A Network Administrator Was Concerned During an Audit That Users

question 408

Multiple Choice

A network administrator was concerned during an audit that users were able to use the same passwords the day after a password change policy took effect. The following settings are in place: Users must change their passwords every 30 days. Users cannot reuse the last 10 passwords. Which of the following settings would prevent users from being able to immediately reuse the same passwords?

• A) Minimum password age of five days
• B) Password history of ten passwords
• C) Password length greater than ten characters
• D) Complex passwords must be used

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Definitions:

Dependent Variables

Variables in an experiment that are expected to change as a result of changes made to the independent variables.

Frequency Polygon

A graphical representation of the distribution of numerical data. It is a line graph of class frequencies plotted against mid-point values.

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence.

Outliers

Data points that significantly differ from other observations in a dataset, potentially indicating a measurement error or a different underlying process.