If security settings are defined at the parent level, what is the default behavior for subfolders' permissions?

• A. Subfolders do not inherit any parent security settings: Their security settings must be independently set.
• B. Subfolders inherit a more restrictive security setting than the parent.
• C. All of the subfolders below the parent inherit the parent's permission settings.
• D. Only the next level of subfolders below the parent inherit the parent security settings.

Answer: (C)

When permissions are defined at a parent folder, they propagate to all descendants by default. This inheritance means every subfolder below the parent automatically receives the same access rights, ensuring a consistent security posture across the entire folder tree. You only alter this if you explicitly set unique permissions on a specific subfolder, which stops its inheritance and applies a different set of rights there.

So, the default behavior is that all subfolders below the parent inherit the parent's permission settings. The other patterns would require extra steps to override inheritance, which is not the default.