CIS 281 Test 2

After credentials are cached locally, you can sign in to a computer using a domain user account. By default, how many user sign-ins are cached?

10

What is the default value for the "Maximum password age" setting in the Password Policy?

42 days

Which of the following identifies who can perform a given action to a file or folder and is found in ACLs?

Access Control Entries (ACE)

Which account is the most powerful local user account possible?

Administrator

An administrator account derives its privileges from being a member of which local group?

Administrators

Which of the following can be used to define which programs are allowed or disallowed in the system?

AppLocker

To address the risks to data stored on computers and laptops, which encryption technology is available in Windows 10?

BitLocker Drive Encryption

Most of the partition attributes are stored in a data table that is part of the MBR or GPT specification. What is this table is commonly called?

partition table

Which policy controls password characteristics for local user accounts?

passwords

Which rule condition identifies software by file location?

path

Which type of network consists of multiple Windows computers that share information, but no computer on the network serves as an authoritative source of user information?

peer-to-peer

Which NTFS feature allows an administrator to restrict the amount of disk space used by a user?

Disk Quotas

What feature of NTFS encrypts the contents of files?

EFS

To see the permissions a user has to a file that takes into account their group memberships, what tab should you open in the Advanced Security Settings window for the file?

Effective Access

The process of taking data and making it unreadable is known as which of the following?

Encryption

The Guest account derives all of its privileges from being a member of the Guests group and which other group?

Everyone

Which file system was introduced with Windows 95 OSR2 to support hard disks that were becoming much larger than 2 GB in size.

FAT32

Changes in the ownership of a file do not change the amount of data that is considered to belong to a user.

False

Files and folders on an NTFS file system in Windows 7 cannot use Unicode characters in the filename.

False

In Windows 10, advanced audit policies can only be edited at a command-line.

False

Local user accounts can be used to access resources on other computers in a workgroup or a domain.

False

The Account Policies in the Local Security Policy can be used to control domain accounts.

False

The Administrator and a user-specified initial account are called built-in accounts because they are created on every Windows 10 computer.

False

When a new hard disk is added to a computer it is initially configured as a dynamic disk.

False

Which Windows 10 feature ensures that a second user can log on to a locked computer without logging off the first user and losing their work?

Fast user switching

What will the Disk Management console report as the status of a disk when it recognizes that the disk does not belong to that computer?

Foreign Disk

You must right-click the disk in the graphical portion of Disk Management and select which of the following from the pop-up menu to initiate the import process?

Import Foreign Disk

Which type of permissions are considered the most basic level of data security in Windows 10?

NTFS

What is a mirrored volume also known as?

RAID 1

Which file system is designed to verify and autocorrect data faults on the volume without having to bring the volume down for maintenance?

ReFS

In order to stop the automatic sign-in from occurring, which key should be held down during the boot process?

Shift

What type of software is silently installed on your computer, monitors your behavior, and performs actions based on your behavior?

Spyware

Which of the following is a threat to privacy and is sometimes installed when you visit a website?

Spyware

In Windows 10, the only supported method to configure the default profile is to use which utility?

Sysrep

Which part of the motherboard in your computer is used to store encryption keys and certificates?

TPM

Every object in Windows 10 has audit events related to it.

True

In Windows 10, most actions that are triggered by an Administrator do not result in a prompt from User Account Control.

True

NTFS permissions can be easily circumvented when you have physical access to a computer.

True

NTFS stores files and folders in a way that looks very similar to the FAT file system.

True

Secure sign-in increases security on your computer by forcing you to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete before signing in.

True

The choice of file system can limit the total amount of data stored in a partition or volume.

True

The most common use for AppLocker is malware prevention.

True

With fast user switching, only one user can be actively using the computer at a time.

True

Until a new disk is initialized, what is its status reported as?

Unknown

Which of the following are required for individuals to log on to Windows 10 and use resources on the computer?

User Accounts

Which Control Panel applet is considered a simplified interface for user management?

User accounts

Which NTFS permission allows a user to open and make changes to files but not delete them?

Write

What type of encryption algorithm is one-way encryption, which means that it encrypts data, but the data cannot be decrypted?

hash

Account policies settings are located in which of the following?

local security policy

Which of the following is a profile that cannot be modified?

mandatory

Newer Windows applications use which of the following to describe the structure of an application?

manifest

Which advanced audit policy setting tracks when tasks are performed that require a user rights assignment, such as changing the system time?

privilege use

Which profile is different from other profiles because it is not a complete profile?

public

On dynamic disks, the term partition is not used to define the space where a file system is installed. What term is used?

volumes

Which of the following types of storage can be partitioned using MBR or GPT and are supported by all versions of Windows?

Basic Disk

Applications that are not designed for Windows 10 and that require administrative privileges do not properly request elevated privileges, generating an error. You can eliminate this error by using which of the following?

Application Compatibility Toolkit

What type of encryption algorithm uses two keys to encrypt and decrypt data?

Asymmetric

Which security process records the occurrence of specific operating system events in the Security log?

Auditing

Members of which of the following groups can back up and restore all files and folders on the computer?

Backup Operators

Which NTFS system file keeps a record of all the clusters that are considered unusable by the file system within that volume?

Bad Cluster File

The local security policy is part of a larger Windows management system known as which of the following?

Group Policy

Which account has extremely limited access to resources and computer activities and is intended for occasional use by low-security users?

Guest

What Windows 10 feature simplifies the configuration of peer-to-peer networks by removing the need to synchronize users and passwords on each computer?

HomeGroup

Which of the following storage space types can only be created with three or more physical disks?

Parity

Members of which of the following groups are able to monitor performance counters and access performance logs on the computer?

Performance Log Users

Members of which group are able to monitor performance counters on the computer, but cannot access performance logs.

Performance Monitor Users

Each time a user logs on locally, which database is used to verify sign-in credentials?

SAM

Which of the following is used to protect your computer from malware that may attempt to steal your password?

Secure Sign-in

Which NTFS feature allows an empty folder in an NTFS-formatted file system to point to another partition or volume in the local computer?

Volume mount points

With which Windows version was NTFS first introduced?

Windows NT

Which policy allows you to configure an account to be temporarily disabled after a number of incorrect log-on attempts?

account lockout

When you format a drive, you must choose the size of which of the following file system attributes?

cluster

Which profile is used when new user profiles are created?

default

What utility should you use to perform a series of disk maintenance activities as part of a scheduled task?

diskpart.exe

Which profile is stored in a network location rather than on the local hard drive?

roaming

What feature of NTFS allows a file or folder to point to another file or folder located somewhere else in the file system?

symbolic links

What type of encryption algorithm uses the same key to encrypt data and decrypt data?

symmetric

Which of the following is considered one of the biggest sources of malware (malicious software)?

the Internet