MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-270): Installing ...

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Lesson 2 Review
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1. What is the range of values Windows XP Professional allows you to set for the
Enforce Password History setting, and what do those values mean?
You can set the value from 0 to 24. A value of 0 indicates that no password history is being
kept. All values indicate the number of new passwords that a user must use before he or she
can reuse an old password.
2. The range of values Windows XP Professional allows you to set for the Maximum
Password Age setting is ______ to ______ days. The default value is ______ days.
0; 999; 42
3. Which of the following selections are requirements for a password if the Passwords
Must Meet Complexity Requirements setting is enabled? (Choose all that
apply.)
a. All passwords must exceed six characters in length.
b. All passwords must comply with the password history settings.
c. No passwords can contain capitals or punctuation.
d. No passwords can contain the user’s account or full name.
The correct answers are A and D. Password complexity requires that all passwords be at least
six characters in length, no password contain the user’s account or full name, and that the
password contain upper and lowercase letters, numerals, and symbols. B is not correct
because setting complexity requirements does not affect password history settings. C is not
correct because these are not complexity requirements.
4. What is Account Lockout Duration, and what is the range of values?
This value indicates the number of minutes that the system will prevent the user account from
logging on to Windows XP Professional. You can set the value from 0 to 99,999 minutes.
Lesson 3 Review
1. Which of the following statements about user rights are correct? (Choose all that
apply.)
a. Microsoft recommends that you assign user rights to individual user accounts.
b. Microsoft recommends that you assign user rights to groups rather than individual
user accounts.
c. User rights allow users assigned the right to perform a specific action, such as
backing up files and directories.
d. There are two types of user rights: privileges and logon rights.
The correct answers are B, C, and D. A is not correct because Microsoft recommends that you
assign user rights to groups, not to individual user accounts.