System Configuration & Administration Flashcards
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A Windows Server cannot resolve external DNS names but can resolve internal ones. Which setting should be checked first?
Answer: DNS forwarder configuration on the internal DNS server
DNS forwarders direct unresolved queries to external DNS servers (such as ISP or public DNS); a misconfigured or missing forwarder prevents external name resolution.
Which PowerShell cmdlet retrieves a list of all installed Windows features on a server?
Answer: Get-WindowsFeature
Get-WindowsFeature returns all available and installed roles, role services, and features on Windows Server.
An organization needs to ensure that all domain computers receive the same desktop wallpaper. Which mechanism enforces this setting?
Answer: Group Policy Object (GPO) applied to the domain or OU
GPOs apply User or Computer configuration settings including desktop wallpaper to all objects within the targeted Active Directory scope.
Which Windows logging facility records application crashes, security audit events, and system component messages separately?
Answer: Event Viewer with Application, Security, and System logs
Event Viewer organizes events into Application, Security, and System channels, each capturing events from different subsystem categories.
A user's roaming profile is extremely large, causing slow logon times. Which Group Policy setting helps enforce a profile size limit?
Answer: Limit profile size under User Profiles policies
The 'Limit profile size' GPO setting alerts users and prevents logoff if their profile exceeds a defined quota, helping manage roaming profile growth.
Which Windows Server component provides a web-based interface for managing IIS web sites and application pools?
Answer: IIS Manager (inetmgr)
IIS Manager (inetmgr) is the dedicated MMC snap-in for configuring Internet Information Services web sites, application pools, bindings, and authentication.
What is the purpose of running Sysprep with the /generalize option before deploying a Windows image?
Answer: Removes hardware-specific settings and the unique SID to allow redeployment
Sysprep /generalize strips machine-specific information including the SID, hardware drivers cache, and activation state, making the image deployable to different hardware.