Objective 2.6
220-1202Given a scenario, implement procedures for basic small office/home office (SOHO) malware removal.
Objective 2.6 sits in Security, which carries 28% of the A+ Core 2 exam. The questions below are original, written from the official objective title above, and each explanation cites the CompTIA page it rests on.
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A worked example
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A technician finishes remediating an infected workstation and needs to limit which employees can open a shared folder that once stored the malicious files. Which feature should the technician configure to set per-user read, write, and modify permissions on that folder?
Correct.
Checked against learn.microsoft.com, July 2026Concept
Once malware is gone the useful question is who was able to put it there. A file system offers several protections that are easy to confuse because they all sound like safety: one decides who may open an object, one makes data unreadable if the disk leaves, one keeps earlier copies for recovery, and one keeps the structure consistent after a crash. Only the first is expressed per person, and only the first changes what a named employee can do tomorrow.
Why C
Assigning ACLs on the folder is the correct way to restrict which users can access it, which is exactly what NTFS security descriptors are designed to do.
Source
Microsoft Learn: NTFS overview, checked July 2026Granular access control with ACLs: NTFS enables you to assign detailed permissions to files and folders using Access Control Lists (ACLs). You can specify which users and groups have access, define the type of access such as read, write, or modify, and tailor security to meet organizational requirements.
Now you: objective 2.6 questions
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Sample question 1 of 3
After removing spyware that had captured a user's saved browser passwords, a technician educates the end user on stronger sign-in security. The technician recommends adding a hardware security key as a second verification method. Which authentication factor category does this represent?
Sample question 2 of 3
While remediating a ransomware infection, a technician confirms that the workstation's drive still uses hardware-based protection so its data remains unreadable if the drive is removed and installed in another system. Which NTFS-integrated feature provides this protection?
Sample question 3 of 3
After a phishing attack compromised a user's password, a technician recommends multifactor authentication. The user suggests using two different passwords at sign-in instead. Which addition would actually satisfy multifactor authentication requirements?
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More objectives in Security
- 2.1 Summarize various security measures and their purposes.
- 2.2 Given a scenario, configure and apply basic Microsoft Windows OS security settings.
- 2.3 Compare and contrast wireless security protocols and authentication methods.
- 2.4 Summarize types of malware and tools/methods for detection, removal, and prevention.
- 2.5 Compare and contrast common social engineering attacks, threats, and vulnerabilities.
- 2.7 Given a scenario, apply workstation security options and hardening techniques.
- 2.8 Given a scenario, apply common methods for securing mobile devices.
- 2.9 Compare and contrast common data destruction and disposal methods.
- 2.10 Given a scenario, apply security settings on SOHO wireless and wired networks.
- 2.11 Given a scenario, configure relevant security settings in a browser.