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A company's MIS stores employee payroll records in a database, and a database administrator alters the salary data of a colleague without authority. Which MIS component failed, and which Information Technology Act, 2000 concept is most directly engaged?

The data storage and access control component failed, and the act engages the IT Act concept of unauthorised access to, or damage or alteration of, computer data. Digital signatures, gazettes and certifying authorities are unrelated to an insider changing stored payroll records without authority.

  1. AOutput component failed; the concept of digital signature
  2. BProcessing speed failed; the concept of electronic gazette
  3. CNetwork topology failed; the concept of controller of certifying authorities
  4. DData and access control failed; the concept of unauthorised access or damage to a computer system and its dataCorrect

Explanation

Payroll data lives in the database component, and access controls should restrict who can alter it. Altering data without permission engages the IT Act's provisions on unauthorised access and damage or alteration of data. The other pairings do not match the facts.

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