Exam CAS-005 topic 1 question 1 discussion

Actual exam question from CompTIA's CAS-005

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A security engineer is reviewing event logs because an employee successfully connected a personal Windows laptop to the corporate network, which is against company policy. Company policy allows all Windows 10 and 11 laptops to connect to the system as long as the MDM agent installed by IT is running. Only compliant devices can connect, and the logic in the system to evaluate compliant laptops is as follows:
Which of the following most likely occurred when the employee connected a personally owned Windows laptop and was allowed on the network?

A. The agent was not running on the laptop, which triggered a false positive.
B. The OS was a valid version, but the MDM agent was not installed, triggering a true positive.
C. The OS was running a Windows version below 10 and triggered a false negative.
D. The OS version was higher than 11, and the MDM agent was running, triggering a true negative.

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Suggested Answer: C 🗳️

by Emily_Watson0727 at March 26, 2025, 9:45 a.m.

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Trini_007

2 weeks, 6 days ago

Selected Answer: C

I change my answer to C. In the code, if the statement is not true, it goes to the else block. Because it's black and white, I couldn't see that 10 is red BUT I did research this output. If the statement is false, it will give you an else output.

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Trini_007

2 weeks, 6 days ago

Selected Answer: B

The answer is B. The check only partially did the check. It allowed it through after just checking the OS version. It's supposed to the the OS Version and if the device has the MDM agent on it.

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zenkingsley

3 weeks ago

Selected Answer: C

Correct Answer : C Thanks to Certs4Future I successfully cleared my CAS-005 exam today.

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Learner213

1 month ago

Selected Answer: C

I'm changing my answer to C. MDM is not installed, so the personal laptop should not be able to connect. A false negative is the only thing that makes sense.

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Learner213

1 month ago

Selected Answer: B

The MDM is not running on the personal laptop. There is no indication of the version of Windows running on the laptop. Why would anyone assume the version is not 10 or 11? B is the correct answer.

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