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A client wants a technician to create a PC naming convention that will make the client’s PCs easier to track and identify while in use. Which of the following naming convention formats should the technician follow?

• Domain name, location, IP address

• Domain name, location, asset ID

• Asset ID, MAC address

• Location, RFID

A technician has been asked to recommend antivirus software for a home PC, but the user does not want to pay for a license. Which of the following license type should the technician recommend?

• Personal license

• Open license

• Enterprise license

• Corporate license

A user’s phone contains customer’s PII. The user cannot have the phone automatically wiped because the data is very valuable. Which of the following is the BEST method of securing the phone?

• Fingerprint lock

• Passcode lock

• Swipe lock

• PIN lock

An administrator is setting up a Windows terminal server. Which of the following settings should the administrator modify to increase server security? (Select two.)

• Change the default access port

• Enforce password complexity

• Put the terminal server into the router's DMZ

• Use the local client certificate for server authentication

• Block all unused ports on the LAN smart switch

A technician is setting up a SOHO wireless network for a healthcare office that does not have a server. The user requires the highest level of wireless security and various levels of desktop authentication to access cloud resources. Which of the following protocols and authentication methods should the technician implement? (Select two.)

• SSO

• WPA2

• WEP

• RADIUS

• TACACS

A user’s computer is displaying a black screen. The technician restarts the computer, but the OS still does not load. The technician discovers the OS was patched the previous evening.

Which of the following should the technician attempt NEXT?

• Reboot into safe mode and roll back the updates

• Repair the Windows Registry

• Configure boot options in the BIOS

• Disable Windows services and applications

A technician is installing Windows 7 64-bit OS on a VM but keeps getting errors. The specifications for the malware are:

– Two 1GHz CPUs

– 2GB of memory

– 15GB hard drive

– 800×600 screen resolution

Which of the following should the technician do to resolve the problem?

• Increase the number of CPUs

• Increase the amount of memory

• Increase the amount of hard drive space

• Increase the screen resolution

A company has hired a new IT firm to manage its network switches and routers. The firm is geographically separated from the company and will need to able to securely access the devices. Which of the following will provide the ability to access these devices?

• Telnet

• SSH

• RDP

• VNC

Which of the following features has undergone the most significant changes from Windows 7 to Windows 10 and greatly simplified the operating system installation process?

• PXE installation

• Account control

• Metro interface

• Driver detection

Which of the following is considered government-regulated data?

• End-user license agreement

• Digital Millennium Copyright Act

• PII

• DRM