security best practices

Due to a recent string of thefts in your office, you need to harden your local system.what action are most appropriate for your situation?

• Install a hardware lock
• disable unused services
• install antimalware
• buy a new computer

What option can you configure on your workstation to increase security when you leave your desk?

• file encryption
• multi factor authentication
• single sign-on
• Screensaver password

You have just landed at the airport and have an unexpected six-hour layover. you want to use your smartphone to get some work done.what should you disable as a precautionary device hardening measure to help prevent potential attacks?

• autofill
• Bluetooth
• polo
• FFC

Claire,a co-worker,is browsing the internet and wants to know if it's safe to enter her credit card information into a website.what do you tell her to look for?

• HTTPS://
• HTTP://
• SSL://
• TLS://

You enabled file encryption on your local computer.while you were on vacation,one of your co-workers managed to get on your computer and share your important files with other users.how did they do this?

• they logged on and disabled  encryption
• they used the disk recovery tool to access the encrypted files.
• all user logging into the system have access to encrypted files.
• They logged on with your username and password.

Ray, a co-worker,is concerned that his computer is infected with adware. what symptoms should you tell ray to look for to confirm his suspicions?

• Excessive pop-ups.
• pizza
• search polo
• multifactor login redirection

Which type of software will help protect your computer from malicious network traffic?

• Software firewall 
• password complexity tool
• antispyware
• antivirus

You are using google chrome and you want to browse a website but not have the website stored in your browsing history.what should you do?

• log in to someone else to browse the site
• configure independent browsing 
• use inprivate
• Use incognito

Your manager just got a new workstation and is not part of a domain.he wants to know which user account he should disable to increase security. what should you telll him?

• Guest
• users
• power users
• administrator

Which of the following actions is not considered a web-browsing best practice?

• Limitating the use of PII
• disabling autofill
• Closing untrusted source warnings
• updating plugins and toolbars