WorksheetsSystem Administration Post Practice Quiz
Total questions: 58
Worksheet time: 30mins
As discussed, a System administrator can wear many hats and must have some knowledge in a broad spectrum of duties. Jack, a newly graduated System administrator, is looking for a basic sysadmin job. From the options below, what should Jack be on the lookout for as duties he should/would be able to perform as a sysadmin?
Allocating storage on a virtual environment
Removing dormant accounts as written by current policy
Cleaning and maintain the servers (physically)
Auditing security logs
Jane is currently configuring a small virtual environment that will be used for testing and training. Which network adapter type would work best for this scenario?
Bridged
Static
Dynamic
Local/Host only
Sanji is wanting to have more experience with different types of OS's. If an OS did not have a GUI, how else could it work?
A GUI is essential to OS installation
By configuring the GUI when installing the OS
Using a command language with a command-line OS
A graphics card can be supplemented
The ______________ relationship/model describes the relationship between at least two computers that communicate through the internet or local area network (LAN). One makes a request and the other responds.
User and Host
Client and Server
Workstation and Workgroup
Server and Host
During a board meeting, several Sys engineers and admins were discussing the possibility of bringing in more virtualization into their current environments. Which of the following is NOT a benefit of virtualization that could be brought up?
Reduced capital and operating costs
Simplified data management
Zero monetary cost to implement
Increased IT productivity and efficiency
Tom, a system administrator must access the company's hypervisor in order to manage all the virtual machines (VMs) configured. The company's is using a Type 1 Hypervisor. What is another name for this Hypervisor?
Virtual Machine Manager
VMNet
Virtual Machine
Virtual Machine
Amanda has been tasked to install a specific server role to their Windows Server 2019 server that distributes and temporarily binds an IP address to a machine/or device automatically so that she does not have to go set IP addresses statically. What server role must be installed for this to happen?
DHCP
DNS
WSUS
Active Directory
You have been tasked to create a few user accounts by your supervisor while on a mission. You know this is a fairly simple task so you agree to create 45 user accounts. As you begin, you see that you cannot complete the first account because the button has been greyed out (as if you have not filled out all the necessary information). What are some REQUIRED attributes that define the schema in Active Directory for a user account so that the button is no longer greyed out and the account can be created? (Select All That Apply)
Logon name
Email address
Password
Account description
While configuring some changes in the Group Policy Management Console, you notice that the changes are not be applied. You have checked everything you could think of and everything seems to be correct on the console. With no place else to go, you remember that changes in the Group Policy Management Console alter the ________ and although it can be very tricky and difficult, you go there to continue troubleshooting.
registry
Active Directory
local group settings
system files
As a system administrator, you might need to reach out to vendors for the latest tech and software. You are currently compiling a list of different Operating Systems (OS) for upper leadership to choose from. From the options below, what could be some operating systems on that list? (Select All That Apply)
Android
Safari
Windows
BIOS
While configuring the very first Domain Controller in your virtual environment, this component of Active Directory is checked. This component enables the lookup and access to all resources across multiple domains by creating partial copies of objects across a forest. What component are we talking about?
Global catalog
Schema
Namespace
Domain service
Jax has been tasked to set up an ________ server. This server holds a directory service such as Active Directory.
DNS
RADIUS
AUTHENTICATION
DHCP
A tree comprises of a ________ namespace, but a forest does not have to.
Contiguous
Non-contiguous
Fragmented
Disjoint
As a user, not an admin, you might not notice that the _______ is what is being translated into an IP address by DNS.
Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)
Domain Name System (DNS)
Internet Protocol (IP)
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
A group of system administrators have been tasked to create a network environment for a rather large organization (Enterprise network). This organization went from having 10 users to over 200 and have added several new services. How many domain controllers would be best for this particular scenario?
0; a domain controller is not necessarily required
1; 200 users can be more easily managed and the services are centralized
2+; an enterprise environment would require at least 2
What are the two types of configurations that can be set in a GPO?
User
Computer
Security
Administrative
Which of the following is in the correct order of PRECEDENCE from least to most when it comes to GPOs?
OU, Domain, Local
Domain, Local, OU
Domain, Local, OU
Local, Domain, OU
You have been tasked to install the Windows Server OS. What are the possible deployment methods available to you to get the operating installed or upgraded?
Optical Disk
USB flash drive
Typing Code
Windows Deployment Services
A system administrator has been tasked to convert their latest Windows Server 2019 into a domain controller. To do this, they must first install the Active Directory role. Once that is installed, the admin must then ________ the server to continue.
Promote
Configure
Initialize
Deploy
What is it called when an Administrator allows a user or a group of users to have certain rights to make changes in GPMC/or specific GPOs?
Group Policy Inheritance
Group Policy Command
Group Policy Control
Group Policy Delegation
A gateway IP address is always required even if you will not be contacting devices outside of your network.
True
False
An administrator is called in to work because their DNS server (hosted on a VM) is completely down and not functioning. They begin to troubleshoot and see various changes were made since the last time they were on shift. They've corrected 3 changes so far, but the server is still down. More changes were possibly made but their supervisor is telling them they have no time. All users are being affected and the mission is being highly impacted. The server needs to be back up immediately. What should they do?
Change the network node so that DNS settings are pulled from their local ISP
Begin to go through each DNS record to find the changes made even though it will be time consuming
Revert back to the last snapshot of the virtual machine made
Temporarily turn off this virtual machine, and begin to create a new to one act as the new DNS server
An administrator recently created a new member server VM. After a few hours, the member server begins to show signs of being buggy and is now affecting the other member servers. The administrator would much rather not delete the VM because its creation was extremely time consuming and have many specific security configurations. What could they do?
Delete the VM. It is not worth it to try and troubleshoot if other VMs are actively being affected.
Clone the VM. After its cloned, turn off the old VM.
Snapshot then reboot.
Fault Isolation. Isolate the VM and troubleshoot.
Encapsulation allows for VMs to have high ________. Meaning they can be moved around with ease.
Portability
Security
Scalability
Flexibility
An administrator wants to try and test some new software that is coming to the company, but does not want to immediately implement because of potential security risks. The software could potentially be affecting the entire network, so they cannot simply test the software on one virtual machine, but rather all. They would like to recreate each virtual machine as they currently are but in a separate environment. Would their best course of action be to do this as quickly as possible?
Clone each virtual machine and set a different network adapter.
This is not possible. It would be extremely time consuming.
Create a new environment by setting and emulating all the same configurations and parameters.
Contact the software vendor for more information.
An administrator is being asked to convert all physical computers into thin clients for users. What type of virtualization will the administrator be implementing for all users?
Storage Virtualization
Desktop Virtualization
Server Virtualization
Application Virtualization
What’s a simple first step you could do to find out if a client is able to contact the domain controller?
Add the client manually to Active Directory
Log in to the DHCP server and see if the computer's IP is within scope
Open command prompt on the client computer and ping the DC's IP address
Look at the client's network properties on their computer
When creating a new virtual machine, you should never change the amount of processors added.
True
False
An enterprise network might use a(n) ____________ server to distribute software such as Microsoft Office.
Web
File
Application
DHCP
An administrator wants to set a new security policy that would affect ALL users on the domain. What should they do?
Go to each client computer and edit their local group policy
Open GPMC on the DC and edit the domain policy
Open GPMC on the DC and create a new GPO, then link it to the domain policy
Open GPMC on the DC and create a new GPO, then link each to OU with users you want affected
When using virtualization, the word "host" is referring to...
the domain controller
the computer where virtualization software is installed
the hypervisor
the domain-joined virtualized server
A server set to be a Global Catalog server will keep a PARTIAL copy of every object set in that server's domain and also PARTIAL copy of every object in other domains within the same forest.
True
False
An administrator is trying to figure out why the users that are delegated certain folder "read/write" granting permissions are not able to grant any rights even though they verified through Group Policy that they have these rights. They've also verified using gpresult that the policy is being pulled from the domain controller. According to this specific scenario what are some possibilities that could be going on? (Select All That Apply)
The security tab is disabled for all users that are not "Admins" for security purposes
User error.
The admin has not verified if the policy was pulled correctly.
The domain controller is off.
The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) needs a server that will allow the Cyber Forensic team to investigate problems with authentication in the company's network. What type of server will allow the team to perform this task?
DHCP server
File server
Application server
Syslog server
A system administrator is working on a server that will allow the company's Human Resources (HR) office staff to upload, view, delete and customize files on their team site. What type of server is the administrator working with?
File server
DHCP server
Print server
Authentication server
Bob is applying for a new job. The job ad emphasizes the following requirements: The individual will be in charge of the company's web page access configuration and web browser settings. What type of protocols and servers will the individual be working with? (Select All That Apply)
DNS server
Print server
Web server
HTTPS
HTTP
A Schema is made up of attributes associated with an object. What attributes are REQUIRED to make a user?
logon name, user's name, password, domain
user's name, password, domain, tree
logon name, description, domain, password
user's name, description, password, email
The first Domain Controller (DC) by default, is designated as the "Global Catalog Server"
True
False
By default, a "Forest" must share a contiguous namespace.
True
False
Ana, a system administrator is organizing the company's active directory. All the users are in the same directory/same domain. Ana needs to organize the users and the computers based on geographic location as proper procedure. What can Ana apply/create to the active directory in order to accomplish the task?
Tree
Forest
OU's
Directory service
Chris, a System Administrator was hired to build a new MS Active Directory from scratch (from the beginning). What is the name of the FIRST (default) account Chris works on?
Root
Administrator
Default Account
Sudo
What is the command that is typed into command prompt to force a Windows computer to receive any and all changes to Group policy? (Select All That Apply)
gpupdate/force
gpupdate /force
gpupdate /renew
gpupdate/renew
Janette is creating a brand new GPO that is affecting 100+ users. After creating the GPO, she sees that the change is not being applied to said users. As she goes over what she did to create the GPO, she noticed that the GPO has not been linked to anything yet. As a seasoned Sysadmin, she knows she can link her new GPO to a site, domain or OU ONLY.
True
False
You have been tasked to create a brand new domain. While doing the initial configurations, what is the highest forest and domain functional level available when adding this new domain?
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2022
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2012
A new administrator is being asked to create a new virtual environment for a large enterprise network consisting of 1,000+ users. They are currently figuring out the logistics of setting up this environment. They are unsure if they should go with a Type 1 or a Type 2 hypervisor for this type of environment. Out of the selections below, what would be best?
Type 2; VMWare Workstation Pro 17
Type 2; VMWare ESX/ESXi
Type 1; VMWare ESX/ESXi
Type 1; VMWare Workstation Pro 17
The Systems Chief wants to implement a new software patch. The System Administrator's task is to test the new patch before the company-wide deployment. Which technology is the MOST appropriate to use for this task?
Cloud computing
Virtualization
Redundancy
Application control
After correctly connecting a wire enabled thermostat to control the temperature of the company's meeting room, the system administrator determines that the thermostat is not connecting to the internet-based control system. Additionally, the other wire thermostats connected last week are working with no issues. The system administrator verified that the thermostat works when tested at his residence. Which of the following is MOST likely the reason the thermostat is not connecting to the internet-based control system?
The company implemented a new encryption method
The thermostat is using the incorrect encryption algorithm
The company's DHCP is down
The company's DHCP server scope is full
Which Namespace would be categorized as "DISJOINTED"?
Child Objects (marketing.contoso.com) / Parent Object (contoso.com)
Child Objects (accounting.contoso.com) / Parent Object (contoso.com)
Child Objects (sales.contoso.com) / Parent Object (contoso.com)
Child Objects (comp.contoso.com) / Parent Object (comp.contoso.micro.com)
How do Group Policy settings at the domain level interact with local Group Policy settings on a client machine?
a) Domain-level Group Policy settings always override local Group Policy settings.
b) Local Group Policy settings take priority over domain-level Group Policy settings.
c) Only security-related Group Policy settings override local settings.
d) Users can choose whether to apply domain or local Group Policy settings.
Domain-level Group Policy settings always override local Group Policy settings.
Local Group Policy settings take priority over domain-level Group Policy settings.
Only security-related Group Policy settings override local settings.
Users can choose whether to apply domain or local Group Policy settings.
Walk us through your experience with Active Directory.
A Linux-based authentication tool
Microsoft’s directory service for managing users, computers, and resources in a domain
A database engine for SQL queries
A backup utility for Windows systems
How do you create and manage Group Policies (GPOs)?
Local Security Policy
Registry Editor
Group Policy Management Console (GPMC)
Event Viewer
How do you troubleshoot a user unable to log in to their domain account?
Reset the domain controller
Check network connectivity and domain trust
Delete the user account and recreate it
Disable all GPOs
What’s your process for joining a new machine to the domain?
Create a DNS alias record for the machine
Change the machine’s workgroup name
Join via System Properties → Domain and authenticate with domain credentials
Install Active Directory on the machine
Which port does Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) use by default?
22
80
3389
443
You need to quickly check the IP configuration of a Windows client. Which command would you use?
nslookup
ipconfig
ping
tracert
Which of the following best describes a Domain Controller (DC)?
A server that manages DNS queries
A server that provides centralized authentication and authorization for a domain
A file server for shared storage
A backup server
What’s the function of SYSVOL on a Domain Controller?
Stores DNS records
Holds GPOs and logon scripts replicated across DCs
Keeps DHCP leases
Manages Windows updates
Which command forces Group Policy updates on a client machine?
gpupdate /force
gpoapply /update
updatepolicy /apply
refreshgp /sync
