Basic and Advance Networking :: Active Directory Job Interview Questions and Answers

Active Directory Interview Questions and Answers will guide us now that Active Directory is a technology created by Microsoft that provides a variety of network services, including LDAP-like directory services, Kerberos-based authentication, DNS-based naming and other network information, Central location for network administration and delegation, Information security and single sign-on for user access to networked based resources so learn more by this Active Directory Interview Questions Answer

1 Explain Active Directory?
2 What is Forest?
3 What is Domains in Active Directory?
4 What is Organizational Units?
5 What is the Group Policy?
6 What is Empty Root Domain?
7 What is Mixed Mode?
8 What is Native Mode?
9 What is LDAP?
10 Minimum Requirement for Installing AD?
11 How will you verify whether the AD installation is proper?
12 Explain Active Directory schema?
13 Can you explain LDAP?
14 What is Domain Controller?
15 Define Active Directory?
16 Why we need Netlogon?
17 Define Kerberos?
18 Explain What are the standard Port numbers?
19 What is DNS Scavenging?
20 Explain Where is the AD database held? What other folders are related to AD?
21 How to upgrade from Windows 2003 DC to Windows 2008 DC?
22 What is new in Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services?
23 Explain What are RODCs? And what are the major benefits of using RODCs?
24 Tell me What is the SYSVOL folder?
25 Do you know How frequently is the group policy refreshed?
26 What is the number of permitted unsuccessful logons on Administrator account?
27 What hidden shares exist on Windows Server 2003 installation?
28 What is the List Folder Contents permission on the folder in NTFS?
29 Where is GPT stored?
30 Explain GPT and GPC?
31 Tell me Where are group policies stored?
32 Explain What is the difference between local, global and universal groups?
33 Define LSDOU?
34 Define REPADMIN?
35 What is NETDOM?
36 What is ADSIEDIT?
37 What is REPLMON?
38 How to find FSMO roles?
39 How to view all the GCs in the forest?
40 Explain Global Catalog?
41 How to view replication properties for AD partitions and DCs?
42 What is the the Directory Partitions?
43 How to Seize FSMO Roles?
44 How to transfer FSMO Roles?
45 What is a Flexible Single Master Operation?
46 What is the ISTG - Intersite topology generator?
47 What is the KCC (Knowledge consistency checker)?
48 How you add a user in ad by commandline?
49 How to do the work with human?
50 What is Lightweight Directory Access Protocol?
51 What is the minimum requirement for installing AD?
52 How will you verify whether the AD installation is proper with SRV resource records?
53 How to Verifying SYSVOL?
54 How to verifying database and Log files?
55 What is NTDS.DIT?
56 What is NTDS.DIT schema table?
57 What is NTDS.DIT Link table?
58 What is NTDS.DIT Data table?
59 How many types of Active Directory data?
60 What is Domain information in Active Directory?
61 Define Res1.log and Res2.log?
62 What is ADS Database garbage collection process?
63 List the main steps of Garbage collection process?
64 What is Online Defragmentation in Active Directory?
65 What is Schema information in Active Directory?
66 What is Schema Configuration in Active Directory?
67 What is Offline Defragmentation in Active Directory?
68 How to do Offline Defragmentation of Active Directory?
69 Define EDB.LOG?
70 Define EDB.CHK?
71 Define Domain Forests in Active Directory?
72 Define domain Trees in Active Directory?
73 Define Active Directory Schema Attributes?
74 Define Active Directory schema?
75 Define Active Directory Sites?
76 What are the advantages of Active Directory Sites?
77 Define Active Directory Classes?
78 Define Service requests in Active Directory?
79 What is GC in Active Directory?
80 List the GC key directory roles?
81 Define Replication in Active Directory?
82 Define the global catalog key directory roles?
83 What is the role of Global Catalog Server in a Domain?
84 Suppose if a user is a member of the Domain Admins group, Did he able to log on to the network even when a global catalog is not available?
85 Do you know why GC and infrastructure master should not be on the same server?
86 Define the Domain naming master role?
87 Define Schema master role?
88 Define Forest-Wide operations master roles?
89 Define Domain-Wide operations master roles?
90 Define Relative ID master role?
91 Define PDC emulator role?
92 Define the Infrastructure master role?
93 Define the single master operations?
94 List the FSMO roles?
95 Describe the Infrastructure FSMO role?
96 How to place the FSMO roles?
97 How to responding operations master failures?
98 Define the Schema master failure?
99 How to create a container to list printers in Active Directory?
100 How to publish a printer in AD?
101 How to configure an authoritative time server in Windows 2000?
102 What is Loop back Processing of group policy?
103 What is Kerberos V5 authentication process?
104 Do you know how Kerberos V5 works?
105 How to change the recovery console administrator password on a DC?
106 Define user accounts in Active Directory?
107 Define computer acccounts in Active Directory?
108 How to seize the schema master role?
109 How will you remove Orphaned Domains from Active Directory?
110 How to configure auditing for specific active directory objects?
111 How to configure a one-way trust?
112 Distinguishing a DC from a Windows 2000 member server?
113 How to create Third-Party Microsoft installer package?
114 Define Attribute value?
115 Do you know what are the common mistakes that are made when administrators set up DNS on network that contains a single Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 DC?
116 Do you know why do I have to point my DC to itself for DNS?
117 Do you know what does a DC register in DNS?
118 Tell me why can't I use WINS for name resolution like it is used in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0?
119 Suppose if I remove the ISP's DNS server settings from the DC, how does it resolve names such as Microsoft.com on the Internet?
120 Do you know what is the "." zone in my forward lookup zone?
121 Tell me do I need to configure forwarders in DNS?
122 How to synchronies time amongst DCs using net time?
123 Tell me do I need to point computers that are running Windows NT 4.0 or Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, or Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition to the Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 DNS server?
124 Tell me should I point the other Windows 2000-based and Windows Server 2003-based computers on my LAN to my ISP's DNS servers?
125 Tell me what if my Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 DNS server is behind a proxy server or firewall?
126 Tell me what should I do if the DC points to itself for DNS, but the SRV records still do not appear in the zone?
127 How do I set up DNS for other DCs in the domain that are running DNS?
128 Do you know how to set up DNS for a child domain?
129 How to configure DNS dynamic update in Windows 2000?
130 How Windows 2000-Based Computers Update Their DNS Names?
131 How to configure DNS dynamic update on a Windows 2000 DNS client computer?
132 How to configure DNS Dynamic Update on a Windows 2000 DNS Server?
133 How to Configure DNS Dynamic Update on a Windows 2000 DHCP Server?
134 How to enable DNS Dynamic Updates on a DHCP Server?
135 How to create a DNS entry for the Web Server?
136 How to configure a secondary Name Server in Windows 2000?
137 How to configure the Forward Lookup Zone?
138 How to configure the Reverse Lookup Zone?
139 How to configure the Windows 2000 Domain Name System to age records?
140 How to enable Aging and Scavenging?
141 How to set the Aging feature on an individual zone?
142 How to allow only secure dynamic updates?
143 How to create a Site link in Active Directory?
144 How to create a Third-Party MSI package in Active Directory?
145 Define clean PC in Active Directory?
146 Can you connect active directory to other 3rd-party directory services? name a few options?

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