Professional Standards & Competencies Flashcards
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When delegating control in Active Directory, what is the recommended best practice for applying permissions to OUs?
Answer: Use the Delegation of Control Wizard and assign permissions at the appropriate OU level
The Delegation of Control Wizard provides a structured, least-privilege approach to assigning granular AD permissions at the OU level without granting full admin rights.
A company's security policy requires that all Group Policy changes be tested before production deployment. What is the professional standard approach?
Answer: Use a test OU with representative user and computer accounts before linking GPOs to production OUs
Testing GPOs in a representative test OU mirrors production conditions while isolating any unintended policy effects before broad deployment.
According to AD DS best practices, how frequently should you back up Active Directory?
Answer: At least once per day, ensuring backups are retained beyond the tombstone lifetime
Daily backups retained beyond the tombstone lifetime (default 60–180 days) ensure you can recover from both recent failures and lingering replication issues.
Which audit policy category should be enabled to track changes to Active Directory objects, per Microsoft security baseline recommendations?
Answer: Audit Directory Service Access and Directory Service Changes
Enabling Audit Directory Service Access and Directory Service Changes captures who modified AD objects and what was changed, satisfying compliance and forensic requirements.
What documentation is considered a professional standard when designing an Active Directory OU structure for a large enterprise?
Answer: A written OU design document detailing delegation boundaries, GPO links, and administrative scope
Formal OU design documentation ensures consistent administration, eases troubleshooting, and provides an authoritative reference for future changes and audits.
A systems administrator needs to implement a change to the AD schema. What professional change management step must occur first?
Answer: Submit a change request for review and approval by a change advisory board before proceeding
Schema changes are irreversible and forest-wide, making change advisory board review and approval mandatory before execution.
When designing OU structures in Windows Server 2008 AD DS, which principle should guide the depth and hierarchy of OUs?
Answer: Keep the hierarchy as shallow as practical while still meeting delegation and GPO requirements
A shallow, purposeful OU hierarchy reduces administrative complexity and Group Policy processing overhead while still supporting delegation and policy needs.