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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. Practical OS selection should be driven by cost, software availability, and team expertise - not personal ideology or unfounded blanket assumptions.
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- 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
(58 responses)- A95% (55)
- B2% (1)
- C3% (2)
Why each option
Practical OS selection should be driven by cost, software availability, and team expertise - not personal ideology or unfounded blanket assumptions.
License costs are a concrete financial factor that directly affects procurement budgets and total cost of ownership for any OS deployment.
Ideological preferences are a subjective personal bias and do not constitute a sound technical or business justification for OS selection.
No OS is universally suited to every workload - this statement is factually incorrect and would eliminate the evaluation process entirely.
If required applications or tools are unavailable on a given OS, that platform cannot fulfill the operational requirements regardless of other advantages.
The existing skill level of administrators and staff determines the operational risk, training costs, and efficiency of managing the chosen OS.
Concept tested: Practical criteria for operating system selection
Source: https://www.lpi.org/our-certifications/linux-essentials-overview
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