1. Chapter 12
Submitted by Contorno, Kyle on 4/17/2014 7:35:58 PM
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Percentage 100%
1.
What are the servers at the top of the DNS hierarchy called?
A) Down-level servers
B) Authoritative sources
C) Root servers
D) Forwarders
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
2.
The typical query one DNS server sends to a root name server is called a(n) _______.
A) recursive query
B) iterative query
C) referral
D) forwarded query
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
3.
2. The domain name part of a DNS name is _______ and consists of two or more words, separated by
______.
A) peer-based; periods
B) hierarchical; commas
C) unranked; commas
D) hierarchical; periods
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
4.
What do you call the source responsible for maintaining a domain’s resource records?
A) Authenticate source
B) Authoritative source
C) Root server
D) Down-level server
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
5.
When using DNS for name resolution only, why should a company consider using DNS servers outside the
network perimeter?
A) Less administration
B) Less internal traffic
C) Fewer servers in the communications server rack
D) Less traffic crossing the network perimeter
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
6.
At what level of the DNS hierarchy are actual hosts, apart from the root servers?
A) At the root servers level
B) At the top-level domain level
C) At the second-level domain level
D) At the third-level domain level
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
3. 7.
Who is responsible for the ratification of new top-level domains?
A) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
B) Network Solutions, Inc. (NSI, formerly known as InterNIC)
C) Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
D) Contoso.com
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
8.
What is the character limit on individual domain names, and the limit on the Fully Qualified Domain
Names (FQDNs)?
A) 15; 64
B) 63; 255
C) 31; 128
D) 63; 128
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
9.
Concerning DNS, what is negative caching?
A) When a DNS server receives incorrect information about a host
B) When a DNS server receives obsolete information about a host
C) When a DNS server receives information about a non-existent host
D) When a DNS server forwards incorrect information about a host
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
10.
A DNS server receives updated information. Other DNS servers have outdated information cached. What
determines the amount of time that the old DNS data remains cached on a server and an update might
occur?
A) The distance (number of network hops) between the new information and queried DNS server
B) Network congestion between DNS servers
C) Time To Live (TTL) specified by each DNS server's administrator
D) The version of Windows Server on the DNS server
4. Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
11.
What is the default TTL for a Windows Server 2012 DNS server?
A) 1 hour
B) 12 hours
C) 5 minutes
D) 36 hours
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
12.
Why is the DNS service included in Windows Server 2012 integrated with DHCP service?
A) To allow a DNS server to inform DHCP clients with updated information.
B) To update both DNS and DHCP clients with information from the Active Directory.
C) To allow a DHCP server to request a DNS server to update or create a record.
D) DNS and DHCP services are not integrated in Windows Server 2012.
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
13.
You registered the domain name contoso.com. The FQDNs seattle.contoso.com and halifax.contoso.com
are examples of different _____.
A) subdomains of contoso.com
B) second-level domains
C) top-level domains
D) IP addresses
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
14.
When a DNS server communicates a name resolution query to another DNS server, what type of
datagram is used, and over what port?
A) UDP; 35
B) TCP; 35
5. C) UDP; 53
D) TCP; 53
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
15.
Concerning DNS domain hierarchy, what are examples of global top-level domains?
A) .com, .net, .org
B) .mil, .gov, .edu
C) .aero, .name, .pro
D) .ca, .cz, .kr
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
16.
What are some best practices when creating internal DNS namespaces?
A) Avoid an excessive number of domain levels.
B) Keep domain names full and descriptive; avoid concise subdomains.
C) Place less importance on a convention compared to spelling.
D) Never abbreviate.
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
17.
What is the primary purpose of name caching?
A) Name caching saves an extraordinary amount of time for the user.
B) Name caching greatly reduces traffic on the company network.
C) Name caching validates why you should deploy caching-only servers.
D) Name caching enables the second name resolution request for the same name to bypass the
referral process.
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
18.
What client applications utilize DNS to resolve host names into IP addresses?
A) Client web browsers, or any application that uses HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), use DNS to
resolve host names into IP addresses.
6. B) All Internet applications working with host names must use DNS to resolve host names into IP
address.
C) Any application on a system that has connectivity to the Internet uses DNS to resolve host names
into IP addresses.
D) DNS does not resolve host names into IP addresses.
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
19.
What is the primary benefit of a DNS forwarder?
A) Exchanging iterative queries for recursive queries across the network perimeter
B) Reducing the traffic and making efficient use of available bandwidth across the network
perimeter
C) Making the most of iterative queries to other DNS servers
D) Reducing the burden on the Internet’s root name servers
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
20.
What DNS server represents the top of the DNS hierarchy?
A) Root name server
B) Caching-only server
C) Forwarder
D) Authoritative source
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
21.
What DNS server is never the authoritative source for a domain, but only serves to resolve names?
A) Root name server
B) Caching-only server
C) Forwarder
D) Authoritative source
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
22.
7. What DNS server normally sends iterative queries to another DNS server?
A) Root name server
B) Caching-only server
C) Forwarder
D) Authoritative source
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
23.
What DNS server is responsible for maintaining a particular domain’s resource records?
A) Root name server
B) Caching-only server
C) Forwarder
D) Authoritative source
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
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Chapter 13
Submitted by Contorno, Kyle on 4/24/2014 7:33:56 PM
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8. Percentage 100%
1.
What is the process of granting the user access only to the resources he or she is permitted to use?
A) Authentication
B) Authorization
C) Importing a user object to Active Directory
D) Registering the SRV record
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
2.
What are the two basic classes of Active Directory objects?
A) Container and leaf objects
B) Domain and user objects
C) Security and distribution
D) Active and passive
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
3.
What defines what objects exist as well as what attributes are associated with any object in the Active
Directory?
A) Active Directory administrator
B) Active Directory global directory
C) Active Directory root user
D) Active Directory schema
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
4.
What is the next level of Active Directory container object within a domain?
A) Organizational unit
B) Group
9. C) Subdomain
D) Forest
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
5.
Active Directory keeps a naming convention for the domain that mirrors ______.
A) DHCP
B) WINS
C) DNS
D) files and folders
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
6.
What allows administrators to grant users in one domain access to resources of another domain within
the same domain tree?
A) Bidirectional trust relationship between domains
B) Permission inheritance between domains
C) Permission inheritance between OUs
D) User objects in each domain
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
7.
If an administrator creates a domain tree in an Active Directory forest, and then creates a separate and
different domain tree, what is the relationship between the two domain trees?
A) Completely different security entities, creating two Active Directory forests
B) Different security entities, within one Active Directory forest
C) Same security entity as one Active Directory forest, bidirectional trust between domain trees
D) No trust between domain trees in an Active Directory forest
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
8.
What determines the functional level of an Active Directory forest?
10. A) How many domains are in the forest
B) How many domain controllers are in each domain
C) The functional level as specified in the Active Directory Users and Computers console
D) The lowest version of Windows Server on a domain controller
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
9.
What is the global catalog?
A) The schema that lists what objects and attributes exist in the AD DS forest
B) An index of all AD DS objects in a forest
C) A list of all domain controllers currently available
D) A matrix of all domains, sites, and domain controllers
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
10.
What is the PowerShell cmdlet for installing a domain controller to for a new forest called "adatum.com"?
A) Install-AddsForest –DomainName “adatum.com”
B) Install-AddsDomainController –DomainName “adatum.com”
C) Install-AddsDomain –DomainName “adatum.com”
D) Install-WindowsFeature –DomainName “adatum.com”
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
11.
What is an important difference between groups and OUs?
A) An OU can represent the various divisions of your organization.
B) Group membership can be a subset of an OU.
C) OUs are a security entity.
D) Group memberships are independent of the domain’s tree structure.
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
12.
11. What special DNS resource record enables clients to locate domain controllers and other vital AD DS
services?
A) AAAA
B) MX
C) SRV
D) NS
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
13.
For Server Core installations, how does Windows Server 2012 differ from Windows Server 2008 when
installing the AD DS role and promoting the system to a domain controller?
A) Windows Server 2012 now allows administrators to use Dcpromo.exe.
B) Windows Server 2012 now allows administrators to use PowerShell.
C) Windows Server 2012 permits administrators to use answer files for unattended DC installations.
D) Windows Server 2012 recommends administrators use Install from Media.
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
14.
What is the method for removing a domain controller in Windows Server 2012?
A) Using the Dcpromo.exe command
B) Using the Add Roles and Features Wizard
C) Using the Adprep.exe command
D) Using the Remove Roles and Features Wizard
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
15.
What administrative division in Active Directory is defined as a collection of subnets that have good
connectivity between them to facilitate the replication process?
A) Forests
B) Locations
C) Domains
D) Sites
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
12. 16.
What is the primary reason for creating different sites on an Active Directory network?
A) To create geographical divisions within the Active Directory
B) To control the traffic passing over relatively slow and expensive WAN links between locations
C) To provide an access control layer between sites
D) To provide a boundary when applying Group Policy settings
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
17.
When is an Active Directory site topology created?
A) Site topology is started upon initial installation of the Active Directory.
B) Site topology starts when you finalize the links and subnets configuration.
C) Creation of sites and its topology is dependent on link costs.
D) Site topology is manually configured dependent on WAN bandwidth and transmission speed.
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
18.
What is the simplest way for administrators to upgrade their AD DS infrastructure to Windows Server
2012?
A) Upgrade all existing down-level domain controllers (DCs) to Windows Server 2012.
B) In Server Manager, use the Active Directory Domain Services Configuration Wizard to update a
DC.
C) Add a new Windows Server 2012 DC to your existing Directory Services installation.
D) Use Adprep.exe, included in the operating system.
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
19.
An Active Directory _____ consists of one or more separate domain trees.
A) organizational unit
B) group
C) domain
D) forest
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
13. 20.
What is the fundamental component of the Active Directory architecture, functioning as the boundary for
virtually all directory functions, including administration, access control, database management, and
replication?
A) Organizational unit
B) Group
C) Domain
D) Forest
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
21.
What is a container object that functions in a subordinate capacity to a domain, and still inherits policies
and permissions from its parent objects?
A) Organizational unit
B) Group
C) Domain
D) Forest
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
22.
What is not a container, nor full-fledged security division and cannot have Group Policy settings applied
directly to them?
A) Organizational unit
B) Group
C) Domain
D) Forest
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
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