School of Information Technology
New Zealand Diploma in Information Technology Technical Support (Level 5)
Course Code & Title: ICT615 – Operating Systems
Assignment Title 2 Assessment Type Practical
Level 5 Credits 15
Term & Cohort: NZDITTS5121C
Due date: 26 November 2021
Overall Weighting: 70%
Total marks available 100
Tutor: Madhup Khatiwada
Course aim
Provides students with the skills and knowledge to select, install, configure and secure systems to meet organisation requirements. Students learn about different types of operating systems, both proprietary and open source.
Purpose
Students will apply the skills and knowledge acquired in this course to select, install, configure systems with appropriate operating system that meets organisation requirements.
Assessment Information
1. This is an open book assessment which is research-based and is worth 70% of your total course marks.
2. You will be doing three practical tasks during your lab sessions and will demonstrate to the tutor the completed task. Further instructions are given in this cover sheet.
3. You have one week to complete this assessment.
4. Late assessments will incur a penalty of 5% per day (unless an extension is granted before the due date). Any assessment received later than 7 days after the due date will not be marked.
5. Use a word document to provide screenshots of all your completed tasks and submit it through the link on Canvas assessment submission link.
Learning Outcomes
Lo 3 Demonstrate knowledge of cloud services and virtualisation
Lo 4 Install and configure operating systems to meet organisation requirements
Lo 5 Select and apply appropriate mechanisms to protect systems against unauthorised access
Lo 6 Select and apply appropriate mechanisms to implement common security functions such as auditing, logging, authenticating and authorisation.
Lo 7 Demonstrate knowledge of human behaviour that affects security and measures to counteract this.
Graduate Profile Outcomes
The above stated learning outcomes are mapped to the graduate profile outcome (shown below) for this programme:
2 Apply a broad operational knowledge of networking, and associated services and technologies to meet typical organisational requirements
3 Configure and administer systems and applications to meet typical organisational IT support requirements.
6 Identify common issues related to IT security and apply a range of solutions.
Plagiarism
All cases of plagiarism and/or cheating will be investigated and dealt with according to A08: Misconduct in Assessment Policy.
Submission Instructions
You are required to ensure you have carried out the following before submitting your assessment:
• Signed assignment coversheet
• Place your Name, Student ID number, Assessment and Task number on all loose documents you are submitting with the assessment
• All answers must be written in your own words
• Proofread and spell check all written assessment work carefully
• Annotated screenshots of your completed tasks
• DO NOT email your document to your tutor, it must be uploaded to the NZSE LMS
ASSESSMENT
Task A - Cloud Computing and Virtualization (30 Marks)
LO 3: Demonstrate knowledge of cloud services and virtualisation.
Scenario 1
Your boss wants to purchase a new web browser application to be distributed to approximately 40 users in the company. Although the vendor says the application has broad operating system support, your boss wants to be sure it will work on the different operating systems running on the company’s user workstations. He wants you to verify compatibility by using evaluation copies of the software without disrupting users or their computers. Due to time, computers availability constrain you planned the demonstration using Cloud Platform Virtual Machines to your boss how the application is working in all three OSs that your company uses.
• Create your personal Cloud Account, Azure, Google, or AWS
• Create 3 Virtual Machines in your chosen Cloud Platform with 3 different operating systems, Windows 10, Ubuntu Linux, Debian Linux
• Install a Web Browser software in all three virtual machines, o In Windows 10 – Mozilla Firefox o In Ubuntu Linux - Google Chrome o In Debian Linux – a web browser which is not native to the operating system.
• Demonstrate the functioning of the web browser application in all three operating systems using remote access - login to VM’s located into the cloud platform.
Task B - Set up and Configuration (40 Marks)
LO 4: Install and configure operating systems to meet organisation requirements
Scenario 2
You work for a company called Aptech systems as a Senior Security Engineer. The company is planning to expand its organisation to two new locations across Auckland.
However, as part of the preparation they want to tighten the security of their network by focusing on changing and upgrading the primary headquarters server.
They would like you to carry out the following tasks. Ensure you create accurate documentation by including a screenshot for each completed point.
Using virtualisation software, install and configure a new Windows Server, ensuring you follow the required configuration set out below.
1. Server Name = Aptech2021
2. Add the following roles to the server DHCP, DNS and ADDS
3. Configure DHCP Scope
• Start IP – 192.168.25.30
• End IP – 192.168.25.70
• Default Gateway – 192.168.25.254
4. Configure ADDS
• Domain Name – Yourname_ID.Com (this is your first name & student ID number)
• Domain Password – P@ssw0rd1!
5. Add Group Policy feature.
6. Create Organisational (OU) Units in Active Directory
• DataEntry
• Administration
• Sales
7. Create 6 users and assign them to correct OU
• Namita (Administration)
• Glen (Sales)
• Rashi (DataEntry)
• Dan (Administration)
• Yang (Sales)
• Mark (DataEntry)
Task C - Security Configuration (18 Marks)
LO 5: Select and apply appropriate mechanisms to protect systems against unauthorised access
LO 6: Select and apply appropriate mechanisms to implement common security functions such as auditing, logging, authenticating and authorisation
1. Create the following group policies and apply them to the domain. Password Policy
• Enforce Password History – 12 Passwords remember
• Maximum password age – 60 days
• Minimum password age – 30 days
• Minimum password length – 7 characters
• Password must meet complexity requirements – Enabled
• Store passwords using reversible encryption – Disabled
Account Lockout Policy
• Account lockout duration – 15 minutes
• Account lockout threshold – 3 Attempts
• Reset account lockout counter after – 15 minutes
2. Local Policies – Audit Policy
• Audit account management – Success, Failure
• Audit privilege use – Success, Failure
• Audit account logon events – Failure
• Audit directory service access – Success, Failure
• Audit logon events – Success, Failure
• Audit policy change – Success
• Message Title – Aptech Network Welcome Message
• Message Text – “Welcome to the Aptech Network, please note that all activity on this system is monitored”
Task D - Testing (12 Marks)
LO 7: Demonstrate knowledge of human behaviour that affects security and measures to counteract this.
• Install the client Windows 10 OS on virtual box named as wk-1
• Configure wk-1’s IP address, subnet mask and DNS server IP address within the DHCP Scope listed in Task B
• Connect the workstation to the domain
• Test 1 user from Administration with correct login credentials
• Test 1 user from DataEntry with correct login credentials
• Test 1 user from Sales with correct login credentials
• Test at least 1 user using incorrect login credentials
• Check the event logs for the failure on the login
ICT615 Assessment 2 – Practical Marking Rubric
Task A (Cloud Computing and Virtualization)
Criteria Evidence
Create personal account in a cloud platform
Learner provides no screenshots of creating a personal account in a cloud platform
(0 Marks)
Learner provides some insufficient screenshots of creating a personal account in acloud platform
(1-2 Mark) Learner clearly provides adequate and some level of detailed screenshots of creating a personal account in a cloud platform (3-4 Marks) Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of creating a personal account in a cloud platform
(5 Marks)
Create 3 Virtual Machines in a cloud platform with 3 different operating systems Learner provides no screenshots of creating three (3) virtual machines in a cloud platform
(0 Marks)
Learner provides some insufficient screenshots of creating three (3) virtual machines in a cloud platform
(1-2 Mark) Learner clearly provides adequate and some level of detailed screenshots of creating three (3) virtual machines in a cloud platform (3-4 Marks) Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of creating three (3) virtual machines in a cloud platform
(5 Marks)
Install web browser in 3
Virtual machines Learner provides no screenshots of the installation process of a web browser in three (3) virtual
machines (0 Marks)
Learner provides some insufficient screenshots of the installation process of a web browser in three (3) virtual
machines (2-5 Mark) Learner clearly provides adequate and some level of detailed screenshots of the installation process of a web browser in three (3) virtual
machines (6-9Marks) Learner clearly provides detailed screenshots of the installation process of a web browser in three (3) virtual machines
(10 Marks)
Access cloud virtual machines from your local system and using them demonstrate how web browser is working Learner provides no screenshots of web browser working in three
(3) virtual machines
(0 Marks) Learner provides some insufficient screenshots of web browser working in three (3) virtual machines
(2-5 Mark) Learner clearly provides adequate and some level of detailed screenshots web browser working in three (3) virtual machines
(6-9Marks) Learner clearly provides detailed screenshots of web browser working in three (3) virtual
machines
(10 Marks)
TASK B: Setup and Configure Windows Server
Criteria Evidence
Create a new Windows
Server in virtualisation
software
Learner provides no screenshots of creating a new Windows server in virtualisation software
(0 Marks) Learner provides some insufficient screenshots of creating a new Windows server in virtualisation software
(1 Mark) Learner clearly provides adequate with a level of detailed screenshots of creating a new Windows server in virtualisation software
(2-3 Marks) Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of creating a new Windows server in virtualisation software
(4 Marks)
Install Windows Server
Learner provides no screenshots of installing Windows Server
2016
(0 Marks) Learner provides insufficient screenshots of installing Windows Server 2016 or
partially correct
(1-4 Marks) Learner clearly provides adequate with a level of detailed screenshots of installing
Windows Server 2016 correctly
(5-7 Marks) Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of correctly installing Windows Server 2016
(8-10 Marks)
Set Server Name
Learner clearly provides no screenshots of correctly setting Windows Server name; or incorrectly setting Server name
(0 Marks) Learner clearly provides insufficient screenshots of correctly setting Windows
Server name
(1 Mark) Learner clearly provides adequate with a level of detailed screenshots of correctly setting
Windows Server name
(2 Marks) Learner clearly provides competent and detailed
screenshots of correctly setting
Windows Server name
(3 Marks)
Add Roles to Server
Learner provides no screenshots of correctly adding role/roles to
Server
(0 Marks) Learner provides insufficient screenshots of correctly adding either two or three roles to Server; or Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of correctly adding one (1) role to Server. (1 Mark) Learner clearly provides adequate with a level of detailed screenshots of correctly adding all three roles to Server; or Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of correctly adding two (2) roles to Server
(2-3 Marks) Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of correctly adding all three (3) roles to Server
(4-5 Marks)
Configure DHCP Scope and gateway
Learner provides no screenshots of correctly configuring DHCP scope and gateway; or screenshots show that learner Learner provides insufficient screenshots of correctly configuring DHCP scope (1 Mark) Learner clearly provides adequate with a level of detailed screenshots of correctly configuring DHCP scope Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of correctly configuring DHCP scope
incorrectly configuring DHCP scope (0 Marks) (2 Marks) (3 Marks)
Configure Active Directory
Learner provides no screenshots of correctly configuring Active Directory; or screenshots show that learner incorrectly configuring Active Directory
(0 Marks) Learner provides insufficient screenshots of correctly configuring Active Directory
(1 Mark) Learner clearly provides adequate with a level of detailed screenshots of correctly configuring Active Directory
(2-3 Marks) Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of correctly configuring Active Directory
(4-5 Marks)
Add Group Policy Feature
Learner provides no screenshots of correctly adding Group Policy feature; or screenshots show that learner incorrectly adding Group Policy feature
(0 Marks) Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of correctly adding Group Policy feature
(1 Mark)
Create Organisational Units
(1 Mark for each OU)
Learner provides no screenshots of correctly creating OU (0 Marks) Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of correctly creating OU
(1 Mark)
Create Users (1 Mark for each User)
Learner provides no screenshots of correctly creating OU (0 Marks) Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of correctly creating User
(1 Mark)
TASK C: Security Configuration
Criteria Evidence
Enforce Password History – 12 Passwords remember
Learner provides no screenshots of correctly enforcing password history (0 Marks) Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of correctly enforcing password history
(1-2 Marks)
Maximum password age – 90 days
Learner provides no screenshots of correctly maximizing password age (0 Marks) Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of correctly maximizing password age
(1 Mark)
Minimum password age – 30 days Learner provides no screenshots of correctly minimizing password age Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of correctly minimizing password age
(0 Marks) (1 Mark)
Minimum password length
– 8 characters
Learner provides no screenshots of correctly minimizing password length (0 Marks) Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of correctly minimizing password length
(1 Mark)
Password must meet complexity requirements –
Enabled
Learner provides no screenshots of correctly enabling password complexity requirements (0 Marks) Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of correctly enabling password complexity requirements (1 Mark)
Store passwords using reversible encryption –
Disabled Learner provides no screenshots of correctly disabling stored passwords using reversible encryption (0 Marks) Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of correctly disabling stored passwords using reversible encryption (1 Mark)
Account lockout duration –
30 minutes
Learner provides no screenshots of correctly configuring account lockout duration (0 Marks) Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of correctly configuring account lockout duration (1 Mark)
Account lockout threshold – 3 Attempts Learner provides no screenshots of correctly configuring account lockout threshold (0 Marks) Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of correctly configuring account lockout threshold (1 Mark)
Reset account lockout counter after – 25minutes Learner provides no screenshots of correctly configuring resetting account lockout counter (0 Marks) Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of correctly configuring resetting account lockout counter (1 Mark)
Audit account
management – Success,
Failure Learner provides no screenshots of correctly configuring resetting account lockout counter (0 Marks) Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of correctly configuring audit account management (1 Mark)
Audit privilege use – Success, Failure Learner provides no screenshots of correctly configuring audit privilege use (0 Marks) Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of correctly configuring audit privilege use
(1 Mark)
Audit account logon events – Failure Learner provides no screenshots of correctly configuring audit account logon events (0 Marks) Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of correctly configuring audit account logon events (1 Mark)
Audit directory service access – Success, Failure Learner provides no screenshots of correctly configuring audit directory service access (0 Marks) Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of correctly configuring audit directory service access (1 Mark)
Audit logon events – Success, Failure Learner provides no screenshots of correctly configuring audit logon events (0 Marks) Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of correctly configuring audit logon events
(1 Mark)
Audit policy change – Success Learner provides no screenshots of correctly configuring audit policy change (0 Marks) Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of correctly configuring audit policy change
(1 Mark)
Message Title set correctly
Learner provides no screenshots of correctly creating message tile and applying to the dolman (0 Marks) Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of correctly creating message tile and applying to the dolman (1 Mark)
Message Text set correctly
Learner provides no screenshots of correctly creating message text and applying to the dolman (0 Marks) Learner clearly provides adequate and some detailed screenshots of correctly creating message text and applying to the dolman (1 Mark) Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of correctly creating message text and applying to the dolman (2 Marks)
TASK D: Testing
Criteria Evidence
Install client Windows 10 OS on Virtual Box Learner provides no screenshots of correctly install client Windows 10 OS on Virtual Box (0 Marks) Learner provides adequate and some level of detailed screenshots of correctly install client Windows 10 OS on Virtual Box (1 - 2 Marks) Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of correctly install client Windows 10 OS on Virtual Box (3 - 4 Marks)
Configure client’s IP address, subnet mask and DNS server IP address according to DHCP scope Learner provides no screenshots of configuring client’s IP address subnet mask and DNS server correctly according to DHCP scope (0 Marks) Learner clearly provides adequate and some level of detailed screenshots of configuring client’s IP address subnet mask and DNS server correctly according to DHCP scope (1 - 2 Marks) Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of configuring client’s IP address subnet mask and DNS server correctly according to DHCP scope
(3 - 4 Marks)
Testing correct user login credentials for all three departments with correct outcomes (2 Marks for each department)
Learner provides no screenshots of testing correct 1 user login credential with correct outcome
(0 Marks) Learner provides insufficient screenshots of testing 1 correct user login credential with correct outcome
(1 Mark) Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of testing 1 correct user login credential with correct outcome (2 Marks)
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Testing at least 1 user with incorrect login credentials
with correct outcomes
Learner provides no screenshots of testing 1 incorrect user login credential with correct outcome (0 Marks) Learner clearly provides adequate and some level of detailed screenshots of testing 1
incorrect user login credential with correct outcome (1 Mark) Learner clearly provides competent and detailed screenshots of testing 1 incorrect user login credential with correct outcome
AND event log showing login failure (2 Marks)
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School of Information Technology
New Zealand Diploma in Information Technology Technical Support
(Level 5)
Cover Sheet and Student Declaration
This sheet must be signed by the student and attached to the submitted assessment.
Course Title: Operating Systems Course code: ICT615
Student Name: Student ID:
Assessment No & Type: 2-Practical Cohort:
Due Date: Date Submitted:
Tutor’s Name:
Assessment
Weighting 70%
Total Marks 100
Student Declaration:
I declare that:
• I have read the New Zealand School of Education Ltd policies and regulations on assessments and understand what plagiarism is.
• I am aware of the penalties for cheating and plagiarism as laid down by the New Zealand School of Education Ltd.
• This is an original assessment and is entirely my own work.
• Where I have quoted or made use of the ideas of other writers, I have acknowledged the source.
• This assessment has been prepared exclusively for this course and has not been or will not be submitted as assessed work in any other course.
• It has been explained to me that this assessment may be used by NZSE Ltd, for internal and/or external moderation.
• If I am late in handing in this assessment without prior approval (see student regulations in handbook), marks will be deducted, to a maximum of 50%.
Student signature:
Date:
Tutor only to complete
Assessment result: Mark /100 Grade
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