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.
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)- A11% (4)
- B6% (2)
- C80% (28)
- D3% (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.
A guest account has minimal privileges and cannot be used to perform administrative tasks like recovering a domain controller.
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.
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.
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
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