MCTS - Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Questions and Answers

Question 1

An administrator needs to implement different password policies for executives and standard users within the same Active-Directory domain.
The current domain functional level is Windows Server 2003.
What is the minimum domain functional level required to implement this feature?

Accepted Answer

Windows Server 2008

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Windows Server 2003 Native

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Windows Server 2008 R2

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Windows Server 2012

Question 2

A company wants to deploy a domain controller in a branch office with low physical security. The administrator is concerned about the potential theft of the server and the compromise of all domain credentials. Which Windows Server 2008 feature should be implemented to mitigate this risk?

Accepted Answer

Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC)

Answer

BitLocker Drive Encryption on a standard Domain Controller

Answer

Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)

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A Backup Domain Controller (BDC)

Question 3

An administrator accidentally deleted an entire Organizational Unit (OU) containing several user accounts. They want to restore the objects with all their attributes and group memberships intact. Which of the following features, first available in Windows Server 2008 R2, must be enabled BEFORE the deletion occurs to allow for this type of recovery?

Accepted Answer

Active Directory Recycle Bin

Answer

Authoritative Restore from a System State backup

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Tombstone Reanimation

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Restartable Active Directory Domain Services

Question 4

You are performing maintenance on a Windows Server 2008 domain controller that also runs other critical services. You need to perform an offline defragmentation of the Active Directory database (Ntds.dit). Which feature allows you to take Active Directory offline without rebooting the entire server?

Accepted Answer

Restartable Active Directory Domain Services

Answer

Directory Services Restore Mode (DSRM)

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Active Directory Snapshots

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Detached Database Mounting

Question 5

To which of the following can a Fine-Grained Password Policy (FGPP) be directly applied in a Windows Server 2008 environment?

Accepted Answer

Global Security Groups and User Objects

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Organizational Units (OUs)

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Domain Local Groups

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Computer Objects

Question 6

A network administrator is deploying the first Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC) into an existing Active Directory forest. What is a key prerequisite for the replication to function correctly?

Accepted Answer

There must be at least one writable Windows Server 2008 (or later) domain controller in the domain.

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The forest functional level must be Windows Server 2008.

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The RODC must hold the PDC Emulator FSMO role.

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All domain controllers in the forest must be running Windows Server 2008.