220-802 Question #842: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is A: Administrator. Shares ending in a dollar sign (e.g., C$, ADMIN$, IPC$) are Windows administrative shares - hidden shares created automatically by the OS for remote management. Access is restricted exclusively to members of the local Administrators group (or Domain Admins on a domain-joined mach

Question

Which of the following is the MINIMUM group permissions needed to access the share \myserver\c$?

Options

AAdministrator
BRemote User
CDomain User
DPower User

Explanation

Shares ending in a dollar sign (e.g., C$, ADMIN$, IPC$) are Windows administrative shares - hidden shares created automatically by the OS for remote management. Access is restricted exclusively to members of the local Administrators group (or Domain Admins on a domain-joined machine) and cannot be granted to standard users, Power Users, Domain Users, or Remote Users through normal share permissions. This is a built-in Windows security boundary to prevent non-admins from browsing entire drive volumes remotely.

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