It 222 Week 1 Essay

Joe Smith

IT222

Homework 1.1

PG 19 Fill in the Blank 1-10

1) The active directory database is stored on each domain controller in a file called _____.

• ntds.dit

2) The active directory _______ is considered the security boundary for an active directory environment.

• Forest

3) To provide fault tolerance, active directory utilizes a _______ replication model.

• multimaster

4) To create a trust relationship with an NT4 domain, you will configure an ______.

• External trust

5) The ______ naming context is replicated across the domain.

• Domain

6) The ________ of an active directory object identifies its location within the directory structure.

• Attributes

7) A ________ provides a two-way transitive trust relationship between all domains within two forests.

• cross-forest trust

8) Each domain in an active directory has a ________ trust relationship with every other domain in a forest.

• two-way transitive

9) _______ allows a user at a remote site to be able to log into active directory without needing to contact a global catalog server.

• Universal group caching

10) Active directory clients rely on ________ in DNS to locate active directory resources such as domain controllers and global catalog servers.

• SRV records

PG 57-58 Multiple Choice 1-10

1) What mechanism within DNS is used to set up load balancing between multiple servers that are advertising the same SRV records?

• Priority

2) What security improvement allows you to begin the installation of an RODC from a secure central location before completing it at the remote site where the RODC will be housed?

• Staged Installation

3) What does each class or attribute that you add to the active directory schema need to have?

• Object