CNIT 242 exam 1 questions and answera
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What is the purpose of roaming profiles ✔✔allows for the user to always have a consistent
environment as changes are always made
Roaming profile advantages ✔✔i. Always
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CNIT 242 exam 1 questions and answera
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What is the purpose of roaming profiles ✔✔allows for the user to always have a consistent
environment as changes are always made
Roaming profile advantages ✔✔i. Always up to date
ii. Available anywhere with access to network share
Roaming profile disadvantages ✔✔i. Increase logon/logoff time
ii. Versioning issues if the users logs into multiple clients simultaneously
iii. The copy of the profile remains on the client after logoff
how do you set a password policy ✔✔Group policy management > create a new GPO > Edit the
GPO > computer configuration > windows settings > security settings > account policies >
password policy
What is an ideal password policy ✔✔force periodic changes, disallow last # of passwords, mix
case, non alpha characters
How are roaming profiles set up ✔✔Group policy management > Edit GPO > computer config >
policies > administrative templates > system > user profiles > right click 'set roaming profile path
for all users logging onto this computer' then Edit > enable in properties > enter the path
What is the difference between a site and a domain ✔✔a. Domain: collection of objects that share
the same database
b. Site: represent the physical structure or topology of your network. A collection of well connected
sub nets
What is the difference between a tree and a forest ✔✔a. Forest: single instance of active directory
i. Within a forest you can have multiple domains
ii. Two or more trees that don't share a contiguous namespace
b. Tree: collection of domains that share a contiguous namespace
What is a local profile ✔✔basic type of profile
i. Purpose: accounts on stand alone computer
what is a mandatory profile ✔✔a read only profile assigned to an account
i. Purpose: used for accounts associated with specific tasks
what is a roaming profile ✔✔users profile stored is stored on a network share
i. Purpose: consistent environment as changes are always available
what is the difference between roaming profile and folder redirection ✔✔a. Roaming profile: the
entire profile is stored on a network share
b. Folder redirection: portions of the profile can be redirected to a network share
what is a directory schema? what is x.500? ✔✔a. holds the classes for the object you create
b. X.500: a series of computer networking standards covering electronic directory services
what is the purpose of folder redirection? ✔✔a. Have all user files stored in one central area where
they can be manipulated
b. Helps with security, does not leave anything behind locally
what does DNS name resolution do ✔✔a. the task of converting domain names to their
corresponding IP address
What is the DNS process ✔✔b. Process of DNS
i. Logs onto internet service provider
ii. Opens web browser, types URL
iii. Computer asks for ISPs DNS server for specific IP address for URL
iv. Once IP address found, DNS server responds with appropriate IP address and the users
computer gives this address to users browser
v. Browser opens a connection to server using IP address provided
vi. Browser displays requested page on computer screen
What is the purpose of DDNS ✔✔i. Method of automatically updating a name server in the
Domain Name System
Directory naming conventions ✔✔C - Country
O - Organization
OU - Organizational Unit
CN - Common Name
WINS- windows internet naming system ✔✔Provides central mapping of host names to network
addresses
Process:
Host registers itself with a WINS server
Asks WINS server for the network address by using the station's NetBIOS name - Eliminates the
need to broadcast
NETBIOS - 15 user defined characters ✔✔4 types of NetBIOS name resolutions:
B-node (0x0) Broadcast
P-node (0x2) Peers (WINS)
M-node (0x4) Mixed (Broadcast then WINS)
H-node (0x8) Hybrid (WINS then Broadcast)
What is the relationship between group policy and organizational units ✔✔a. Group policy: set of
rules which control the working environment of user accounts and computer accounts
b. Organizational unit: smallest scope or unit to which you can assign group policy settings or
delegate administrative authority
What is the purpose of group policy ✔✔a. provides centralized management and configuration of
operating systems, applications and users settings in the active directory
What order is Group policy applied ✔✔a. Local policy
b. Site policy
c. Domain policy
d. OU policy
How are group policy conflicts resolved ✔✔a. If parent GPO has a value for setting and a child
does not
i. Child inherits parents GPO in full
b. If a parent GPO has a value for a setting and a child GPO has a non-conflicting value for the
same setting
i. Child inherits parents GPO in full and applies its own also
c. Parent GPO has a value for a setting and child GPO has conflicting value for same setting
i. Child inherits GPO but the conflicting setting on the child overwrites the inherited values
What are rights? ✔✔a. logon capabilities: can be denied to groups or users
i. Done with GPM
What are permissions ✔✔b. the capability of accessing an object. These permissions can be
granted or denied but there is more granularity
i. Done over ACL
What is the difference between authentication and authorization? List examples of each ✔✔a.
Authentication: process of verifying the identity of a user by obtaining some sort of credentials
and using those credentials to verify the user
i. Two factor: two items used to determine credentials
ii. Multi factor: multiple factors used to determine credentials
b. Authorization: Once authenticated, what permissions do you have
What are the different active directory groups? What are their purpose? ✔✔a. Security groups:
have SIDs added to user tokens and can be sued in ACLs
b. Distribution groups: are organizational only and not for access control
i. Used in messaging
What is the purpose of a domain contorller? ✔✔a. server computer that responds to security
authentication requests within a windows domain
What is FSMO ✔✔b. specialized domain controller set of tasks, used where standard data transfer
and update methods are inadequate
What is the purpose of active directory? ✔✔a. Microsoft's network directory. Central repository
of networked device information for querying, updating, and authenticating against the data
What is the purpose of replication? ✔✔b. process by which the changes that are made on one
domain controller are synchronized with all other domain controllers in the domain or forest that
store copies of the same information
What is LDAP? ✔✔c. open, vendor neutral, industry standard application protocol for accessing
and maintaining distributed directory information services over an internet protocol network
Explain domain trust relationships ✔✔a. a way to allow users from a trusted domain to access
services in a trusting domain.
b. If a user or application is authenticated by one domain, its authentication is accepted by all other
domains that trust the authenticating domain.
What is FQDN? ✔✔Fully qualified domain name, is a domain name that specifies its exact
location in the tree hierarchy of the domain name system
What is pruning and grafting? ✔✔Objects can be easily moved from one location to another
i. Items in the directory can be moved to new locations in the directory
What is Kerberos ✔✔a. strong network authentication protocol for client/ server application
How does Kerberos work? ✔✔i. Admins create realms that will encompass all that is available to
access
ii. The client, lives within the realm, as well as the service or house you want to request and the
key distribution center
iii. 2 messages, one decrypt-able and one not
iv. KDC stores all of the secret keys for user machines and services in its database
What three servers are required for Kerberos ✔✔one authentication server, one ticket granting
server, at least one application server
What is the difference between a GPO that is enabled and enforced? ✔✔b. Enabled: group policy
is linked to the OU - policy apples to objects within OU
c. Enforced: policy cannot be overwritten by another policy
What are leaf objects ✔✔any object that cannot contain other objects in the directory
what are acls ✔✔assign permissions at the object level
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