GIAC Foundational Cybersecurity Technologies
Domain 2Objective 2
Windows Foundations GFACT Practice Questions (Page 6)
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 26–30
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A user reports that they can access a shared folder on a file server when logged in locally, but when they connect to the same folder over the network, they are denied access. The server is running Windows Server with NTFS and the folder is shared with the Everyone group having Full Control. What is the most likely cause?
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A small business wants to format a USB drive to share files with clients who use both Windows and macOS. The drive will hold files up to 3 GB each. Which file system should they choose?
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A user wants to connect to a network share on a file server from their Windows 10 workstation. The share is named 'PublicDocs' on a server called 'FileSrv'. Which command can the user run to map this share to drive letter Z:?
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A Windows 10 workstation is unable to reach the internet, but other devices on the same LAN work fine. The user reports that the machine was working earlier today. You suspect the IP configuration may have been changed. Which command should you run first to quickly view the current IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, and DNS servers?
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In Windows, which mechanism provides a security boundary that requires an administrator to approve actions that could affect system-wide settings?
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