Windows Interview Questions and Answers
Question - 11 : - What information is required when TCP/IP is configured on Window Server?
Answer - 11 : -
To configure a TCP/PI client for an IPv4 client, you have to provide the IP address and the subnet mask.
Question - 12 : - Explain what does it mean caching only server in terms of DNS?
Answer - 12 : -
The caching only DNS server provides information related to queries based on the data it contains in its DNS cache.
Question - 13 : - Explain what is the way to configure the DHCP server such that it allocates the same IP address to certain devices each time the address is removed?
Answer - 13 : -
To configure the DHCP server, you can create a reservation for the device. To create a reservation, you must know the MAC hardware address of the device. To determine the MAC address for a network device you can use the ipconfig or nbs tat command line utilities.
Question - 14 : - Explain what is LDAP?
Answer - 14 : -
To look up for the information from the server, e-mail and another program follows or uses the internet protocol. This protocol is referred as LDAP or Lightweight Directory Access Protocol.
Question - 15 : - Mention what windows server 2008 service is used to install client operating system over the network?
Answer - 15 : -
WDE ( Windows Deployment Services ) allows you to install client and server operating systems over the network to any computer with a PXE enabled network interface
Question - 16 : - Explain where is the AD database is held?
Answer - 16 : -
AD database is saved in %systemroot%/ntds. Files that controls the AD structure are
- ntds.dit
- edb.log
- res1.log
- res2.log
- edn.chk
Question - 17 : - Explain if it is possible to connect Active Directory to other 3rd party Directory services?
Answer - 17 : -
Yes, you can connect other vendors directory services with Microsoft version. By using dirXML or LDAP to connect to other directories.
Question - 18 : - To check TCP/IP configurations and IP connectivity, what are the two command line utilities that can be used?
Answer - 18 : -
Ipconfig: To check the computer’s IP configuration, command ipconfig can be used and also it can be used to renew the client’s IP address if it is provided by a DHCP server.
Ping: To check the connection between the local computer and any of the other computer device on the network Ping command is used
Question - 19 : - Explain what is the purpose of deploying local DNS servers?
Answer - 19 : -
A local DNS server provides the local mapping of fully qualified domain names to IP addresses. To resolve remote requests related to the domains names on your network, local DNS servers can provide record information to remote DNS servers.
Question - 20 : - Explain what is RAID in Windows Server?
Answer - 20 : -
For storing same data at a different place RAID or Redundant Array of Independent Disks strategy is used. It is a strategy for building fault tolerance and increase the storage capacity. On separate drives it allows you to combine one or more volumes so that they are accessed by a single drive letter