GIAC Foundational Cybersecurity Technologies
Domain 2Objective 2
Windows Foundations GFACT Practice Questions (Page 3)
Part of the Operating System Fundamentals domain, which makes up ~21% of our current practice bank. GIAC (SANS) does not publish an official question count, but from its 120-minute exam (~50–80 total, ~11–17 in this domain), expect 6–9 from this objective — we provide 31 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Questions 11–15
- 11
When a user accesses a file over the network through a shared folder, which two sets of permissions are combined to determine the user's effective access?
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A technician is troubleshooting a Windows machine that cannot reach the internet. The machine has a static IP address of 192.168.1.100, subnet mask 255.255.255.0, and default gateway 192.168.1.1. The technician pings the gateway successfully but cannot ping 8.8.8.8. What is the most likely cause?
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A network administrator is troubleshooting a connectivity issue. The administrator wants to see the path that packets take to a remote server. Which command should be used?
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A Windows application is crashing when it tries to access a hardware device. The application runs in user mode. Which Windows component is most likely responsible for the crash?
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A technician needs to see all active TCP connections on a Windows machine, including the state of each connection. Which command should they use?
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