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Security+ Access Control: Original Practice Quiz

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What process verifies an identity? The login step performs ______.

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Context check: Authentication checks who the subject is. Complete the sentence: The login step performs ______.

What process decides what an identity may do? The policy controls ______.

Context check: Authorization checks allowed actions. Complete the sentence: The policy controls ______.

What records actions after access? The audit trail supports ______.

Context check: Accounting records activity in the AAA model. Complete the sentence: The audit trail supports ______.

What principle grants only the access needed? The new role follows ______.

Context check: Least privilege limits unnecessary permissions. Complete the sentence: The new role follows ______.

What model assigns permissions through job roles? The help-desk account uses ______.

Context check: Role-based access control assigns permissions to roles. Complete the sentence: The help-desk account uses ______.

What uses two or more authentication factors? The portal requires ______.

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Context check: MFA combines factors such as a password and token. Complete the sentence: The portal requires ______.

What list controls access to an object or resource? The file server checks an ______.

Context check: An access control list contains access entries. Complete the sentence: The file server checks an ______.

What principle splits a sensitive task across people? Approval and payment follow ______.

Context check: Splitting roles reduces a single person’s unchecked control. Complete the sentence: Approval and payment follow ______.

What control responds to repeated failed logins? The system applies ______.

Context check: Lockout slows repeated guessing after failures. Complete the sentence: The system applies ______.

What account has elevated administrative permissions? The root-like login is a ______.

Context check: The term describes an account with elevated rights. Complete the sentence: The root-like login is a ______.

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