Operating System (3140702) MCQs

MCQs of Security & Protection

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1.
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
Answer:

Option (b)

2.
_______ 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
Answer:

Option (a)

3.
For system protection, a process should access _____________
(a) all the resources
(b) few resources but authorization is not required
(c) only those resources for which it has authorization
(d) All of the mentioned
Answer:

Option (c)

4.
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
Answer:

Option (c)

5.
If the set of resources available to the process is fixed throughout the process’s lifetime then its domain is _____________
(a) static
(b) dynamic
(c) neither static nor dynamic
(d) both static as well as dynamic
Answer:

Option (a)

6.
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
Answer:

Option (d)

7.
In domain structure what is Access-right equal to?
(a) Access-right = read-name, write-set
(b) Access-right = object-name, rights-set
(c) Access-right = read-name, execute-set
(d) Access-right = object-name, execute-set
Answer:

Option (b)

8.
What does the access matrix represent?
(a) Rows-Domains, Columns-Objects
(b) Rows-Objects, Columns-Domains
(c) Rows-Access List, Columns-Domains
(d) Rows-Domains, Columns-Access list
Answer:

Option (a)

9.
Who can add new rights and remove some rights?
(a) Copy
(b) Transfer
(c) Limited copy
(d) Owner
Answer:

Option (d)

10.
Which of the following objects require protection?
(a) Memory
(b) Monitor
(c) Power supply unit
(d) All of the mentioned
Answer:

Option (a)

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