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John works as a Website Administrator in ABC Inc. The users of the company always use Internet Explorer for Web browsing. One of the users opens the Privacy tab page in the Internet Options dialog…
The correct answer is A. John has specifically blocked some websites from using cookies. B. John has set a privacy policy for websites in the Internet zone. C. John has specifically allowed some websites to use cookies. D. Hotmail.com and Yahoo.com will not use cookies regardless of their privacy policy. This question tests knowledge of Internet Explorer Privacy tab settings, including zone-level privacy policies and per-site cookie controls.
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John works as a Website Administrator in ABC Inc. The users of the company always use Internet Explorer for Web browsing. One of the users opens the Privacy tab page in the Internet Options dialog box and configures the privacy settings for the Internet zone as displayed in the following images:
Which of the following statements regarding the configurations are true? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.
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- AJohn has specifically blocked some websites from using cookies.
- BJohn has set a privacy policy for websites in the Internet zone.
- CJohn has specifically allowed some websites to use cookies.
- DHotmail.com and Yahoo.com will not use cookies regardless of their privacy policy.
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This question tests knowledge of Internet Explorer Privacy tab settings, including zone-level privacy policies and per-site cookie controls.
The IE Privacy tab includes an 'Edit' button under 'Sites' that allows administrators to explicitly block specific websites from setting cookies, and the image reflects that such a block list has been configured.
The slider on the Privacy tab sets a privacy policy level (such as Medium, High, etc.) for the Internet zone, and the configuration shown confirms a zone-level policy has been applied.
The same per-site 'Sites' management dialog also allows specific sites to be explicitly allowed to use cookies, meaning both an allow list and a block list can coexist.
When a site is explicitly added to the blocked list in IE's per-site cookie controls, it will be denied cookies regardless of the privacy policy published by that site's P3P header.
Concept tested: Internet Explorer Privacy tab cookie and zone settings
Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-security-and-privacy-settings-for-internet-explorer-11-9528b011-664c-b771-d757-43a2b78093d6
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