Fortinet Endpoint Hardening Techniques Quiz Answers with Explanations (Getting Started in Cybersecurity)

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Endpoint Hardening Techniques quiz answers

These are the answers to the Endpoint Hardening Techniques lesson quiz in Fortinet’s free Getting Started in Cybersecurity course, with a short explanation for every question. Getting Started in Cybersecurity is one of the two course options (with Technical Introduction to Cybersecurity) that, together with Introduction to the Threat Landscape, earns the Fortinet Certified Fundamentals (FCF) in Cybersecurity certification.

Course at a glance

• Provider: Fortinet Training Institute
• Cost: Free
• Course: Getting Started in Cybersecurity (15 short lessons, each with a quiz)
• Best for: Sales and non-technical roles that need a high-level view of security technology
• Counts toward: FCF in Cybersecurity (valid 2 years)
• Official course: training.fortinet.com
• Answers reviewed: November 2026

Fortinet updates its question banks from time to time. If you see a question that isn’t listed here, leave a comment with the question and we’ll add it.

Quiz questions and answers

Question 1: Which hardening endpoint category does the principle of least privilege belong to?

• Endpoint monitoring
• Administrative controls
• Endpoint maintenance
• Local endpoint protection

Why: Least privilege is an administrative control: it limits what each user account is allowed to do.

Question 2: Which two techniques can prevent access to information on stolen portable devices? (Choose two.)

• Encrypt the data stored on the device
• Install antivirus software
• Use data loss prevention (DLP)
• Ensure strong password protection

Why: Encryption makes stolen data unreadable, and DLP limits what sensitive data can be stored or copied to the device.

Question 3: Which hardening endpoint category does boot management belong to?

• Endpoint monitoring
• Endpoint maintenance
• Local endpoint protection
• Administrative controls

Why: The course groups boot management under local endpoint protection.

Question 4: Which action can mitigate the exploitation of a computer using the administrator account reset procedure?

• Update security patches
• Change administrator passwords regularly
• Ensure the computer is physically secure
• Install antivirus software

Why: Resetting an administrator password usually needs physical access, so keeping the computer physically secure prevents this attack.

Question 5: Which technique hardens endpoints as a part of endpoint maintenance?

• Data loss prevention (DLP)
• Automatic-updates and patching
• Startup hardening
• Boot management

Why: Automatic updates and patching are part of endpoint maintenance.

Question 6: Which technology has caused the number of endpoints to multiply exponentially?

• Artificial intelligence (AI)
• Cloud services
• Internet of things (IoT)
• Virtualization

Why: IoT devices have multiplied the number of endpoints enormously.

Question 7: Which two techniques harden endpoints using common administrative controls? (Choose two.)

• Backups
• User restrictions
• Policy checks
• Passwords

Why: Passwords and user restrictions are common administrative controls.

Question 8: Which technique allows you to recover content from a lost, stolen, damaged, or compromised device?

• Back up the data
• Install antivirus software
• Encrypt the disk
• Buy insurance

Why: Backups let you recover data from a lost, stolen, damaged or compromised device.

All Getting Started in Cybersecurity quiz answers

• Endpoint Monitoring quiz answers
• Firewalls quiz answers
• Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) quiz answers
• Endpoint Hardening Techniques (this page)
• Content Filters quiz answers
• SIEM quiz answers
• SOAR quiz answers
• Sandbox quiz answers
• Web Application Firewall (WAF) quiz answers
• SASE quiz answers
• Secure Email Gateway quiz answers
• Network Access Control (NAC) quiz answers
• Cloud Service Models quiz answers
• Wi-Fi quiz answers
• SD-WAN quiz answers

Frequently asked questions

Is Getting Started in Cybersecurity free?

Yes. It is free on the Fortinet Training Institute website; you only need a free account.

What is the difference between Getting Started and Technical Introduction to Cybersecurity?

Getting Started in Cybersecurity is a high-level course for sales and non-technical roles. Technical Introduction to Cybersecurity goes deeper and suits people heading into technical IT or security jobs. Either one, plus Introduction to the Threat Landscape, earns the FCF certification.

Did the old Fortinet NSE 2 course change?

Yes. Fortinet replaced the NSE 1–3 courses with the FCF curriculum. Many NSE 2 lesson topics now appear in Getting Started in Cybersecurity, which is why this page includes both the current and the older questions.