domain Tree, Forest, Forest Root, Organization Unit, Object, Leaf
Where is the Active Directory’s logical structure?
Partition
What are the three partitions of the domain controller?
Configuration, Schema, Domain
What Active Directory container consists of a set of object classes, attributed and syntaxes?
Schema
______ containers define the rules that ensure objects are created and modified with consistency.
Schema
What Active Directory recourse defines the rules that ensure objects are created and modified with consistency?
Schema
What is an attribute?
Define the types 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 recourses 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?
Collection of one or more domains that share a common name space
What is at the top the Active Directory structure and consists of one or more domain trees?
Forest Root
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
What is an object in Active Directory?
The basic element a single entity and its attributes
What is the end point of a branch in Active Directory?
Leaf
What is the difference between a site and a domain?
Site- maps the physical structure of a network, Domain- map the logical structure of an orginization.
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
