June 1991 LSAT Section 3 Question 16

Computer operating system software has become increasingly standardized. But when a large business with multiple, lin...

Julie-V on August 27, 2019

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Hi LSAT Max, Would "unauthorized access to all the computers at the same time could be virtually eliminated" from the stimulus support the part of the answer choice that mentions "but will not have protected every computer from viral invasion"? Thanks!

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laurenkirwan on December 22, 2019

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Emil-Kunkin on October 13 at 09:48PM

I think it could, but there is much stronger support. The passage is saying that this approach could stop it from hitting EVERY computer. This implies that some computers would be unprotected, but the majority would be safe. That is, the hacker could get access to one version of the OS, but not be able to spread to the other versions.