902 part 2 Flashcards
A technician has upgraded four computers and would like to securely repurpose the hard drives for later use. Which of the following should the technician do to the drives to prepare them for later use? A. chkdsk B. Degauss C. Quick format D. Drive wipe
D. Drive Wipe
A technician is configuring a SOHO wireless router for a small business with three employees. After the three employees’ laptops have successfully connected to the wireless network, the company would like to prevent additional access to the wireless network. The technician enables WPA2 on the wireless router. Which of the following additional settings should the technician change? A. Enable MAC filtering B. Disable SSID broadcast C. Reduce radio power level D. Update router firmware
A. Enable MAC filtering
A technician is configuring wireless for a home office. The customer wants to prevent others from accessing the wireless network. The customer has a small number of devices on the network and does not want to have to remember a complicated password. Which of the following should the technician recommend? A. Enable MAC filtering B. Disable SSID broadcast C. Assign static IP addresses D. Turn on content filtering
A. Enable MAC filtering
A technician has been notified that recent vulnerabilities have been discovered related to a type of SOHO router. The technician has verified that all connections and settings are appropriate. Which of the following actions should the technician take NEXT? A. Change the router firewall settings B. Check for and apply a firmware update C. Reconfigure the QoS settings D. Change router user-names and passwords
B. Check for and apply a firmware update
A technician needs to quickly destroy data on several hard drives that are no longer wanted. Which of the following methods is MOST effective? A. Physical destruction B. Quick format C. Low level format D. Overwrite
A. Physical destruction
Which of the following will help to protect an organization from further data exposure AFTER a list of user passwords has already been leaked due to policy breach? (Select TWO). A. Use multi-factor authentication B. Require strong passwords C. Enable file encryption D. Educate end users E. Restrict user permissions
A. Use multi-factor authentication
D. Educate end users
A technician has been tasked with disposing of hard drives that contain sensitive employee data. Which of the following would be the BEST method to use for disposing of these drives? A. Recycling B. Shredding C. Overwriting D. Reformatting
B. Shredding
Ann, an executive, reports that she received a call from someone asking for information about her email account. Which of the following type of potential security threats does this scenario describe? A. Social engineering B. Spoofing C. Zero-day D. Man-in-the-middle
A. Social engineering
A technician is configuring a new Windows computer for a home office. Which of the following steps should the technician take to secure the workstation? (Select TWO). A. Rename default accounts B. Disable Windows Update C. Configure single sign-on D. Run gpupdate tool E. Disable guest account F. Disable Action Center pop-ups
A. Rename default accounts
E. Disable guest account
Which of the following prevention methods is considered to be digital security? A. RFID badge B. Mantrap C. Biometrics D. Firewalls E. ID badge
D. Firewalls
Which of the following Windows features would be used to encrypt a single file or folder? A. EFS B. NTFS C. BitLocker D. Security
A. EFS
A turnstile is an example of which of the following forms of physical security? A. Entry control roster B. Biometrics C. Mantrap D. Cipher lock
C. Manstrap
A user wants to save a file into another user’s directory, but the file save is denied. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason the file save cannot be completed?
A.
The user must be a member of the Users group
B.
The user requires write permissions to the folder
C.
The user requires read permission to the folder
D.
The user must be a member of the Administrators group
B. The user requires write permissions to the folder
A user leaves the workstation frequently and does not want sensitive material to be accessed. In addition, the user does not want to turn off the computer every time in the evening. Which of the following is the BEST solution for securing the workstation?
A.
Set a strong password that requires a renewal every 30 days.
B.
Run a screensaver after one minute of nonuse and fingerprint lock for afterhours.
C.
Apply a screen lock after five minutes of nonuse and login time restrictions for afterhours.
D.
Require a password and fingerprint lock afterhours.
C. Apply a screen lock after five minutes of nonuse and loving time restrictions for after-hours.
A technician is configuring a SOHO router to ensure network computers can only use secured protocols on the Internet. Which of the following ports should be allowed? A. 143 B. 23 C. 443 D. 3269 E. 3389
C. 443
An end-user is attempting to access a file-sharing site to download files shared by a customer, but is receiving a message stating the site has been blocked. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this issue? A. Antivirus software B. Internet connectivity issues C. Ransomware infection D. Content-filtering
D. content-filtering
Joe, an end-user, reports that the PC he uses periodically logs off his user account and displays a message that updates are being installed. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this issue?
A.
Time of day restrictions are enabled on the machine
B.
Scheduled antivirus scans and updates are enabled on the machine
C.
Remote desktop is enabled and an administrator has logged into the machine
D.
Automatic Windows Update is enabled on the machine
D. Automatic Windows Update is enabled on the machine
A user advises that a computer is displaying pop-ups when connected to the Internet. After updating and running anti-malware software, the problem persists and the technician finds that two rogue processes cannot be killed. Which of the following should be done NEXT to continue troubleshooting the problem?
A.
Run msconfig to clean boot the computer
B.
Run Event Viewer to identify the cause
C.
Run System Restore to revert to previous state
D.
Run Recovery Console to kill the processes
A. Run msconfig to clean boot the computer
A user reports that any URL entered redirects to the same web page. A technician concludes that the user’s computer has been compromised. Which of the following tools would the technician use to resolve the issue? A. Last known good configuration B. Anti-malware C. System restore D. Rogue antivirus
B. Anti-malware
A user’s email inbox is suddenly receiving dozens of rejection messages from various mail servers. Which of the following would the technician perform to BEST solve the issue?
A.
Change the user’s email password.
B.
Enable spam filtering on the email account.
C.
Change the email account from POP to IMAP.
D.
Disable the user’s email account.
A. Change the user’s email password