CompTIA A+ 220-1001 & 220-1002 A+ 1002: CH13 Review

What chip on the Motherboard validates on Boot that you still have the same Operating System installed and that the computer was not hacked by some malevolent program?

Southbridge
TPM
GPU
Northbridge

How are libraries folders displayed in Windows File Explorer?

Double click on Favorites and click Show Libraries in the Dialog Box
Navigate to the Folder C:\Users\MyLibraries
Right-Click in the Navigation Section and click Show Libraries.
Simply Open File Explorer; they display automatically.

What tool is offered by Windows Ultimate and Enterprise editions to encrypt entire hard drives?

NTFS
TrueCrypt
TPMs
BitLocker

Which term refers to a unique combination of a user name and an associated password?

User Account
User Identity
User Authorization
User Authentication

In Windows 7, which UAC Notification level is the Default Setting?

Always Notify
Notify me only when programs try to make changes (do not dim to my desktop)
Notify me only when programs try to make changes
Never Notify

What techniques provide the only true way to protect your data from access by any other user?

Regular Backups
Authorization
Authentication
Encryption

What character in a password is most helpful in defeating common word hacks?

3
X
w
@

A strong password is atleast _______ characters long and contains letters, numbers, and punctuation symbols?

256
8
10
6

Authorization for Windows’ files and folders is controlled by the ______ file system, which assigns permissions to users and groups?

NTFS
Administrative
Command-Line
Encrypting

Created automatically by Windows, _____ give local administrators access to resources whether they log on locally or remotely?

Public Folders
Administrative Shares
Shared Folders
Simple File Sharing

How many notification levels of UAC did Microsoft include in Windows 7?

Two
Four
One
Three

An unpopular, but necessary, security features introduced in Windows Vista was _______?

NTFS
UAC
WAC
EFS

By default who has complete control over a folder or file?

Administrator
All Users
Power Users
Owner

On every Windows System, each record in an encrypted database of user names and passwords is called an ______?

Group Account
Specialized Account
Local User Account
Single Account

Which Linux command enables you to change the owner and the group which a file and folder is associated?

crontab
mount
chown
chmod

Selecting _____ while adding a new user in Windows makes that user a member of the Local Users Group?

restricted user
standard user
new user
default user

What process determines what a legitimate user can and cannot do on a system?

Inheritance
Permission Propagation
Accessibility
Authorization

What two sets of data does every folder and file on an NTFS partition list?

Encryption and decryption attributes
User and Group access and level of access
Read and Execute Permissions
NTFS and FAT Permissions

Opening a Command-Line and running ______ provides access to a utility called Local Security Policy?

dir /p
rwx.msc
ls -l
secpol.msc

With the ______ permission for an NTFS partition, you can give or take away permissions for other accounts?

Read & Execute
Modify
Change
List

What process is described as a File or Folder automatically getting all the NTFS Permission of the Parent folder?

Traversal
Inheritance
NTFS Propagation
Permission Sharing

What unique key is known only by the system and the person with whom the key is associated?

Token
User ID
Password
User Name

Which string displayed using the ls -l command in a Linux Terminal indicates that group permissions are set to read and modify?

• rw-rw-r–

• rm-rm-r–

• rmxrm-rm-

• rwxr–rw-

What 3 letters are used in a Linux Terminal to indicate permissions associated with a file or folder?

awk
lsp
rwx
omc

Which NTFS Permission for a folder is defined as enabling you to Read, Write, and Delete both files and subfolders?

List Folder Contents
Modify
Full Control
Read

What process identifies and grants access to a user who is trying to access a system?

Authorization
Credibility
Authentication
Encryption

A password _ policy forces users to select a new password periodically?

anti-hack
permissions
expiration
disabling

What happens to a file or folder permission if it is copied within an NTFS partition?

Both original and copy inherit permissions from the new location
Both original and copy retain permissions of the original location
The original retains permissions, and the copy inherits permissions from the new location
The original inherits permissions from the new location, and the copy retains the same permissions

Windows administration allows a certain level of access for a file or folder to be assigned to an rather than just a single user account?

owner
group
directory
network

When you create a new file or folder on an NTFS partition, you become the of that file or folder?

owner
developer
administrator
editor

What does BitLocker require on a motherboard to validate on boot that a Windows computer has not been changed?

Core i7
EFS
IPC$
TPM

What is the Primary Tool Windows uses for providing Authorization?

NTFS
Local Security Policy
Parental Controls
Shared Folders

Which NTFS Permission allows an account to seize control of a file or folder owned by another account?

Folder Permissions
Change Permission
File Permissions
Take Ownership Permission