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220-1102 Operational Procedures Practice Question
Drag and drop the steps to configure a Windows 10 firewall rule to block an application into the correct order.
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Open Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security, create a new outbound rule, choose Program as the rule type, browse to the application executable, select Block the connection, apply to all profiles, name and finish.
Firewall rules are created via the advanced security console; specify program path and action.
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Open Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security, create a new outbound rule, choose Program as the rule type, browse to the application executable, select Block the connection, apply to all profiles, name and finish.
Why this is correct
This order follows the standard procedure: first access the firewall console, then define the rule as outbound, specify it applies to a program, point to the executable, set the action to block, ensure it applies everywhere, and finally name it.
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Open Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security, create a new inbound rule, choose Program as the rule type, browse to the application executable, select Block the connection, apply to all profiles, name and finish.
Why it's wrong here
This sequence is incorrect for blocking an application's outgoing traffic because it creates an inbound rule, which governs traffic arriving at the machine, not traffic leaving it. To prevent a program from initiating outbound connections, you must create an outbound rule; otherwise, the block applies only to external systems attempting to reach that application, leaving its outbound communications unrestricted.
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Open Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security, browse to the application executable, create a new outbound rule, choose Program as the rule type, select Block the connection, apply to all profiles, name and finish.
Why it's wrong here
The step of browsing to the executable must occur after selecting the Program rule type. Doing it beforehand is out of sequence, as the rule creation wizard prompts for the program path after the rule type is chosen.
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Open Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security, create a new outbound rule, choose Port as the rule type, specify the port number, select Block the connection, apply to all profiles, name and finish.
Why it's wrong here
This incorrectly uses a port-based rule instead of program-based. To block an application by its executable, you must choose the Program rule type, not Port. Port rules block traffic on specific ports regardless of the application.
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