IT App's Question Thread

[Pherein]

Question 1 (From Swinburne practice questions linked in another thread)
A technician locks the door to server room and uses fingerprint recognition to access the server.
This security is an example of
A. physical and biometric.
B. electronic and physical.
C. biometric and biometric.
D. electronic and electronic.

According to the solutions the answer is B but I can't think why the answer isn't A. From my logic a lock is a physical security measure and fingerprint recognition is biometric, can anyone explain what I'm doing wrong?

[redxman]

I think your right. I would go A

A technician locks the door to server room : physical
uses fingerprint recognition: biometric

[Yendall]

Question 1 (From Swinburne practice questions linked in another thread)
A technician locks the door to server room and uses fingerprint recognition to access the server.
This security is an example of
A. physical and biometric.
B. electronic and physical.
C. biometric and biometric.
D. electronic and electronic.

According to the solutions the answer is B but I can't think why the answer isn't A. From my logic a lock is a physical security measure and fingerprint recognition is biometric, can anyone explain what I'm doing wrong?

A question like this lacks enough information to determine whether it's physical or electronic. You could have a lock that is initiated through a keypad or a lock that requires you to simply "lock" the door with a key.

However if you think about it from this point of view, it might seem more feasible to choose option B:

If the server room is using technologies such as biometric scanning in order to access the server, you can assume that this area is extremely secure. If you were trying to protect this server, you would have to do more than simply lock a door. A scanner or keypad on the inside or outside of the room would be more appropriate to protect the server.
A question like this though is far to ambiguous and i doubt VCAA would ask such a question.

[Genericname2365]

A question like this though is far to ambiguous and i doubt VCAA would ask such a question.

I think some of their questions last year were pretty ambiguous/poorly phrased, so I wouldn't put it past them.

[Yendall]

A question like this though is far to ambiguous and i doubt VCAA would ask such a question.

I think some of their questions last year were pretty ambiguous/poorly phrased, so I wouldn't put it past them.

I guess so, but there really isn't enough information to provide a decent answer.

[Pherein]

Hmmk fair enough, hopefully nothing that vague comes up tomorrow although judging from past exams it could happen =( In this case my habit of picking what seems to be the most obvious answer might not work in my favour. Thanks for the help!

[Yendall]

Hopefully! Just remember to interpret the question as if you're writing it. There may be many correct answers, but think of the most correct
Good luck for tomorrow!

[Genericname2365]

What is the difference between a differential and incremental backup?
Would a differential backup only be done once during the week some time after a full back up, as it only restores data from the last full back up, while an incremental backup can be done daily?

[Yendall]

What is the difference between a differential and incremental backup?
Would a differential backup only be done once during the week some time after a full back up, as it only restores data from the last full back up, while an incremental backup can be done daily?

A differential backup only backs up all changes in files.
An incremental backup only backs up recent changes since the last backup, full or incremental.

[Lucid]

Content sensitive or context sensitive? Heard it both ways.

Nevermind, study design refers to content sensitive.

[Genericname2365]

here is a guide to handle the 8 mark question and also guide for the 8 mark question in the vcaa 2011 exam.

I ended up with a 7.5/9 on the last question mostly thanks to you.  Thanks also to everyone else who helped throughout the year, including Lasered (sic?) and MJRomeo81. I think I would have got a higher SS if I didn't have B+ on my first GA.

[Lasercookie]

I've been changed into a laserblued now :/

But congrats, that's pretty damn awesome.

[MJRomeo81]

I ended up with a 7.5/9 on the last question mostly thanks to you.  Thanks also to everyone else who helped throughout the year, including Lasered (sic?) and MJRomeo81. I think I would have got a higher SS if I didn't have B+ on my first GA.

Great score man! Congrats