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Q: Allowing access to a printer on a network is a function that ____ handles. A)applications B)Networking C)Operating System D) Storage Software?
Answer: C)Operating System
Explanation: Operating system will manage
access to the resources to outside world. Since printer will be
shared on a network OPERATING SYSTEM has the right to allow access
either to group of users in network or to some subnet in a
network.
Since PRINTER comes as part of peripheral devices like keyboard,
mouse etc. They are amanged by device driver which gets installed
as part of software when we discover the device. Now since device
driver is installed , OS will manage its access on a network.
A)applications : An application cannot manage itself
B)Networking : Internet access has no control over access
requirement of printer.
D)Storage Software : Storage Software cannot control networking
access. It only deals with storing information.
Hence the answer is C)Operating System
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