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Refer to the exhibit. An engineer must set a policy to reuse the old password when changed after two days. Which action set accomplishes this goal?
The correct answer is C. Change the password four times. To reuse an old password when a system's password history policy is set to remember three previous passwords, an engineer must change the password a total of four times. This action cycles the desired old password out of the remembered history, assuming each change respects the…
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Refer to the exhibit. An engineer must set a policy to reuse the old password when changed after two days. Which action set accomplishes this goal?
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- AChange the password four times.
- BChange the password two times.
- CChange the password four times.
- DChange the password six times.
How the community answered
(46 responses)- A4% (2)
- B7% (3)
- C87% (40)
- D2% (1)
Why each option
To reuse an old password when a system's password history policy is set to remember three previous passwords, an engineer must change the password a total of four times. This action cycles the desired old password out of the remembered history, assuming each change respects the minimum password age of two days.
Changing the password only two times would likely not clear enough entries from the password history to allow reuse of an older password, assuming a standard password history policy of remembering multiple previous passwords.
Changing the password only two times would likely not clear enough entries from the password history to allow reuse of an older password, assuming a standard password history policy of remembering multiple previous passwords.
To reuse an old password when a system's password history policy is typically set to remember three previous passwords, an engineer must change the password a total of four times with unique values. This action cycles the desired old password out of the remembered history, making it available for reuse on the fourth change, assuming each change respects the minimum password age of two days.
Changing the password six times would push the desired old password out of history long ago, which is an excessive number of changes if the goal is to reuse a password within a typical three-password history.
Concept tested: Password History and Reuse Policies
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/security-policy-settings/enforce-password-history
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