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ComptiA Security+ Certification Exam Questions and answer - Part 32

Mary Smith

Wed, 26 Mar 2025

ComptiA Security+ Certification Exam Questions and answer - Part 32

1. An organization has an account management policy that defines parameters around each type of account. The policy specifies different security attributes,such as longevity,usage auditing,password complexity,and identity proofing. The goal of the account management policy is to ensure the highest level of security while providing the greatest availability without compromising data integrity for users. Which of the following account types should the policy specify for service technicians from corporate partners?

A) Guest account
B) User account
C) Shared account
D) Privileged user account
E) Default account
F) Service account

2. An organization has several production-critical SCADA supervisory systems that cannot follow the normal 30- day patching policy. Which of the following BEST maximizes the protection of these systems from malicious software?

A) Configure a firewall with deep packet inspection that restricts traffic to the systems.
B) Configure a separate zone for the systems and restrict access to known ports.
C) Configure the systems to ensure only necessary applications are able to run.
D) Configure the host firewall to ensure only the necessary applications have listening ports



3. An organization is comparing and contrasting migration from its standard desktop configuration to the newest version of the platform. Before this can happen,the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) voices the need to evaluate the functionality of the newer desktop platform to ensure interoperability with existing software in use by the organization. In which of the following principles of architecture and design is the CISO engaging?

A) Dynamic analysis
B) Change management
C) Baselining
D) Waterfalling



4. An organization is expanding its network team. Currently,it has local accounts on all network devices,but with growth,it wants to move to centrally managed authentication. Which of the following are the BEST solutions for the organization? (Select TWO)(Select 2answers)

A) TACACS+
B) CHAP
C) LDAP
D) RADIUS
E) MSCHAPv2


5. An organization is moving its human resources system to a cloud services provider. The company plans to continue using internal usernames and passwords with the service provider,but the security manager does not want the service provider to have a company of the passwords. Which of the following options meets all of these requirements?

A) Two-factor authentication
B) Account and password synchronization
C) Smartcards with PINS
D) Federated authentication



1. Right Answer: D
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2. Right Answer: C
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3. Right Answer: B
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4. Right Answer: A,D
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5. Right Answer: D
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