Missed Practice Text Questions Exams 16-20

Question 1

What password policy settings prevents attackers using cracked passwords from gaining permanent access to a Windows workstation?

Answer 1

Maximum password age setting

Question 2

BIOS/UEFI passwords improve the security of a computer host. These low-level passwords may, for example, prevent unauthorized users to proceed when the computer is powered on (Supervisor/Administrator password), or restrict the scope of changes a user can make in the BIOS/UEFI interface (User password).

Answer 2

False

Question 3

An MS Windows component enabling automatic execution of code contained on a newly mounted storage media is called AutoPlay.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Which formatting type(s) would typically be performed by a user intending to reinstall an OS?

Answer 4

Standard, quick, high-level

Question 5

Which formatting type in MS Windows prevents data recovery by overwriting the contents of storage drive sectors?

Answer 5

Standard format

Question 6

Which of the WAP settings listed below allows for adjusting the boundary range of a wireless signal?

Answer 6

Power level controls

Question 7

Which of the terms listed below refers to permanent IP address assignment from a DHCP server?

Answer 7

Reservation

Question 8

Examples of technologies that should not be used due to their known vulnerabilities or other security risks include

Answer 8

UPnP, WEP

Question 9

Disabling SSID broadcast

Answer 9

makes a WLAN harder to discover

Question 10

Port mirroring allows an administrator to inspect traffic passing through a network switch. On a switch that supports port mirroring, a packet analyzer can be connected to an empty port and the switch can be configured to pass a copy of the data sent over one or multiple ports on that switch to the packet sniffer port allowing the administrator to monitor contents of the traffic passing through the switch.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Which of the MS Windows utilities provides access to configuration options of a built-in pop-up blocker?

Answer 11

Internet Properties (inetcpl.cpl)

Question 12

What are the possible causes of the “Missing operating system” error message displayed during Windows system boot?

Answer 12

Damaged hard drive, BIOS does not detect the hard drive, system partition not set as active, corrupt Master Boot Record

Question 13

What are probable causes of the “NTLDR is missing” error message displayed during system boot?

Answer 13

Corrupt NTDLR file, attempting to boot from a non-bootable device

Question 14

What would be of help in troubleshooting the “NTLDR is missing” error message displayed during system boot?

Answer 14

Disconnecting any external drives, Safe Mode, boot sequence adjustment, Startup Repair utility

Question 15

he basic, recommended steps to solve or prevent low memory issues in MS Windows include

Answer 15

Adding more RAM, Closing resource-intensive apps, increasing virtual memory size

Question 16

What is a common solution for troubleshooting slow profile load on a Windows domain?

Answer 16

Rebuilding Windows profiles

Question 17

The problem of the so-called time drift in Windows OS (i.e., the problem of the system clock going out of sync) can be solved manually in the Windows Settings menu (Windows Start > Settings > Time & Language > Date & time > Sync now button), or by setting up automatic time synchronization task in Windows Task Scheduler (Windows logo key + R > type in: taskschd.msc + press Enter > Task Scheduler Library > Microsoft > Windows > Time Synchronization > Create Task).

Answer 17

True

Question 18

What would be the easiest step to troubleshoot the Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) in MS Windows?

Answer 18

System reboot

Question 19

Which of the system recovery options in Windows 10 provides an option to keep or remove personal files before reinstalling Windows?

Answer 19

reset

Question 20

If personal files, such as email, documents, or photos are lost or deleted, Windows System Restore can be used to recover such files.

Answer 20

False

Question 21

Anti-malware software is kept up to date via:

Answer 21

Engine updates, signature updates