GSEC · Question #291
Analyze the following screenshot. What conclusion can be drawn about the user account shown?
The correct answer is C. The user is a local administrator. The screenshot displays account properties indicating the user is a member of the local Administrators group without domain-level administrative privileges.
Question
Analyze the following screenshot. What conclusion can be drawn about the user account shown?
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Options
- AThe user is a domain administrator
- BThe user has a guest privilege level
- CThe user is a local administrator
- DThe user is not authenticated on the domain
How the community answered
(57 responses)- A9% (5)
- B5% (3)
- C84% (48)
- D2% (1)
Why each option
The screenshot displays account properties indicating the user is a member of the local Administrators group without domain-level administrative privileges.
A domain administrator account would display membership in the Domain Admins group and carry domain-wide privileges, which the screenshot does not indicate.
Guest accounts have severely restricted privileges and are explicitly not members of the Administrators group; the screenshot shows elevated access that is inconsistent with a guest account.
Local administrator accounts on Windows are members of the built-in local Administrators group and hold full control over the local machine only. The account details shown reflect elevated local privileges without domain group memberships such as Domain Admins, confirming the scope is limited to the local system.
An unauthenticated domain account would not display a configured local profile with Administrators group membership or elevated privilege indicators as shown.
Concept tested: Identifying local vs domain administrator account privileges
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/identity-protection/access-control/local-accounts
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