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SY0-501 · Question #417

A systems administrator is attempting to recover from a catastrophic failure in the datacenter. To recover the domain controller, the systems administrator needs to provide the domain administrator…

The correct answer is C. User account. When recovering a domain controller, a systems administrator provides domain administrator credentials, which fall under the category of a user account designed for human interaction and management within the domain.

Submitted by kavita_s· Mar 4, 2026Security operations

Question

A systems administrator is attempting to recover from a catastrophic failure in the datacenter. To recover the domain controller, the systems administrator needs to provide the domain administrator credentials. Which of the following account types is the systems administrator using?

Options

  • AGuest account
  • BService account
  • CUser account
  • DLocal Account

How the community answered

(35 responses)
  • A
    11% (4)
  • B
    6% (2)
  • C
    80% (28)
  • D
    3% (1)

Why each option

When recovering a domain controller, a systems administrator provides domain administrator credentials, which fall under the category of a user account designed for human interaction and management within the domain.

AGuest account

A guest account has minimal privileges and cannot be used to perform administrative tasks like recovering a domain controller.

BService account

A service account is designed for applications and services to interact with resources, not for a human administrator to log in and provide credentials directly for recovery.

CUser accountCorrect

Domain administrator credentials represent a highly privileged user account within Active Directory, specifically intended for human administrators to perform critical tasks like domain controller recovery.

DLocal Account

A local account exists on a standalone machine, whereas a domain administrator account is a domain-level principal used within an Active Directory environment.

Concept tested: Active Directory account types and administrative credentials

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/active-directory-domain-services-overview

Topics

#domain administrator#account types#privileged access#identity management

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