An IS auditor is performing an audit of a network operating
system. Which of the following is a user feature the IS
auditor should review?
A. Availability of online network documentation
B. Support of terminal access to remote hosts
C. Handling file transfer between hosts and inter-user
communications
D. Performance management, audit and control
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Answer: A
Network operating system user features include online
availability of network documentation. Other features would
be user access to various resources of network hosts, user
authorization to access particular resources and the network
and host computers to be used without special user actions
or commands. Choices B, C and D are examples of network
operating systems functions among which the following are
included: supporting terminal access to remote hosts,
handling file transfer between hosts, and inter-user
communications.
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