Computer Systems Administration
Exam Preparation Guide
Course Introduction
Computer Systems Administration covers the essential concepts and practical skills required for managing and maintaining modern computer systems. This course introduces students to the installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of operating systems (Windows, Linux), user and group administration, file system management, system security, and automation using scripting. Through hands-on labs and real-world scenarios, students learn to monitor system performance, apply updates and patches, manage backups and disaster recovery, and ensure reliable and secure computing environments in both standalone and networked settings.
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MCITP Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Administration 1st Edition by Darril Gibson
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Chapter 1: Designing Active Directory Domain Services
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Q1) A ____ is a group of well-connected computers or well-connected subnets.
A) domain
B) site
C) forest
D) trust
Answer: B
Q2) Fine-grained password policies can be implemented if the domain functional level is set to at least ____.
A) Windows NT
B) Windows Server 2000 Native
C) Windows Server 2003
D) Windows Server 2008
Answer: D
Q3) A ____ trust creates an explicit trust relationship between two domains and is not transferred to any other domains.
A) non-transitive
B) transitive
C) one-way
D) foreign
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Designing Physical Topology
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Q1) The ____ manages time synchronization and password changes in the domain.
A) RID master
B) PC master
C) infrastructure master
D) PDC emulator
Answer: D
Q2) Describe DFS namespace.
Answer: A DFS namespace is used to group shared folders from different servers into a logically structured namespace. This namespace appears to the user as a single shared folder with nested subfolders. The user can access the namespace and easily access all of the shared folders without knowing (or needing to know) that the folders are located on multiple servers.
Q3) In Universal Group Membership Caching, cached data will expire in ____.
A) 30 minutes
B) 8 hours
C) 24 hours
D) 7 days
Answer: D
Q4) Cached credentials only provide ____________________ access.
Answer: local
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Chapter 3: Designing and Implementing DNS
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Q1) ____ dynamic updates require that the DNS server is hosted on a domain controller and that a primary ADI zone is being used.
A) Reverse
B) GSSAPI
C) TDS
D) Secure
Answer: D
Q2) One benefit of a secondary DNS server is the ability to provide ___________________ balancing for clients in the network.
Answer: load
Q3) A(n) ___________________ record is used to find mail servers.
Answer: mail exchange (MX)
mail exchange
MX
Q4) The primary zone name is case sensitive.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Designing and Implementing Group Policy
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Q1) The ____ setting is useful to control the membership of any group in Active Directory.
A) Restrict Group Policy
B) Block Inheritance
C) Lock Group Membership
D) Restrict Group Membership
Q2) The _________________________ design is a simple OU design based on the structure of the organization.
Q3) OUs are difficult to modify.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe the Kerberos policy within Group Policy.
Q5) The ____________________ Policy includes the account lockout duration, threshold, and the time to reset the account lockout counter.
Q6) When global groups are added to other global groups it is commonly called ____.
A) cascading
B) nesting
C) aggregating
D) concatenating
Q7) What is the most common use of WMI filters?
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Chapter 5: Designing Remote Access and Terminal
Services Strategies
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Q1) A ____ is a Windows Server 2008 server with the Routing and Remote Access service installed and configured as a VPN server.
A) bridgehead server
B) VPN server
C) DMZ server
D) bastion server
Q2) When the ____ scope is selected, other TS servers in the domain can locate the TS licensing server as long as the server is in the same domain and the licensing server is on a domain controller.
A) network discovery
B) branch discovery
C) domain hosted
D) domain discovery
Q3) ____ enforcement is used to ensure that communications with computers are protected with IPSec.
A) DHCP
B) IPSec
C) Terminal
D)802.1x
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Chapter 6: Designing and Implementing a PKI
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Q1) Users in the ____ role are granted the Manage Auditing and Security Log permissions.
A) Administrator
B) Approver
C) Auditor
D) Validator
Q2) Users in the ___________________ role are granted Backup File and Directories and Restore File and Directories permissions.
Q3) One or more people in an organization can be designated as ________________________ agents for specific templates, and can then request certificates on behalf of users.
Q4) AD CS publishes the full CRL once a ____ by default.
A) day
B) week
C) month
D) year
Q5) List two purposes for which certificates are used.
Q6) Once the CA is created, it can be used to issue certificates.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Securing Windows Server 2008 Servers
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Q1) A perimeter network is provided by using two firewalls; this arrangement is often referred to as a(n) ____.
A) restricted zone
B) internal zone
C) demilitarized zone
D) buffer zone
Q2) A ____ system starts with a reduced attack surface; it is regularly audited to ensure that it remains secure and is kept up to date.
A) hardened
B) restricted
C) constrained
D) hindered
Q3) The SCW GUI version can be used to perform compliance auditing on a system.
A)True
B)False
Q4) You can perform the compliance audit with the following command: ____
A) scwcmd configure /p:PolicyPathName
B) scwcmd display /p:PolicyPathName
C) scwcmd analyze /p:PolicyPathandName
D) scwcmd baseline /p:PolicyPathName
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Chapter 8: Designing High Availability and Business
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Q1) When performing an authoritative restore with NTDSUtil, you use the ____ of the object.
A) common name
B) distinguished name
C) fully qualified domain name
D) short host name
Q2) Describe how to add hosts to an NLB cluster.
Q3) The ____ is traditional disk storage format for Windows, but it has a 2 Terabyte (TB) maximum size, which can sometimes be a concern for failover clusters.
A) partition boot record
B) master file table
C) master boot record
D) file allocation table
Q4) Identify a limitation of using the native backup tools for Active Directory.
Q5) Describe how an authoritative restore of a single record will be properly replicated to the remainder of the directory.
Q6) The Windows Server Backup feature isn't installed by default.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Designing Supporting Services
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Q1) Microsoft ____________________ is a full range of supporting server products designed to enhance and automate the administration of large networks within an enterprise.
Q2) ____ are groups of servers that participate in DFS replication and hold copies of the data.
A) Replication units
B) Replication partners
C) Replication folders
D) Replication groups
Q3) Identify and describe a method of providing user-level security for UNIX users with Services for NFS.
Q4) An important element to monitor on an SQL Server is the state of the ____ log.
A) transaction
B) database
C) access
D) interface
Q5) List and describe two events or actions that can cause a BitLocker drive to enter recovery mode.
Q6) ____________________ allows users to authenticate once and then use this authentication for all access.
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Chapter 10: Designing Virtualization Strategies
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Q1) ____ occurs when multiple physical servers are added for a specific purpose but are highly underutilized.
A) Server redundancy
B) Server creep
C) Server multiplication
D) Server sprawl
Q2) With application virtualization, terminal services can be used to host entire desktops or applications.
A)True
B)False
Q3) ____ is called Intel VT for Intel-based systems and AMD-V for AMD-based systems.
A) Hardware-assisted virtualization
B) Hardware application manager
C) Hardware-assisted manager
D) Virtual application manager
Q4) Virtual ___________________ streaming provides only a portion of the application needed by the user to begin working.
Q5) List and describe the two primary components of Microsoft Application Virtualization.
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