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010-100 · Question #18

Which criteria are useful when deciding which operating system to use? (Select THREE answers)

The correct answer is A. License costs. D. Availability of mandatory applications and tools. E. Skills of the administrators and staff. OS selection must be driven by objective business and technical factors - cost, application compatibility, and staff capability - not ideology or unsupported absolutes.

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Question

Which criteria are useful when deciding which operating system to use? (Select THREE answers)

Options

  • ALicense costs.
  • BIdeological preferences of the system administrator.
  • CLinux can do everything, there is no need for further evaluation.
  • DAvailability of mandatory applications and tools.
  • ESkills of the administrators and staff.

How the community answered

(46 responses)
  • A
    74% (34)
  • B
    17% (8)
  • C
    9% (4)

Why each option

OS selection must be driven by objective business and technical factors - cost, application compatibility, and staff capability - not ideology or unsupported absolutes.

ALicense costs.Correct

License costs directly affect total cost of ownership and must be evaluated against the organization's budget constraints.

BIdeological preferences of the system administrator.

Ideological preferences of an individual administrator are a subjective personal criterion that do not reflect business requirements, security mandates, or technical suitability.

CLinux can do everything, there is no need for further evaluation.

This is a false absolute - no single OS is optimal for every workload, compliance environment, or hardware platform, so evaluation is always required.

DAvailability of mandatory applications and tools.Correct

If mandatory applications or tools are not available or supported on a given OS, that platform cannot fulfill the business requirement regardless of other attributes.

ESkills of the administrators and staff.Correct

The existing skills of administrators and staff determine whether the organization can deploy, operate, and maintain the chosen OS without prohibitive retraining costs or operational risk.

Concept tested: Criteria for selecting an appropriate operating system

Source: https://learning.lpi.org/en/learning-materials/010-160/

Topics

#OS selection criteria#license costs#open source#Linux adoption

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