What allows businesses to define, manage, access, and secure network resources including files, printers, people, and applications?
directory service
A Windows Server 2008 computer that has been configured with the Active Directory DS role is referred to as a __________.
domain controller
The process of keeping each domain controller in synch with changes that have been made elsewhere on the network is called __________.
replication
Which of the following is not a benefit of Active Directory Domain Services?
personalized desktops
Interoperability with prior versions of Microsoft Windows is available in Windows Server 2008 through the use of __________.
functional levels
The __________ Domain Controller contains a copy of the ntds.dit file that cannot be modified and does not replicate its changes to other domain controllers within Active Directory.
Read-Only
The largest container object within ActiveDirectory is a(n) __________.
forest
What contains the rules and definitions that are used for creating and modifying object classes and attributes within Active Directory?
Schema NC
What master database contains definitions of allobjects in the Active Directory?
schema
A __________ is defined as one or more IP subnets that are connected by fast links.
site
What protocol has become an industry standard that enables data exchange between directory services and applications?
LDAP
A __________ name references an object in the Active Directory directory structure by using its entire hierarchical path, starting with the object itself and including all parent objects up to the root of the domain
distinguished
What locator records within DNS allow clients to locate an Active Directory domain controller or global catalog?
SRV records
Which functional level only allows Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2008 domain controllers?
Windows Server 2003
__________ is the highest available forestfunctional level.
Windows Server 2008
To raise the functional level of a forest, you must be logged on as a member of the __________ group.
Enterprise Admins
Active Directory uses __________ relationships to allow access between multiple domains and/or forests, either within a single forest or across multiple enterprise networks.
trust
What type of trust is new to Windows Server 2008 and is only available when the forest functionality is set to Windows Server 2008?
cross-forest trust
When a child domain is created, it automatically receives a __________ trust with its parent domain.
two-way transitive
If the domains within a forest are separated by slow WAN links and the tree-walking process takes an exceedingly long time to allow user authentication across domains, you can configure a __________ trust.
shortcut
Inbound replication is when a domain controllertransmits replication information to other domain controllers on the network.
False
Interoperability with prior versions of Microsoft Windows is available in Windows Server 2008 through the use of functional levels.
True
Administration of an OU also can be delegated to a departmental supervisor or manager, and thus can allow that person to manage day-to-day resource access or more mundane tasks, such as resetting passwords. This is referred to as assignment of control.
False
Active Directory relies on DNS to provide a locator service for clients on the network.
True
Only the primary domain controller of the entire forest must be running an operating system supported by the targeted forest functional level.
False
A Windows Server 2008 computer that has been configured with the Active Directory DS role is referred to as a domain __________.
cotroller
domain controller actively participates instoring, modifying, and maintaining the Active Directory database informationthat is stored on each domain controller in a file called
ntds.dit
Interoperability with prior versions ofMicrosoft Windows is available in Windows Server 2008 through the use of__________ levels.
functional
The __________ is a master database that contains definitions of all objects in the Active Directory.
schema
An internal Active Directory process known as the __________ consistency checker automatically creates and maintains the replication topology
knowledge
LDAP refers to an object by using its __________ name, which references an object in the Active Directory directory structure using its entire hierarchical path, starting with the object itself and including all parent objects up to the root of the domain.
distingushed
__________ is a distributed name resolution service that provides name resolution for an Active Directory domain.
DNS, Domain Name System
The Windows 2000 __________ functional level allows backward compatibility with Microsoft Windows 2000. It also allows Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008 domain controllers.
Native
__________ is a file share that is created onevery Active Directory domain controller, the contents of which are replicatedto every domain controller in the domain.
SYSVOL
Shortcut trusts are __________, which means that they only apply to the two domains that have been specifically configured within the shortcut trust.
nontransitive
What domain controller contains a copy of the ntds.dit file that cannot be modified and that does not replicate its changes to other domain controllers within Active Directory?
Read-Only Domain Controller
What is another name for the multiple partitions into which Active Directory divides information?
naming contexts
What logical grouping of network resources and devices can contain one or more domains configured in a parent–child relationship?
domain tree
What is a 128-bit hexadecimal number that is assigned to every object in the Active Directory forest upon its creation?
globally unique identifier, GUID
What is the name of the unique number that all devices on an IP network use to identify themselves and their location on the network?
IP address
What locator records within DNS allow clients to locate an Active Directory domain controller or global catalog?
SRV records
What allows a user to retain access to SIDs when an object is migrated from one domain to another?
SIDHistory
What trusts are automatically generated within the Active Directory domain structure?