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You are looking at the help desk joint email inbox and you see five trouble tickets that are new and one is for a printer issue, one is secondary monitor issue and three are referencing Oracle database issues. Which one do you take care of first?
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Tier II Help Desk

Interviewed at Lendlease

3.9
Jun 19, 2014

You are looking at the help desk joint email inbox and you see five trouble tickets that are new and one is for a printer issue, one is secondary monitor issue and three are referencing Oracle database issues. Which one do you take care of first?

Q.1 ) most difficult troubleshooting you would have to do, how to check a customer's ticket about website being down and inaccessible. What is your favourite programming language, what is your knowledge on sql server Database etc?
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IT Help Desk Analyst

Interviewed at Queen Mary, University of London

4.1
Sep 13, 2019

Q.1 ) most difficult troubleshooting you would have to do, how to check a customer's ticket about website being down and inaccessible. What is your favourite programming language, what is your knowledge on sql server Database etc?

2. Please explain the steps involved in an SSL handshake when a client connects to a secure server. 3. Please differentiate between stateful and stateless firewalls. 4. How do Access Control Lists (ACLs) work? 5. In a general sense, how would you lock down a firewall to allow specific tools to communicate? 6. After a security incident, why does a Kerberos account need to be reset? Describe the steps. What is the account called?
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IT Help Desk Technician

Interviewed at FusionTek

3
Sep 11, 2024

2. Please explain the steps involved in an SSL handshake when a client connects to a secure server. 3. Please differentiate between stateful and stateless firewalls. 4. How do Access Control Lists (ACLs) work? 5. In a general sense, how would you lock down a firewall to allow specific tools to communicate? 6. After a security incident, why does a Kerberos account need to be reset? Describe the steps. What is the account called?

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