Top 50 🔥 Active Directory Interview Questions and Answers | Active Directory Interview Preparation

In this video we show you the Top 50 Active Directory Interview Questions and Answers.

Preparing for your interview with this list of questions and answers will astonish your interviewer, and help you get your Active Directory job.

The following are the questions that are answered in the video:

#1. What is a “domain” in Active Directory?
#2. What is a Forest in Active Directory?
#3. What is an Active Directory Schema?
#4. What is SYSVOL?
#5. What default protocol can be used in Directory Services?
#6. What are Mixed Mode and Native Mode?
#7. How does one check if the client is running Native or Mixed Mode?
#8. What is the port number of LDAP?
#9. What are the new features of Active Directory in Windows Server 2012?
#10. What is “Stale” in Active Directory?
#11. What are the differences between Domain Admin and Enterprise Admin in AD?
#12. What is the goal of replication in AD?
#13. What is Kerberos?
#14. What is the port no. of Kerberos?
#15. What are the main components of Active Directory?
#16. What are Lingering Objects?
#17. What is a SID?
#18. What is a Subnet?
#19. What is the Active Directory Recycle Bin?
#20. What is the Infrastructure Master?
#21. What is a PDC emulator?
#22. How would you know whether the PDC emulator is working or not?
#23. What is LSDOU?
#24. What is DNS Scavenging?
#25. What are the Hidden Shares that Exist on a Windows Server Installation?
#26. Why is Netlogon necessary?
#27. What is Tombstone Lifetime?
#28. What is RID Master?
#29. What are the Number of Permitted Unsuccessful Logins on Administrator accounts?
#30. What does Gpt and Gpc stand for?
#31. Where is GPT stored?
#32. Define KCC
#33. Explain the term Garbage Collection in AD
#34. What can prevent you from creating a new Universal User group in AD?
#35. LSDOU will not work under Windows NT, why?
#36. What is the difference between Intrasite and Intersite Replication?
#37. What is REPADMIN?
#38. List the requirements for installing AD on a new server?
#39. What is REPLMON?
#40. How do you take backup of AD?
#41. What is NETDOM?
#42. Explain where the AD database is held and mention other folders that are related to AD?
#43. Explain the terms Authoritative restore and Non-Authoritative restore and how they can be used.
#44. Explain what a BridgeHead Server is in AD?
#45. What does System State Data contain?
#46. How many Schema versions are there in Active Directory?
#47. What is the full meaning of APIPA and why is it used?
#48. What is ADSIEDIT?
#49. What are two different types of Terminal Services?

Be sure to leave any questions or comments below!

[damianmayers]

Dear god pray for me, I’ve lied my way to this final interview, this video was a blessing

[sekytwo]

Got an interview this week for Information Security Analyst so this course helped alot! thank you

[vallabhbhirange]

Very useful concepts covered within limited time period. We can rarely find such useful knowledge. Plase make more detailed videos regarding actual work of server admin and also for azure AD.

[tomcruiseiscoming]

this 20 min video is helping a lot to preparing interview for active directory. thank u so much for your help.

[Vinayak_kulkarni]

really awesome, thanks for sharing this !!

[netajigangdhar]

It's really easy to understand. Thanks 👍

[GOVINDSHARMA-gqer]

Superb 👌👌👌
Great Video.
Ma'am Please make the same interview questions answers for Azure AD as well.

[alaaalmelhem]

Great video. I have a question is it possible to get a job in IT with a college diploma and some courses?

[mohdismail]

Hi, your videos are very helpful
Do you have any website where i can get all the questions & answers

[notbot]

what is windows NT BDCs
Question number 22
First point

[lazynow]

this is good but some of this info needs to be updated....