Active Directory Interview Questions

1. Explain three main features of Active Directory?
2. What do you mean by Active Directory functional levels? How does it help an organization’s network functionality?
3. What are the Domain and Forest functional levels of Windows Server 2003 AD?
4. What are the Domain and Forest functional levels of Windows Server 2008 AD?
5. How to add additional Domain Controller in a remote site with slower WAN link?
6. How do we install Active Directory in Windows 7 Computer?
7. What are the prerequisites to install Active Directory in a Server?
8. What is FSMO role? (Or what are Single Master Operations / Flexible Single Master Operations / Operations Master Role / SMO / OMR?)
9. Explain Infrastructure Master Role. What will be the impact if DC with Infrastructure Master Role goes down?
10. What are the two forest specific FSMO roles?
11. Which FSMO role directly impacting the consistency of Group Policy?
12. I want to promote a new additional Domain Controller in an existing domain. Which are the groups I should be a member of?
13. Tell me one easiest way to check all the 5 FSMO roles.
14. Can I configure two RID masters in a domain?
15. Can I configure two Infrastructure Master Role in a forest? If yes, please explain.
16. What will be the impact on the network if Domain Controller with PDC Emulator crashes?
17. What are the physical components of Active Directory?
18. What are the logical components of Active Directory?
19. What are the Active Directory Partitions? (Or what are Active Directory Naming Contexts? Or what is AD NC?)
20. What is group nesting?
21. Explain Group Types and Group Scopes?
22. What is the feature of Domain Local Group?
23. How will you take Active Directory backup?
24. What are the Active Directory Restore types?
25. How is Authoritative Restore different from non-Authoritative Restore?
26. Explain me, how to restore Active Directory using command line?
27. Tell me few switches of NTDSUTIL command.
28. What is a tombstone? What is the tombstone lifetime period?
29. What do you understand by Garbage Collection? Explain.
30.  What is Lost and Found Container?
31. Where can I locate Lost and Found Container?
32. Is Lost and Found Container included in Windows Server 2008 AD?
33. Have you ever installed Active Directory in a production environment?
34. Do we use clustering in Active Directory? Why?
35. What is Active Directory Recycle Bin?
36. What is RODC? Why do we configure RODC?
37. How do you check currently forest and domain functional levels? Say both GUI and Command line.
38. Explain Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC)
39. What are the tools used to check and troubleshoot replication of Active Directory?
40. What is SYSVOL folder used for?
41. What is the use of Kerberos in Active Directory? Which port is used for Kerberos communication?
42. Which version of Kerberos is used for Windows 2000/2003 and 2008 Active Directory?
43. Please name few port numbers related to Active Directory.
44. What is an FQDN?
45. Tell me few DS commands and its usage.
46. Explain Active Directory tree and forest.
47. What are Intersite and Intrasite replication?
48. What is shortcut trust?
49. What is selective Authentication?
50. Give me brief explanation of different types of Active Directory trusts.
51. Have you heard of ADAC?
52. What is the use of ADSIEDIT?  How do we install it in Windows Server 2003 AD?
53. I am unable to create a Universal Security group in my Active Directory? What will be the possible reason?
54. What is ADMT? What is it used for?
55. What do you mean by Lingering Objects in AD? How to remove Lingering Objects?
56. Explain Global Catalog. What kind of AD infrastructure makes most use of Global Catalog?
57. Global Catalog and Infrastructure master roles cannot be configure in same Domain Controller. Why?
58. How do you check all the GCs in the forest?
59. How many objects can be created in Active Directory? (both 2003 and 2008)
60. Can you explain the process between a user providing his Domain credential to his workstation and the desktop being loaded? Or how the AD authentication works?
61. What is LDAP?
62. Which is default location of Active Directory? What are the main files related to AD?
63. In a large forest environment, why we don’t configure all Domain Controllers as GCs?
64. What is NETDOM command line tool used for?
65. What is role seizure? Who do we perform role seizure?
66. What is ISTG? What is role of ISTG in Active Directory?
67. Is it possible to find idle users who did not log in for last few months?
68. Tell me the order of GPO as it applied.
69. What are the uses of CSVDE and LDIFDE?
70. What are the differences between a user object and contact object?
71. What do you mean by Bridge Head server?
72. What is urgent replication?
73. Please explain Realm trust.
74. Explain object class and object attribute.
75. My organization wants to add new object attribute to the user object. How do you achieve it?
76. What do you understand about GUID?
77. What is the command used for Domain Controller decommissioning?
78. Have you ever planned and implemented Active Directory infrastructure anywhere? Tell me few considerations we have to take during the AD planning.
79. Name few differences from Windows Server 2003 AD and Windows Server 2008 AD.
80. Which domain and forest functional level I will select if I am installing Windows Server 2008 AD in an Existing environment where we have Windows Server 2003 Domain Controllers?
81. What are the replication intervals for Intersite and intrasite replication? Is there any change in 2003 and 2008?
82. I want to transfer RID master role to a new Domain Controller. What are the steps I need to follow?
83. Tell me few uses of NTDSUTIL commands?
84. Name few services that directly impact the functionality of Domain Controller.
85. You said there are 5 FSMO roles. Please explain what will be the impact on the AD infra if each FSMO roles fails?
86. What is Active Directory defragmentation? How do you do AD defragmentation? And why do we do it?
87. Tell me Different between online and offline defragmentation.
88. How do you uninstall active directory? What are the precautions we have to take before removing active directory?
89. A user is unable to log into his desktop which is connected to a domain. What are the troubleshooting steps you will consider?
90. A Domain Controller called ABC is failing replication with XYZ. How do you troubleshoot the issue?
91. A user account is frequently being locked out. How do you investigate this issue? What will be the possible solution suggest the user?
92. Imagine you are trying to add a Windows 7 computer to Active Directory domain. But its showing an error ‘Unable to find Domain Controller’. How will you handle this issue?
93. What are the services required for Active Directory replication?
94. What is Active Directory application partition? What are the uses of it?
95. Many users of a network are facing latency while trying to log into their workstations. How do you investigate this problem?
96. Now, some questions related to Windows Server 2008 Active Directory. What do you mean by IDA? What are the new components of Windows 2K8 Active Directory?
97. I want to edit the Active Directory Schema. How can I bring Schema editor into my MMC?
98. Name few Active Directory Built in groups
99. What are the differences between Enterprise Administrators and Domain Administrators groups?
100. I have to create 1000 user objects in my Active Directory domain. Who can I achieve that with least administrative effort? Tell me few tools that I can use.

 

Job Descriptions for Incident Manager

Incident Managers

1. Understand the Incident and the diagnostic/resolution actions attempted already by the Service Desk and any other Technology Tracks
2. Use the designated or allotted communication bridge, monitoring facilities and on-call schedule from Technology tracks to facilitate immediate attention from all required parties
3. Authorize any IVR message updates for Service Desk
4. Work with all stakeholders to identify the workaround or resolution for the Incident
5. Set expectations of all stakeholders about the timelines and permissions required for the resolution
6. Send Periodic updates to the stakeholders (and if required, to the customers) through Service Desk, until the Incident is resolved
7. Initiate Emergency Changes if required, mobilize cross functional teams, External Vendors and obtain approvals for the mitigation actions from all stakeholders
8. Retain the Technical Observation Post (certain ad-hoc individuals who observe the service after the Incident is resolved) in order to insure that the resolution has actually resolved the Incident and that the Services have returned to their normal state
9. Open Problem Tickets as per Problem Management Policy and Procedures
10. Document in retrospect, the actions taken, learning and approvals in the service Management tools
11. Document the new knowledge learning and any other recommendations in a Critical Incident Report and submit the report to the audience in line with the Critical Incident Management procedures.
12. Periodically audit Incident records and coach the Incident Management staff to 
13. insure that "ticket hops" are reduced to the minimum
14. avoid possible misuse of "Pending" status by resolving groups
15. enforce the use of available knowledgebase, Configuration Management Database and Known Error Database for quicker resolution of Incidents
16. Quality of updates being made into the Incident Records
17. Devise, measure, report, monitor and improve the internally designed KPIs to improve the efficiency of Incident Management process. Example: Ticket hops, Incidents per staff, Incidents resolved using KB

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50 COMMON INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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Keep smiling and talk about leaving for a positive reason such as an opportunity, a chance to do something special or other forward-looking reasons.  3. What experience do you have in this field? Speak about specifics that relate to the position you are applying for. If you do not have specific experience, get as close as you can.  4. Do you consider yourself successful? You should always answer yes and briefly explain why. A good explanation is that you have set goals, and you have met some and are on track to achieve the others.  5. What do co-workers say about you? Be prepared with a quote or two from co-workers. Either a specific statement or a paraphrase will work. Jill Clark, a co-worker at Smith Company, always said I was the hardest workers she had ever known. It is as powerful as Jill having said it at the interview herself.  6. What do you know about this organization? This question is one reason to do some research on the organization before the interview. 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What irritates you about co-workers? This is a trap question. Think real hard but fail to come up with anything that irritates you. A short statement that you seem to get along with folks is great.  22. What is your greatest strength? Numerous answers are good, just stay positive. A few good examples: Your ability to prioritize, Your problem-solving skills, Your ability to work under pressure, Your ability to focus on projects, Your professional expertise, Your leadership skills, Your positive attitude .  23. Tell me about your dream job. Stay away from a specific job. You cannot win. If you say the job you are contending for is it, you strain credibility. If you say another job is it, you plant the suspicion that you will be dissatisfied with this position if hired. The best is to stay genetic and say something like: A job where I love the work, like the people, can contribute and can't wait to get to work.  24. Why do you think you would do well at this job? Give several reasons and include skills, experience and interest.  25. What are you looking for in a job? See answer # 23  26. What kind of person would you refuse to work with? Do not be trivial. It would take disloyalty to the organization, violence or lawbreaking to get you to object. Minor objections will label you as a whiner.  27. What is more important to you: the money or the work? Money is always important, but the work is the most important. There is no better answer.  28. What would your previous supervisor say your strongest point is? There are numerous good possibilities: Loyalty, Energy, Positive attitude, Leadership, Team player, Expertise, Initiative, Patience, Hard work, Creativity, Problem solver  29. Tell me about a problem you had with a supervisor Biggest trap of all. This is a test to see if you will speak ill of your boss. If you fall for it and tell about a problem with a former boss, you may well below the interview right there. 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Do you think you are overqualified for this position? Regardless of your qualifications, state that you are very well qualified for the position.  © JobsAssist.com (www.jobsassist.com ) and VyomWorld.com (www.vyomworld.com ) - Free Student Resources  50 Common Interview Questions and Answers  43. How do you propose to compensate for your lack of experience? First, if you have experience that the interviewer does not know about, bring that up: Then, point out (if true) that you are a hard working quick learner.  44. What qualities do you look for in a boss? Be generic and positive. Safe qualities are knowledgeable, a sense of humor, fair, loyal to subordinates and holder of high standards. All bosses think they have these traits.  45. Tell me about a time when you helped resolve a dispute between others. Pick a specific incident. Concentrate on your problem solving technique and not the dispute you settled.  46. What position do you prefer on a team working on a project? Be honest. 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Hiring an IT guy - questions to ask

By admin | June 26, 2008

This is an aggregated list of questions discussed for hiring an IT guy for your organization at SpiceWorks community forum. Check out their discussion, and description of what question are good and which ones are not that good.

1. What port does telnet use?
2. What is SMTP?
3. How would you troubleshoot a printer?
4. How does traceroute work?
5. Walk me through everything that happens in the network from the moment you punch in www.google.com in the address bar to when the browser displays the page?
6. Can you work this weekend?
7. What kind of people are your current users? Do you like them?
8. What role do you think computer support analysts should play in the company?
9. Assuming you have to work for a living and all jobs pay the same, how would you describe the job you want?
10. When conflict arises on your team, how do you handle it?
11. How do you stay current?
12. What operating system do you prefer and why?
13. What part of the project life cycle have you worked on?
14. Describe the project or situation that best demonstrates your coding (or analytical) skills.
15. What is the differece between local, global and universal groups?
16. What is the major difference between FAT and NTFS?
17. Name the FMSO roles and their functions.
18. You've just been asked to create 20 new Users and update 2 GPOs, ASAP! You go to the Administrative Tools, and discover they are all gone. What do you do? What do you suspect happened?
19. What is a Global Catalog?
20. Explain the function of DNS.
21. Explain a "Two-Way Transitive" trust.
22. In speaking about trusts, what does "Non-transitive" mean?
23. Describe the lease process of DHCP.
24. Explain NTP.
25. What is the 568B wiring scheme?
26. What us your highest achievement while working in the IT field?
27. What are your short term goals to achieve?
28. You have a user call for support for the 5th time on the same issue. How would you handle the call and what would you do differently?
29. List as many ways you can think of to move a file from a Windows machine to a Linux machine.
30. Demonstrate recursiveness by implementing a factorial function.

Sysadmin sample interview questions

By admin | June 12, 2008

1. Why was it that you left the last job that you were at?
2. What do you think your top 3 strengths are?
3. What is most important to you in a job?
4. Major difference between FAT and NTFS on a local machine?
5. How many passwords by default are remembered in an active directory?
6. What is a C name record (in DNS)?
7. What is a LM host file used for?
8. Can you name the FSMO roles in active directory?
9. What tolls would you use to gage the effect of group policy before using any tools?
10. Explain Active Directory sites and services and linked cost routing?
11. When would you use circular logging and exchange?
12. Exhange related question - as an echange admin if someone asked you how to determine if mail was delivered or not which tool would you use?
13. Can you explain how you configurated SMS.
Rate yourself in 3 different areas (1-5, 5 is expert)

 

54 screening questions for Windows admin

By admin | January 27, 2008

1. What is Active Directory?
2. What is LDAP?
3. Can you connect Active Directory to other 3rd-party Directory Services? Name a few options.
4. Where is the AD database held? What other folders are related to AD?
5. What is the SYSVOL folder?
6. Name the AD NCs and replication issues for each NC
7. What are application partitions? When do I use them
8. How do you create a new application partition
9. How do you view replication properties for AD partitions and DCs?
10. What is the Global Catalog?
11. How do you view all the GCs in the forest?
12. Why not make all DCs in a large forest as GCs?
13. Trying to look at the Schema, how can I do that?
14. What are the Support Tools? Why do I need them?
15. What is LDP? What is REPLMON? What is ADSIEDIT? What is NETDOM? What is REPADMIN?
16. What are sites? What are they used for?
17. What's the difference between a site link's schedule and interval?
18. What is the KCC?
19. What is the ISTG? Who has that role by default?
20. What are the requirements for installing AD on a new server?
21. What can you do to promote a server to DC if you're in a remote location with slow WAN link?
22. How can you forcibly remove AD from a server, and what do you do later? • Can I get user passwords from the AD database?
23. What tool would I use to try to grab security related packets from the wire?
24. Name some OU design considerations.
25. What is tombstone lifetime attribute?
26. What do you do to install a new Windows 2003 DC in a Windows 2000 AD?
27. What do you do to install a new Windows 2003 R2 DC in a Windows 2003 AD?
28. How would you find all users that have not logged on since last month?
29. What are the DS* commands?
30. What's the difference between LDIFDE and CSVDE? Usage considerations?
31. What are the FSMO roles? Who has them by default? What happens when each one fails?
32. What FSMO placement considerations do you know of?
33. I want to look at the RID allocation table for a DC. What do I do?
34. What's the difference between transferring a FSMO role and seizing one? Which one should you NOT seize? Why?
35. How do you configure a â€Å"stand-by operation masterâ€Â� for any of the roles?
36. How do you backup AD?
37. How do you restore AD?
38. How do you change the DS Restore admin password?
39. Why can't you restore a DC that was backed up 4 months ago?
40. What are GPOs?
41. What is the order in which GPOs are applied?
42. Name a few benefits of using GPMC.
43. What are the GPC and the GPT? Where can I find them?
44. What are GPO links? What special things can I do to them?
45. What can I do to prevent inheritance from above?
46. How can I override blocking of inheritance?
47. How can you determine what GPO was and was not applied for a user? Name a few ways to do that.
48. A user claims he did not receive a GPO, yet his user and computer accounts are in the right OU, and everyone else there gets the GPO. What will you look for?
49. Name a few differences in Vista GPOs
50. Name some GPO settings in the computer and user parts.
51. What are administrative templates?
52. What's the difference between software publishing and assigning?
53. Can I deploy non-MSI software with GPO?
54. You want to standardize the desktop environments (wallpaper, My Documents, Start menu, printers etc.) on the computers in one department. How would you do that?

Windows sysadmin interview questions

By admin | June 15, 2006

1. What are the required components of Windows Server 2003 for installing Exchange 2003? - ASP.NET, SMTP, NNTP, W3SVC
2. What must be done to an AD forest before Exchange can be deployed? - Setup /forestprep
3. What Exchange process is responsible for communication with AD? - DSACCESS
4. What 3 types of domain controller does Exchange access? - Normal Domain Controller, Global Catalog, Configuration Domain Controller
5. What connector type would you use to connect to the Internet, and what are the two methods of sending mail over that connector? - SMTP Connector: Forward to smart host or use DNS to route to each address
6. How would you optimise Exchange 2003 memory usage on a Windows Server 2003 server with more than 1Gb of memory? - Add /3Gb switch to boot.ini
7. What would a rise in remote queue length generally indicate? - This means mail is not being sent to other servers. This can be explained by outages or performance issues with the network or remote servers.
8. What would a rise in the Local Delivery queue generally mean? - This indicates a performance issue or outage on the local server. Reasons could be slowness in consulting AD, slowness in handing messages off to local delivery or SMTP delivery. It could also be databases being dismounted or a lack of disk space.
9. What are the standard port numbers for SMTP, POP3, IMAP4, RPC, LDAP and Global Catalog? - SMTP – 25, POP3 – 110, IMAP4 – 143, RPC – 135, LDAP – 389, Global Catalog - 3268
10. Name the process names for the following: System Attendant? – MAD.EXE, Information Store – STORE.EXE, SMTP/POP/IMAP/OWA – INETINFO.EXE
11. What is the maximum amount of databases that can be hosted on Exchange 2003 Enterprise? - 20 databases. 4 SGs x 5 DBs.
What are the disadvantages of circular logging? - In the event of a corrupt database, data can only be restored to the last backup.

 

 

Windows sysadmin interview questions

By admin | March 29, 2006

1. What is Active Directory schema?
2. What are the domain functional level in Windows Server 2003?
3. What are the forest functional level in Windows Server 2003?
4. What is global catalog server?
5. How we can raise domain functional & forest functional level in Windows Server 2003?
6. Which is the deafult protocol used in directory services?
7. What is IPv6?
8. What is the default domain functional level in Windows Server 2003?
9. What are the physical & logical components of ADS
10. In which domain functional level, we can rename domain name?
11. What is multimaster replication?
12. What is a site?
13. Which is the command used to remove active directory from a domain controler?
14. How we can create console, which contain schema?
15. What is trust?
What is the file that's responsible for keep all Active Directory database?

 

OS interview questions

By admin | September 22, 2005

1. What is MUTEX ?
2. What isthe difference between a 'thread' and a 'process'?
3. What is INODE?
4. Explain the working of Virtual Memory.
5. How does Windows NT supports Multitasking?
6. Explain the Unix Kernel.
7. What is Concurrency? Expain with example Deadlock and Starvation.
8. What are your solution strategies for "Dining Philosophers Problem" ?
9. Explain Memory Partitioning, Paging, Segmentation.
10. Explain Scheduling.
11. Operating System Security.
12. What is Semaphore?
13. Explain the following file systems : NTFS, Macintosh(HPFS), FAT .
14. What are the different process states?
15. What is Marshalling?
16. Define and explain COM?
17. What is Marshalling?
18. Difference - Loading and Linking ?