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1. A small business needs Windows workstations to join its on-premises Active Directory domain. Which Windows 11 edition should the technician install?
  1. Windows 11 Home
  2. Windows 11 Pro
  3. Windows 11 S mode only
  4. Windows 11 SE

Answer: B. Windows 11 Pro

Windows 11 Pro supports joining a traditional Active Directory domain. Windows 11 Home does not provide that domain-join capability.

2. A Windows 11 workstation reports that protected system files may be corrupted. Which command should the technician run first from an elevated command prompt to scan and repair those files?
  1. diskpart
  2. gpupdate /force
  3. sfc /scannow
  4. chkdsk /f

Answer: C. sfc /scannow

sfc /scannow checks Windows protected system files and attempts to repair corrupted copies. CHKDSK checks the file system and disk rather than repairing Windows system-file integrity.

3. On a Linux workstation, an administrator runs chmod 640 report.txt. What permissions are assigned?
  1. Owner read/write; group read; others no access
  2. Owner read/write/execute; group read; others no access
  3. Owner read; group read/write; others read
  4. Owner read/write; group read/write; others read

Answer: A. Owner read/write; group read; others no access

In octal permissions, 6 means read and write, 4 means read only, and 0 means no permissions. The three digits apply to owner, group, and others, respectively.

4. A technician wants files created inside a Windows project folder to inherit the folder's NTFS permissions. Which approach best meets this requirement?
  1. Set the permissions on each file individually after creation
  2. Enable permission inheritance on the folder and its child objects
  3. Convert the volume to FAT32
  4. Share the folder with Everyone and remove its NTFS access control list

Answer: B. Enable permission inheritance on the folder and its child objects

NTFS permission inheritance allows child files and folders to receive applicable permissions from the parent folder. FAT32 does not support NTFS ACLs, and sharing with Everyone does not provide the requested file-system control.

5. A new wireless access point must use the strongest available personal-mode encryption supported by the current client devices. Which setting should the technician choose?
  1. WEP
  2. WPA with TKIP
  3. WPA2 with AES
  4. WPA3-Personal

Answer: D. WPA3-Personal

WPA3-Personal is the strongest listed modern personal Wi-Fi security mode when the clients support it. WEP and TKIP are obsolete and weak; WPA2-AES is a better fallback only when WPA3 is unsupported.

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