Exam A+20

Question 1

As a best practice, after a set period of inactivity on a Windows workstation, what should happen?

Answer 1

A password-enabled screensaver should automatically start.

Question 2

What can you implement to protect files from accidental deletion on the local operating system? (Choose the best answer.)

Answer 2

Read-only attribute

Question 3

Modify NTFS permissions

Answer 3

will allow the user to modify the files and possibly delete them

Question 4

Hidden attribute

Answer 4

only hides file from the user

Question 5

You have several office-level users that have administrative privileges on the network. Which of the following is the easiest to implement that will immediately add security to the network?

Answer 5

Least Privilege

Question 6

Which environment variable is not inherited?

Answer 6

Program variable

Question 7

what is a system variable?

Answer 7

defined for the entire system
inherited by all users/programs

Question 8

What is a user variable?

Answer 8

all applications inherit the variable

Question 9

You need to investigate how to protect credit card data on your network. Which information should you research?

Answer 9

PCI DSS

Question 10

PCI DSS

Answer 10

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard

Question 11

GDPR

Answer 11

General Data Protection Regulation
protecting EU citizens

Question 12

PHI

Answer 12

Protected health information
data on patient/aliment of a patient

Question 13

PII

Answer 13

Personally identifiable information
info used to identify a person

Question 14

Currently you have a 32-bit installation of Windows 10 and you need to install a 64-bit program. How can you easily accomplish this task?

Answer 14

Reinstall the operating system with 64-bit Windows 10.

Question 15

Which operating system life cycle term is used to describe an OS that is almost ready to be sold to customers?

Answer 15

Release candidate

Question 16

Alpha versions

Answer 16

software highly unstable

Question 17

Beta versions

Answer 17

stable with bugs

Question 18

When a desktop computer boots up, there is no video on the LCD monitor, just a blank screen. The system makes one beep when it powers on, and air is coming out of the case fan. What is the most likely cause of the problem?

Answer 18

The monitor is disconnected

Question 19

the system beeps once, which is usually a signal from the what?

Answer 19

BIOS that POST

Question 20

Which media can store viruses and infect other systems?

Answer 20

All of the above
tape
USB thumb drive
DVD-R