System Administrator 2026
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The pattern that can be used to identify a virus is known as _____________
  • A. Stealth
  • B. Virus signature
  • C. Armoured
  • D. Multipartite
What is a trap door in a program?
  • A. A security hole, inserted at programming time in the system for later use
  • B. A type of antivirus
  • C. Security hole in a network
  • D. None of the mentioned
Which one of the following is not an attack, but a search for vulnerabilities to attack?
  • A. Denial of service
  • B. Port scanning
  • C. Memory access violation
  • D. Dumpster diving
File virus attaches itself to the _____________
  • A. Source file
  • B. Object file
  • C. Executable file
  • D. All of the mentioned
Multipartite viruses attack on _____________
  • A. Files
  • B. Boot sector
  • C. Memory
  • D. All of the mentioned
In asymmetric encryption _____________
  • A. Same key is used for encryption and decryption
  • B. Different keys are used encryption and decryption
  • C. No key is required for encryption and decryption
  • D. None of the mentioned
In distributed system, each processor has its own ___________
  • A. Local memory
  • B. Clock
  • C. Both local memory and clock
  • D. None of the mentioned
If one site fails in distributed system then ___________
  • A. The remaining sites can continue operating
  • B. All the sites will stop working
  • C. Directly connected sites will stop working
  • D. None of the mentioned