Objective 4.6220-1202

4.6 Explain the importance of prohibited content/activity and privacy, licensing, and policy concepts.

Objective 4.6 sits in Operational Procedures, which carries 21% 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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Operational ProceduresEasy

A network administrator needs to bypass a documented security policy to meet a project deadline. Per established governance practice, what must accompany the exception request before it can be approved?

Correct.

The concept

Policy exceptions within an organization's governance framework require a legitimate business justification before they can be reviewed and approved.

Why this answer

Exceptions to established policy must have a documented business justification submitted along with the request, which the governance entity then reviews before granting approval.

  • Correct: a documented justification is the required input for any exception request.
  • BAn acknowledgment form confirms a user accepted a policy, it does not justify deviating from one.
  • CA rollback plan supports change management for a technical change, not a policy exception.
  • DA license agreement governs software use rights and has no bearing on a policy exception.
  • EAn incident report documents a security event after the fact, not a reason to bypass policy.
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Now you: objective 4.6 questions

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Sample question 1 of 2

Operational ProceduresModerate

A monitoring system flags unusual outbound traffic, confirming a possible security incident. According to established risk management practice, what is the required next step before response actions begin?

Sample question 2 of 2

Operational ProceduresHard

A requested policy exception involves significant risk to customer data confidentiality. Beyond approval from a standard governance entity, whose sign-off does established practice require for this exception?

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