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CHAPTER 8

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What are the minimum group memberships necessary to create a Windows Server 2003 computer account in an OU in a domain? Consider all steps of the process, and assume that the computer object for the system does not yet exist in Active Directory. (Choose all correct answers.)
Account Operators on a domain controller & Administrators on the computer
Which of the following command-line tools can create a computer object in Active Directory?
Netdom.exe &
Dsadd.exe
Which of the following Windows platforms are capable of joining to a computer object in an Active Directory domain?
Windows NT 4,
Windows NT 4,
Windows XP,
Windows Server 2003
When you open the Properties dialog box for a computer object in the Active Directory Users And Computers console, you discover that no properties are displayed in the Operating System tab. What causes these properties to be absent?
The computer has not been joined to domain
After a period of expansion, your company created a second domain. Last weekend, a number of machines that had been in your domain were moved to the new domain. When you open Active Directory Users And computers, the objects for those machines are still in your domain and are displayed with a red X icon. What is the most appropriate course of action?
Delete the objects
A user reports that during a logon attempt, he received a message stating that the computer cannot contact the domain because the domain controller is down or the computer account might be missing. You open Active Directory Users And Computers and discover that the account for that computer is missing. What steps should you take?
create a computer account, remove users computer from domain, rejoin
A user reports that during a logon attempt, he received a message stating that the computer cannot contact the domain because the domain controller is down or the computer account might be missing. You open Active Directory Users And Computers and see that the computer's account appears normal. What steps should you take?
reset the account, put them on the domain
In your Windows Server 2003 domain contoso.com, you have a computer object fora member server called Pserver01 in an OU called Pservers. This object represents a print server that has been offline for a lengthy period and is not communicating with other computers in the domain to accept print jobs. You have determined that the password on this computer's account within the domain needs to be reset. Which command can you issue to correctly reset the computer account?
dsmod computer CN=pserver01,CN=PSERVERS,DC=contoso,DC=com -reset
There seems to be a problem with the computer account. Specify which of the following steps you should perform to correct the problem, in the correct order.
Reset the computer accounts.
Join the computers to a workgroup.
Join the computers to the domain.
The person nominated in the Name field of the Managed By tab of the computer accounts properties must exist in Active Directory.
True
When you use Dsadd to create a computer account, the DN must be surrounded by quotation marks in order for the account to be created successfully.
False
When creating a new computer account, under what circumstances would you select the Assign This Computer Account As A Pre-Windows 2000 Computer check box?
The system you are creating an account for is running Windows NT 4.
If the name of a computer is salesadminsouth07, what is the default pre-Windows 2000 computer name for the system?
salesadminsouth. (first 15 characters of the computer name
On a Windows Server 2003 system, where do you go to join the computer to a domain?
Control Panel, System, Computer Name
What is the function of the Redircmp.exe command?
It allows you to specify a different default location for new computer accounts.
In Active Directory Users And Computers, in which tab of the Properties dialog box for the computer account do you view the service pack version installed on the corresponding system?
Operating system
Which of the following utilities do you use to remove a computer account from Active Directory?
Dsrm
During user logon on a Windows 2000 Professional system, which of the following is responsible for checking to see if the computer has a corresponding account in Active Directory?
Netlogon
Which of the following commands creates a computer account for computer1.sales.contoso.com?
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By default, the Add Workstations To Domain right is assigned to the Authenticated Users special identity, thereby allowing an authenticated user to create up to how many computer accounts in Active Directory?
10
If you are joining a computer to the domain and a computer account has already been created for that computer, which of the following rules must you obey?
The name in the Computer Name field must be identical to the already created
computer account.
When you use the Netdom command to create computer accounts, what happens if you don't use the /OU switch?
The computer account is created in the Computers container.
If you reinstall the operating system on a computer that is a member of the domain, what steps, if
any, must you take for that computer to reuse the existing computer account?
You must reset the computer account.
You have a user who is going on maternity leave for a month. Her work has been reassigned to other people, and no one will be using her PC while she is away. You want to make the network as secure as possible. What should you do to the computer account object for her PC?
Disable it
When you use the Dsmod utility, you include the -p switch in the command line. What value do you
specify for this switch?
The password for the user account that has privileges to modify the computer account.
Which of the following commands do you use to make the default location of newly created computer objects be the OU workstations.contoso.com?
redircmp ou=workstations,DC=contoso,dc=com
Why is it necessary to reset a computer account after you reinstall an operating system on the client computer?
The new computer will have a different SID than the old one.
Which of the following commands creates a computer account for computer1.sales.contoso.com?
dsadd computer CN=computer1,CN=sales,DC=contoso,DC=com
When you create an account for a computer that is not a domain controller, what default group memberships are assigned to it?
Domain Computers group
Why is it preferable to place client computer account objects in an OU rather than the system-created Computers container?
So group policy settings can be applied to the computer accounts in one step.
When you create a computer account in Active Directory Users And Computers, what do you enter in the User Or Group field of the New Object - Computer Wizard?
The name of a user or group with permissions to join the computer to the domain.
In a default configuration, members of the Account Operators group have permissions to create computer objects in which of the following locations?
The Computers container and any new OUs you create
Which of the following commands disables the computer account for the object computer1.sales.contoso.com?
dsmod computer CN=computer1,CN=sales,DC=contoso,DC=com -disabled yes
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