Which of the following actions will reduce risk to a laptop before traveling to a high risk area?

Question

Options

• AExamine the device for physical tampering
• BImplement more stringent baseline configurations
• CPurge or re-image the hard disk drive
• DChange access codes

• A
  15% (6)
• B
  7% (3)
• C
  2% (1)
• D
  76% (31)

Explanation

Changing access codes (D) before traveling ensures that any previously known or potentially compromised credentials cannot be used against the device while in a high-risk environment, directly reducing unauthorized access risk.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (Examine for physical tampering) is a post-travel action - you inspect the device after returning to check if it was compromised, not before departure.
• B (Implement more stringent baseline configurations) is an ongoing organizational hardening measure, not a targeted pre-travel action.
• C (Purge or re-image the hard drive) is actually performed either before or after travel as a data sanitization step, making it ambiguous in timing - and notably, many security frameworks actually consider C the stronger pre-travel control since it eliminates sensitive data exposure entirely.

Note for exam takers: This question has some ambiguity in the wild - C (purge/re-image) is widely cited as a best-practice pre-travel action in enterprise security guidance. If your specific exam or study material marks D as correct, focus on the "access control before departure" rationale. Know both C and D as valid pre-travel considerations.

Memory tip: Think BEFORE = Change codes, AFTER = Check for tampering. The "A" in "After" matches "A (physical tampering check)."

No community discussion yet for this question.