Knowledge Check

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Check your knowledge

1.

As the new Desktop Administrator for Northwind Traders, Alan Deyoung is trying to fix some of the security issues left behind by his predecessor. One such practice directed users to sign in to their computers with the Administrator account. Alan discovered that this policy led to malicious users gaining access to server and client computers. What should Alan do to resolve this issue with each device?

2.

As the Desktop Administrator for Fabrikam, you must set up an account that will be used to sign-in to a Windows 11 PC. This account must be able to synchronize files with OneDrive. What type of account should you create?

3.

As the Desktop Administrator for World Wide Importers, you want to create a workgroup for the Warehouse department. This workgroup will enable the warehouse staff to share files, network storage, printers, and any connected resource. What's the maximum number of computers that you can assign to this workgroup?

4.

As the Desktop Administrator for Trey Research, you were approached by members of the Engineering department regarding a sign-in issue. Each day the engineers access computers, CAD machines, and printers, in the company's Engineering workgroup. These machines are all running either Windows 10 or Windows 11. Every time they access one of these workgroup resources, they're prompted to enter their credentials. The engineers have found this continual entering of credentials to be very time consuming and annoying. What Windows tool can you use that will save each engineer's credentials on each resource so that they're not prompted each time they access computers in the Engineering workgroup?

5.

Contoso's Engineering department typically uses smart cards for user authentication. Each engineer utilizes a smart card reader, which scans the chip on the user's card to authenticate the user. Which of the following authentication methods is used in conjunction with smart cards?