CompTIA Security+ (SY0-501) — Question 1030

A systems administrator is attempting to recover from a catastrophic failure in the datacenter. To recover the domain controller, the systems administrator needs to provide the domain administrator credentials. Which of the following account types is the systems administrator using?

Answer options

• A. Shared account
• B. Guest account
• C. Service account
• D. User account

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C, as a service account is typically used for running services and applications that require authentication to access resources in a network. The other options, such as shared, guest, and user accounts, do not specifically cater to the needs of system processes and services that require consistent access to domain resources.