You work for a small city IT department One of the other tec

You work for a small city IT department. One of the other technicians is configuring networking for a Windows XP Professional computer and is prompted to select between a workgroup and a domain. He asks you which option he should select. Your workplace uses a network environment where a trusted group of computers share security, share access control, and receive data passed down from a centralized server. Given this environment, how do you answer the tech’s question?

A. Select the workgroup option because a workgroup is a collection of computers that connects to a central Active Directory server for DHCP and DNS.

B. Select the workgroup option because a workgroup is a collection of computers that connects to a workgroup controller server.

C. Select the domain option because a domain is a group of computers that connects to a central domain controller that manages security and data for the domain.

D. Select the domain option because a domain is a group of computers that connects to a central Active Directory server for DHCP and DNS services.

Solution

C. A domain is a trusted collection of computers that share access control, security, software distribution, and user management as managed by one or more domain controllers. Microsoft’s

implementation of domain controllers runs Active Directory Services.