1. Most Microsoft Windows fatal errors (blue screen of death) are caused by: A.

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1. Most Microsoft Windows fatal errors (blue screen of death) are caused by:

A. Applications

B. Device Drivers

C. Security Violations

D. Hardware failure

2. Two processes are running the same program on a computer. The operating system can set up an access restriction on the control

True

False

3. A computer's Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) is a computer program stored in read-only memory (ROM).

True

False

4. One of the vulnerabilities the Morris worm used was a networking service called finger. The purpose of the finger service is to:

report which device drivers a computer uses

determine which ports are open on a computer

report the status of individual computer users

determine which operating system is running on a computer

5.Random access memory (RAM) access choices include:

read access only

no access

write access only

read/write

6. A type of security control that takes measures to help restore a system is referred to as:

preventative

detective

corrective

all of the above

report which device drivers a computer uses

determine which ports are open on a computer

report the status of individual computer users

determine which operating system is running on a computer

Explanation / Answer

1. Most Microsoft Windows fatal errors (blue screen of death) are caused by:

ans:--> Hardware Failure

Reason:--> Fatal errors (blue screen of death) is caused due to hardware Failure, OS file deleted mistakenly, Bug in Device Drivers.

So in these case, OS stops work and show a blue screen and this indicates that OS cannot be recovered.

2. Two processes are running the same program on a computer. The operating system can set up an access restriction on the control.

Ans:--> True

3. A computer's Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) is a computer program stored in read-only memory (ROM).

Ans:--> True

Reason:--> A BIOS is stored in Read Only Memory and Data stored in ROM cannot be changed.

4. One of the vulnerabilities the Morris worm used was a networking service called finger. The purpose of the finger service is to:

Ans:-->(c) Report the status of individual computer users

5.Random access memory (RAM) access choices include:

Ans:--> (A),(B) and (D)

6. A type of security control that takes measures to help restore a system is referred to as:

Ans:--> (c) Corrective

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