During a heated debate between the developers of a computer virus protection program, the subjects of design and the interactive characteristics of the user interface arose. The head programmer contradicted a statement presented by the GUI designer completely by stating that since the results of a consumer poll conducted by the company earlier that month had revealed that most private computer users preferred to not be annoyed by pop-up windows or other system alerts while using programs, the new interface should be created in a way that makes it almost invisible, as to avoid disturbing the users. Based on the programmer's reasoning, it is quite clear that the GUI designer's viewpoint is flawed.
Which of the following, if true, calls the argument's conclusion into question?
A.The fact that thousands of new computer viruses are released onto the internet every day is well-known by most users meaning that their would not be any harm in creating a virus protection program that refrained from notifying the user about every prevented infection.
B.Since most users use an average of three programs simultaneously for 70% of the time they spend working on a computer, alerts and other system interruptions can disrupt workflow and occupy precious memory resources needed by the computer to function optimally.
C.There is more than a sufficient amount of evidence to prove that the ideCa that computer viruses are created by companies that sell computer virus protection programs is completely fictitious.
D.Because of a rise in the public's awareness of the threat of computer viruses and the damage that they can inflict, most users now need to feel that there is some form of active mechanism constantly at work to ensure their computers' protection.
E.The method of manually enabling a protection program once a day to scan for any infections while preventing the agitation caused by alert messages from a virus protection program is ineffective since some viruses can do considerable damage in the time-frame between scans.
how much time did u take !
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It is easy to identify what you are looking for
"Prove that GUI guy is correct because the pop up messages are required"
But going through options is taking time
It is easy to identify what you are looking for
"Prove that GUI guy is correct because the pop up messages are required"
But going through options is taking time
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IMO E
BTW what is the answer..?
BTW what is the answer..?
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This is one of those questions that's only hard (well, long anyway) because it's badly written. A good editor could cut this down to half the length. Where is the question from?
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its just the argument which is lengthy.However, the options are pretty straight forward.
D is clean.
D is clean.
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D only says "Active mechanism" but it does not mean it has to display popups. It can be running in the background. Thats why E was the only option remaining.
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