CNIT 242 Final Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
What is pruning and grafting? - CORRECT ANSWER Pruning is the act of removing a branch
from a tree and grafting is attaching to it to another tree. This can be applied to computing as "items in
the directory can be moved to new locations in the directory." The only thing that can't be moved is
the root.
Schema - CORRECT ANSWER A schema defines the attribute types a directory can contain. It
also defines the structure.
Leaf objects - CORRECT ANSWER A leaf is any object that cannot contain other objects in the
directory, such as a person, computer, or printer.
Domain controllers - CORRECT ANSWER A domain controller is a server computer that
responds to security authentication requests within a Windows domain.
Active Directory - CORRECT ANSWER Active Directory has been a Windows directory
service since Windows 2000. It replaced NTDS (NT Directory Services). It is X.500 based, and it uses
LDAP as its native directory access protocol.
Group Policy (settings) - CORRECT ANSWER Group Policy is a feature of the Microsoft
Windows NT family of operating systems that controls the working environment of user accounts and
computer accounts. It provides centralized management and configuration of operating systems,
applications, and users' settings in an Active Directory environment.
Domains - CORRECT ANSWER A domain contains a group of computers that can be accessed
and administered with a common set of rules.
Organizational units (OUs) - CORRECT ANSWER Organizational containers are known as
Organizational Units (OUs). Organizational units can be nested. They are subdivisions within an
Active Directory into which you can place users, groups, computers, and other organizational units.
, Trees - CORRECT ANSWER A hierarchical grouping structure in a directory.
Trusts - CORRECT ANSWER A trust is a relationship established between users in which one
domain is authenticated by a domain controller in the other domain.
Sites - CORRECT ANSWER Sites represent the physical structure or topology of a network. A
site is a collection of well-connected subnets.
Forest - CORRECT ANSWER A forest is a single instance of Active Directory. Within a forest,
you can have one or multiple domains that share the same schema. The smallest possible forest
contains a single domain controller (DC).
Components - CORRECT ANSWER The components of authentication are:
What you know
What you have
What you are
Where you are
Two-factor authentication - CORRECT ANSWER Two-factor authentication uses a
combination of what you know, what you have, what you are, and where you are to prove an identity.
Techniques - CORRECT ANSWER Authentication techniques include user IDs, passwords,
domain password security, biometrics, and digital certificates.
Access Rights - CORRECT ANSWER Permission to access something.
Password management - CORRECT ANSWER Don't write passwords down
Avoid easy to guess passwords
Use password requirements
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
What is pruning and grafting? - CORRECT ANSWER Pruning is the act of removing a branch
from a tree and grafting is attaching to it to another tree. This can be applied to computing as "items in
the directory can be moved to new locations in the directory." The only thing that can't be moved is
the root.
Schema - CORRECT ANSWER A schema defines the attribute types a directory can contain. It
also defines the structure.
Leaf objects - CORRECT ANSWER A leaf is any object that cannot contain other objects in the
directory, such as a person, computer, or printer.
Domain controllers - CORRECT ANSWER A domain controller is a server computer that
responds to security authentication requests within a Windows domain.
Active Directory - CORRECT ANSWER Active Directory has been a Windows directory
service since Windows 2000. It replaced NTDS (NT Directory Services). It is X.500 based, and it uses
LDAP as its native directory access protocol.
Group Policy (settings) - CORRECT ANSWER Group Policy is a feature of the Microsoft
Windows NT family of operating systems that controls the working environment of user accounts and
computer accounts. It provides centralized management and configuration of operating systems,
applications, and users' settings in an Active Directory environment.
Domains - CORRECT ANSWER A domain contains a group of computers that can be accessed
and administered with a common set of rules.
Organizational units (OUs) - CORRECT ANSWER Organizational containers are known as
Organizational Units (OUs). Organizational units can be nested. They are subdivisions within an
Active Directory into which you can place users, groups, computers, and other organizational units.
, Trees - CORRECT ANSWER A hierarchical grouping structure in a directory.
Trusts - CORRECT ANSWER A trust is a relationship established between users in which one
domain is authenticated by a domain controller in the other domain.
Sites - CORRECT ANSWER Sites represent the physical structure or topology of a network. A
site is a collection of well-connected subnets.
Forest - CORRECT ANSWER A forest is a single instance of Active Directory. Within a forest,
you can have one or multiple domains that share the same schema. The smallest possible forest
contains a single domain controller (DC).
Components - CORRECT ANSWER The components of authentication are:
What you know
What you have
What you are
Where you are
Two-factor authentication - CORRECT ANSWER Two-factor authentication uses a
combination of what you know, what you have, what you are, and where you are to prove an identity.
Techniques - CORRECT ANSWER Authentication techniques include user IDs, passwords,
domain password security, biometrics, and digital certificates.
Access Rights - CORRECT ANSWER Permission to access something.
Password management - CORRECT ANSWER Don't write passwords down
Avoid easy to guess passwords
Use password requirements
