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220-1002 · Question #12

After a virus has been spread unknowingly via USB removable hard drives, a technician is tasked with limiting removable hard drive access to certain network users. USB ports are used for many…

The correct answer is A. grupdate. The gpupdate command forces an immediate refresh of Group Policy settings on a Windows client, which is required to apply a newly created or modified policy without waiting for the next automatic refresh cycle.

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Question

After a virus has been spread unknowingly via USB removable hard drives, a technician is tasked with limiting removable hard drive access to certain network users. USB ports are used for many devices, including scanners, printers, and signature pads, so a policy is created to deny access to removable hard drives only. When testing the policy, a removable drive is plugged in but can still be accessed. Which of the following command-line tools should the technician use to apply the new policy?

Options

  • Agrupdate
  • Bdiskpart
  • Cgpresult
  • Dnet use

How the community answered

(29 responses)
  • A
    76% (22)
  • B
    7% (2)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    14% (4)

Why each option

The gpupdate command forces an immediate refresh of Group Policy settings on a Windows client, which is required to apply a newly created or modified policy without waiting for the next automatic refresh cycle.

AgrupdateCorrect

The 'grupdate' option refers to the gpupdate command-line tool (likely a typo in the question). Running gpupdate /force on the client immediately pulls and applies the latest Group Policy Objects from the domain controller, which is necessary to enforce the newly created removable drive access policy.

Bdiskpart

diskpart is a disk partitioning and management utility and has no ability to apply or refresh Group Policy settings.

Cgpresult

gpresult displays a report of the currently applied Group Policy settings but does not push or apply new or updated policies.

Dnet use

net use maps and manages network drive connections and shared resources; it does not interact with Group Policy.

Concept tested: Applying Group Policy with gpupdate command

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/gpupdate

Topics

#Group Policy#gpupdate#USB access control#removable media restriction

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