The Code Snippet Below Controls All Electronic Door Locks to a Secure

question 34

Multiple Choice

The code snippet below controls all electronic door locks to a secure facility in which the doors should only fail open in an emergency. In the code, "criticalValue" indicates if an emergency is underway: Which of the following is the BEST course of action for a security analyst to recommend to the software developer?

• A) Rewrite the software to implement fine-grained, conditions-based testing
• B) Add additional exception handling logic to the main program to prevent doors from being opened
• C) Apply for a life-safety-based risk exception allowing secure doors to fail open
• D) Rewrite the software's exception handling routine to fail in a secure state

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