Administering Windows Server 2012 Administering Windows Server 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: You are configuring a Windows Server 2012 Failover Cluster. What is the minimum number of nodes required to form a supported cluster?
- 2 (Correct answer)
- 1
- 4
- 3
Correct answer: 2
Windows Server 2012 Failover Clustering requires a minimum of two nodes to provide redundancy and automatic failover.
Question 2: Which Windows Server 2012 feature encrypts an entire volume, including the operating system volume, to protect data if the physical drive is stolen?
- BitLocker Drive Encryption (Correct answer)
- Encrypting File System (EFS)
- Storage Spaces encryption
- AppLocker
Correct answer: BitLocker Drive Encryption
BitLocker encrypts entire volumes at the hardware level and uses TPM or a startup key to protect data at rest.
Question 3: An administrator needs to move the FSMO PDC Emulator role from one domain controller to another. Which tool can be used?
- Active Directory Users and Computers (Correct answer)
- Active Directory Sites and Services
- DNS Manager
- DHCP Manager
Correct answer: Active Directory Users and Computers
The PDC Emulator and other single-master FSMO roles can be transferred using the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in or ntdsutil.
Question 4: You want to configure a Windows Server 2012 server to automatically assign IP addresses, subnet masks, and DNS server addresses to client computers. Which role provides this functionality?
- DHCP Server (Correct answer)
- DNS Server
- WINS Server
- RRAS
Correct answer: DHCP Server
The DHCP Server role automatically leases IP configurations including address, mask, gateway, and DNS to network clients.
Question 5: A Windows Server 2012 administrator wants to enable shadow copies on a file server volume so users can recover previous versions of files. Where is this configured?
- Volume properties > Shadow Copies tab in Computer Management (Correct answer)
- File Server Resource Manager > Storage Reports
- Disk Management > New Simple Volume wizard
- Backup and Restore (Windows 7) in Control Panel
Correct answer: Volume properties > Shadow Copies tab in Computer Management
Shadow Copies (Volume Shadow Copy Service) are enabled and scheduled per-volume through Computer Management under Disk Management volume properties.
Question 6: Which Windows Server 2012 command-line tool allows you to manage roles and features without using Server Manager?
- Install-WindowsFeature (PowerShell) or servermanagercmd.exe (Correct answer)
- netsh
- sc.exe
- reg.exe
Correct answer: Install-WindowsFeature (PowerShell) or servermanagercmd.exe
The PowerShell cmdlet Install-WindowsFeature (part of the ServerManager module) provides full command-line role and feature management.
Question 7: A user's account is locked out repeatedly on a Windows Server 2012 domain. Which tool helps identify the source machine causing the lockouts?
- Microsoft Account Lockout and Management Tools (LockoutStatus.exe / EventCombMT) (Correct answer)
- Active Directory Users and Computers only
- DHCP server lease table
- ipconfig /all on the user's workstation
Correct answer: Microsoft Account Lockout and Management Tools (LockoutStatus.exe / EventCombMT)
Microsoft's free Account Lockout tools, particularly LockoutStatus and EventCombMT, identify which domain controller and source machine are generating bad-password events.
Administering Windows Server 2012 Administering Windows Server 5
You are configuring a Windows Server 2012 Failover Cluster.
What is the minimum number of nodes required to form a supported cluster?