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purpose of a password policy





1. The purpose of a password policy that requires a minimum number of
days between password changes is:
a. To prevent a brute force attack against a password
b. To prevent an intruder from carrying out a dictionary attack against a
password
c. To prevent someone from quickly cycling back to their familiar
password
d. To prevent a second user from changing the password


2. The purpose of a password policy that locks an account after five
unsuccessful login attempts is:
a. To prevent an intruder from carrying out a dictionary attack
against a password
b. To prevent a second user from changing the password
c. To prevent someone from quickly cycling back to their familiar
password
d. To prevent other individuals from logging in to the account


3. The purpose of backups includes all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Software malfunctions
b. Human error
c. Hardware malfunctions
d. Cluster failovers


4. The most effective way to confirm whether backups function properly
is:
a. Confirming the presence of error messages in backup logs
b. Confirming the absence of error messages in backup logs
c. Testing the ability to backup data onto backup media
d. Testing the ability to restore data from backup media


5. An organization- data classification policy includes handling
procedures for data at each level of sensitivity. The IT department backs
up all data onto magnetic tape, resulting in tapes that contain data at all
levels of sensitivity. How should these backup tapes be handled?
a. According to procedures for the lowest sensitivity level
b. According to procedures for the highest sensitivity level
c. According to procedures in between the lowest and highest sensitivity
levels
d. Data handling procedures do not apply to backup media, only original
media





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