Paper 1 · ICT
UGC NET December 2023 (14.12.2023) Shift-I
Match List I (ICT term) with List II (Definition) and choose the correct answer from the options given below.
List I
- Firewall
- Digital certificate
- Cookies
- Hypervisor
List II
- Used to remember a user's preferences each time they visit websites
- Hardware or software that sits between a user's computer and an external network and filters data
- Software, firmware or hardware that creates and runs a virtual machine
- Pairs of files stored on a user's computer, each pair containing a public key and a private key
AI-b, II-a, III-d, IV-c
BI-a, II-d, III-b, IV-c
CI-b, II-d, III-a, IV-c ✓ Correct
DI-c, II-d, III-a, IV-b
Correct answer: (C) I-b, II-d, III-a, IV-c — The correct match is firewall with the data filter, digital certificate with key pairs, cookies with preferences and hypervisor with virtual machines, that is I-b, II-d, III-a, IV-c.
Explanation
★The correct match is firewall with the data filter, digital certificate with key pairs, cookies with preferences and hypervisor with virtual machines, that is I-b, II-d, III-a, IV-c.
★A firewall sits between a computer and an external network and filters incoming and outgoing data.
★A digital certificate stores paired public and private keys to verify identity securely.
★Cookies are small files that remember a user's preferences on repeat visits to websites.
★A hypervisor is software, firmware or hardware that creates and runs virtual machines.
★Matching security and system terms to their functions is a common ICT question.
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