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Question 1

What is ESD?

Answer 1

Electro-static discharge

Question 2

What is Sync Center?

Answer 2

Windows, not in home editions.

Make files available even when not online.

• auto sync when back online.
• built in conflict management.

Mark files -> always available offline.

Question 3

If windows says “one or more services failed to start,” what should you do?

Answer 3

Check device manager and event viewer.

• often a bad driver. Remove/replace.
• could be bad hardware.

Try starting manually. Check account permissions. Confirm service dependencies.

If windows service, check system files.
If app service, reinstall app.

Question 4

What is DXDiag?

Answer 4

DirectX Diaganpstics.

Troubleshoot video and audio issues.

Question 5

Where can you change the Windows paving file size?

Answer 5

System properties

Question 6

What is a paging file?

Answer 6

An area on the hard disk that Windows uses as if it were RAM.

AKA virtual memory.

Question 7

Which type of wireless connection protocol uses a PIN to connect?

Answer 7

WPS.

It’s now defunct, not secure.

Question 8

How to map a network share to a drive letter?

Answer 8

Net use h: \[servername][sharename]

In Linux, the “mount” command can do similar.

Question 9

What is DirectAccess?

Answer 9

DirectAccess, also known as Unified Remote Access, is a VPN-like technology that provides intranet connectivity to client computers when they are connected to the Internet.

Question 10

What protocol is associated with TKIP?

Answer 10

WPA.

Question 11

Where to create a restore point on windows?

Answer 11

Control panel -> system

Question 12

How to see Linux processes in terminal one page at a time?

Answer 12

Ps -e | more

Question 13

What scripting language allows you to modify active directory?

Answer 13

PowerShell

Question 14

What technology replaced TKIP?

Answer 14

CCMP

Question 15

What are WIM files?

Answer 15

Windows imaging files.

Question 16

What is the maximum number of partitions you can have on a drive with GPT?

Answer 16

The previous Master Boot Record (MBR) could only support 4.

Question 17

What does degauss mean?

Answer 17

Remove the magnetism.

• to correct color disturbance
• to remove data from a magnetic drive.

Question 18

What 3 things does PXE do?

Answer 18

Booting, installing and deploying OSs.

Question 19

What kind of fire extinguisher should you use for an electrical fire?

Answer 19

A carbon dioxide extinguisher.

Also an FM-200 or other dry chemicals.

FM-200 is non-conductive and safe for humans.

Question 20

What is UAC?

Answer 20

User account control.

Question 21

What is the purpose of an Incident Response Plan?

Answer 21

Usually to address a security issue.

Question 22

What is 1 common type of crypto-malware?

Answer 22

Ransomware.

Question 23

What is a repair installation?

Answer 23

Reinstalls the current version is OS over itself.

Question 24

What is a DLP policy?

Answer 24

Data loss prevention policy.

Designed to monitor network communication and prevent the transmission or storage of sensitive information.

Question 25

What is Netboot?

Answer 25

MacOS tech to boot a computer across a network, similar to PXE.

Question 26

What is a recovery partition?

Answer 26

A partition on windows that helps to restore the OS to factory settings.

Question 27

What does refreshing windows do?

Answer 27

Keeps all of your files and reinstalls windows.

Question 28

FAT32 max file size?

Answer 28

4 gb

Question 29

exFAT max file size?

Answer 29

Larger than 4 gb

Question 30

APFS replaced what file system?

Answer 30

HFS+ | On macs

Question 31

What is an Entry Control Roster?

Answer 31

a document kept by a security guard that has a record of all the individuals who have entered and left the building.

Question 32

What is a hardware token?

Answer 32

For 2FA (2 factor auth). A physical device that gives a single-use code. A software token is on the phone.

Question 33

Where are CA certificates stored on a Mac?

Answer 33

Keychain

Question 34

How to recreate a users profile in a windows domain?

Answer 34

Delete the user’s folder and the profile settings in the registry. It will be recreating upon the next time they login.

Question 35

Which partition type allows a maximum partition size of 2 Tb?

Answer 35

MBR Master boot record.

Question 36

What is Spear Phishing?

Answer 36

Targeting specific individuals within a company with some kind of fraudulent activity.

Question 37

Where can you find Remote Desktop options in windows?

Answer 37

Control Panel -> System -> (left panel) Remote Desktop

Question 38

What is WoL?

Answer 38

Wake-on-LAN. Allows a NIC to wake the computer when it receives a message from the network. Good for being remotely woken up for nightly backups.

Question 39

What is the principle of least privilege?

Answer 39

Giving a program/device only the permissions that are absolutely necessary for it to run.

Question 40

What’s the difference between an OU and a container in MAD?

Answer 40

An OU can have group policies applied to it but a container cannot.

Question 41

What is BCD?

Answer 41

Boot configuration data. It tells the BIOS where the OS is.

Question 42

How to create a file in linux?

Answer 42

Use the “touch” command.

Question 43

Robocopy commands

Answer 43

robocopy [source] [destination] robocopy \\ComputerA\shared-folder C:\new-destination For specifying files, may need to add it AFTER the destination folder.

Question 44

Net commands

Answer 44

new view net user bob * /add net user bob /time:M-F,9AM-5PM /Fullname:”Bob Jones” net localgroup net localgroup shortleash /add net localgroup shortleash bob /add net user /domain net user John * /add /domain /time:W,12PM-1PM /Fullname:”John Jones” net group /domain net group greyhat John /add net user John /domain

Question 45

gpresult

Answer 45

gpresult /r /scope:ComputerA