MCTS 70-640 Active Directory Users, Groups & Organizational Units 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which attribute must be unique within an Active Directory forest and is required for user logon?
- Display Name
- User Principal Name (UPN) (Correct answer)
- Description
- Office Location
Correct answer: User Principal Name (UPN)
The User Principal Name (UPN) must be unique across the entire forest and serves as the primary logon identifier in the format user@domain.
Question 2: Which command-line tool is specifically designed to import and export Active Directory objects using CSV-formatted files?
- LDIFDE
- NTDSUTIL
- CSVDE (Correct answer)
- DSADD
Correct answer: CSVDE
CSVDE is used to import and export Active Directory objects using comma-separated value (CSV) files, making bulk account creation efficient.
Question 3: Which feature introduced in Windows Server 2008 R2 allows administrators to restore deleted Active Directory objects without performing a full directory restore?
- Shadow Copies
- Active Directory Recycle Bin (Correct answer)
- Windows Server Backup
- System State Restore
Correct answer: Active Directory Recycle Bin
The Active Directory Recycle Bin, available from Windows Server 2008 R2 domain functional level, lets admins restore deleted objects while preserving all attributes.
Question 4: Which group scope can contain members from any domain in the forest and can be assigned permissions in any domain within the forest?
- Domain Local
- Global
- Universal (Correct answer)
- Built-in Local
Correct answer: Universal
Universal groups have the widest scope — they can contain members from any domain and be assigned permissions in any domain across the entire forest.
Question 5: What is the maximum character length of a pre-Windows 2000 compatible logon name (SAMAccountName) in Active Directory?
- 64 characters
- 20 characters (Correct answer)
- 256 characters
- 128 characters
Correct answer: 20 characters
The SAMAccountName is limited to 20 characters to maintain backward compatibility with older Windows systems.
Question 6: When creating an Organizational Unit (OU), which option should be enabled to prevent accidental deletion?
- Enable Tombstone Protection
- Protect object from accidental deletion (Correct answer)
- Enable Object Auditing
- Set Deny Delete permission explicitly
Correct answer: Protect object from accidental deletion
The 'Protect object from accidental deletion' checkbox adds a Deny Delete ACE to the object, preventing inadvertent removal from the directory.
Question 7: Which tab in an OU's Properties dialog must be accessed to remove accidental deletion protection before the OU can be deleted?
- General
- Managed By
- Object (Correct answer)
- Security
Correct answer: Object
The Object tab in the OU Properties dialog contains the 'Protect object from accidental deletion' checkbox that must be unchecked before deletion.
Which attribute must be unique within an Active Directory forest and is required for user logon?