A small business has five employees sharing one Windows workstation for data entry. The manager wants each employee to have their own login and be able to save files to a shared folder, but only the manager should be able to delete files from that folder. What is the most appropriate configuration?

Create an administrator account for each employee and grant each Full control on the shared folder.

Create a standard user account for each employee, place them in a shared group, and grant that group Modify permissions on the shared folder while granting the manager Full control.

Create one shared account for all employees and set the folder to allow Everyone Full control.

Create standard accounts for employees, but set the shared folder to allow only the manager Read & execute and employees Write.

What is the purpose of disabling unnecessary services and ports on an operating system?

To reduce the attack surface available to attackers

To allow more applications to run simultaneously

To make the system more user-friendly

To increase the number of available network ports

What is the purpose of encrypting data at rest?

To allow multiple users to share files easily

To protect data from unauthorized access if the storage device is lost or stolen

Which of the following is a characteristic of a strong password policy?

Passwords should be the same for all accounts

Passwords should be written down and kept near the computer

Passwords must be at least a certain length and include a mix of character types

Passwords should never be changed

A user reports that their Windows 10 computer is running slowly and showing pop-up ads. The built-in antivirus is disabled and cannot be re-enabled. What is the most likely cause and the best first step?

The system is infected with malware that disabled the antivirus; run a full offline scan using Windows Defender Offline or a bootable antivirus tool.

The antivirus is outdated; update it through Windows Update.

The firewall is blocking the antivirus; disable the firewall.

The system needs more RAM; upgrade the memory.

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A small business has five employees sharing one Windows workstation for data entry. The manager wants each employee to have their own login and be able to save files to a shared folder, but only the manager should be able to delete files from that folder. What is the most appropriate configuration?
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Which of the following is a characteristic of a strong password policy?
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A user reports that their Windows 10 computer is running slowly and showing pop-up ads. The built-in antivirus is disabled and cannot be re-enabled. What is the most likely cause and the best first step?
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