NETWORK CONCEPTS- CHAPTER # 7
Which of the following user accounts are created automatically and disabled by default when Windows is installed? (Select TWO.)
1- Guest Correct. The Guest user is created automatically and disabled by default when Windows is initially installed. 2- Administrator Correct. The Administrator user is created automatically and disabled by default when Windows is initially installed.
A company asked you help mitigate the brute force attacks carried out against its users' Windows account passwords. You successfully removed the malware responsible for the attacks and need to better secure the passwords assigned to the user accounts without limiting the system's usability. Which of the following should be included in securing the user accounts? (Select THREE.)
1- Require strong passwords. Correct. Strong password requirements should be enforced for all users. There needs to be a balance between strong, complex passwords and passwords that are memorable. 2- Require user account passwords. Correct. Each user account should have an assigned password. Blank passwords are unacceptable in most situations. 3- Set failed logon restrictions. Correct. Brute force attacks try combinations of letters, numbers, and symbols again and again until they are successful. Enabling failed logon restrictions will discourage most password cracking by requiring a timeout between failed attempts or locking an account for a set period of time or until manually unlocked by an admin.
Which of the following security settings can best help minimize brute force attacks on local user account passwords
Account lockout threshold Correct. Account lockout threshold sets the maximum number of failed logon attempts before the account is locked. Brute force attacks try to crack passwords by using a combination of letters, numbers, and symbols again and again until successful. Locking the account will stop the attack.
An administrator is assigning Windows user accounts to user groups based on the user's role and notices the built-in Power Users group. What is the purpose of the Power Users group in Windows 7 and later?
Backward compatibility for legacy operating systems and applications.
You need to secure your Windows 7 computer in a way that prevents access to the entire HDD even if the drive is moved to another system. Which solution will you implement?
BitLocker Correct. BitLocker is a Microsoft security solution that encrypts the content of entire drives. BitLocker will protect the content of an HDD even if it is moved to another system.
A technician is using the Security tab in the Properties dialog box in an attempt to remove the inherited status from a file's permissions but cannot locate where to make the change. Which of the following steps should the technician take to make this change?
Click the Advanced button to open Advanced Security Settings for the file. Correct. Advanced Security Settings can be used to disable inheritance for the file.
Your organization recently deployed a Windows domain controller with Active Directory. All the domain OU users need to run the same script file each time they sign in to Windows. How can the settings be configured with the least effort by the admin?
Configure Group Policy to run a logon script. Correct. If you want to configure settings for all users in the same OU, the best tool to use is Group Policy. Policy changes in Group Policy affect all users in the OU.
Several computers in your organization are being used from within the building after hours when the company is closed. Your manager has asked you to configure the computers to limit access to business hours. Which of the following steps can be taken to limit access to the computers?
Configure logon time restrictions. Correct. Logon time restrictions can be configured to limit account access to certain days and times of day.
Which of the following security policies can be implemented to prevent removable media from automatically launching potentially harmful programs?
Disable AutoRun. Correct. An executable can be launched automatically using AutoRun when removable media is inserted into a computer.
You recently created several new user accounts in the Sales OU and configured them with the appropriate group membership, logon scripts, and printer access. Except for one new sales employee, all employees are actively using the account. The remaining employee will be using the account within the next two weeks. What is best practice for the remaining unused account?
Disable the account until the employee is ready to use it. Correct. Best practice is to leave all unused accounts disabled.
You have received several trouble tickets from the employees in the warehouse for the stand-alone computers used to control various shipping machines because the computers are not booting when powered. Each time a technician resolves the booting issue the boot order is changed in the firmware. Each computer is required to have the USB ports disabled in the firmware to keep employees from connecting rogue devices. Which of the following steps should be taken to eliminate these trouble tickets?
Enable the supervisor password in the BIOS/UEFI setup. Correct. The first step is to configure a supervisor password in the BIOS/UEFI to allow access to the BIOS/UEFI setup program.
Your computer has a single HDD formatted with NTFS with the following data folders: C:\Documents C:\Pictures You create a new child folder under the C:\Documents folder. What term describes the permissions the new folder automatically attains from the C:\Documents folder?
Inherited permissions Correct. Inherited permissions are permissions that are attained from a parent folder. So, for this example, the C:\Documents\NewFolder inherits its permissions from the C:\Documents folder.
You have been tasked with training end users in security best practices and have observed a trend among users in which many are writing down their passwords. Which of the following procedures can be implemented to provide enough security to protect resources while minimizing the need for users to write down their passwords?
Lengthen the time period between forced password changes. Correct. Users will most often write down their passwords if they are forced to change them too often and when Enforce password history is set to a high number of passwords. Enforce password history is used to prevent users from repeatedly using the same password.
A technician is configuring the Windows computers on a network to print to a printer that is directly connected to the network via UTP cable. What term best describes this method of printer connectivity?
Network printer Correct. A printer that is connected directly to the network is called a network printer. These printers are shared directly through the network.
A coworker asks your opinion about how to minimize ActiveX attacks while she browses the Internet using Internet Explorer. The coworker recalls there is a setting in the Internet Options dialog box to prompt the user before downloading ActiveX controls, but can't remember which tab to use. Which of the following tabs will you suggest to the coworker?
Security tab Correct. Your coworker should use the Security tab to set the zone security level for the Internet zone. Setting the level to medium-high will prompt users before they download ActiveX controls that are not digitally signed by Microsoft.
The users in the sales department need a central location on the network to share data files. All the client computers in the organization are running Windows 10 and have network and Internet connectivity. The file server that hosts the network drive for the sales department is running Windows Server 2016. Which of the following is the first step in implementing this data share?
Share the folder or volume on the file server that will store the shared data files. Correct. The first step will be to create the folder or volume on the server that will store the data and then create a network share pointing to that folder.
Which of the following is a hardware component used to hold the BitLocker encryption key and ensures encrypted data is not accessed in the event a hard drive is lost or stolen?
TPM Correct. A TPM (Trusted Platform Module) is a hardware component integrated into the motherboard of a system that holds the BitLocker encryption key. If the HDD is lost or stolen and installed in another system, the data will not be accessible.
You are having difficulty changing permissions for a folder on an NTFS volume that was created by another user. How can you best solve this issue without losing data in the folder?
Take ownership of the folder and then change permissions. Correct. The owner of a folder has full permissions for the folder. If you are not the owner of the folder, you can try to take ownership of the folder. Once you are the owner, you can change the folder permissions.
A technician, who was signed in to a Windows 10 computer as local administrator, accessed the Local Security Policy console and changed the Lock Screen timeout from 10 minutes to 60 minutes. After the technician completed the change, the user signed in to AD and discovered that the setting had reverted to 10 minutes. What can the technician do to keep the setting from reverting from 60 minutes to 10 minutes?
The Lock Screen timeout setting needs to be made in the AD OU GPO. Correct. The order in which group policies are applied are local, site, domain, OU, and enforced. Where there is a conflict in policies, the last policy applied wins. The setting should be made in the Active Directory Group Policy Object under the appropriate Organizational Unit.
A Windows 10 user is copying a file from the C:\data folder to the E:\data folder. The C: drive is formatted with NTFS, and the D: drive is formatted with FAT32. What happens to the permissions of the file on the D:\ drive when copied?
The file will lose all permissions. Correct. FAT32 volumes do not support NTFS permissions.
While performing disk and file maintenance on the company file server, you determine a user in the accounting department has been accidentally saving documents to all shared folders on the file server. The user's computer was recently passed to her from another user in the company, and according to company policy, the user should have access only to the accounting share. Which of the following best describes this situation?
The principle of least privilege was not followed. Correct. The principle of least privilege is an approach to permissions in which a user is given only the permissions required to perform her job and no more. This principle was not followed in that she has access to all shared folders on the file server.
A technician wants to limit access to a group of folders and is using Group Policy to prevent the users in the sales department from accessing folders assigned to the accounting department. The technician is having difficulty achieving acceptable results. Which of the following is the most likely reason the technician is having difficulties?
The technician should be setting NTFS permissions instead of using Group Policy. Correct. File and folder permissions should be made using NTFS permissions on the folders.
A Windows user called the help desk to request that her local user account password be reset on her computer. The help desk technician connected to the computer using RDC and reset the password using the Network Places Wizard. After the password was reset, the user lost access to all the data files on the local HDD. Which of the following describes the most likely reason for the lost data files?
The user had previously encrypted her data files and folders using EFS. Correct. When the user's account password was reset, she lost access to her EFS encrypted files and folders, personal digital certificates, and passwords stored on the computer.
A Windows 10 Home user is attempting to encrypt the contents of a folder on a volume formatted with NTFS. The user contacted you to ask why the option to encrypt the folder is disabled. What is the most likely reason the encryption option is disabled?
Windows Home editions do not support EFS. Correct. The user will need to upgrade to the Pro or Enterprise edition of Windows 10 to have support for EFS.
Which of the following best meets the requirements of a strong password?
t*M&2.zY7 Correct. A combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols is not easily guessed and, when randomized, difficult to crack