A company wants to allow its employees to access a partner's application using their corporate credentials. They also want to maintain control over which employees have access. Which approach best meets these requirements?

Federated identity with attribute-based access control

Use a shared account for all employees

Create individual accounts in the partner's system

Which of the following is an example of multi-factor authentication?

Entering a PIN and answering a security question

Entering your fingerprint twice

Entering a username and password

Entering a password and then a one-time code sent to your phone

Which of the following is a recommended password best practice?

Using the same password for multiple accounts to reduce memory burden

Changing passwords as frequently as possible, even if they are strong

Sharing passwords with trusted colleagues for convenience

Using long passphrases that are unique to each account

A security administrator is updating the password policy. Which combination best balances security and usability for a standard user account?

Allow users to reuse their last 10 passwords to reduce memorization burden.

Require a 20-character password and force a change every 30 days.

Require a 14-character passphrase and allow password managers.

Require a 6-character password with at least one symbol, number, and uppercase letter.

LPI Security Essentials

Domain 5Objective 1

025.1 Identity and Authentication (weight: 3) SECURITY-ESSENTIALS Practice Questions (Page 5)

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21expert · hard
A company wants to allow its employees to access a partner's application using their corporate credentials. They also want to maintain control over which employees have access. Which approach best meets these requirements?
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22foundation · easy
Which of the following is an example of multi-factor authentication?
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23application · medium
A company wants to allow third-party applications to access a user's data without exposing the user's password. Which authentication protocol is designed for this purpose?
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24foundation · easy
Which of the following is a recommended password best practice?
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25application · medium
A security administrator is updating the password policy. Which combination best balances security and usability for a standard user account?
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