312-50V11 · Question #645
What did the following commands determine?
The correct answer is D. That the true administrator is Joe. Commands revealing a SID with RID 500 identify the true built-in Administrator account, even if the account has been renamed.
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What did the following commands determine?
Options
- AThat the Joe account has a SID of 500
- BThese commands demonstrate that the guest account has NOT been disabled
- CThese commands demonstrate that the guest account has been disabled
- DThat the true administrator is Joe
- EIssued alone, these commands prove nothing
How the community answered
(26 responses)- B15% (4)
- C8% (2)
- D73% (19)
- E4% (1)
Why each option
Commands revealing a SID with RID 500 identify the true built-in Administrator account, even if the account has been renamed.
Stating that Joe 'has a SID of 500' identifies the evidence but misses the conclusion - the significance is that RID 500 designates the built-in Administrator account, making option D the more complete and accurate answer.
The guest account status cannot be determined from commands that enumerate SIDs or user account RIDs; guest account state requires separate checks such as 'net user guest'.
These commands identify the built-in administrator by RID, not the enabled or disabled state of the guest account.
In Windows, the built-in Administrator account always carries a RID (Relative Identifier) of 500, regardless of any renaming. If commands such as 'wmic useraccount get name,sid' reveal that the account named Joe has a SID ending in 500, this conclusively proves Joe is the renamed built-in Administrator - making Joe the true administrator of the system.
When SID enumeration commands reveal Joe's RID as 500, they do prove something specific - that Joe is the renamed built-in Administrator account, so they are not meaningless in isolation.
Concept tested: Windows built-in Administrator account RID 500 identification
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/manage/understand-security-identifiers
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