Exam 4: Introduction to Active Directory and Account Management

Latanya, a system administrator, is creating computer objects. She uses the Active Directory Users and Computers tool instead of the Active Directory Administrative Center. What is the most likely reason for not using the Active Directory Administrative Center?

You are the system administrator tasked with raising the domain functional level of domainA.com from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2012 R2. First, you upgrade the domain controllers running Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2012 R2. Which of the following commands must you run next in Windows PowerShell to complete your task?

Kiora is setting up an RODC for the first time at one of her organization's branch offices. She creates a prestaged RODC computer account. Next, she installs a Windows Server 2019 system that will function as the RODC. What is the most appropriate step that Kiora should take next?

Hiroshi is the system administrator at an organization that has offices spread across three locations, Boston, London, and Paris. The organization has an Active Directory domain, domainA.com, with two domain controllers in each location for the marketing business unit. The company expanded recently and added over 3000 new users across these locations. Hiroshi notices that this surge in users is causing Internet congestion because of the Active Directory replication. What is a cost-effective method of dealing with this issue?

A recently promoted employee at your company has called you because they attempted to log in to their computer several times with a password created after a password expiry notice, but the attempts made were unsuccessful. You have reset the user's account password, but the user is still unable to log in. What is most likely the cause of the failure?

Describe the three main container objects within an Active Directory database.

Explain the process of restoring a deleted user account object using the Active Directory Administrative Center.

Censu Technologies wants to enforce a strict timings policy such that users are able to log into their systems only during specific time slots on weekdays. The company also wants to restrict access on weekends. Glenna, a system administrator at Censu, is tasked with enforcing this change. What tab under a user object's properties will allow Glenna to make this change?

What is the use of the New-ADReplicationSite Windows PowerShell cmdlet?

Raven is adding FSMO roles to domain controllers in the domain1.com forest. The forest contains a single domain and three domain controllers, DC1, DC2, and DC3. DC1 contains a copy of the global catalog, and all three domain controllers have the latest version of Windows Server 2019 installed. Which of the following is a best practice that Raven should follow?

What are the three Active Directory group scopes and their restrictions regarding the objects that the groups can contain and the domains within the forest that can access them?

Sanya, an IT administrator for an organization, installs a new application on 150 computers used by programmers in the organization. She does this with a few clicks only for this specific set of users without impacting the rest of the organization. Which of the following features of Active Directory is exemplified by Sanya's actions in this scenario?

By default, a new domain has six organizational units: Domain Controllers, Builtin, Computers, ForeignSecurityPrincipals, Managed Service Accounts, and User.

Kettle Inc. from Florida merges with Blue Clu Networks from Minneapolis. Minisha, a system administrator, is granted the responsibility of configuring Active Directory across both locations to enable users from both locations to access common resources. If Minisha is able to accomplish this task successfully, which of the following must be true?

If a site cannot hold a copy of the global catalog, which of the following features can be enabled on the site to provide fast authentication?

What are the necessary conditions and permissions required to raise domain or forest functional levels?