Group Policy question

I was taking a practice test earlier and came across this question:

"Which is true of GPO settings"

A. If a setting is defined in Local Group policy on the computer and not defined in the GPO linked to the OU, the setting will be applied.
B. If a setting is defined in the LGP and defined differently in the GPO linked to the OU, the LGP setting will be applied.
C.
D.

Left C and D out because they were obviously wrong.

I chose B.

The correct answer is A.

I don't understand, aren't these answers basically the same anyways. Couldn't B be correct as well? If you ask me, in A, the setting will be applied sounds too vague. B seems to be more specific (The *LGP* setting will be applied)

I understand that it goes in order, with LGP setting overriding all of the others. Just a weirdly worded question. Am I missing something here?

I'm almost ready, I got an 88% on this practice test! These tricky questions throw me off though.

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Asif Dasl

Group Policy is applied using LSDOU - Local, Site, Domain, OU. Local Group Policy is applied first however it is overwritten by Site GP, and that by Domain GP, and that by OU GP. Source: TechNet

The explaination of B is wrong. The right answer is A. Local GP does not override all others, it is the opposite, OU GP overrides all others.

Kimura410

Oh ok, the explanation on the test said that GPOs are applied in this order: Local, ..., OU, and so on. The way it was worded threw me off, made it seem like since local is applied first, then it is dominant over all others. I guess I had it backwards.

Anyways, thanks for clarifying!

Darril

Asif's answer is right on target and good to see that you understand the concept. As an aside though, this is much deeper than any Group Policy questions I'm aware of on the Security+ exam.

Good luck.