Marsha and Moira belong to the Sales group that has full control permissions to the K:\Sales folder. Within this folder, Marsha is assigned read permission to a file named SalesPipeline. Moira is assigned read and execute permissions to the same file. Marsha also belongs to the Marketing group that has read permissions denied to the K:\Sales folder, while Moira also belongs to the Legal group that has write permissions denied to the K:\Sales folder.
Which of the following is true of the effective permissions in this scenario?
A) Marsha can modify the SalesPipeline file.
B) Moira can modify the SalesPipeline file.
C) Marsha cannot open the Sales folder.
D) Moira cannot open the Sales folder.

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DIn Windows, when a user is a member of multiple groups, the effective permissions are the combination of the permissions granted to each group, with deny permissions taking precedence over allow permissions. Since Marsha's Marketing group has read permissions denied to the K:\Sales folder, and Moira's Legal group has write permissions denied to the same folder, both users will face restrictions based on these deny permissions. Specifically, Marsha will not be able to open the Sales folder due to the deny read permission from the Marketing group, and Moira will also not be able to open the Sales folder because the deny permission effectively overrides any allow permissions from other group memberships.

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