Chapter 1 Study Guide

1. Which Windows Server 2016 server core technology is the foundation of a Windows network
environment?
a. Active Directory
2. Select the term used to describe the physical computer on which VM software is installed and
virtual machines run.
a. Host computer
3. Which of the following Microsoft technologies provides services for creating and managing
virtual machines running on a Windows Server 2016 computer?
a. Hyper-V
4. What specific part of the operating system receives requests for shared network resources and
makes these resources available to a network client?
a. Network server software
5. What specific tool is available in Windows Server 2016 That allows you to utilize a common
administrative framework and use specific snap-ins to perform administrative tasks?
a. Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
6. Which file system supports encryption, compression, and the use of volumes?
a. NT File System (NTFS)
7. What Windows Server 2016 feature leverages the storage contained on a network of servers
and adds a new level of fault tolerance to server storage because fault tolerant volumes can
now be spread among multiple servers?
a. Storage Spaces Direct
8. What type of Windows server has Active Directory installed and is responsible for allowing client
computers access to domain resources?
a. Domain Controller
9. The TCP/IPv6 protocol suite is not installed by default on Windows Server 2016.
a. False
10. What specific PowerShell cmdlet lists the available disks on the computer?
a. Get-Disk
11. Which of the following services is supported in Windows Server 2016, but not supported in
Windows 10?
a. DHCP
12. What specific type of software is part of the network interface?
a. Device driver
13. Select the specific Windows server that is in the management scope of a Windows domain but
does not have Active Directory installed.
a. Member server
14. Which of the following is a new feature in Windows Server 2016 that enables block-level data
replication to occur automatically between datacenters located across the hall of on the
opposite side of the world?
a. Storage Replica
15. Which Windows Server 2016 feature allows a user to utilize a software environment in which an
application can run but is isolated from much of the rest of the operating system and other
applications?
a. Windows Containers
16. List the major advantage of utilizing a Windows domain model versus a Windows workgroup
model in a large organization.
 a. The domain model allows a centralized security and resource management. It is also
subject to rules and policies that are defined by an administrator.
17. Which of the following is a feature in Active Directory?
a. Single point administration of network resources
b. Enable administrators to assign system policies
c. Centralized authentication and authorization of users to network resources
18. Which of the following core technologies are found in Windows Server 2016?
a. NTFS
b. Hyper-V and cloud computing
19. What service uses a private cloud in conjunction with a web browser or downloaded client
software to access desktop software?
a. Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
20. Select the virtualization software component that creates and monitors the virtual hardware
environment, which allows multiple VMs to share physical hardware resources.
a. Hypervisor
21. Which major view options are displayed in the left pane of the Server Manager windows?
a. Dashboard
b. All Servers
c. Local Server
22. Select the specific technology that allows you to run a virtual machine on a virtual machine
a. Nested virtualization
23. Which of the following technologies allows you to decouple the physical storage hardware from
the storage requirements of the applications that use it, providing a flexible storage solution?
a. Software-defined storage
24. Which of the following technologies uses software to emulate multiple hardware environments
that can utilize multiple operating systems?
a. Virtualization
25. What GUI-less Windows Server 2016 option is intended to be used as a tool to deploy a single
well-defined service?
a. Nano Server
26. Which Windows Server 2016 core technology provides a single interface for installing,
configuring, and removing a variety of server roles and features on your Windows server?
a. Server Manager
27. Which of the following is a command-line interactive scripting environment that provides the
commands for almost any management task in a Windows Server 2016 environment?
a. PowerShell
28. What specific new feature in Windows Server 2016 allows you to manage virtual machines
directly from a PowerShell prompt running on the Hyper-V host?
a. PowerShell Direct
29. What type of Windows network model allows all the participants to be represented equally on
the network with no single computer having authority or control over another?
a. Workgroup
30. Windows Server 2016 has a full-featured system for file and printer sharing, but it does not
support shadow copies.
a. False
31. Which of the following is a collection of technologies for abstracting the details of how
applications, storage, network, and other computing resources are delivered to users?
a. Cloud computing
32. Office 365, OneDrive, and DropBox are all examples of what type of computing?
a. Public cloud
33. What command-line utility allows you to convert a FAT/FAT32 formatted disk to NTFS without
losing any existing data?
a. Convert
34. A computer becomes a server when software is installed on it that provides a network service to
client computers.
a. True
35. Nano Server is a general-purpose Windows server that can be used to deploy any one of dozens
of server roles and features.
a. False