CompTIA CompTIA Certifications 220-902 Questions & Answers

• Question 1221:

  A company recently had a security breach and is now required to increase the security on their workstations. A technician has been tasked to harden all the workstations on the network. Which of the following should the technician do?

  A. Enable Windows automatic updates

  B. Enable screensaver required passwords

  C. Enable MAC filtering

  D. Enable wireless encryption

  Correct Answer: B

  Reference: http://windows.microsoft.com/is-is/windows-vista/use-your-windows-password- for-your-screen-saver-password

• Question 1222:

  Which of the following are examples of physical security? (Select TWO).

  A. Badges

  B. Anti-virus

  C. Encryption

  D. Firewalls

  E. Locked doors

  Correct Answer: AE

  Reference: http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/administrative/securityrule/physsafeguards.pdf

• Question 1223:

  Turnstiles and other mantraps will prevent which of the following security threats?

  A. Shoulder surfing

  B. Tailgating

  C. Rootkits

  D. Viruses

  Correct Answer: B

  Reference: http://www.infosecpro.com/a_security_engineering/se13.htm

• Question 1224:

  A user installed a new SOHO router and new wireless NICs to increase their transmission speed from 802.11b to 802.11g with the manufacturer's default settings. The user lives in an apartment building and is still experiencing slowness to

  the Internet after the installations. Which of the following is the MOST secure option that a technician could implement to resolve this issue?

  A. Hide the SSID

  B. Assign static IP addresses

  C. Enable MAC filtering

  D. Disable the WAN port

  Correct Answer: C

  Reference: http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/755/how-does-basic-http-auth- work

• Question 1225:

  A technician receives an error every time a workstation boots up. The technician needs to find out what process is responsible for the error. Which of the following utilities would be used FIRST?

  A. System Control Panel

  B. Task Manager

  C. Event Viewer

  D. MSCONFIG

  Correct Answer: C

  Reference: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427

• Question 1226:

  A consultant is looking to consolidate six company servers onto one physical system. Which of the following requirements is MOST important on the new setup to ensure stable functionality of the virtual environment?

  A. Client hardware requirements

  B. Server software security requirements

  C. Server hardware resources

  D. Network resources

  Correct Answer: C

  Reference: http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/guides/Using-hardware-resources-to- maximize-virtualization-performance

• Question 1227:

  A Windows XP computer is displaying an error that states "virtual memory is running low". Which of the following tabs in the system Control Panel is used to reconfigure virtual memory settings?

  A. Remote desktop

  B. Remote settings

  C. Hardware

  D. Advanced

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 1228:

  A user has installed a legacy application in Windows 7 and reports that only some of the functionality in it is operational. Another user is using the same application on a different Windows 7 machine and doesn't report those problems. Which of the following features in Windows 7 may be responsible for this problem?

  A. System Protection settings

  B. User Account Control

  C. Action Center

  D. Data Execution Prevention

  Correct Answer: B

  Reference: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/user-account- control

• Question 1229:

  A user wants to prevent access to specific websites to prevent their children from accidently accessing them. Which of the following can be implemented?

  A. A switch

  B. Antivirus software

  C. Antispyware software

  D. A firewall

  Correct Answer: D

  Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_filtering

• Question 1230:

  A /all switch is MOST likely to be used with which of the following commands?

  A. NET

  B. NBTSTAT

  C. PING

  D. IPCONFIG

  Correct Answer: D

  Reference: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314850