System Administrator 2026
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Random access to tape is _______ a disk seek.
  • A. Much slower than
  • B. Much faster than
  • C. Comparable to
  • D. None of the mentioned
A typical tape drive is ________ a typical disk drive.
  • A. More expensive than
  • B. Cheaper than
  • C. Of the same cost as
  • D. None of the mentioned
The surface area of tape is ________ the surface area of a disk.
  • A. Much lesser than
  • B. Much larger than
  • C. Equal to
  • D. None of the mentioned
Which principle states that programs, users and even the systems be given just enough privileges to perform their task?
  • A. Principle of operating system
  • B. Principle of least privilege
  • C. Principle of process scheduling
  • D. None of the mentioned
_______ is an approach to restricting system access to authorized users.
  • A. Role-based access control
  • B. Process-based access control
  • C. Job-based access control
  • D. None of the mentioned
For system protection, a process should access _____________
  • A. All the resources
  • B. Only those resources for which it has authorization
  • C. Few resources but authorization is not required
  • D. All of the mentioned
The protection domain of a process contains _____________
  • A. Object name
  • B. Rights-set
  • C. Both object name and rights-set
  • D. None of the mentioned
Access matrix model for user authentication contains _____________
  • A. A list of objects
  • B. A list of domains
  • C. A function which returns an object’s type
  • D. All of the mentioned
Global table implementation of the matrix table contains _____________
  • A. Domain
  • B. Object
  • C. Right-set
  • D. All of the mentioned