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SY0-701 · Question #885

A security administrator protects passwords by using hashing. Which of the following best describes what the administrator is doing?

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Submitted by femi9· Mar 6, 2026General security concepts

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A security administrator protects passwords by using hashing. Which of the following best describes what the administrator is doing?

Options

  • AAdding extra characters at the end to increase password length
  • BGenerating a token to make the passwords temporal
  • CUsing mathematical algorithms to make passwords unique
  • DCreating a rainbow table to protect passwords in a list

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