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Question #: 699
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A company's IT staff is given the task of securely disposing of 100 server HDDs. The security team informs the IT staff that the data must not be accessible by a third party after disposal. Which of the following is the MOST time-efficient method to achieve this goal?

  • A. Use a degausser to sanitize the drives.
  • B. Remove the platters from the HDDs and shred them.
  • C. Perform a quick format of the HDD drives.
  • D. Use software to zero fill all of the hard drives.
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Suggested Answer: A 🗳️
by noorattayee at May 20, 2020, 3:11 a.m.

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fonka
3 years, 9 months ago
hybrid hard drive (HHD), sometimes known as a solid-state hybrid drive (SSHD), is a mass storage device that...
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StickyMac
3 years, 11 months ago
And yes you would degaussing is most efficient proses for HHD.
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StickyMac
3 years, 11 months ago
There is also a sim that is in 501 exam. That you will need to distribute to a proper coulombs.
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gobez
3 years, 11 months ago
Hello, Thank you
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hlwo
4 years, 6 months ago
Key word "HDDs" . answer is correct .
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jama
4 years, 8 months ago
what about D because the keyword here is "time-efficient method"
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who__cares123456789___
4 years, 3 months ago
Yeah? Well what you suggest is the MOST TIME CONSUMING....ask Hillary Clinton lol!! Cant make me believe that I couldn't throw them in a wood chipper faster than you can degausse but it' whatever!
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HackerJoe
4 years, 8 months ago
Key words here are MOST time-efficient . That's all their looking for. Not BEST.
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Crimson
4 years, 9 months ago
Which one is more time-efficient? Degaussing or Shredding the drives?
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Kudojikuto
4 years, 9 months ago
I think degaussing. I choose this answer.
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Teza
4 years, 7 months ago
Shredding is not an option here. You don't need to remove the platters in order to shred/pulverize the drive
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choboanon
4 years, 6 months ago
Degaussing is more efficient if it's an option. BOTH methods will render the HDDs un usable by anyone else, but degaussing is faster if you have it
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FNavarro
4 years, 1 month ago
I think the phrase "Remove the platters from the HDDs" implies that it's not as simple as throwing the whole drive into a shredder
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magicbr3
4 years ago
What is a platter lol, CompTIA literally making stuff up
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Heymannicerouter
3 years, 11 months ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_disk_drive_platter
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monomist
4 years, 10 months ago
Using the right degausser will guarantee that your information is no longer retrievable. Degaussing is simply a demagnetizing process to erase a hard drive or tape.
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MrChopsticks
4 years, 10 months ago
"The security team informs the IT staff that the data must not be accessible by a third party after disposal." Wouldn't 'B' make more sense?
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Teza
4 years, 7 months ago
Yeas, but remember that time is of the essence: time-efficient
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noorattayee
4 years, 11 months ago
Degaussing is the process of reducing or eliminating an unwanted magnetic field (or data) stored on tape and disk media such as computer and laptop hard drives, diskettes, reels, cassettes and cartridge tapes.
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who__cares123456789___
4 years, 3 months ago
Cant make me believe that I couldn't throw them in a wood chipper faster than you can degausse but it's whatever!
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