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SY0-701 · Question #726

A program manager wants to ensure contract employees can only use the company's computers Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Which of the following would best enforce this access control?

The correct answer is A. Creating a GPO for all contract employees and setting time-of-day log-in restrictions. The most appropriate method is to use a Group Policy Object (GPO) with time-of-day restrictions. This is a native capability in Windows environments that allows administrators to control when users are allowed to log in to domain-joined systems.

Submitted by weili_xi· Mar 6, 2026Security program management and oversight

Question

A program manager wants to ensure contract employees can only use the company's computers Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Which of the following would best enforce this access control?

Options

  • ACreating a GPO for all contract employees and setting time-of-day log-in restrictions
  • BCreating a discretionary access policy and setting rule-based access for contract employees
  • CImplementing an OAuth server and then setting least privilege for contract employees
  • DImplementing SAML with federation to the contract employees' authentication server

How the community answered

(68 responses)
  • A
    78% (53)
  • B
    13% (9)
  • C
    3% (2)
  • D
    6% (4)

Explanation

The most appropriate method is to use a Group Policy Object (GPO) with time-of-day restrictions. This is a native capability in Windows environments that allows administrators to control when users are allowed to log in to domain-joined systems.

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