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Which form of access control enforces security based on user identities and allows individual users to define access controls over owned resources?

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DAC

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Which type of access control focuses on assigning privileges based on security clearance and data sensitivity?

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MAC

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In which form of access control environment is access controlled by rules rather than by identity?

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MAC

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You have a system that allows the owner of a file to identify users and their permissions to the file. Which type of access control model is implemented?

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DAC

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Which is the star property of Bell-LaPadula?

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No write down

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Which of the following terms for the process of validating a subject's identity?

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Authentication

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Which of the following is used for identification?

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Username

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A remote access user needs to gain access to resources on the server. Which of the processes are performed by the remote access server to control access to resources?

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Authentication and authorization.

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Which access control model manages rights and permissions based on job description and responsibilities?

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Role Based Access Control (RBAC)

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You have implemented an access control method that allows only users who are managers to access specific data. Which type of access control model is used?

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RBAC

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The Clark-Wilson model is primarily based on?

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Controlled intermediary access applications

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The Brewer-Nash model is designed primarily to prevent?

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Conflicts of interest

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Discretionary Access Control (DAC) manages access to resources using what primary element or aspect?

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Identity

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Which form of access control is based on job descriptions?

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Role-based access control (RBAC)

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Which of the following defines an object as used in access control?

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Data, applications, systems, networks, and physical space.

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Which of the following authentication methods uses tickets to provide single sign-on?

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Kerberos

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Which of the ff. is the strongest form of multi-factor authentication?

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A password, a biometric scan, and a token device

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Which of the ff. advantages can Single Sign-On (SSO) provide? (Select two).

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Access to all authorized resources with a single instance of authentication, The elimination of multiple user accounts and passwords for an individual.

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Which of the following is an example of two-factor authentication?

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A Token device and a PIN

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Which of the following is an example of three-factor authentication?

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Token device, Keystroke analysis, Cognitive question

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Which of the following are examples of Type II authentication credentials? (Select two).

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Photo ID, Smart card

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Which of the following terms is used to describe an event in which a person is denied access to a system when they should be allowed to enter?

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False negative

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Which of the following is a hardware device that contains identification information and which can be used to control building access or computer logon?

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Smart Card

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Which of the following defines the crossover rate for evaluating biometric systems?

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The point where the number of false positives matches the number of false negatives in a biometric system.

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Which of the following are examples of Single Sign-on authentication (Select two).

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SESAME Kerberos

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Which of the following is stronger than any biometric authentication factor?

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A two-factor authentication

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A device which is synchronized to an authentication server is which type of authentication?

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Synchronous token

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The mathematical algorithm used by HMAC-based One-Time Passwords (HOTP) relies on two types of information to generate a new password based on the previously generated password. Which information is used to generate the new password. (Select two)

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Counter Shared secret

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The mathematical algorithm used to generate Time-based One-Time Passwords (TOTP) uses a shared secret and a counter to generate unique, one-time passwords. Which even causes the counter to increment when creating TOTP passwords?

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The passage of time

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Which of the following information is typically not included in an access token?

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User account password

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Marcus White has just been promoted to a manager. To give him access to the files that he needs, you make his user account a member of the Managers group to access to a special folder. Later that afternoon, Marcus tells you that he is still unable to access the files reserved for the Managers group. What should you do?

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Have Marcus log off and log back on

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Which of the following terms describes the component that is generated ff. authentication and which is used to gain access to resources following logon?

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Access token

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Which security mechanism uses a unique list for each object embedded directly in the object itself that defines which subject has access to certain objects and the level or type of access allowed?

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User ACL

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Which type of media preparation is sufficient for media that will be reused in a different security context within your organization?

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Sanitization

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Which of the ff. is an example of privilege escalation?

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Creeping privileges

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You want to make sure that any reimbursement checks issued by your company cannot be issued by a single person. Which principle should you implement to accomplish this goal?

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Separation of duties

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By assigning access permissions so that users can only access those resources which are required to accomplish their specific work tasks, you would be in compliance with?

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Principle of least privilege

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An access control list (ACL) contains a list of users and allowed permissions. What is it called if the ACL automatically prevents access to anyone not on the list?

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Implicit deny

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Which security principle prevents any one administrator from having sufficient access to compromise the security of the overall IT solution?

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Separation of duties

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You are concerned that the accountant in your organization might have the chance to modify the books and steal from the company. You want to periodically have another person take over all accounting responsibilities to catch any irregularities. Which solution should you implement?

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Job rotation

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You want to implement an access control list where only the users you specifically authorize have access to the resource. Anyone not on the list should be prevented from having access.

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Explicit allow, implicit deny

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Which of the following principles is implemented in a mandatory access control model to determine access to an object using classification levels?

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Need to know

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What is the primary purpose of separation of duties?

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Prevent conflicts of interest

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Separation of duties is an example of which type of access control?

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Preventive

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Need to know is required to access which types of resources?

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Compartmentalized resources

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Which of the following is an example of a decentralized privilege management solution?

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Workgroup

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What should be done to a user account if the user goes on an extended vacation?

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Disable the account

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Tom Plask's user account has been locked because he entered too many incorrect passwords. You need to unlock the account. Click on the tab in the properties of the Tom Plask user object you would use to unlock his account.

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Account

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Tom Plask recently transferred to the Tech Support department. He now needs access to the network resources used by Support employees. To do this, you need to add Tom Plasks user account to the Support group in the Active Directory domain. Click the tab in the properties of Tom Plask user object you would use to accomplish this.

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Member of

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You are creating a new Active Directory domain user account for the Robert Tracy user account. During the account setup process, you assigned a password to the new account. However, you know that for security reasons the system administrator should not know any users passwords. Only the user should know his or her own password-no one else. Click on the option you would use in the new object user dialog to remedy this situation.

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User must change password at net logon

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You are the network administrator in a small nonprofit organization, currently, an employee named Craig Jenkins handles all help desk calls for the organization. In recent months the volume of help.... will this strategy work?

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NO, permissions are not copied when a user account is copied.

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One of your users, Karen Scott, has recently married and is now Karen Jones. She has requested that her username be changed from kscott to kjones, but no other values change. Which of the ff. commands will accomplish this?

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usermod -l kjones kscott

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An employee named Bob Smith, with a user name of bsmith, has left the company. You have been instructed by your supervisor to delete his user account along with his home directory. Which of the ff. commands would produce the required outcome? (Choose all that apply.)

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userdel bsmith;rm -rf /home/bsmith userdel -r bsmith,

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You have performed an audit and have found active accounts from employees who no longer work for the company. You want to disable those accounts. What command example will disable a user account?

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usermod -L joer

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A user with an account name of larry has just been terminated from the company. There is good reason to believe that the user will attempt to access and damage the files in the system in the very near future. Which command below will disable or remove the user account from the system and remove his home directory?

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userdel -r larry

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In the /etc/shadow file, which character in the password field indicates that a standar user account is locked?

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!

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Which of the following utilities would you typically use to lock a user account? (Select two).

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passwd usermod

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You suspect that the gshant user account is locked. Which command will show the status of user account? (Tip: Enter the command as if at the command prompt.)

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passwd -S gshant

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You are the administrator for a small company. You need to add a new group user, named sales, to the system. Which command will accomplish this?

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groupadd sales

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You have a group named temp_sales on your system. The group is no longer needed, and you should remove the group. Which of the ff. commands should you use?

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groupdel temp_sales

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Due to a merger with another company, standardization is now being imposed throughout the company. As a result of this, the sales group must be renamed marketing. Which of the ff. commands will accomplish this?

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groupmod -n marketing sales

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What is the effect of the ff. command? chage -M 60 -W 10 jsmith?

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Sets the password for jsmith to expire after 60 days and gives a warning 10 days before it expires.

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What "chage" command should you use to set the password for jsmith to expire after 60 days and give a warning 10 days before it expires? (Tip: Enter the command as if at the command prompt.)

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chage -M 60 -W 10 jsmith

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Which "chage" option keeps a user from changing password every two weeks?

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-m 33

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Which file should you edit to limit the amount of concurrent logins for a specific user? (Tip: Enter the full path to the file.)

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/etc/security/limits.conf

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Within the "/etc/security/limits.conf file", you notice the ff. entry: @guest hard maxlogins 3

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Limits the number of max logins from the guest group of three.

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You want to ensure that all users in the Development OU use specific network communication security settings when transmitting files. Which method should you use?

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Create a GPO computer policy for the computers in the Development OU.

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Computer policies include a special category called user rights. Which action do they allow an administrator to perform?

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Identify users who can perform maintenance tasks on computers in the OU.

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Which statement is true regarding application of GPO settings?

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If a settings is defined in the Local Group Policy on the computer and not defined in the GPO linked to the OU, the settings will be applied.

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Which of the following is the single best rule to enforce when designing complex passwords?

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Longer passwords

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For users on your network, you want to automatically lock their user accounts if four incorrect passwords are used within 10 minutes. What should you do?

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Configure account lockout policies in Group Policy

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You want to make sure that all users have passwords over 8 character and that passwords must be changed every 30 days. What should you do?

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Configure account policies in Group policy

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You have hired 10 new temporary workers who will be with the company for 3 months. You want to make sure that these users can only log on during regular business hours. What should you do?

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Configure day/time restrictions in the user accounts

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You are configuring the local security policy of a Windows 7 system. You want to prevent users from reusing old passwords. You also want to force them to use a new password for at least 5 days before changing it again. Which policies should you configure? (Select two.)

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Minimum password age Enforce password history

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You are configuring the local security policy of a Windows 7 system. You want to require users to create passwords that are at least 10 characters long. You also want to prevent logon after three unsuccessful logon attemps. Which policies should you configure? (Select two.)

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Minimum password length Account lockout threshold

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Which of the following is not important aspect of password management?

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Enable account lockout

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You have just configured the password policy and set the minimum password age to 10. What will be the effect of this configuration?

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User cannot change the password for 10 days.

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You have implemented account lockout with a clipping level of 4. What will be the effect of this setting?

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The account will be locked after 4 incorrect attempts.

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You are teaching new users about security and passwords. Which example of the passwords would be the most secure password?

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T1a73gZ9

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Upon running a security audit in your organization, you discover that several sales employees are using the same domain user account to log in and update the company customer database. Which action should you take.

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Delete the account that the sales employees are currently using Train sales employees to user their own user accounts to update the customer database.

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You manage a single domain named widgets.com. Ohs have been created for each company department. Users and computer accounts have been moved into there OUs. you need to make the change as easily as possible. what should you do.

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Implement a granular password policy for the users in the directors OU.

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You manage a single domain named widgets.com. Ohs have been created for each company department. Users and computer accounts have been moved into there OUs. you would like to define a granular password policy. which tool should you use?

answer

ADSI edit

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You manage a single domain named widgets.com. Ohs have been created for each company department. Users and computer accounts have been moved into there OUs. you need to make the change as easily as possible. what should you do.

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Create a granular password policy. apply the policy to all users in the directors OU

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You manage a single domain named widgets.com. Ohs have been created for each company department. Users and computer accounts have been moved into there OUs. what should you do.

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Create a granular password policy for Matt. apply the new policy to Matts user account.

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Which of the following are methods for providing centralized authentication, authorization for remote access? (Select two.)

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RADIUS TACACS+

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You have decided to implement a remote access solution that uses multiple remote access servers. You want to implement RADIUS to centralize remote access authentication and authorization. Which of the ff. would be a required part of your configuration?

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Configure the remote access servers as RADIUS clients.

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Which of the following are characteristics of TACACS+? (Select two.)

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Allows for a possible of three different servers, one each for authentication, authorization, and accounting. Uses TCP

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Which of the following are differences between RADIUS and TACACS+?

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RADIUS combines authentication and authorization into a single function; TACACS+ allows these services to be split between different servers.

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Which of the following protocols can be used to centralize remote access authentication?

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TACACS

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RADUIS is primarily used for what purpose?

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Authenticating remote clients before access to the network is granted

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Which of the following is a characteristic of TACACS+?

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Encrypts the entire packet, not just authentication packets

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Which of the following ports are used with TACACS?

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49

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What does a remote access server use for authorization?

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Remote access policies

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Which of the following is the best example of remote access authentication?

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A user establishes a dialup connection to a server to gain access to shared resources

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Which of the following is a feature of MS-CHAP v2 that is not included in CHAP?

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Mutual authentication

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Chap performs which of the following security functions?

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Periodically verifies the identity of a peer using a three-way handshake.

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Which of the following authentication protocols transmits passwords in clear text, and is therefore considered too insecure for modern networks?

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PAP

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Which remote access authentication protocol periodically and transparently re-authenticates during a logon session by default?

answer

CHAP

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Which of the following authentication protocols uses a three-way handshake to authenticate users to the network? (Choose two.)

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MS-CHAP CHAP

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When using Kerberos authentication, which of the ff. terms is used to describe the token that verifies the identity of the user to the target system?

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Ticket

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Which of the following are required when implementing Kerberos for authentication and authorization? (Select two.)

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Ticket granting server Time synchronization

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Which of the following are requirements to deploy Kerberos on a network? (Select two.)

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Time synchronization between devices A centralized database of users and password

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Which ports does LDAP use by default? (Select two.)

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636 389

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You want to deploy SSL to protect authentication traffic with you LDAP-based directory service. Which port would this use?

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636

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Your LDAP directory service solution uses simple authentication. What should you always do when using simple authentication?

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Use SSL.

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You want to use Kerberos to protect LDAP authentication. Which authentication mode should you choose?

answer

SASL

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A user has just authenticated using Kerberos. What object is issued to the user immediately following logon?

answer

Ticket granting ticket

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Which of the following protocols uses port 88?

answer

Kerberos

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Which of the following authentication mechanisms is designed to protect a 9-character password from attacks by hashing the first seven characters into a single hash and then hashing the remaining two characters into another separate hash?

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LANMAN

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What is mutual authentication?

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A process by which each party in an online communication verifies the identity of the other party

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KWalletManager is a linux-based credential management system that stores encrypted account credentials for network resources. Which encryption methods can KWalletManager use to secure account credentials? Select two

answer

Blowfish GPG

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A manager has told you she is concerned about her employees writing their password for websites, network files, and database resources on sticky notes. Your office runs exclusively in a windows eviroment. Which tool could be used to prevent this?

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Credential Manager

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You want to protect the authentication credentials you use to connect to the LAB server in your network by copying then to a usb drive. click the option you want to use in Credential Manager to do this.

answer

Back up Credentials

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In an Identity Management System, What is the function of the Authoritative Source?

answer

Specify the owner of a data item.

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In an Identity Management System, What is the function of the Identity Vault?

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Ensure that each employee has the appropriate level of access in each system.

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You are a network administrator for a small company. Your organization currently uses the following server system.

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Implement password synchronization implement an identity vault

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