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A technician in a small business is configuring the local security policy for a computer. Which configuration setting would the technician use to require the user to change the password after 90 days?
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A corporate employee has recently taken the mandated security awareness training and is wanting to use the correct security term. Which issue can occur when browsing the internet and is often initiated by the destination website?
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A technician has recently changed jobs from supporting a small company to a large company in the security group. What are two types of passwords the larger company could use to secure a workstation? (Choose two.)
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Which type of hard drive format is commonly performed at the factory where the drive is assembled?
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As data is being stored on a local hard disk, which method would secure the data from unauthorized access?
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A corporate executive has asked the IT department to provide a solution to ensure data security of removable drives that are being taken off the premises. Which security solution should be recommended?
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A technician has recently joined an organization and during the first week on the job, discovers a security breach. What policy should the technician implement after the security breach has occurred?
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When a user turns on the PC on Wednesday, the PC displays a message indicating that all of the user files have been locked. In order to get the files unencrypted, the user is supposed to send an email and include a specific ID in the email title. The message also includes ways to buy and submit bitcoins as payment for the file decryption. After inspecting the message, the technician suspects a security breach occurred. What type of malware could be responsible?
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A technician discovers that an employee has attached an unauthorized wireless router to the company network so that the employee can get Wi-Fi coverage while outside taking a break. The technician immediately reports this to a supervisor. What are two actions that the company should take in response to this situation? (Choose two.)
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When a support technician is troubleshooting a security issue on a system, which action should the technician take just before documenting the findings and closing the ticket?
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Which action could be used to determine if a host is compromised and flooding traffic onto the network?
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Which type of security threat uses email that appears to be from a legitimate sender and asks the email recipient to visit a website to enter confidential information?
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Which is an example of social engineering?
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A company is creating a new website to be hosted on a Linux server. The system administrator creates the group "webteam" and assigns team members to it. The administrator then creates the directory "webpages" for storing files. Later that day, one of the team members reports of being unable to create files in the "webpages" directory or subdirectories. The administrator uses the ls -l command to view the file permissions. The result displayed is drwxr-xr–. What should the administrator do to allow team members to add and edit files?
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A system administrator is using the crontab command to edit an entry on a Linux server. Which service is the administrator configuring?
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