Exam 220-1202 Topic 1 Question 272 Discussion

Actual exam question for CompTIA's 220-1202 exam
Question #: 272
Topic #: 1
An endpoint ' s screensaver no longer activates automatically. The global security policy states that the screensaver should activate after the endpoint has been idle for an hour. Which of the following commands should the technician run on the endpoint to investigate this issue?

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Because the requirement is defined by a global security policy , the key question is whether the endpoint is actually receiving and applying the correct Group Policy Object (GPO) settings for screensaver timeout and enforcement. The best command to investigate applied policy is gpresult , which produces the Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) information. Quentin Docter explains: "The gpresult command is used to show the Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) report/values for a remote user and computer," and it helps determine
"which settings apply" when policies can be set at the local workstation, domain, user, and computer levels.
He notes the /r switch provides a summary and /z gives detailed, "super-verbosity" output showing exact settings being applied.
The All-in-One guide similarly states gpresult gives "a quick overview of all security policies applied to a single user or computer," which is precisely what you need when a policy-driven screensaver setting isn't behaving as expected. msinfo32 shows system info, sfc repairs corrupted files, and whoami shows identity- none confirm applied GPO settings like gpresult.

by Quentin at Jul 13, 2026, 11:26 PM

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