A+ Essentials Chapter 23

1. Which of the following should Mary set up on her Wi-Fi router to make it the
most secure?

NTFS

WEP

WPA

WPA2

Mary should set up WPA2 on her Wi-Fi router.

Explanation

Mary should set up WPA2 on her Wi-Fi router.

About This Quiz

Computer Security

In this chapter, you will learn how to

• Explain the threats to your computers and data
• Describe how to control the local computing environment
• Explain how to protect computers from network threats

2. What's your name?

We’ll put your name on your report, certificate, and leaderboard.

2. Zander downloaded a game off the Internet and installed it, but as soon as he
started to play he got a blue screen of death. Upon rebooting, he discovered
that his My Documents folder had been erased. What happened?

He installed spyware.

He installed a Trojan.

He broke the Group Policy.

He broke the Local Security Settings.

Zander clearly installed a Trojan, a virus masquerading as a game.

Explanation

Zander clearly installed a Trojan, a virus masquerading as a game.

3. What is the process of using or manipulating people to gain access to network
resources?

Cracking

Hacking

Network engineering

Social engineering

Social engineering is the process of using or manipulating people to gain
access to network resources.

Explanation

Social engineering is the process of using or manipulating people to gain
access to network resources.

4. Johan migrated his server data to a bigger, faster hard drive. At the end of the
process, he partitioned and formatted the older hard drive before removing it
to donate to charity. How secure is his company’s data?

Completely secured. The drive is blank after partitioning and formatting.

Mostly secured. Only super skilled professionals have the tools to recoverdata after partitioning and formatting.

Very unsecured. Simple software tools can recover a lot of data, even afterpartitioning and formatting.

Although it would take a little work, simple software tools can recover a lot
of data, even after partitioning and formatting.

Explanation

Although it would take a little work, simple software tools can recover a lot
of data, even after partitioning and formatting.

5. Randall needs to change the file system on his second hard drive (currently
the D: drive) from FAT32 to NTFS. Which of the following commands would
do the trick?

CONVERT D: /FS:NTFS

CONVERT D: NTFS

CONVERT /FS:NTFS D:

CONVERT NTFS D:

Use the following command to convert from FAT32 to NTFS:
CONVERT D: /FS:NTFS

Explanation

Use the following command to convert from FAT32 to NTFS:
CONVERT D: /FS:NTFS

6. What tool would you use to enable auditing on a local level?

AD Policy

Group Policy

Local Security Settings

User Settings

You can enable local auditing through Local Security Settings.

Explanation

You can enable local auditing through Local Security Settings.

7. Which type of encryption offers the most security?

MS-CHAP

PAP

POP3

SMTP

Of the choices here, MS-CHAP offers the most security.

Explanation

Of the choices here, MS-CHAP offers the most security.

8. Which of the following would you select if you need to back up an Active
Directory server?

Registry

System state data

My Computer

My Server

Backing up the system state data gets the Registry, Active Directory files, and
more.

Explanation

Backing up the system state data gets the Registry, Active Directory files, and
more.

9. Which of the following tools would enable you to stop a user from logging on
to a local machine, but still enable him to log on to the domain?

AD Policy

Group Policy

Local Security Settings

User Settings

Local Security Settings enable you stop someone from logging on to a local
machine.

Explanation

Local Security Settings enable you stop someone from logging on to a local
machine.