Command Line
Group Policy
Replication
AD Structure
Grab Bag
100
dcpromo
What is the command line tool that we use to promote or demote a domain controller?
100
This acronym represents the order in which group policies are applied for any given user or computer (tell use both the acronym and what it stands for, in the form of a question of course).
What is LSDOU, which stands for: "Local, Site, Domain, OU"?
100
This type of replication uses compressed data and can be sent over RPC or SMTP.
What is intersite replication?
100
RODC's don't do this type of replication.
What is outbound replication?
100
An example of this identifier is: user@domain.com; it is resolved by the Global Catalog.
What is a UPN or Universal Principal Name?
200
nslookup
What is the command line tool that can query and test DNS?
200
This type of GPO can be used as a template to make other GPO's.
What is a Starter GPO?
200
If there is a conflict during replication, this is the first thing that will be checked in order to resolve the conflict.
What is the Version ID of the object?
200
This defines the minimum domain functional level.
What is the forest functional level?
200
This is generated when you first log in, it contains information about all of the groups that you belong to.
What is an Access Token?
300
ipconfig
What is the command line tool that will show you your current IP configuration?
300
If you want to restrict a GPO so that it applies only to a certain AD group, you need to enable this.
What is Security Filtering?
300
This process generates the replication topology for the site and runs every 15 minutes.
What is the KCC or Knowledge Consistency Checker?
300
This FSMO role can give you SID's. No, not "Sudden Infant Death Syndrome" - you're not even an infant, why would you suggest that?
What is RID Master?
300
This type of defragmentation can reduce the size of the AD database.
What is offline defragmentation?
400
dcdiag
What is the command line tool that we use to display diagnostic information about active directory?
400
If you want to restrict a GPO so that configuration options set for the computer object apply to the user, you need to enable this.
What is Loopback processing?
400
This engine is what actually processes each replication operation and integrates the update into the local copy of the AD database.
What is the ESE or Extensible Storage Engine?
400
This allows users to log in to a computer a second time without needing to contact a global catalog; it is enabled per-site.
What is universal group caching?
400
One of two RSoP modes, this lets you simulate the application of group policy.
What is RSoP planning mode?
500
netdom
What is the command line tool that can rename a computer or join it to a domain?
500
This is the actual copy of the group policies that are read by the users and computers in the domain; it lives in the SYSVOL folder.
What is the GPT or Group Policy Template?
500
This represents the "serial number" of each replication update sent from each domain controller.
What is a USN, or Update Sequence Number?
500
5 minutes.
What is the maximum amount of clock skew allowed between domain members?
500
This is never copied when you make a copy of a GPO.
What is a link?