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Question 1. Before performing an in-place upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 on a user's workstation, a technician identifies that a legacy 16-bit application is installed that the user relies on daily. What should the technician do FIRST?
- A. Proceed with the upgrade and reinstall the application afterward
- B. Verify application and driver compatibility and inform the user of the incompatibility before upgrading
- C. Perform a clean install instead to ensure the application files are preserved
- D. Roll back Windows to an earlier version after the upgrade fails
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Answer: B. Before any in-place upgrade, the technician must verify application and driver compatibility. A 16-bit application will not run on 64-bit Windows under any circumstances. The technician must identify this blocker and communicate it to the user before attempting the upgrade, not discover it after.
- A: Proceeding without a compatibility check ignores a known blocker. A 16-bit app cannot run on Windows 11 regardless of reinstallation method.
Question 2. An employee enrolls their personal Android phone in the company's MDM under a BYOD policy. The phone is later reported lost. The IT team decides to wipe the device to protect corporate data. Which statement BEST describes the correct scope of the remote wipe in a BYOD scenario?
- A. IT can wipe the entire device because it is enrolled in MDM
- B. IT should only wipe the corporate container or managed app space, not the employee's personal photos and apps
- C. IT cannot perform any remote wipe on a BYOD device without the employee's physical presence
- D. BYOD devices are exempt from remote wipe because the employee owns the hardware
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Answer: B. In a BYOD scenario, the employee owns the hardware. The organization's authority is limited to the corporate data partition or managed container, personal photos, contacts, and apps are not within the organization's scope to erase without the employee's agreement. Selective wipe (corporate container only) is the correct action. This is distinct from a corporate-owned device, which IT can fully wipe.
- A: MDM enrollment on a BYOD device does not grant IT authority to erase the entire device. Enrollment scope for BYOD is typically limited to the managed work profile.
Question 3. A small business just purchased a new wireless router. The ISP has confirmed the WAN connection is active. What are the FIRST TWO actions the technician should take before connecting any client devices?
- A. Change the SSID and disable SSID broadcast
- B. Change the default admin password and apply the latest firmware update
- C. Enable the guest network and configure content filtering
- D. Set WPA3 encryption and enable UPnP for device compatibility
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Answer: B. Every SOHO router ships with published default admin credentials. Leaving them unchanged allows anyone on the LAN (or with remote management enabled, anyone on the internet) to log in. Firmware updates patch known vulnerabilities, including authentication bypasses that exist in the factory-shipped version. These are the two most universally exploited gaps on brand-new SOHO equipment and must always come first.
- A: Changing the SSID and disabling broadcast are useful steps but are lower priority than securing admin credentials and patching firmware. An attacker with default credentials can undo any SSID change from inside the admin interface.
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