Communication & Stakeholder Relations Flashcards
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Your security team needs to receive email alerts whenever a privileged group membership changes in Active Directory. Which solution best automates this notification?
Answer: Configuring audit policies and using Windows Event Log subscriptions with a SMTP-capable alerting tool
Combining audit policies for group membership changes with event log forwarding and an SMTP alerting tool provides automated, real-time notification to the security team.
An executive stakeholder wants a high-level view of Active Directory site topology to understand inter-office communication paths. Which tool visualizes AD site links and replication topology?
Answer: Active Directory Sites and Services
Active Directory Sites and Services provides a graphical representation of site topology, site links, and replication connections that can be used in stakeholder presentations.
After deploying a new fine-grained password policy, management wants confirmation that the policy applies correctly to the target group. Which command verifies and reports the resultant PSO for a specific user?
Answer: Get-ADUserResultantPasswordPolicy in PowerShell
The Get-ADUserResultantPasswordPolicy PowerShell cmdlet returns the effective fine-grained password policy applied to a specific user, providing clear confirmation for management.
A compliance officer requires documentation proving that Active Directory backups are current. Which Windows Server Backup feature provides a verifiable backup status report?
Answer: Backup log in Event Viewer under Windows Logs > Application with source Microsoft-Windows-Backup
Windows Server Backup writes detailed success and failure events to the Application event log under the Microsoft-Windows-Backup source, providing auditable backup status records.
The helpdesk manager wants a report showing all disabled user accounts in the domain for quarterly review. Which PowerShell command produces this list most efficiently?
Answer: Both A and C are correct
Both Get-ADUser with a filter for disabled accounts and Search-ADAccount -AccountDisabled return lists of disabled user accounts, giving administrators flexibility in reporting.
During an AD audit, the auditor asks how inter-site replication latency is monitored. Which tool provides replication lag statistics between specific domain controllers?
Answer: Repadmin /showrepl and Repadmin /replsummary
Repadmin /showrepl displays replication status per DC pair, while /replsummary provides an aggregate view of replication health including failure counts and latency across the domain.
A branch office manager requests to be notified when their site's domain controller goes offline. Which Windows feature enables proactive DC availability monitoring and notification?
Answer: System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) or configuring Windows event forwarding with availability monitors
SCOM or Windows event forwarding with custom availability monitors provides automated alerting when a domain controller stops responding, enabling proactive communication with branch managers.