Windows Server 2012 Interview Questions
Windows Server 2012 is the being deployed by an increasing number of organisations as they move away from now unsupported OS’s such as 2003. Although Windows Server 2008 is certainly more mainstream, 2012 will provide better job opportunities for the future and the possibility of a higher paying job role.
Ok, we’ve collated some tricky Server 2012 questions to help you prepare for your interview and impress others with your knowledge. These interview questions cover the key topics including installation, configuration and supporting enterprise environments. Whether you’re attending an interview for a support engineer role or IT manager, you’ll find that these questions are appropriate.
They are suitable for the following job roles:
- Support Engineer
- Infrastructure Engineer
- IT Administrator
- IT Consultant
- Systems Engineer
- Systems Administrator
- IT Support
- 2nd Line Support
Interview Questions
1. When you install Windows Server 2012, you can choose between Server Core Installation and Server with a GUI..
Which option would reduce the potential attack surface and servicing requirements?
Server with a GUI
Server Core Installation
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Server Core Installation
Comments:
The "Server with a GUI" option is the Windows 8 equivalent of the Full installation option available in Windows Server 2008 R2. The "Server Core Installation" option reduces the space required on disk, the potential attack surface, and especially the servicing requirements, so we recommend that you choose the Server Core installation unless you have a particular need for the additional user interface elements and graphical management tools that are included in the "Server with a GUI" option.
2. You create trusts in Windows Server 2008 with the New Trust Wizard. Which one of the following authentication types is being described below:
An authentication setting that permits unrestricted access by any users in the specified forest to all available shared resources that are located in any of the domains in the local forest.
Domain-wide authentication
Forest-wide authentication
None of these
Selective authentication
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Forest-wide authentication
Comments:
The correct answer is Forest-wide authentication
This is the default authentication setting for forest trusts.
3. Which terminology is being described below:
These trusts are sometimes necessary when users need access to resources that are located in a Windows NT 4.0 domain or in a domain that is in a separate Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) forest that is not joined by a forest trust
Shortcut Trusts
External Trust
Realm Trusts
Forest Trusts
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External Trust
Comments:
The correct answer is External Trust
You can create an external trust to form a one-way or two-way, nontransitive trust with domains that are outside your forest
4. Which terminology is being described below:
This trust is a manually created trust that shortens the trust path to improve the speed at which authentications, which occur between domain trees, are processed
Shortcut Trust
Quick Trust
Easy Trust
Simple Trust
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Shortcut Trust
Comments:
The correct answer is Shortcut Trust
The other terms either don't exist or are not the right answer
5. Which terminology is being described below?
A ___ trust allows resources in your domain (the domain that you are logged on to at the time that you run the New Trust Wizard) to be accessed more quickly by users in another domain (which is nested within another domain tree) in your forest
two-way, incoming, shortcut
two-way, incoming, forest
one-way, outgoing, forest
one-way, outgoing, shortcut
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one-way, outgoing, shortcut
Comments:
The correct answer is one-way, outgoing, shortcut
6. Which terminology is being described below?
Time synchronization is critical for the proper operation of many Windows services and line-of-business applications. The ___ uses the Network Time Protocol (NTP) to synchronize computer clocks on the network so that an accurate clock value, or time stamp, can be assigned to network validation requests and resource access requests
Network Services Shell (Netsh)
Windows Time service (W32time)
Listsvc
Fixmbr
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Windows Time service (W32time)
Comments:
The correct answer is Windows Time service (W32time)
7. Select the missing tool name from the sentence below:
You can use the __.exe tool to create installation media for additional domain controllers that you are creating in a domain. By using the Install from Media (IFM) option, you can minimize the replication of directory data over the network. This helps you install additional domain controllers in remote sites more efficiently.
Dsutil
Ntdsutil
Ntfrsutl
Mqtgsvc
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Ntdsutil
8. A global catalog server is available to directory clients when Domain Name System (DNS) servers can locate it as a global catalog server. In which order do the following events need to occur before the catalog server is ready?
A) The Net Logon service on the domain controller has updated DNS with global-catalog-specific service (SRV) resource records.
B) The isGlobalCatalogReady rootDSE attribute is set to TRUE.
C) The global catalog receives replication of read-only replicas to the required occupancy level.
C then B, then A
C then A, then B
A then C, then B
B then C, then A
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C then B, then A
Comments:
The correct answer is C then B, then A
9. Complete the missing word from the sentence below that is describing one of the new roles in Server 2008:
By using___ , you can augment an organization's security strategy by protecting information through persistent usage policies, which remain with the information, no matter where it is moved
ADFS
RODC
ADLDS
AD RMS
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AD RMS
Comments:
The correct answer is AD RMS
Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS)
10. Server manager is a great tool for managing most of your server settings and configuration all in one central place. Which one of the following Server manager Features is used for management of Public Key Infrastructure?
Active Directory Certificate Services
Dynamic Host Configuration Server
Domain Name Service
WINS Server
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Active Directory Certificate Services
Comments:
The correct answer is Active Directory Certificate Services
11. Server manager is a great tool for managing most of your server settings and configuration all in one central place. Which one of the following Server manager Features is used for Storage management, replication and searching?
Dynamic Host Configuration Server
Terminal Services
Domain Name Service
File Services
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File Services
Comments:
The correct answer is File Services
12. Managing Group Policy objects is a tiresome task. Which of the following Windows Server 2012 features could you use to save time when creating GPO’s with similar settings?
UAC
PXE boot
IFM
Starter GPO
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Starter GPO
Comments:
Starter Group Policy objects derive from a Group Policy object (GPO), and provide the ability to store a collection of Administrative Template policy settings in a single object. You can import and export Starter GPOs, which makes them easy to distribute to other environments. When you create a new GPO from a Starter GPO, the new GPO has all of the Administrative Template policy settings and their values that were defined in the Starter GPO.