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220-802 · Question #458

A technician wants to secure a Windows 7 Ultimate notebook hard drive. Which of the following should the technician do to implement BitLocker? (Select TWO).

The correct answer is B. Run the BitLocker wizard and any necessary partitions C. Enable TPM in the system BIOS. Enabling BitLocker on a Windows 7 Ultimate notebook requires enabling TPM in the BIOS and running the BitLocker wizard to prepare the necessary drive partitions.

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Question

A technician wants to secure a Windows 7 Ultimate notebook hard drive. Which of the following should the technician do to implement BitLocker? (Select TWO).

Options

  • ADisable TPM in the system BIOS
  • BRun the BitLocker wizard and any necessary partitions
  • CEnable TPM in the system BIOS
  • DEnable TPM in the Windows 7 OS files
  • ESet up the OS and the system files on the same partition

How the community answered

(42 responses)
  • A
    12% (5)
  • B
    81% (34)
  • D
    2% (1)
  • E
    5% (2)

Why each option

Enabling BitLocker on a Windows 7 Ultimate notebook requires enabling TPM in the BIOS and running the BitLocker wizard to prepare the necessary drive partitions.

ADisable TPM in the system BIOS

Disabling TPM in the BIOS would prevent BitLocker from using hardware-based key storage, which is required for standard BitLocker operation without a USB startup key workaround.

BRun the BitLocker wizard and any necessary partitionsCorrect

Running the BitLocker wizard initiates the encryption process and creates or configures the required system partition that stores boot files separately from the encrypted OS partition. Without this step, BitLocker cannot complete its setup.

CEnable TPM in the system BIOSCorrect

Enabling TPM (Trusted Platform Module) in the system BIOS is required so that BitLocker can use the hardware chip to store encryption keys securely and bind them to the specific hardware configuration.

DEnable TPM in the Windows 7 OS files

TPM is a hardware chip managed in the system BIOS firmware, not something that can be enabled through Windows 7 OS files.

ESet up the OS and the system files on the same partition

BitLocker requires the OS partition and the system boot partition to be separate; storing them on the same partition prevents BitLocker from functioning correctly.

Concept tested: BitLocker implementation requirements with TPM

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-7/cc731598(v=ws.10)

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#BitLocker#TPM#disk encryption#Windows 7 Ultimate

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