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CISSP · Question #1340

A developer begins employment with an information technology (IT) organization. On the first day, the developer works through the list of assigned projects and finds that some files within those…

The correct answer is D. The new developer's user account was not associated with the right roles needed for the projects. The most likely explanation for the discrepancy in access is that the new developer's user account was not assigned the appropriate roles that correspond to the access rights for the project files. Roles are a way of grouping users based on their functions or responsibilities…

Submitted by packet_pusher· Mar 5, 2026Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Question

A developer begins employment with an information technology (IT) organization. On the first day, the developer works through the list of assigned projects and finds that some files within those projects aren't accessible, Other developers working on the same project have no trouble locating and working on the. What is the MOST likely explanation for the discrepancy in access?

Options

  • AThe IT administrator had failed to grant the developer privileged access to the servers.
  • BThe project files were inadvertently deleted.
  • CThe new developer's computer had not been added to an access control list (ACL).
  • DThe new developer's user account was not associated with the right roles needed for the projects.

How the community answered

(30 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    13% (4)
  • C
    7% (2)
  • D
    77% (23)

Explanation

The most likely explanation for the discrepancy in access is that the new developer's user account was not assigned the appropriate roles that correspond to the access rights for the project files. Roles are a way of grouping users based on their functions or responsibilities within an organization, and they can simplify the administration of access control policies. If the new developer's user account was not associated with the right roles, he or she would not be able to access the files that other developers with the same roles can access.

Topics

#Access control#role-based access control (RBAC)#user provisioning#least privilege

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