Windows Server Security - Practice Test and Answers Part 1

Exam A QUESTION 1 An administrator is setting up a Windows terminal server. Which of the following settings should the administrator modify to increase server security? (Choose two.) A. B. C. D. E. F. Change the default access port Enforce password complexity Put the terminal server into the router’s DMZ Disable logon time restrictions Block all unused ports on the LAN smart switch Use the local client certificate for server authentication Correct Answer: CE Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: QUESTION 2 Which of the following threats uses personalized information in an attempt at obtaining information? A. B. C. D. Whaling Impersonation Spoofing Spear phishing Correct Answer: D Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: QUESTION 3 A technician receives an invalid certificate error when visiting a website with port 443 enabled. Other computers on the same LAN do not exhibit this symptom. Which of the following needs to be adjusted on the workstation to fix the issue? A. B. C. D. Date and time UEFI boot mode Logon times User access control Correct Answer: A Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: QUESTION 4 A department in an organization set up a proxy server to manage its Internet stage. A technician is configuring the Windows workstations to use the new proxy server. Which of the following Control Panel utilities should the technician use to configure the setting? A. B. C. D. E. Internet Options – Advanced Internet Options – Connections Internet Options – Security Internet Options – Content Internet Options – Privacy Correct Answer: B Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: QUESTION 5 Which of the following is the amount of memory a user is limited to with a 32-bit version of Windows? A. B. C. D. 2GB 4GB 8GB 16GB Correct Answer: B Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: QUESTION 6 A technician is working at a help desk firm and receives a call fro after the call comes in. Which of the following is the BEST choice for the technician to ma A. B. C. D. E. Politely ask the user to call back Ask another technician to take the call Troubleshoot the issue for the user Input the issue as a ticket and escalate to Tier 2 Put the user on hold and troubleshoot after the scheduled break Correct Answer: B Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: QUESTION 7 A technician is installing a private PC in a public workspace. eated BSODs. The technician is scheduled to take a break just Which of the following password practices should the technician implement on the PC to secure network access? A. Remove the guest account from the administrators group B. Disable single sign-on C. Issue a default strong password for all users D. Require authentication on wake-up Correct Answer: D Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: QUESTION 8 Joe, an employee, took a company-issued Windows laptop home, but is having trouble connecting to any of the shares hosted on his home media server. Joe has verified he is connected to the Internet. Which of the following would explain why Joe cannot access his p A. B. C. D. An IP conflict is present A corporate VPN is enabled A firewall exception must be set HomeGroup must be enabled Correct Answer: C Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: QUESTION 9 A user believes there is a virus on a laptop. The user installs additional real-time protection antivirus software but is now experiencing extremely slow performance on the laptop. Which of the following should a technician do to resolve the issue and avoid recurrence? A. Activate real-time protection on both antivirus software programs B. C. D. E. Uninstall one antivirus software program and install a different one Run OS updates Enable the quarantine feature on both antivirus software programs Remove the user-installed antivirus software Correct Answer: E Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: QUESTION 10 A user who is running Windows XP calls a technician to upgrade the computer to a newer Windows OS. The user states the computer has only 1GB of RAM and 16GB of hard drive space with a 1.7GHz processor. Which of the following OSs should the technician recommended to ensure the BEST performance on this computer? A. B. C. D. Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Windows 10 Correct Answer: A Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: QUESTION 11 A technician has been asked to recommend antivirus software for a home PC, but the user does not want to pay for a license. Which of the following license types should the technician recommend? A. Open license B. Personal license C. Corporate license D. Enterprise license Correct Answer: A Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: QUESTION 12 Joe, a systems administrator, is setting up a risk management plan for the IT department. Part of the plan is to take daily backups of all servers. The server backups will be saved locally to NAS. Which of the following can Joe do to ensure the backups will work if needed? A. B. C. D. E. Frequently restore the servers from backup files and test them Configure the backups to restore to virtual machines for quick recovery Set up scripts that automatically rerun failed backup jobs Set up alerts to let administrators know when backups fail Store copies of the backups off-side in a secure datacenter Correct Answer: D Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: QUESTION 13 A SOHO customer has recently experienced a major hurricane. The customer has no backups and has lost all data and hardware associated with the company. The customer calls a contractor to assist in the rebuilding process and needs suggestions on the best way to prevent this from happening again. Which of the following recommendations should the contractor give to the customer? (Choose two.) A. B. C. D. E. Backup testing Cloud storage Local storage backups Data recovery Hot site F. Waterproof devices Correct Answer: BE Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: QUESTION 14 A technician is running updates on a Windows PC. Some of the updates install properly, while others appear as failed. While troubleshooting, the technician restarts the PC and attempts to install the failed updates again. The updates continue to fail. Which of the following is the FIRST option to check? A. B. C. D. Visit the Microsoft Update website to see if there is an issue with a specific update Look up the error number associated with the failed update Look at the system Event Viewer to find more information on the failure Download the failed update to install manually Correct Answer: B Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: QUESTION 15 A technician has identified malware on a user’s system. Which of the following should the technician do NEXT according to malware removal best practices? A. B. C. D. Enable System Restore and create a restore point so no data is lost Educate the user about how to avoid malware in the future Update the antivirus software and run a full system scan Move the infected system to a lab with no network connectivity Correct Answer: D Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: QUESTION 16 A user’s Windows laptop has become consistently slower over time. The technician checks the CPU utilization and sees that it varies between 95% and 100%. After the technician closes some running applications, the CPU utilization drops to approximately 20%, and the laptop runs much faster. The next day the same user calls again with the same problem. Which of the following is a tool the technician can use to resolve the issue? A. Task Manager B. MSTSC C. MSConfig D. PerfMon Correct Answer: A Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: QUESTION 17 A user is requesting a solution that will prevent file corruption and ensure a graceful shutdown while providing at least one hour of uptime in case of extreme weather conditions. Which of the following should a technician recommend? A. Uninterruptible power supply B. Surge protector C. Power strip D. Power distribution unit Correct Answer: A Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: QUESTION 18 Which of the following installation types would require the use of an answer file to install the OS? A. B. C. D. Unattended Clean Repair Upgrade Correct Answer: A Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: QUESTION 19 A Mac user’s operating system became corrupted, and files were deleted after malware was downloaded. The user needs to access the data that was previously stored on the MAC. Which of the following built-in utilities should be used? A. Time Machine B. Snapshot C. System Restore D. Boot Camp Correct Answer: A Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: QUESTION 20 A manager requests remote access to a server after hours and on weekends to check data. The manager insists on using the server. Before granting the access, which of the following is the MOST important step a technician can take to protect against possible infection? A. B. C. D. Create a policy to remove Internet access from the server during off hours Set the local antivirus software on the server to update and scan daily Ensure the server is patched with the latest security updates Educate the manager on safe Internet browsing practices Correct Answer: C Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: QUESTION 21 A manager with a restricted user account receives the following error message: Windows Update cannot currently check for updates because the service is not running. The manager contacts the help desk to report the error. A technician remotely connects to the user’s computer and identifies the problem. Which of the following should the technician do NEXT? A. B. C. D. Reboot the computer Restart the network services Roll back the device drivers Rebuild the Windows profiles Correct Answer: B Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: QUESTION 22 A SOHO technician recently moved some data from one server to another to increase storage capacity. Several users are now reporting they cannot access certain shares on the network. When the users attempt to access the shares, they get the following error: Access Denied. The technician confirms the users are all in the proper security groups and have the proper access, but they are still unable to access the shares. Which of the following are the MOST likely reasons for these issues? (Choose two.) A. B. C. D. E. Administrative share permissions Mapped drives Group Policy hours restriction Denied write/delete permissions Disabled proxy settings Correct Answer: BD Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: QUESTION 23 With which of the following types is a man-in-the-middle attack associated? A. B. C. D. Brute force Spoofing DDoS Zero-day Correct Answer: B Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: