Answers to Questions in Lab 7 (2/2)

Exercise 1: Creating GPOs.  

Group Policy Objects can be created at different levels (site, domain, OU). Create a GPO at your domain level (e.g. region1.contoso.com). Name it GPOLastName (where LastName is your last name). Then, answer the following questions:

1) Which of the following utilities is used to create group policy objects for an OU?

a) Active Directory Sites and Services
b) Active Directory Domains and Trusts
c) Active Directory Users and Computers
d) Active Directory Users and Organizational Units
e) Group Policy editor

2) Which of the following utilities are used to create a GPO and to set specific policies that should apply at the site level?

a) Active Directory Users and Computers
b) Active Directory Domains and Trusts
c) Active Directory Sites and Services
d) Group Policy editor

3) Suppose that, in a domain, two administrators create a GPO at the same time using the same name to name the GPO. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true?

a) One of the GPOs will automatically be renamed by Windows 2000 Server.
b) A GUID will be assigned by Windows 2000 to one of the GPOs
c) Windows 2003 Server will allow the creation of the two GPOs but different GUIDs will be assigned to them.
d) One of the GPOs will be removed by Windows 2000 Server from the Active Directory
e) None of the above

Exercise 2: Publishing an application to users using group policy.

No questions about this aspect on the final exam.

Exercise 3: Assigning an application to users using group policy.

No questions about this aspect on the final exam.

Exercise 4: Modifying a GPO to specify User configuration settings

1) When do you think the policies you just specified are going to apply?

a) As soon as you finish modifying the GPO
b) As soon as you log off as Administrator
c) When a user from your OU (YourLastNameOU) logs on to your domain
d) When a user from your domain logs on to the domain.

Note: The GPO is this case is associated to YourLastNameOU using the User Configuration node. It applies when a user for the YourLastNameOU logs on to your domain (slide 12 or your W2K textbook).

Exercise 5: Modifying a GPO to specify Computer security settings

2) Suppose that other GPOs are assigned at the domain level. If there is a conflict between the GPOs assigned at the domain level and the settings in the Domain Policy xx GPO (which is linked to the Domain Controller container), what settings will be applied?

a) The settings assigned at the domain level
b) The settings assigned in the Domain Policy xx GPO
c) None of the above

Explanation: In this case the GPO called Domain Policy xx is set in the Domain Controller container which is a child object compared to the domain. So the settings assigned in the Domain Policy xx GPO will be applied because if GPOs are assigned to both the parent and the child containers and that there is a conflict, the child container settings apply.

3) Suppose that other GPOs are assigned at the domain level. If there is no conflict between the GPOs assigned at the domain level and the settings in the Domain Policy xx GPO, what settings will be applied?

a) The settings assigned at the domain level
b) The settings assigned in the Domain Policy xx GPO
c) All of the above


Explanation: In this case the policies set at the domain level and the policies set in the Domain Policy xx GPO will both apply because if If policies are set at both the parent and the child level and there is no conflict, both both settings apply.