Administering Windows Server 2012 Case Studies & Practical Application 5

Question 1

A server administrator needs to run a PowerShell script on 50 remote servers simultaneously to collect event log data. Which approach is most efficient?

Accepted Answer

Use Invoke-Command with the -ComputerName parameter and an array of server names

Answer

RDP to each server and run the script manually

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Schedule a task on each server via Group Policy

Answer

Use the Server Manager multi-server console to run scripts

Question 2

During a security review, it is discovered that the Guest account is enabled on several domain controllers. What is the immediate recommended action?

Accepted Answer

Disable the Guest account via Default Domain Controllers Policy

Answer

Rename the Guest account to obscure it

Answer

Set a strong password on the Guest account

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Remove the Guest account from the Guests group

Question 3

An administrator configures a Windows Server 2012 NIC team (LBFO) with two adapters. After configuration, only one adapter shows traffic. What is the expected behavior for the default teaming mode?

Accepted Answer

In Switch Independent mode with Dynamic load balancing, traffic is distributed per flow, so one adapter may appear idle

Answer

This indicates a misconfiguration — both adapters should always carry traffic equally

Answer

Both adapters carry traffic simultaneously only in LACP mode

Answer

Only the primary adapter carries traffic; the secondary is standby in all modes

Question 4

A company's IT policy requires that all administrator actions on servers be recorded for compliance. Which Windows Server 2012 feature provides session recording for privileged access?

Accepted Answer

PowerShell Script Block Logging and Module Logging via GPO

Answer

Enhanced Session Mode in Hyper-V

Answer

Just Enough Administration (JEA)

Answer

Privileged Access Workstations (PAW)

Question 5

After promoting a new domain controller, replication is failing with error 8453 'Replication access was denied.' What is the most likely cause?

Accepted Answer

The account used during DCPromo lacks 'Manage Replication Topology' permissions

Answer

The new DC's DNS is pointing to an external DNS server

Answer

Active Directory Sites and Services has no site link configured

Answer

The replication schedule is set to manual only

Question 6

A Windows Server 2012 Failover Cluster node fails and the cluster resources do not move to the surviving node. Cluster Validation passes on both nodes. What should you check first?

Accepted Answer

The failover policy — maximum failures and period settings on the cluster role

Answer

Whether the Cluster service is set to Automatic start on both nodes

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Whether Windows Firewall is blocking cluster heartbeat traffic

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Whether both nodes are in the same Active Directory site

Question 7

An organization needs to allow a specific vendor remote access to one server for support purposes with minimal exposure. Which approach follows the principle of least privilege?

Accepted Answer

Create a limited local account on the target server with only the required permissions and time-limited access

Answer

Create a domain admin account for the vendor and delete it when done

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Give the vendor VPN access to the entire internal network

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Share the built-in Administrator credentials temporarily

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