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This question requires that you evaluate the underlined text to determine if it is correct. A Service Account requires local group membership in the Administrators group to start and stop services…
The correct answer is D. No change is needed. The question asks if a Service Account needs to be in the Administrators group to start and stop services.
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- APower Users
- BNetmon Users
- CAccess Control Assistance Operators
- DNo change is needed
How the community answered
(32 responses)- B6% (2)
- C3% (1)
- D91% (29)
Why each option
The question asks if a Service Account needs to be in the Administrators group to start and stop services.
The Power Users group has elevated permissions but is not required nor sufficient to solely start and stop arbitrary services, which is managed by service-specific permissions.
Netmon Users is a specific group for network monitoring tools and has no general relevance to starting and stopping services.
Access Control Assistance Operators is a group related to managing permissions, not directly starting or stopping services.
A service account does not inherently require membership in the local Administrators group to start and stop services. Services typically run under specific user accounts or built-in accounts which are granted the necessary permissions to manage services through Access Control Lists (ACLs) on the service objects themselves, not via group membership in Administrators.
Concept tested: Windows service account permissions and management
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/identity-protection/access-control/service-accounts
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