CompTIA Security+ (SY0-401) — Question 31

While rarely enforced, mandatory vacation policies are effective at uncovering:

Answer options

• A. Help desk technicians with oversight by multiple supervisors and detailed quality control systems.
• B. Collusion between two employees who perform the same business function.
• C. Acts of incompetence by a systems engineer designing complex architectures as a member of a team.
• D. Acts of gross negligence on the part of system administrators with unfettered access to system and no oversight.

Correct answer: D

Explanation

Mandatory vacation policies can expose gross negligence by system administrators who may misuse their unrestricted access without oversight. The other options focus on different aspects of employee performance or oversight but do not directly relate to the benefits of mandatory vacations in revealing potential negligence.