MCSA Exam 70-742, Chapter 1 - Introducing Active
Directory – Terms Study Set
Access tokens - ANSWER Assigned to users during logon and contains SIDs
Access Control List (ACL) - ANSWER Part of files, folders, and directory objects
that grant access to users, groups, and computers.
Active Directory forest - ANSWER Has the following attributes:
* Can contain trees with different naming structures
* Allows independent domain administration
* Represents the broadest element in Active Directory
Active Directory - ANSWER The Windows directory service that enables
administrators to create and manage users and groups, set network-wide user
and computer policies, manage security, and organize network resources.
Active Directory replication - ANSWER The transfer of information among
domain controllers to make sure all domain controllers have consistent and up-
to-date information.
application directory partition - ANSWER A directory partition that applications
and services use to store information that benefits from automatic Active
Directory replication and security.
assigned application - ANSWER An application package made available to users
via Group Policy and places a shortcut to the application in the Start screen. The
application is installed automatically if a user tries to run it or opens a document
associated with it. If the assigned application applies to a computer account, the
application is installed the next time Windows boots.
attribute value - ANSWER Information stored in each attribute
authentication - ANSWER verifying the identity of the person or device
attempting to access the system
built-in user account - ANSWER the administrator and guest user accounts are
examples of?
child domain - ANSWER A domain established within another domain in a
Windows Server domain tree.
, configuration partition - ANSWER The Active Directory partition that holds
general information about the Active
Directory forest and application configuration information. It is replicated to all
domain controllers in the Active Directory forest.
directory partition - ANSWER A section of an Active Directory database stored
on a domain controller's hard drive. These sections are managed by different
processes and replicated to other domain controllers in an Active Directory
network.
directory service - ANSWER A database that stores information about a
computer network and includes features for retrieving and managing that
information.
Directory Services Restore Mode - DSRM - ANSWER A boot mode used to
perform restore operations on Active Directory if it becomes corrupted or parts
of it are deleted accidentally.
domain - ANSWER The core logical structure container in Active Directory.
domain controller (DC) - ANSWER A Windows Server that contains a full copy of
the Active Directory information, is used to add a new object to Active Directory,
and replicates all changes made to it so the changes are updated on every DC in
the same domain.
domain directory partition - ANSWER A directory partition that contains all
objects in a domain, including users, groups, computers, OUs, and so forth.
domain user account - ANSWER A user account created in Active Directory that
provides a single logon for users to access all resources in the domain for which
they have been authorized.
extension - ANSWER An item in a GPO that allows an administrator to configure
a policy setting.
Flexible Single Master Operation - FSMO roles - ANSWER Specialized domain
controller tasks that handle operations that can affect the entire domain or
forest. Only one domain controller can be assigned a particular FSMO.
forest root domain - ANSWER The first domain created in an Active
Directory forest.
fully qualified domain name - FQDN - ANSWER Domain name that specifies its
exact location in the tree hierarchy of the domain names system.
Directory – Terms Study Set
Access tokens - ANSWER Assigned to users during logon and contains SIDs
Access Control List (ACL) - ANSWER Part of files, folders, and directory objects
that grant access to users, groups, and computers.
Active Directory forest - ANSWER Has the following attributes:
* Can contain trees with different naming structures
* Allows independent domain administration
* Represents the broadest element in Active Directory
Active Directory - ANSWER The Windows directory service that enables
administrators to create and manage users and groups, set network-wide user
and computer policies, manage security, and organize network resources.
Active Directory replication - ANSWER The transfer of information among
domain controllers to make sure all domain controllers have consistent and up-
to-date information.
application directory partition - ANSWER A directory partition that applications
and services use to store information that benefits from automatic Active
Directory replication and security.
assigned application - ANSWER An application package made available to users
via Group Policy and places a shortcut to the application in the Start screen. The
application is installed automatically if a user tries to run it or opens a document
associated with it. If the assigned application applies to a computer account, the
application is installed the next time Windows boots.
attribute value - ANSWER Information stored in each attribute
authentication - ANSWER verifying the identity of the person or device
attempting to access the system
built-in user account - ANSWER the administrator and guest user accounts are
examples of?
child domain - ANSWER A domain established within another domain in a
Windows Server domain tree.
, configuration partition - ANSWER The Active Directory partition that holds
general information about the Active
Directory forest and application configuration information. It is replicated to all
domain controllers in the Active Directory forest.
directory partition - ANSWER A section of an Active Directory database stored
on a domain controller's hard drive. These sections are managed by different
processes and replicated to other domain controllers in an Active Directory
network.
directory service - ANSWER A database that stores information about a
computer network and includes features for retrieving and managing that
information.
Directory Services Restore Mode - DSRM - ANSWER A boot mode used to
perform restore operations on Active Directory if it becomes corrupted or parts
of it are deleted accidentally.
domain - ANSWER The core logical structure container in Active Directory.
domain controller (DC) - ANSWER A Windows Server that contains a full copy of
the Active Directory information, is used to add a new object to Active Directory,
and replicates all changes made to it so the changes are updated on every DC in
the same domain.
domain directory partition - ANSWER A directory partition that contains all
objects in a domain, including users, groups, computers, OUs, and so forth.
domain user account - ANSWER A user account created in Active Directory that
provides a single logon for users to access all resources in the domain for which
they have been authorized.
extension - ANSWER An item in a GPO that allows an administrator to configure
a policy setting.
Flexible Single Master Operation - FSMO roles - ANSWER Specialized domain
controller tasks that handle operations that can affect the entire domain or
forest. Only one domain controller can be assigned a particular FSMO.
forest root domain - ANSWER The first domain created in an Active
Directory forest.
fully qualified domain name - FQDN - ANSWER Domain name that specifies its
exact location in the tree hierarchy of the domain names system.
